The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-11
Sentimental and Practical.

| The devil is very smart: no wonder hf,
Intellectual superiority has been praised
even In the pulpit and has n thousand
ways Of accom- plishing his ends. Now he
| appears as an angel Of light; now as an
elegant and accomplished. graceful and
smiling gentleman. an adept I'm society,
very Ward McAllster; now as a charm
| Ing woman Of the world. educated in
Paris, knowing ten thousand times too
much for decent lady. but nevertheless
quite the fashion and most successful
ion-hunter. On the other hand. ne can
be very Mrs. Candour, taking the world
as IL IS and telling the honest truth"
! when II Is on tho side Of meanness to
tell II. He can be a realistic philosopher,
have no use for theory and poetry and
/ sentiment. and all that He can be a
business man, deal In facts and figures
and results, and dcspise "all the other
sort Of nonsense" He can believe IN
horse sense and actual life. Nothing
mean about him.
And there are many IN common life
not known exactly as devils but OF his
persuasion. The practical philosopher OF
our day hardly DISCUSSES the fact that he
is on the side of the uureligious. unsenti-
mental, practical, honest deWl-Darcus
deOl UNI cultor-nOt much Of g church
goer. And the pr0fane rabble follow his
lead, and for the sake of company are
willing all to SO to the mischief together.
The devil never plays the hypocrite
more deeply and diabOHcaly than when
he plays the role Of the rough diamond.
He assumes the vulgar and common, the
ill-bred and untaught. meaning 10 ex-
emplfy simple and sincere, frank good
nature, the implanted and unvaruished.
In F.nfrn d.
common and unclean the stamp OF the
sterling, and to brand all decency and
good breeding and cultivation and self
respect as counterfeit. as put on"
Nothing IS more familiar than this dirty,
unkempt, uuwashed. ignorant democracy.
this diabolic hypocrisy that discredIts all
merit. In France they call IL sans Gu
lOttes.' Strange Us the aptnegg Of the
French language for everything vile.
The favOrite intellectual and moral
style and diabOlic method Of this day and
generation is 10 discredit and degrade the
very word sentiment. Everything that is
above hand work OF machine work or
buying and selling that does not enter
into business" that can't be measured
and estimated in dollars and cents. goes
under the discredited name OF "senti-
mental" SO check-bOOK. pocket and
stomach make up life with the practical" /
man. So the devil with his mateualism /
works things. and abolishes the soul with |
all its qualities and attributes. And what
is man without a soul2 4 tree without
roots. leaves, fruit on sap. Such Is man
deprived Of all that sentiment involves. OF
all that they would take away from him.
On the contrary, see what man is, fun
Of life and soul. See what he is with
thought. emotion, sensibiiity, reason and
heart; far above the practical machine
and dumb brute. a breath Of God. a llv-
ug soul, against whose good the world,
The flesh and the devil combine and con-
END. in familiar language. a sensible.
kindly gentleman.
The war against sentiment Is 4 war
against mind and IT'S work. against rea-
on: against feeling. character, affection;
gainst brotherly and sisterly and matn-
n0nial and flial love; against all that
S beautiful and loyable IN life; against all
hat makes life worth living. IT is the
Id war against the Town OK Man-Soul /
~ Diabolus.
The protest OF Deity against this IS:
.et not the wise man glory in his wis
ON; neither let the mighty man glory
q his might. let not the rich m3n glory
. his riches; but let him that glorieth
lOry IN this that he Understandable aud /
noweth me; that 1 am he that exer-
Iseth loving kindness and righteousness
nd Judgment IN the world, for in these
llngs delight, saith the Lord OF Hosts