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A SUCCESSFUL TALK
FOR FARM BOYS
An Old Story of a Progressive
Farmer Whose Life Was Never
the less a Failure.
By CLARENCE POH in The Pro
gressive Farmer.
My Dear Be;.
There is a story in a certain Old
Book (you can read it in Luke
12:15-21) about a man who was a
progressive farmer.
1 know he was a progressive
farmer because the account says
that his “ground brought forth
plentifully” and that his barns
were tilled to overflowing. Such
things do not happen by accident,
if this man’s farm brought forth
plentifully, it was because he was
a good farmer —intelligent, inter
prising, and industrious. He no
doubt set the whole neighborhood
a good example n the way he
broke his land and cultivated his
fields. He was no doubt keen to
learn all the best methods of mail
ing crops and managing livestock,
lie no doubt practiced a proper
rotation of crops, kept his fields
from gullying, and generally gave
strict attention to business. If lie
were alive today, he would doubt
less he one of the best informed
men about the work of experiment
stations, and agricultural depart
ments: a recognized authority on
farmnig subjects in his county.
Everybody would speak of him as
“one of our best farmers.”
Nevertheless, we have the high
est authority in this universe for
saying that this man’s life was not
a success. On the contrary, he was
a failure a miserable, pitiable,
ridiculous failure, dust at the time
when all his work and study and
planning should have been coming
into their richest fruitage, Hod
Himself wrote his epitaph fn just
two terrible, withering words.
“Thou fool,” said the Almighty
as he summoned the soul of the
man from his perishing body.
Why was this man a failure? A
success in ninny notable respects,
he yet failed for just one reason,
lie forgot that lie was an eternal
being, lie had thouglil of himself
us a mere earth-animal and had
taken no thought for anything be
yond 11 1 is earth.
I am writing this letter, my bf,
in the hope that 1 may say some
thing which will help keep you
from making the same fatal mis
take this farmer made.
This is a great big subject and
it is not easy to say what 1 wish in
simple words, but 1 believe it can
he done. Will you permit me then
to make just three statements, and
then follow me while I try to make
my meaning clearer?
Every one of us in this world
has a dual or double citizenship.
That is to say 1 am an inhabitant
of the earth, but I am also an In
habitant of the Universe, of which
our earth is only a fraction. 1 am
a citizen of time, but I am also a
Citizen of Eternity, of which time
is only a fraction.
Look out tonight when the stars
come out and think a minute. You
have been thinking that every
thing has a beginning and aa end.
but it is not so. Everything owi
nected with our bodies has a be
ginning and an end, but there is
another world which knows no
swell limitations, and it is with this
other world that the soul of man
has kinship.
This rolling world on which we
live circles around a glorious sun,
and a dozen other worlds whorl
with us around that colossal glode
of fire. But in the sky tonight we
shall see the twinkling liglrt of ten
thousand distant suns, each at
tended by no one knows trow many
worlds like ours. And if you go
millions, billions, trillions of miles
to the most ditant of these visible
suns, what lies beyond? Do yet
other worlds and suns shine with
yet diviner splendor for other bil
lions and billions of miles, on—
and on—to the end?
But here the brain reels and
staggers. We suddenly realize
that there can he no “end.” For
if there is an end, wha 4 ’ies beyond
this “end?” So what seems to the
human mind an impossible conclu
sion is yet an inescapable conclu
sion. We are citizens of a universe
which knows no beginning and no
end.
And so with regard to time. “In
the beginning, Hod”—that is to
say, in the beginning of our earth.
But what lay hack of “the begin
ning?” And after a million years
from now, how many more million
years will there he—until the end?
And after the end?
No, there can he no end. 1 live
on the earth which has a begin
ning and an end. I live in Time,
which has a beginning and an end.
But at the same time by reason
of my dual or double citizenship,
I live in a universe which knows
neither end nor beginning. 1 live
in an Eternity which is without
beginning or end. We cannot un
derstand how these things can be.
The human mind is helpless in
reasoning out these facts. Never
theless, we know that they are
facts.
Does anyone tell me therefore
that il is strange, that man, partly
moral, should also, he partly im
moral? I answer that it is not
stranger than the facts that face
us in every starry sky, and every
shining sun. “The heavens declare
the glory of <iod.”
The reasonableness of Christian
ity— that is what I should like to
make dear to you, if possible.
