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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-27

The preaching of Phillips Brooks Odd
Trinity Church during "a portion of line
Louton season. bias been "a good deal
commented upon. and iaForaDly FOR
tlo most pan. The meetings were from
day 60 dly. commencing at the hour ODD
noon. and iif sermons we've devoted o.
the instruction of business men, who
crowded the great building, and were
intent listeners. The noted Boston
proacle. said many things in las own
impressive way which. 90 Judge libm
Che newspaper reports. were very sirik-
ing. and calculated lo do much good.
We refer with especial satisfaction CO.
The lac. that his preaching was tmi-
nenUy practical. his Object having been
10 iiiu5tra the importance of Christian
life, and 90 show how. with Cniisi as
the model. sucn life may best De Jed.
Whilst he Was doclrilal. in ine seu-c
lnai be Taught what ho regarded a-
those central scripual truths upon
which ail that can be- properly styled
Giving unto God i5 founded. yet bee
seems 10 have repud.-lci % mere creed
theology. aud Icpudlaicd tins even
passOnaieiT. Ne too. therefore. warm
ed into prophecy. anl lu his foitcas ius
vision saw what others iu lhese oays
have been seeing iu the light of hope
ourselves among the number tuai O.
revolution is imminent which shall ro-
suit in "a breakdown of al offensive
sectarianism. and in The setting up Of
those esscnliais0l Bible teaching about
which alone the various scots
must enc long rally Don united force.
Whether. il such q revolution snail
sweep The ground clear of all useless
metaphysical distinctions il tAc state
menls Cf doctrine. lo Doe restoration OK
an aposloliCai simplicity in ih1 Word
to he preached. cher. shall also DE 10
union of The churches as 90 the logical
sequence. remains 90 be- seen. Bot thal
such am issue viii be reached. we conf
IDENTIFY expect and shall c0uloue o.
urge, Ia this connection Wo are con
Strained 20 quote sentence oI TWO
from the address that was uttered by
the Rev. DR. noge of Richmond. Va.
on the occasion of recent celebration
OF Inc forty. fifth anniversary OF IBIS
distinguished pastorate in that
city. 1T" said be, there is
anything more Characteristic IMAM
another of the times we live IN. IL is
the fact that while there was never
more denominational zeal aud activity
than now. associated With 10 there Is q
determination to bTug 10 the front the
real unity which binds all the branches
of the Christian family together iu one
harmonious and happy brotherhood.
There is an uprising aud advancing
tidal wave of gospel charity which l
trust Ulll continue to rise and flow an
til d sweeps away ali the bigo.ry, the
intolerance, and the eXclusivenoss
which have so long deformed and de-
Graded Chrisieudom. Thus. therefore.
We have a great Presbyterian divine
ioining voice with a great Episcopalian,
IN predicting an upheayai OF the cid
crus,s of seclaFian exclusiyeness, TO
make room for new and better order
Of tnings.- Church Union.
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in England some six months and has
been besieged by publishers. He with
holds his hand at present studying the
situation. The London Literary World
says of his published stories and
Sketches
"Of writing himself out be has no
fear. His active brain harbors at once
dozen ideas. all worthy of develop
ment. and not a third Of what he actu-
ally writes is sent to the press. Since
his success he has given to his work the
same Minute elaboration as BEFORE
speaking every word aloud, that he may
better Judge of its fitness; and the long
est work he has yet completed has been
already worked out four times. and
will be studied carefully again before
it is delivered into the hands Of the pub.
fishers.
Mr.. Kipling's sketches OF native lu'
dian life are tho result Of c0nscienuous
labor. His information has been Oh.
tanned at first hand in the very heart OF
native cities. IN dens no Europeans ever
penetrated before. Perhaps Mr.
Kipling 5 greatest temptation lies in his
dramatic taste. Ills Keen iuctSue ihtu
human nature seizes at once its most
salient points; and its usually the worst
of these thar lend themselves most read.
ily 70 realistic treatment. What VIII
naturally be most appreciated by the
public ia England are those stories, the
maiority of which have appeared under
the title Of Soldiers Three for, fine az
these are in conception. they never
wander one HRS breadth firm the facts
as they are, even when by SO doing
their effect might be greatly enhanced.
ARGENT article in the Times iirsi
set the seal Of public approval on fhe
young writer's work. when. while de-
nyipg his right to place in the fret
rank Of contemporary authors, 1t char-
acterized bin as am admirably direct
writer. with an incisiye power Of rep
Jesenting in half a dozen pages com
ple,e action. and laid due stress upon
his extraordinary knowledge Of Indian
/ lie and the new vein that he has
tapped. Wilmington Messenger.
