The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-15
HERE AND THERE A GEN.

A BRIGHTER DAY Is COMING "A ~
Increase Of nearly $1,000 Cbristiaa
| Tor the gear Is no insignificant retnu
| The deaths among the l",'9v."$
Christians Of las, year must have made#
| large figure. This les, and all oth0
losses have been made by convcrs"
nd immigration. and nearly f"
| rained in addition. We now Ia
| l42. .67 churches and 9s.32l m'n~
ers. showing net gain Of sly
| churches and 3,sGJ ministers.
| clear addition of an average
| between tea and eleven chnrche
md as many ministers ever
n the year. does not appe
! TO indicate decline OF power Of growt
daily harvest OF 2i0 souls is n
.vmptomatic Of that decay which ce
ain skeptics profess to discover 10 Chri
.ianity in this country. II in additio-
the grand totals Of churches, minh
,ers and commandments. and the gains
ach for the year. We could give H.
rand totals of the millions. yes bi
lous OF money invested IN corlsiia'
churches and Christian institutions. an
he millions upon millions more raisei
for The spr al of Christianity Gospe.
We might hope to convince even tho
rheos ophists. who think that now is
he opportunity for Buddhism 10 ta'sex
America. that Christianity has s,co.
.ome hold upon the people Of this coui
try-Thc hdc0ended
Tar pERMANFNCY OF REIiGION.-I
one mans life could he pro,
through three or four centuric. a ,ery
changes which he would Witness
De indeed astonishing; but c,
things. it may be confidently pred
would not have changed. for theywo r
oeyer been other than what theyA a..
oin' paul. ue''" are "n'' '''J 'seyeral
he days of Tudors. in the days of -.
Crusades. in the days CT the apostles
and evangelists. and in the days ot
David Sin, pain, death. they are
permanent elements in the life of
human beings. and because they are
permanent. religion. too. will last.
Only a robust faith in the Unseen, only
faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ can relieve the human heart
when face 10 face with the solemn, ire.
versible conditions OF our life. So long
a. they last the religion Of the Cruel
fled will last, too. If the sense of sin
could be drugged by false philo7o,hy.
if pain could be forgotten. II chemical
sciel ce could only arrest the march Of
death. then the religion of Jerus
Christ might die; bat as mat
lers stand, it is too intimately
associated with the fac.s OF human
life. it strikes its roots too deep in tho
experien of the human heart to van
i.h at the bidding OF any unbclievers.
So long as men sin. so long as men suf-
fer. so long a. men die. Jesus Christ
our Lord will be believed in, will be
worshippcd as the Light Of the World,
as the Divine Mater, whose teaching
and whose death has made the darkness
of human destiny to be light indeed
canon Lidd0p.
HUMANITY OF OUR LORD. Another
proof thas our Lords humanity was
more perfect than ours, is the absence
i'm him of what we call character. All
men and women have some special
characteristics: one il brave. another
humble. another patient, aud 80 forth.
Moses was the meekts, Of mon. Solo
mon the wisest, job the most patient.
What does that mean : Ii means that
those qualities predominated over the
rest Of the character in their respective
possessors. Bat the prcdOminance Of
any special quality Is a max OF imper-
lection. The perfection Of man > con-
s,tution is to have It's qualities IN equi-
poisc. each in ia proper plice. each
coming t. the front wbe1 required;
but none oyershadowing the rest.
Read the history Of Christ - you find
il IN the gospels, aud you Will gee that
one Of the most wonderful things
about it Is this absence OF any special
characteristics All his intellectual and
moral faculties are IN peri CT equilib-
rum Each was IN It's propc. place,
each asserted itself when necessary,
Just to the extent required. and not
/ il. beyond. lie WAS the bravest OF
men when bravery was required; the
meekest when meeknes3 was Lesded:
the most indignant when the occasion
demanded indignation; the most merci-
/ full where mercy was deserved. But
there was 10 special quality which dis
tingushed him: no particular attribute
which dominated the res. OF his human
nature Canon HacCoH
Hast thou within n care 80 deep
II chasrs from thine cyc-llds Sleep
To thy Rodeemcr take that care,
And change anxiety 10 prayer.
Hast ihos a hope. with which Thy heart
Mouli almost feel 10 death 20 part
Entreat thy God that hope 10 crown,
or give thee strength TO lay u down.
What e'cr the care that breaks thy rest
What e'er the wish that sweis my breast.
spread before God that wish. that care
And change anxiety 10 prayer.
->e'ecffd
/ think that death has two sides 10 it.
one sunny and one dark; AZ this round earth
IseVsfy day half sunny and half dark.
We on TIE dark side call the mystery Death;
They on the other. looking down In light.
Walt the glad Birth, with other teaIs than