What I have already said has
been with a view to showing that
we are horn into a creation wrap
ped around with the mystery of
Infinity and Eternity. It is a crea
tion bigger than our human minds
can understand. In other words,
in every one of the million star
beams of the night God whispers
to n m that he was horn for some
thing bigger than earth, some
thing more enduring than time.
No wonder Napoleon Bonaparte,
when some infidels argued with
him one night, pointed up to Hie
starry sky and answered: “Who
then made all that?” And no won
der Lord Bacon declared that he
had rather believe any fable ever
\\ lit ten Ilian believe that the earth
and heavens developed by mere
chance or accident.
((ranting then that there is a
God, is it not also reasonable that
lie should wish to make some rev
elation of Himself to 11 is crea
tures? And if lie has so revealed
Himself, what religion seems most
like a genuine revelation? What
religion offers the noblest and
most enohling concept s '" of God—
Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Jud
aism, or Christianity No one who
has studied them with unbiased
mind, 1 think, can he in doubt on
this point. Nor do 1 think of any
thing more reasonable than the
coming of Christ to earth. Why
should not a God who loved His
joreatnres say, “Let Me show men
how to live by Myself living the
humble life of a man for three and
thirty years. Let Me show men the
glory of duty and sacrifice by My
self living a human life of duty
and sacrifice. ”
But perhaps you may say,
l“Why, then, doesn’t the Almighty
make everything so clear that a
I man need not he worried by
doubts or fears? Why doesn’t the
Almighty speak so clearly about
the life everlasting and about the
wonders of Heaven as to satisfy
every human being?”
No man, of course, can answer
these questions definitely, but l
have always reasoned about the
'mater in this fashion: Our physi
cal body grows and gain strength
[through struggle and toil and con
flict also necessary to the growth
of the soul? And if the Almighty
showed us beyond all human
doubt the glories of Heaven, who
would wish to live out the duller
life of earth and endure the slow
and often painful discipline by
which the soul is made tit for Hea
ven ?
As I said in the outset, lam
most anxious that you shall re
mem her always that, you are ari
eternal being. 1 have tried to rea
son out the matter without senti
ment or excitement or emotion, be
cause I know the most important
thing is to convince your reason.
And if you are convinced that you
arc an eternal being, I should not
need to argue the wisdom of mak
ing your life and conduct square
with this tremendous truth.
If the body-part of you can ex
ist but eighty or ninety years at
most, while llie soul-part of you
will live on after 80,000,000 or 90,-
000,000 years, is it not wise to
make the soul-part of you rule the
body-part? And if you can come
into such relations with the Hod of
the Universe as to have him as
your Father, is it not about the
most worthwhile thing in life? If
you through faith and prayer can
have as your Elder Brother a God
who for thirty-three years lived
the life of a hoy and yo”ug man on
this earth, will not His help and
comradeship he the sublimest
force in your life?
True religion, as I understand
it, is a passion for this divine com
radeship. To love God, to Jove
eternal things, with all one’s
heart, and to love one’s neighbors
as one’s self—that is how Christ
summed up religion. I seriously
doubt whether the Almighty ever
hears a self-centered man who
prays, “O Lord, save my soul. 1
don’t want to suffer in any tor
ment. 1 do want to enjoy the luxu
ry and glory of Heaven.” But 1
am sure the Almighty hears every
one who cries, “Oil, Lord, put Thy
spirit within me. Let me turn from
evil and follow in Thy footsteps.
Help me to live as an eternal being
made in Thy image and destined
for Thy courts.”
"But is it worth while to join a
church?” you ask. 1 centainly be
lieve that it is. hTe church is the
organized soldiery of the Almigh
ty. You can do a great deal more
if you tight with the regular army
instead of being a mere camp-fol
lower. By joining a church you
also give a public pledge that you
will try to let the immortal part of
you rule the mortal part, and such
a pledge will do much to hold you
in the straight path. Doubts will
come to you, of course. You will
find men all around you battling
over things Christ did not call es
sential and perhaps demanding ac
ceptance of creeds you cannot
wholly approve. But it will be
enough if only in the darkest
hours you can throw yourself up
on “the great world’s altar-stairs
that slope through darkness up to
God” and say to Him who has
promised to be an Elder Brother:
“1 know not what I think: I
know
Only that Thou art what I need.”
Sincerely your friend,
CLARENCE POE.