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a fatal termination. lie telegraphcd 10
his wife and children. who were then
at Victoria, British Columbia. where he
had a branch store. TO come to him inn
mediately. They at once took passage
and soon arrived in the haibcr Of San
Francisco. Again tho custom-house
authorities we're in tfibulatiou. They
teleRraphei TO the Secretary OF the
Treasury, a humane man. who wished
TO give this family Che privilege Of be-
ing with their husband and father i'm
his last hours; but the law was in his
way. He called for a meeting of the
Cabinet, and, after the President Of The
United States aud his Secretaries had
spent anxious hours upon the subject.
they decided that the family might 20
under "a guari from the custom house
20 the dying man aGd remain until his
funeral should have taken place. when
the guard should see chat they returned
by the first steamer TO Victoria.
4th. There isat this mOmoDt. in Dub
Jim, ireland. the wife OF a noble Chris
tiau man. o. FuhCb8u, who gave $4,000
TO the Anglo Chinese college of That
port. She has entertained 40 her home,
with profuse hospitality, several
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and officials of the American
Government with their wives. as well
as an the missionaries and many of The
merchants OF the community. Her
husband desires that She may return
nome via The United States. aud have
the pleasure of seeing those who have
sent the Gospel 90 her and minging
with her fellow church members in
this country. But, as it is not at all
likely that she can comply with the iif-
teen different requirements made inre-
gard 10 persons other than lab0rers who
may wish o. come from China To- Amer.
lea, 1T is very doubtful whether she can
step foot upon tins sacred soil. although
her foot would not occupy more than
three inches on thar soil.
How do lho readers Of The indepond-
emit Ike these specimen instances of the
result OF our recent legislation, How
much longer do they. as Christian poo
pie. intend 70 submit TO the dictation
of the "hoodlum element. which I'M
periousiy demands still more stringent
/ legislation against the subjects Of a
country Win when Wc are az peace
and which has always treated our over
lures in the most friendly manner
We are disgracing ourselves before
the civilized world by this iniquitous
legislation. Surely. the time has come
when the Christian people Of the land
should notify their representatives ln
Congress that they viii not tolerate a
single additional act of oppressive leg
isiauon against these people; but. on
the contrary. viii demand the speedy
repeal OF the outrageous scott Aci,
of 1858. passed I'm open and disgraceiul
violation Ol existing treaties.
Let ali organized bodies of Christian
people pour in their protests and make
themselves heard az the bar Of our ma
tional Senate.-Dr. S. J.. Baldwin in
The Independent.
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When one begins shifting titles, one
knows not where TO stOp-tha. is al
WAYS the weakness OF the retormer.
Would not. for example, L. Pefe Iran
det" be- the true title for Eugene
Grandet ~ The mastery delneation
OF the ni5er is the achievement of the
book. His sacrifice OF bis daughter
serves essentially To throw him into re-
lief. Bllzac. sacrifice beng pei SUBJ
i. CT to him. prefers always TO take hls
title from the victim OF the sacrifice
Eggenie Grandet. lie Lys dams ia
Vallao. lie Pere G)fi0t. 'Le Pero Go
rot Is good name for line book; yet
am not sure that ia Mais0n Fdu-
0uerv would not fit the book better.
True, the tragedy is the tragedy OF q
father sacrificed 10 his daughters lus.
and ayarice. But the pen.ion is the
scene and gery symbol OF las mar.
tyrdom. and the house. like the
book. has dark secrets not directly
connected with GOriOl story Ia his
treatment OF the Maison Nauquer. Bal
FAC reaches romanlici. ID through real
istic methods. This ore sinister house
stands out from tie houses about d
with lurid light upon De-. Picked oui
in this light, the mean lodging house
reveals itself as a centre and heart al
suffering. scheming, struggling, crimi.
nal Paris. To make the work Of the
builders hands color and oyeishado~
the lives Of men, to give il a physiogno-
my and q soul that haun. the imlgira-
ton as # Thing alive aud.purp0se
ful-this is a note oil rOmanlicism. IL
il a function Of romarce io read lls ap.
propriate legend into tower. rain. a
stream. "A glen-the Legend which OK
presses aud completes 10 by selzing and
making permanent rs lniaiuS and
eyanescent suggesliyenesa. -- tempt,
R4r
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-27

The changes which have taken place
ia human nature since early historical
times, are examined ty Mss Frances
Power Cobbe ia the April Forum with
more than ordinary acuteuess. Sine
points cut that the vices OF gluttony
and avarice have nearly disappeared
that we are much less cruel than oul
forefathers. more moderate drinkers
aud less prone % anger. But We have
become restless, coyeious, there ha.
been a gigantic extension o, the yic'
OF gambling. Wholesome indignatiC I
against wrong-dolug is hardly 70 b
met with. and the desire Of fame hs
desepefaiel into love OF rotorieiy.
