The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-06

Bible to the pastor. he had all OF Joo
taken out. and about third of the en-
tire Book. If he had heard him preach
fifteen years. at that rate. he wouldu
bave had anything left. The minister
wanted him to give him the book.
THE POWER or SIMPLE CHAR
ACTER
Some persons are distinguished by
their words, some persons are dlslln-
pnished By their deeds, some persons
are distinguished by their character
Character is simply what man Is. lie
NAV be good, he may not be good hut
whether good OF bad. what he Is repre-
sents. and is, his character. Yet. IN the
usage Of language, we have come 10
employ the word in only its good sense
We have come to say that a man ba-
no character. We have come to say
that man has character. meaning
that he has character noble and good
We constantly affirm that to form
character is the purpose of the schooi
and the Church. assuming that tins
character is and must be worthy.
We believe the time was never more
suspicious than the present for securing
eminence on the ground of simple char
acter. The orator has no, passed away
though printing has in certain ways
limited his power. The man OF works
lives. but so numerous are the wonders
of the time that his relative significance
has decreased. But the world still calls
for men who are great and good. Such
men we constantly meet. 1t was saiu
of the Earl of Chatham that there was
something in him much finer than any
hing he said. Those who knew MI
Emerson intimately recognized that the
best Dart of The man could not be run
into either printers INK or an hour
lecture. On the contrary. weare some
times compelled 10 labor under the p
nrebeneion that a man s words arc much
better than the man. We are Obliged
TO fear that the clothes are more beauti
full than the person which they cover.
The power of simple character Is very
great. Like the elemental power OF
rrayitation and electricity. 1t IS 81 e.
and constant. L; is so silent that VIZ
need to have attention called To 1t Il
INDIE rightly its might; so constan
that we need TO be reminded Of lis ex
istence. But that II Is the supreme IN
man force in human life We recognize
Il alone iusures permanence OF woTi
and continuity OF influence. The spt ak
er who has it finds his influence NOR
attractive and more impressive thai
the critic would think: the Statesman
who il thus blessed learns that he is es
timated more highly than his modest.
would dare TO hope; the editor VINO !
thus strong di.coveis that his paper ha
a standing which he thinks MS abllitie
do not warrant: the minister VINO }
thus gifted rCj ices to know that hl
church is through the years growing Il
a grace far richer than the thought o
his sermons.
This power of character is a treasur
open to the posse ssion Of each. IN
deep desire to have 1t gives the strengt
10 secure il. The harder the strugsl
T. gain il. the richer is the ganinl
The mere endeavor gives that ylgol
alertness. force. which are them-eiv We
character. The harvest Of characte
begins to ripen as soon as the seed {
character falls into the soil. lntelle'
tual culture is not privilege to
gained by many few have the abllit
to amass great wealth. But to try TO
man is it's own reward; one cann'
try 20 be a man without being a maj
and each is able to make the attempt.
We recognize the power OF emp
c.aracter in the way We have OF JUDI
ing of the awards which God bestoV
o. man. We instinctively believe th'
we are blessed by God not for what
have done but for what we are, and IN
we are punished far less for outwal
: transgression than for wickedness
the heart. 1t is rather sin than sil
which the divine holiness abomiDatt
Our future. as our present, heaven
determined far more by what we q
: than by what we do. So. likewise,
love and worship God more because
his goodness aud greatness than becau
= OF the good deeds and great which
attribute to his doing, though the
deeds are the expression Of his naiuI
In all being, divine and human, 1t Is
simple character which Is the SUPPER
power.-Advance.
e THE Evangelical Alliance OF Pm
y deinhia have been holding religlo
# services on Sunday afternoon at
Chlldren's Play Ground. in Fairmou
I Park. during the entire summer. l
r Park Commissioners cheerfully grant
the Alliance the privilege of holdI
II these services. and the large attencar
IN has fully justified the effort made
D. reaching the non-church going class
N In some cases thousands have col
is together and listened respectfully
is the Gospel message. Judging from
a marked attention given the speake