Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-06

religion have gone out forever, or ara hid
under bushel that the divine truths
IN early ages that shone in the Nedas have
oecn extinguishcd beneath the tread Of
ldoiaters IN India; that the golden rule,
the broad charity, and beneyolencc Of con-
iusions have been forgotten in his own
country; that tho God Of Abraham. Isaac,
anu Jacob ~ now known as the cruel and
revengeful GOd Of the Old Testament The
goodness and Astounding love Of Plato
and tie pure religion and wisdom Of
Aristotle are rs dead az the Ian
gpage IN which they were written.
is tho lamp Of Lifen that blazed on Cal
vary 20 be extinguished. IL would seem
So The dLL,c,se historians tell us that the
story o. Eden and the first pair is a Persian
iable, learned Dy the Jews in their captivity
az BABYLON long after the death OF Moses
Therefore there was 10 .all, no original sin
and no atonement necessary. and no virtue
IN v.cari0us suffering. Delivers into ancient
records tell Us that Christ wrote not word,
and that lew, If any, If his Disciples were
able % write, and that all tho Gospels were
not wntton by eye-vitnesaes. and that many
OF the apostolic letters were not written by
those To whom they are attributed. Even
learned diylnes deny the divinity Of Christ.
After valnly attempting the impossible. and
nv reason to hnd out God. D." the lifelong
scientist sits down with the aguostic, folds
ms hands and his books. aud saws with IN
difference. i don't know, naud talks about
the Great tnknOwablc Poor man: he
cannot even cell what will remain
unknown, and were he able. life would be
too short for the enumeration. The most
common things in life he cannot compre-
bcnd. Even his own vitality IS a mystery
10 MN. lie cannot tell the cause OF grayi-
taiiOn or Of the varied and wonderful
chemical atinities that form nearly every
substance IN nature. For his life ne eau
not explain the cause Of the varieties seen
IN the vegetable KINGDOM. nor how two
disslmiinr plants, feeding from the same
son, are enabled 20 eliminate from the
earth substances that 90. VA one ca-c 90 form
a wholesome food and in tho other % dead
" poison. He does not reject q cool drink
oi water to quench his thirst because he
could not account for the perfect affinity
existing between two GASEOUS bodies that
draw them together and cOudcnses them
INTO that beautiful clement-watcr. Why
then, viii be reject vital truths truths rs
useful as water that man in his long march
of experience has discovered aud tested
and found TO be the only principles on
which society can loo safely based and hap
piuess on earth positively secured, and
possibly also IN a future statcl
PLAIN TALK.
With some Christians and all politicians
the devil has no more reality than ghost {:
hell has no more actual existence than
Sms's hole, and future rewards are too re-
mote 10 Doe attractive. and future punish
mcnt "a Il rohc Of supersttoUs barOarlsm.
II truth, and virtue, and Justice, and
wisdom no longer rule aud there i~ no
balm IN Gilead what ~ 20 ho the fate Of
the ngtiou? Prophetic vision is uYt a1vcn
80 man. We can only guess at the future
bv the past. and knowing that Ike can 90
produce Ike effects tho patriot can bat
tronhIe az tho destruction that awaits the
nation in the near future.
~ hmpar0! u morris Lord LET Thy m
profitable servant depart IN peace and not
lnger HIM 10 behold the destruction of his
country and the rum Of his beloved pco-
pie.
, Having been brought in the political
school of jefferson. and taught cOnstitu-
ronal law at his university, and learned TO
believe that $50 long a. the Federal Gov
crnmcnt was restricted 10 its plalnly-delc-
gated powers the slsterhOOd OIL equal
sovereign States could with safety be
surcad over the whole continent. J reject 4
the hamiitOulan idea Of enlargng tie
powers Of the central Government and that
the national donna should be restUctt 4
10 IT'S original boundaries. ] havo lived 10
see Our territory nearly doubled, and the
Constitution. like an IndiG-rubber band,
stretched until II has caught within lts
pUolyzing grasp the sovereignty of every
State. NIrgnian5 were once derislve.y
called Abstractionists. but alas! 1 have
lived 20 see her gifted son, j. ". Daniel,
hCip to hold mp the hands OF the Treasury
robbers and spread the apron OF hls proud
Oil mother TO catch part of the stolen
money: and, 0,u0ite dnhf, tho cOuserya-
tive old Djsp0fct squirting at an increase Of
Federal power 10y the purchase of all tcle-
graphs, express companies, and railroads
for postal service. o! Heavenly Father,
in thy hands are al the corners OF the
earth: have mercy upon US miserable sin
uers. l.. II. GoODIoE.