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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27

The aspirant for literary hOnOrs with
p.cuniarv remuneration should remem'
ber than The most famous names in the
literary guild earned their money for
the most part I'M other than literary
wavs. bryant was an editor and pub
Usher. LDngfellow and Holmes and
Lowell were Harvard professors. En-
erson ana Blyard Taylor were lectur-
ers. and TAYLOR was also Tribune edl-
tor. Carts and Stoddard depend upon
editorial salaries: Stedman is broker,
and Halleck was John Jacob Aston :
Drivate secretary. And one might go
further with this list. Whittier began
as an editor. and only In middle life
attempted to lean upon literature
alone Tor a support, which hls early
savings aud simple hablis made
pcs,ible. 10 was always L0ugieliow >
advice ID Young men who wished 10 be
literary 20 have FIRST and mainly, Vo-
cation independent OF the nler muse.
If a Young writer thinks he possesses
Genius be may. OF course, experiment
with IL but IL viii serve his purse and
uc3cc OF mind better to secure some
source Of lab0rald income that IS more
puilistine aud worldly. and ride HIS
Pegasus only at inspired intervals. For
10 IS q fact, IN spite Of the occasional biz
figures that are given as the results of
literary work. pure aud simple. thai the
men who prosper or have pro'pered 10y
chat alone, are only. at any one time q
few dCZ. in number among our sixty
five millions of people. Home
Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27


We learn from a report iu the indie
pendent that at "a conference OF all irc
Protestant mis-ionaIit, i'm China, held
ut Shanghai last May. resolution was
adopted requesting the Bible societies
90 publish editions of the Scriptures
with summaries. headings, and brici
utroluctiOus aud explanations. The
reason for tine request. as brought oUt
ln tine debate on the resolution, +, that
the coo. 0u0 Chinese Bibles al present
circulated annually ale largely uuln
telHgible to heather.
But does not such a proposition run
counter to- the distinctly Protestant
theory that THE Bible contains all
things necessary for faIthaud practice.
and shat the RJmish teaching that IL
cannot be understood without the OK
position OF the Church, is opposed To
sound dOctrnef In accordance with tins
theory. both the British and Foreign
Bible Society. ana our own America
Bible Society are restricted TO the circu
lation Of the Scriptures without note
or comment. both at home and nm for
elm lands. The Protestant, idea is
that "a, the Bible is the Word OF God,
His sole communication % men by
inspiration. IL is complete as it. stands.
s.lf explanatory, and equally app!lCa-
Gle To ain mankind. and for each 5Jfii
Client as "a guide 90 salvation. Tina has
been g main aud distinguishing CHAR
actc.istic OF Professionalism from ITS be-
ginning.
Yet these Chinese missionaries. after
long practical experience. i1Imllay an-
nounce that OF itself the Bible is in
sufficient for the Chinese. and "umu-
telligblci" They say that it is not
within the comprehension OF the Mon
gohan mind iu the form in which it
came by inspiration, bat must be tx
MANNED and calculated by Occidental
intelligence. o. If ia communicating
with Ills creatures God had left out OF
consideration the intellectual lmita-
ton, of the Orient This is "a startling
rffreat from the Protestant demaud Ion
the private and individual lnterprela
ton OF the Scriptures, as against the
oman doctrine that the Church must
be- the cXpoeitor.
Many millions Of Bibles are oistribu-
ted annually among peoples ~ AN
tongues. ON the theory that the VOID
OF God is necessary TO the salvation Of
every creature of llis hands; bat if the
Chinese cannot understand u, must It
not be equally un,uteiligble 10 other
races also. and IL 10 is 10. universally
understandable. how can o. be univtr-
ally necessary foT salvation
Tie questions to which the res2lu
ton Of the Shanghai Conference gives
rise are therefore OF the gravest sort,au@
,bny must provoke very serious thought
more especially among those VINO
are regular contributors to The Diole so
cieties, 80 largely occupied in circulat-
ing TRANSACTIONS OF the scriptures
throughout the East.-New York Sun
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27
KENO ". TICKNOR AND CRAZE RoE-