Sine epeags the assertions. often laade
.ha. he sense CT hunior aud ct beaul,
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We alc not so happy m stqueis as
the French. for " hat - their great Bal.
zsc but sequence Of stqnels. Al
phouse Daudel. who does hot parlicu-
l,rlv resemble B4lzic ~ other respects.
treads 10 bis steps in this art Of taking
a story up again and adding postscript
10 postscript. Such AT least Is the tes-
tinony OF tire three books OF his his
tory oil the great Iar.arin Of Iarascon.
The second, and necessarily the last OF
these postscfipts. iuasmuch as It dis
noses definitely of the delightful hero,
Is embodied Ia 'Por. Tarascon,' the
new humorous novel which, IN advance
OF lis appearance in France. Harper
Magazine is about to publish as an
illustrated serial. This suDremely
dfou and charming episode 10
wonderful fclive career has been
Translated by Mr. Heory James. and
the English.speaking public vii thus
enjoy the privilege OF an envlable fore
! knowledge. They will be IN posses
SION OF 81 Daudet's crowping conf
dences on the subject Of Ta1Iariu. Nhii'
tie clmnauiois OF both author acc
h.4o ase stul IN the dark. Inis sll
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b "Be a Moses and not an Aaron. The
crowd wanted it, said Aaron. and
said. bring me your gold. If you are
an inGdei say so and sue for your
cause. but il you are a Christian pro
claim it on the mount and die for your
belief Who is on the Lcrd's sider IL
j.. to the Young, especially. that God
sD.ak- There are two sides. and only
Two. One is the Lords. and the other
the bulwark of The devil. The line
that divided the children Of Levi from
the iioimers then divides bow the
Christian and the uubeiiever. The
sag0r repeated it when lie said
who is uoi for me isagainst me. Take
the position now. while YOU are young
Nine out Of ten viii confess that il Is
lhe right side. but how many Of those
nine aIe strong enough TO make the
stand That is the condition of hun
dreds of young men who believe they
ought io Doe there but are afraid Of be-
ing fired 90 If they attempt TO cross the
line. And DO is the safe side. Rot the
best of reasons now. you say. but one
day. when the CRY comes who did take
their stand with Me, woe unto him who
did not think of safety. Rev. c. x.
Hemphil.
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Sorrow asa discipline for the soul cub
dues tho will. softeus the temper, curUs
the passions. pulverizes $50 tcspeak the
rough excIc scences OF character which.
hike Jumps OF clay on the surface of a
laed field. turn tae course OF the plOw
aud ihwart tine skill Of The farmer. /.
is NOT chat we are TO lose our will-that
would be 90 lose our individuality
but wo are 90 retainit. that sc NAV offer
DO up daily as a living sacrifice to
God. Eplraim bemOaned himself
thus: "In0u mas chastiscd me. and
was chasti-ed. as q bullock unaccustOm
ed 90 The yoke: turn thou me and | shall
be turned. Surely, after that / was
turned ] fepented. and after that l was
instructed j sm0to upon my thigh
ON. there are thousands much chasten-
ei because mich loved because much
loved ken such pains Nth that they
might grow like God. In little while.
instead of murmuTng at IL. we shall
eauil over it in hymn OF praise which
angels might envy. Till then let as
glory iu igibulalions also. for ''tribu-
laion worketh patience. ~ DE-. Tho
rod.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-27

We havetwice or thrice noted the new
EogiishstOrg writer by the strange name
of Rudyar Kip.inx. We nave read but
one story Of his, aid cannOl write from
personal knowledge OF bis gifts. The
story we read was artistically and care
fully done. AID WIS something novel
ihe scene being laid ia India. That
gave It freshness and piquancy. IL was
aimed OF Russian seventies, cruelties'
barbaritiss. aud there was unmlslaka'
BILE bower IN the portrayal OF character.