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CARTER HILL
Mr. Chastain, of Banks County,
agent for the Bush motor car, w'as
here Tuesday of last week.
Miss Esther Harrison, of Win
der, was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. G. W. Fuller, Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Adams, of
Newton County, and Mrs. Adams’
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Davie Moore, of Amerieus, Ga.,
spent part of last week with Mr.
W. J Page’s family.
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Vanderford,
of Carl, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Page Sunday.
Odus and Lodus Fuller spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
Ralph and Cleokun**,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Greeson and
Messrs. Weymon Ridgeway and
Roy Greeson, recently visited Mr.
and Mrs. T. F. 'arbrougli, at Scar
boro, Ga.
Willie Mae and Mary Queen
spent Sunday afternoon with
■Willie Mae Fuller.
Rev. Jessie Carter, of Auburn,
preached here Sunday morning
and afternoon. This is the second
time he has filled Rev. Slaughter's
appointment here. One person
joined the church ,Tf the afternoon
service and requested to be bap
tised next preaching day.
Air. < 'arter is a young pastor, of
splendid personality and has won
the admiration of many of our
people. It was announced that
Rev. Olin Slaughter, P. C., who
has been absent from this state for
the past several months, would
preach here Thursday night of
this week. It was also announced
that Rev. Fox would assist Rev.
Slaughter in the revival here in
August.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fuuller, who
are farming in the Southeastern
section of Barrow, this year, were
guests of F. J. Fuuller’s family
Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fuuller are
expecting Mr. R. 11. Pruitt, an
acquaintance, of Ashland, Ala., on
the IStli day of August, Mr. Pruitt
was Mr. Fuller's foreman while
engaged in the Government Nit
rate Plant, ot Florence, Ala., a
part of last year. He is an elderly
gentleman, a well informed and
enthusiastic worker and member
of the i iMiutijß church; and ex
pects to visit Winder, Carter Hill
and other places during his visit
to Georgia.
Several families met at the
church Monday nad cleaned off
the cemetery and church yard. A
large pot of meat and vegetable
stew was made and a spread din
ner served.
Authentic Bronte Relic.
An Interesting relic of Charlottt
Bronte, the novelist, has been presented
to the museum at Haworth, England
It is a traveling trunk used by Char
lotte Bronte. Inside is a label giving
the maker’s name aDd address in Brus
sels, and there is little doubt the trunk
accompanied Charlotte on her jour
neys between Monsieur Heger’s Pen
slonuat in the ltue d'lsabelle in that
city, and her home at the Haworth
rectory.
EXECUTORS’
SALE
of the
Jackson Hutchins
Land ‘
The Jackson Hutchins land of 200 acres will be sold at the Court
House door in Winder Barrow County Georgia to the highest bidder
on Saturday,,August 23rd.
The farm is on the Bankhead Highway, five miles of Winder and
right at Carl, on seaboard railroad.
This is the very best grade of land, lies well and is divided into
three of the most desirable homes in the county.
The home tract with splendid residence contains 110 1-2 acres.
Tract No. 2, witli good improvements contains 41 1-4 acres.
Tract No. 3, with good improvements contains 42 1-4 acres.
All three lots have good wells of water, houses and barns and suffi
cient timber and running water.
All three tracts run to railroad and front on Bankhead Highway,
and are sold for dGvision among the heirs in accordance with the will
of Jackson 1 lutchins.
One fourth cash on day of sale and the remainder on Dec. 24, 3919.
Plat of land as per survey of W. T. Appleby can he seen at any time
by ('ailing on executors, who will also show the land to those wishing
to look over it.
W. T. HUTCHINS,
W. M. MAXEY. Executors.
WHY SHOULDN’T THEY CRY? .
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.. .. My , - ...
No lusty-lunged baby was ever because they’ve been entered for
more fond of his bottle than these blue ribbons and prize money in
two motherless little lambs. They the livestock show of the coming g
get their milk three times a day. North Georgia Fair, Winder, 1
simply cannot be neglected, Oct. 7 to 11.
Have you gotten your premium book
yet?
LAND FOR
SALE
130-acre farm for sale, near Mulberry, for the next 30
days.
Will sell at a great sacrifice. It is cheap at SIOO per acre,
but for next 30 days am offering it at only s(io per acre.
Will give some terms.
M. J. GRIFFETH
WINDER. GEORGIA