The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-11
ADVANCED THINKERS.
written for the Times.i

ably the human race 70 ad-
vancing. Mankind are growing better
wiser, happier. The human mind was
never more active than II Is now. kelI-
cion was never so great factor through
ont the Torld as It now IL. Nor ever
were charity and high heroism so appre'
ciated and practiced. The founding OF
hospitals. libraries and churches; the
erection OF monuments TO virtue and
merit: memorials of distinguished ser
vices and magnanimous acts prevail
everywhere. Heroes of the remote past
are brought TO light and names almost
70 rgotten are commended for public ad-
miration and love. The treasures OF all
the past are explored for riches for the
kings and priesis-,he favored race
of this latter day. All that
literature. law, science and philoso-
ply, human history and human expert
ence have brought to light Is made
tributary to our day. Men who are
equal to the privileges Of the time have
daily spread before them royal dainties-
The risen cream of all the past, the riches
of many generations, of all that has ever
been. The advance men, the thinkers,
the pioneers of science. are those who
are assured of the high level at which
their race has arrived, who accept the
eternal truths on which their civilization
rests. and take as light for their advances
that which doth make manifest and is
light. They take the "Old, Old Story
as the only reliable account OF this won
derful creature mGn, and accept manhood
in its divine manifestation as the image
of God
On settled truths and sure foundations
Christendom Is making ever new ad-
yances and ever enlarging its scope, and
ever clarifying its race. Scfptural
truths. scriptural principles, scriptursl
methods. scripiural habits, scriptural
scTiptural aims, scriptural
homes, and scriptural ideas Of the good,
the true, and the beautful-Of the SUI
the life of our times and the
condition of their advance. And still
the race is not yet redeemed the fools
are not all dead by great deal; nor are
The scoundrels all in the -penitentiary.
The battle of Armageddon RACES, and
the devil is fully up to the times in
modern warfare.
There are men and women conceited,
bold and ambitious enough TO do aud say
anything for a sensation. There are men |
ready for anything There are men and
women who dare to assail our hottest and
best-approved institutions. There are
reckless men, ready to destroy all the
foundations of government, law and So
,ial life. And the common crowd will |
;all these people "Ad.ance Thinkers
Indeed, it is a curious fact hat these tail
foremost piogressionisis are said to
De adranciRg. In these days of |
,as. petroleum and electric light,
here are, say men OF enter
,rize who propose TO light the world
With fox-fre to prove that there is no
power in steam; that home is fraud;
hat ali the tyrants of the past were
,ery good fellows and that the cream OF
,reation and the highest level of human
ty is iufdels, Anarchists, and strong.
minded women Indeed these advance
hinkers are the grim joke and burlesQue
If the age, and are themselves but fulfil
nents of prophecy, foretold signs of the
lines, Speaking great swelling words of
'anity, even denying the God that made
hem"