The author has hvCd most Oh his life ma
India. We believe he vas born IN tnai
distau, country. OF English parents.
lie is from a line Of able aud scholarly
men. and nCdestiy says he Is the lfas.
worthy Of all OF them. lie was educated
IN England. but IN India bis name d
said to be d household word. He d
still under thirty. lie owes much lC
the taste. culture and learning OF IN
father. who Is described as a man o
varied attainmenments fiuc lingulst
and a clever artist. The admiring anC
grateful son says he owes everything
1 to that accomplished father. He began
editing at the immature age OF l6, az,
while in bis teens published VOLUME
of parcdies called Echoes. He be
came mt an early age fam)u IN tn
Puriab b. his tales written fer his pape
add enttled plain Tales from til
nils land 20 these he aflerwards addel
Departmental Ditties, which IN
creased his reputation. lie has bee
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-27
nANIrL Mnnsrrn.s rAIrn.

Il believe in the existence oil Almigh-
~ God. who created and governs the
whole world am taught this by the
works OF Nature and the Word Of reve-
latiOn.
Il believe thar God exists in three
persons, this j learn from revelation.
Nor is itany objection to.this belief that 1
cannot comprehend how one can be
three or three one. hold II my duty
10 believe not what / can comprehend
or account for, but what my Maker
teaches me.
Il believe the Scriptures Of the Old
ard New Testament 10 be the will and
word OF God.
Il believe Jesus Christ 70 be the Son
of God. The miracles which be wrought
established. IN my nina, bis personal
authority. aud render it proper for me
10 believe whatever he asserts. l DO
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Oar need Of Gods help for the meet
ing of the petty vexlii0ns and the
minor trials % our every day life, is as
real as J. is for the supremest struggle
Of 0uI BEING IN the final conflict with
THE arch enemy OF cur souls. And as to
lhe relative measure Of God s power re-
qui.i.e Tor our aiding. who shall say
what Is much, on what is little, for God
t0 DO? God Is as ready to aid Us IN one
time of need as in another. Wecan de-
reud upon him alike when to Us our
requirements seem great or seem small.
he who viii help as in our dying, will
heip as also in our daily living.
lay school Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-27

months conspicuous existence Of Al
phonse Daudet as an English novelist.
while he remains masked and veIled as
a French ore Is a startling modern
phenomenon. Fishing with a sort Of
electric light the cosmop0lltanlans OF
the future. No similar case--given NJ.
Dauiet's high distinction in his own
country--has probably ever occurred.
IL is not secret. and there IS no
reason why it should be, that the sub.
ject of Port Tarasson was suggested
by one Of the most curious and pathetic
trials in the recent criminal annals 0i
France-the case reported by the Paris
papers. q f>v years back. under the
name Of "L'Affaire du Port Breton.
Port Breton was the invention Of a lit
tie gang Of swindlers who had taken q
lust measure Of human credulity-a de-
lusiye settlement beyond the seas. 10
which a community Of supplemented
children Of Brittany were induced TO
commit their ecanty savings and their
artless persons. The adventure had a
miserable end; the emigrants. planted
on some desolate sand-bank In the anti
podes. where they nearly pcrished on
starvation. struggled home again, sad
der and wiser men, 20 demand
the chastisement of their wrong
ers. Alphonse Daudtt had been
greatly struck at the lime willi The e'i-
dence. the testimony of the victims.
produced at the judicial inquiry, and
the whole thing remained in his mind
as the seed Of an extraordinary comedy.
He has been free TO feel the comic eie-
mert most, mlsmuch as the happy re-
storaiion Of the victimized colonisis 90
the homes they were such fools as 10
leave. has been an essential parl a. his
vision of the drama. Moreover. he has
transported the wonderful siiair TO hi.
own much loved and much ''chaiitd
Provence. where. to his sense, an lie Is
much more deliciously droll than any -.
thing is anywhere else. Ilrtmm ls. OF
course. the PRINCIPAL illustration OK TINS
drollefy. wMch in the author 3 hands
becomes satire upon the exuoei ant
capacity for humbugging and being
humbugged discernible IN a certain sort
of Southern temperament-N. \. THO
une.
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Of happiness filled her heart, and light
shone IN her face 20 that II gave More
than youthful beauty. and IN all the
company there was not so happy q
couple as this husband and wife, their
hearts and faces aglow from the fam.
ing up OF pure sentiment that trans
figured aud ennobled and glorifleJ all
the tolls and privations they had en-
durod.-Christisn Repository.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-27

in-landscape, and deIicscy Of sentiment
in the relations OF the sexes, are purely
modern developments, and makes The
broader. and. no doubt. correct one. that
men have become much more subtle and
more complex than Of old. More COM
plex aud more subtle stili sNull wo
become when President Dwigbt's IDEAS
rs to Education in Boyhood' are July
carried out. With improved methods
OF study. he thinks IL possible for fairly
intelligent boy. between the ages OF
ell ven aud eighteen. 10 acquire good
grounding 10 natural science. m Ian
guage Including Greek and Latin.