Il was in Paris, in 1917, that Kenyon
iirst saw Ticknor, and from that time
they met whenever the historian OF
Spanish literature was in Europe, and
they cOrresponded frequently when
apart. This intimacy bought Kenyon
into contact with many of the most dis
tlnguished Americans who visited Eng
land. They were sure OF hospitablo
reception at his house. and several Of
these visitors have recorded their en-.
jOYment of those social func-
tons which brought So many celebri-
ties together. We hear Of Cole
ridge being met at D o'clock
dinner at Kenyon 5, and of his talking
on till l2-some one declared that he
was only in the middle OF his second
sentence when midnight came. Ken
JOn, with his unfalling kindness. had
been helpful to the Coleridge family on
more than one occasion. Crabb Robin
son was 50 associated with the Like
poets that probably through them Ken
yon must have known him for some
time, but the first entry in Robinson
diary giving the others name is under
date November, 1920:
"DinCd with the Wordsworths and
lambs and Mr. Kenyon at sionkhOuse's.
IL was anagreeable company aui a good
dinner. though | could not help sleep
iDg'
To the end of his long life Crabb Rob
inson had the habit Of taking short dog
snoozes during dinner-perhaps his
longevity resulted therotrOm. IIe
would suddenly awake with a half
guilty start, generally at the sound of
a familiac name, and would instantly
plunge into the discussion. He was as
ugly as Socrates, but his voice was
charming. think | hear those sono-
rous tones and wayelike musical ca.
dences as he began some happy aud
pertinent quotation, generally with
the words 1T VAS foe ana wise
say ing of Wieland,' so and so.
at first speaking in English
and then dropping into the original
German. If he knew his listeners were
acquainted with the language he loved
so we'll. Crabh Robinson was always
excusing himself for his bad memory
it Was not good, perhaps. for the things
of yesterday, but tine mental impress
siOns of earlier years were indelible,
and no man could pour forth such
food Of recollections as he retained OF
the days ne spent at Weimar with
Goethe. Schiller, lIerder. and WielaDd,
Temple Bar.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27

how great sinner he was rs that he
was sinner at all. Like man who
discovers that he cannot meet his BUSH
ness obligations, though he is only
short ten cents on the dollar. hc Is "a
inevitably a bankrupt as if he were
short ninety cents. Most men go on
the suppositIon that God only takes ac-
count of gross sin. and that little sin.
nors ''- that is. men and women who
are less sinful than some Others. who
are VIGOROUSLY siuful-ar not sinners
at all i'm the sense of being guilty aud
lost. They never think of sin as such,
but only of sin in the extent and 0e-
gree OF It. But true conviction of sin
takes account of the fact that sin at all.
in any degree. IS both guilty and fatal
90 standing with God. and must in the
end prove fatfl 10 spiritual character,
just rs the smallest spcck of rot in an
apple is fatal 20 its acceptance as being
sound, and pust inevitably spread itself
over the whole fruit. Few persons
rCcOgniz, this, and so they are careless
Of sin. The publican had made this
discovery.
Moreover, he seems TO have made
deeper discovery than that he was
sinner i'm the sense of being transgres
sOr of God S law. The Holy Spirit has
recorded gesture which he made
while making his confession Of sin to
God. lie smoto himself ON the breast.
This is significant. aud seems 20 have
indicated that ne knew that his trouble
lay deeper than In his actions. There
was a reason for traLsgICs,i0n IN hls
N..r E.rr II rHs ffffr .
not saying: Lord, / am % sinner. not
only i'm act, but in nature. The seat OF
the trouble is right here, in my heart
My actions are bad because my heart Is
bad. He bad discovered That % Dc
tru. which our Saviour has so grapm-
callv declared: For from within
ont of the heart of men, pro
coed evil thoughts. adultcres, form
cations. murders. theft, coyetOusne,S.
wickedncss. evil eye, blasphcmy. pride.
+ fooli.hne,s: all these things come from
within and dciic the man Mark MI.
I2I. 22l. This was the deep discovery
/ which he bad made. and while he COM
/ fc,std these things which deliicd the
man. he Wa. clulesslUg also the deep
depravity of his heart from which
/ flowed his evil life. "a, bitter waters
/ from bitter fountain. a. evil fruit
grows ON am evil uee. Until this ci9-
coycry is made and rocogrlz0 by men
/ they viii hardly make lheFcuiteui con
/ fes,i0n oft the publican; Tor until the
thorough evil of thc nature Is racaG-
uiz.d there VIII always be latent
. thoucht.that 30 is possible to cease from
f sim and by religious or moral training
..r.H D.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27
rrING ItAIIIiEIL.

