The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-14
Great Leaders Voice.

c-s,t movements starting apparently
,,,-f, neOusly. without any cause; great
- suddenly springing into life without
- cause. what Is the meaning. what the
.y-lfcance7 our prophet jeremiah and
~ prophct Paul answer the question.
20 secret Of great men is God. and the
.,.-s' of great movements is God. The
s-sst men-they are voices from the In
ere speaking 20 us and calling us 70 a
irAsr and a diviner life.
Goa has made humanity advance; each
~ advance has been itself the precursor
ian advance yet 10 follow. The great
,.s. Is not In the man: the greatness is
'he God who sends the man and who
srss through the man. The Hebrew
re we're wiser than the American race:
ey were ready 10 believe that the word
O. he Lord came To- their great men.
81 came 10 the great prophets that are
rsst and he comes 10 the great prophets
Ni' are present. He came 10 Moses and
q David and 70 Elijah and 10 Paul; and
% came 70 Calvin and 10 Augustine and
. Luther and 10 Wesley and 10 Bushnell
al 90 Beecher.
lu the great prophets. all the great
teachers all the great leaders. have been
81, a voice. and through the voice God
ias spoken 10 humanity. And as the
great men are themselves the manifesto
ions the scintilations Of God. so the
Teli movements are themselves the wit
resses 81 a divine presence and n divine
power Not only flashes Of genius are
s.ruations Of his light. but every light
that lichteth any man that comes into
he world comes from him.
on. that ! could make myself always
go as sometimes ] see. that / could make
you see as sometimes / do. how the glory
o. Col lies back OF and shines through
The whole panorama Of human history
Ls'not the wise man glory in his wisdom.
Why should hep
Oh how hard life seems TO some OF YOU.
and how strange and how mysterious, and
how pitfull Perhaps your eyes shed no
tears and your hearts know no bitterness.
and yet how can you look out into life
and not see that the world groaneth and
travaieth In pain together until now?
OBJ. how dark life is II a man takes God
olt n ~ But II ne can understand God
he can know that God is working right
eou'ress and loving kindness in the
world; II ne can measure God. so far
is he measures Him at all. not by what
has been accomplished; but by what is
hng accomplished. II he can see the
Ieals toward which God is summoning
rsn, n he can see the ideals TO which
ca IS summoning him: II he can see
bow out n SORROW there is wrought pa
tsncs, how out OF crucifXiOn there is
wrought redemption, and how out
o. temptation there is wrought strength,
eve and how out OF what we call sin
there IS wrought a knowledge Of ones
heart and n knowledge Of ones weakness,
ana the power 20 begin a new life and
start afresh with a new hope-if he can
zee this and understand this, then is he
blessed indeed; and though life and death
sin remain an enigma, he will glory in
God. because he will glory IN the love
that throws its light on all life Let not
the wise man glory in his wisdom. nor the
mighty man IN HIS might, nor the rich
man in his riches; but let him glory in
this: That he has a little understanding
OF lie
The clouds are haaped up I'm the west.
md are all ahame with golden glory until
The sun drops behind the horizon, and then
they turn 10 dull blacks and grays again.
50 let the man look on humanity with no
God behind f. and all humanity is but
black and gray. Great men and little
men. wise men and foolish men-as little
reason 20 trust the one as 10 trust the
other. But let him see that there is a
sun behind them that is shining through
them, and then all the glory Of individual
genius all the glory OF human progress
me glory Of democrat on tho one hand.
and the glory Of the aristocrat on the
other. Will but illustrate the glory OF
the God that Eliminates humanity and
makes II sublime.-Dr. Lyman Abbott.