French aud German, aud EDglishl. in
music. mathematics, literature. history
aud drawing. There ia no real need. he
thinks. that we shall bring forward "A
generation Of imperfccliy educated
specialists. Charles Dudley Warner. in
Newspapers aud the Pubic, lays the
blame for nearly al that is undesirable
In the conduct OF our newspapers on
the public which reads them. DIR. Char
cot attends Go the questions which have
been raised as 60 tte possibility Of com
hitting crime through the agency OK
hypnouzed persons. The possibility, no
saws. exists: but no actual case has &C.
CURED. So far. and IL would be very un-
safe for the would be criminal 10 en-
ploy q hypnoiized subject for the carry
log out OF his aims.
Rsnneil Rcdd, the WHOM protege OK
Oscar wilde. has some very readable
notes 81 trav ii"ln Classic Waters, IN
Macmlilan's for April. Tie takes US up
the Strait of Euboea and hack again IN
a steam yacht. with excursions inland
to the shrine Of tmphiagaus. 70 the
pass of IhcrmopylW. the Vale OF Tempe
and the site Of IaDagra; thence 10 The
rock of Delos strewn with marble ffag-
ments and flaming With peoples aud
marigolds. and finally 20 Nauplia. Ac-
cording 20 his account. Greek sailors
have as little liking for gale IN the
open as they ever had. aud he seems
fully TO share their opinion that II IA
best TO be ashore in rough weather.
Rudyard kipling. who has al
ready shown himself an able writer
of tales Of soldier liio in India, Las a
pathetic and picturesque story Of an
Englishman escaped from imprisonnw mt
in Siberia. who made his way go his old
regiment on the Afghan frontier az the
moment when Young Russian oilicel
was engaged IN spying cut the land as
It's guest. The ligAtuo,s OF the Caya-
lier poetry Of l0velace and hefrick
and Cagew is contrasied with the seri-
business of Herbert and Ciashaw aud
Saudvs. by J.lh Dow in Poets and Pu.
ritans. Kristen still runs on its
course. there is paper on the contra.
dictoriness OF proverbs r'Coulicts Of
Experience, by IL. O.. keene). and one
on "Elrly Landholiing and Modern
Land Transfer, by Sir Frederick Pol
lock.
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Or. Thompson was walking IN his
college days. with two companions, one
of whom was Alfred Tennyson. Of the
name of the other am not sure Inc
path bv which they went was one when
an Cambridge men know. namely, that
which leads from the backs Oh the col
leges through the fields toward Cotton.
After passing the brook. which used 90
be crossed land perhaps Is now 10y a
rude wooden bridge. 10 was perceived
that Tenuy son had Jagged behind. he
had paused by the side OF the brook,
brought his eyes as near as he could To
the surface of the water, ana was eA
aiming with intense interest tne
subaqueous life which the little
stream contained. After a time
he reioined his companions, and
this was his utteTance when
he Joined them What an imagl'
nation God hasl' Tie words must
have made a deep impression upon my
iuformaut's mind. otherwise be would
not have retained them m memory anu
would not have thought 1t worth wnile
TO repeat them TO me. They made o
similar impression upon myself when
so repeated. and l cannot but regard
them as containing a true philosophy Oh
! Nature. Whatever may be the power
Of natural selection. ANA whatever
causes may be at work to produce IN,
varied scene OF life which the world
contains, you need some underlying
cause. both of life itself and of repro.
duction and variation. and of all natural
phenomena; and if causaily the eN's.
fence of the universe may be attributed
To Gods will and purpose. 30 the end
less yariety.of vital manifestations may
be attributed to that which IN the case
of man we should call Imagination.
The Bishop of Carlisle in the Nineteenth
Geulurv.
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n1osoae hngs are friir. rhaisoercr things
r.e honest. 'cto's0crcr things are hnf, ,choiso-
r.ef nis0t ave pure 'rt0ts0nce things are
.fio. uiofs0sref mia0s arc of ooodreporr y
ncrr DO onD rhfua oad II there be any praise
nllf on h.se uIn1s.-rhi. an. Sih.