A faithful man is one who not only
has faith himself, but one in whom
others have, or may have. faith. Fer
haps the first may be said to stand to
the second rs cause to effect. "Wouldst
thou have me believe in thee, thou
must myself first believe. " >,
The doubling man is unstable IN an
his WAYS" Instead OF being an anchor
In the storm, he is like wave OF the
sea. driven and tossed" Having no
rock under his own feet, nc can give no
secure standing room to another bu'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27

added by way n correction 81 somo
newspaper statements, that while Mr.
Scudder was not associate editor of that
mage zine uDder Mr.. Aldrich's adrIinis-
tra,ion. he edited II during the lattcr's
visits to Europe. He was born in Bcs-
ton. October. l6, 1893. graduated at
Williams College. twenty years later,
and some time afterward went 10 New
York. where he taught for three years.
Meanwhile he wrote the first Of his
stories for children. seven Little PEG.
pie and Their Friends His return 20
Boston was occasioned ~ the death Of
his father; aud the SUCCESS OF his first
book was the means of his adopting lit
erature as a profession. Among his
best known publications are The Bod
ley Books, a series for children: Tho
Dwellors IN Five Sisters Court, Men
and Manners in America, Stories and
Romances, Boston Town. 'Noah Web
ster' in the American Nen.of-Let,ers
Series, History of the United states
and Men and Letters He was
joint author with Mrs. TAYLOR Of tho
Life and Letters of Bayard Taylor
Mr. Scudder was editor OF The River
side Ma azine for Young People during
the four years OF its existence, and pub
lished in it's three volumes Stories
From Ny Attic Since his association
with lioUghtOu. Mifiln x Co. he has
edited for them the series Of American
Commonwealths. American Poems
and American Prose. He contributed
number OF valuable articles to Tho
Memorial History Of Boston The ex-
celience of his literary work is as no.
ticeable as Its variety; he has a forcible
and graceful style which is an appro-
pirate vehicle for his robust thought
and delicate fancy. That he will make
an admirable editor of The Atlantic IL
a fOregOne conclusion from his catholic
and discriminating literary taste ard
his familiarity with the scope Of tho
magazine.
Nc. Scudder is passing the summer at
Little Bears Head. a charming resort
on the New Hampshire seacoast. coming
to town several times week. HIS
brother. MIR. Samuel III. Scudder. the
naturalist, author OF the monumental
work. Butterflies OF America re
ceived the honorary degree OF Doctor
of Science at Williams College Com
mencement. Mr.. Aldrich' friends will
be glad TO learn that he is TO occupy on
his return from Europe in September
his old quarters nc HOughtOn, Mifllin IL
Co. :, the former editorial sanctum of
the Atlantic, which looks out on the
peaceful seclusion of the Granary
burying grouRd. Critic.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27
GErIIsEMANE.

On the very lowest slope Of the Mount
of Olives. deep down and unseen be.
yond the enclosing wall OF the Temple
area. lies the garden which is so assocl-
ated with the sacred stOry-Gethsem-
ane, the scene Of the agony. Almost
opposite 10 it, on the other side OF the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27
LIGHT At EVENING.


The darkness gathers in the valleys fast.
The shadows deepen, ana Tie day Is past,
only upon the hills that frame NE shy
\ shaft of sunshin e still delights the eye.
So I'm my life the day Is past and gone,
Inc sunshine fades where once II brightly
snOne,
Until lift my eyes unto the nils,
Tnen, Lord, Thy radiance all my being fills.
50 on Thy hills, o Lord, fix my gaze
My source OF strength IN these declining
days
For II al evening thus Thou givest light,
How sweet the slumber Of the coming nisht
-Ethelbert ID. Wartieid in the Observer
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27


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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27

LEAVES,

"lie ham nercr (edof he ddm'ics that are
bra in book; he han not afepaper rs II icere;
he ham pofdrunk mk: his in'cfcci is MT rcpien-
, hed' h. Is ontg sensible IN the dViier parts. '-
L0res oJor Inst
Bhai is thrice rcod Is better remembered Than
Chdf is transcribed.
--&rmUsi johnson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27
R RELIGIOUS
OPINIONS.

hinQs are frlir UbofsoTcr Ning
...f. f.lrfsorrer things arc Just, 'rh0fso-
ave- p,uc. tohafsoUn hinQs are
.,a.r.r things ave ofooodrcporf' 81
nutHf,,e. ami tr there Dc any praise
HugN-Phil. am. Sth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27

a man who is faithful. that is full OF
faith, is able Ia say. II know in whom
have believed. - and becomes by that
fact both a guide and support to
others to be depended upon. No man,
therefore, can Toe trusted in matter
which he himself IL kkenil.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-07
Still Paid Five shiIlings a Day.

Some time ago the Committee on Labor re-
ported fayorably the bill to give all Government
employees not less than 81 per day. Nothing
has been done about the bill since ii was re-
ported, and the poor laborers at the Capitol
grounds are still struggling for an existence on
621 cents day. This the laborers consider
burning shame.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-07

Now is the time to buy Furniture and save 10
per cent, and not wait until fall. My entire
stock of Parlor, Dining-room, and Chamber Fur
niture, Portieres, Laces, and Upholstery Goods
of all kinds at the above reduction. My splen-
did assortment of Carpets and Rugs will be sold
at Actual Cost, for Cash Only. WIN cut and
make to order Loose Furniture Covers and guar
antee perfect fit. The celebrated Dry Air
Alaska, which is conceded to be the champion
refrigerator on the market, is offered at re-
duced prices. Also full line of desirable Water
Coolers, which must be closed out at cut rates,
as the season is advancing and my stock is too
large. A splendid assortment of Baby Carriages
to select from, almost at your own price, as / do
not wish to carry these useful articles over.
Consequently come in and get bargain, and
give health and life to your babes.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-07
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-26

cross anu dlssaElsnad, reeifns SfiaS saas
fates were against him.
He was late to breakfast the next
morning. His mother laughingly in.
quired if the weight of the bedclothes
had affected his'hearing.
Yes'm-no'm. mean-~I guess not,
he replied absentiy.
"What sort of boy is that Ned Sell
ers?" inquired his father at length.
Bert started.
81 don't know l think he's pretty
good boy. Why?"
II passed the house this morning.
Some one was getting terrible tiogging,
and l think it must have been Ned.
What for? Do you know2"
"Yes They spoke very loud and
could not help hearing. II was for run.
ming off last night. Going swimming, !
believe.
Bert's eyes flashed.
That's just like his father, said he
Indignantly. "l lie never wants Ned T.
aave any fun.
There was no reply. Some hidden
feeling, he could hardly tell what,
prompted Berts next question.
Would you fog me, father. II went
swimming without leave 2"
THAT depends upon circumstances.
replied the father, looking searchingly
into his face. @If my boy were mean
enough to skulx out of the house at night
when | supposed him to be abed and
asleep, it is just po sible that mightnot
consider him worth ilogging.
How Bert's cheeks burned. He had
never looked at the matter in just that
light before.
~Never be a sneak, my son. Its cow
ardly and disgraceful.
Bert made no answer, but his thoughts
were busy. AS he .hought how good has
father was to him, often denying himself
for his sake, two large tears rolled slowly
down his ruddy, sunburnt cheeks.
"What is it, my boy?"
He brushed the tears away hastily.
Father" said he, i've been a sneak;
but / won't be coward. ! was going
with the boys last night"
"Ahr
~Yes, sir / should have gone II IL
hadn't been for the dog and the cat
and the rest of them. 1t wasn't any
goodness of mine that kept me at home"
MY dear boy, :" said his father, Il
knew you were in the shed last night,
and if you had gone very likely should
have gone with you without your know
ing it. But now you are my honest boy
again, aud am proud of you.
Bert wrung his fathers hand and
rushed out into the rain.
"Just like the monitors at school, said
he, seriously. Making such a fuss that
fellow can't go wrong if he wants TO.
And he took Cuff up in his lap and patted
Princes shaggy coat.