The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-12

The length. breadth, and thickness OF
our minds the boundaries Of our thoughts
and sympathies. and the furnishing Of
our intellectual warehouses determines
our being, what we are and how we
exist.
our out sides make up our earthly
house OF this tabernacle. our means OF
manifesting ourselves, through our
senses. TO one another Our five senses
are our limits Of intercommunication-
maybe-maybe Nbecause people are talk
ing OF magnetism, a strange kind or ether
and X-rays that overpasses and overdoes
the senses, all wave and corpuscular
theories and sees through and through be-
yond the use of eyes and finds out ana
knows beyond the use Of senses. And the
very thoughts Of the heart are revealing
themselves in strange ways.
We seem to be entering new sphere OF
life: to be feeling in our souls, the fresh
ness Of dawn Of a new era. Wonderful
evolutions, Electricity. magnetism, spec
troscopes. X rays, psychological exper-
fences, telopathy are bringing such
thoughts down from the sphere OF the
visionary and making them common and
familiar. We are in the border land OF
spirit. preparing ourselves for anything.
Common men deal with profound mys-
teres. Twas such public mind as this
that awaited the first advent
The world is occupied with the Rule-of-
Three Sum: As things fifty years ago
are to things now. so are things now to
what? Fifty years hence? or present
ly!
A full and complete man Of our day
is a little Jove. And yet how many human
houses seem TO be unfurnished. How
many TO let? How many seem 20 be
insensible Of the wonders that surround
them: like bees drowned in honey: imbod-
led and imbruted by their very blessings
their senses all in all; their souls benumb-
ed They do not feel when good cometh.
1t is even so. OF some minds the pic
ture Of the poverty-stricken apothecary
is their household:
And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
OF nl-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
A beggarly account OF empty boxes,
Green earthen pots, bladders, and nlusty
seeds.
Remnants Of pack threads and old cakes
OF roses,
Were thinly scattered to make up a
show"
The mind furnishings OF men are, in
grfr D.
environments, as the tree by its
leaves and the oyster by his she'll. Their
surroundings and enwrappings show and
Indicate and mirror the nature and furn-
ishings of their minds. a few red onions,
old potatoes, and spoiled fish and a sup
ply OF mean whisky. make the furnish
ing Of some stores. More articles and
greater variety are added 10 others. And
so they advance. Presently we have toy
shops and milllneries and dealers In
fancy articles: and then there are mer-
chants Of more substantial and valuable
things, until we reach the largest deal
ers in things most valuable and life sus-
tanning and life-givng. IL IS an inter
esting study. Shops and stores are
kindergarten lesson Of men and women
furnished and Observation-Disclosures and
uncultivated. And In the study how high
may we riser Eye hath not seen nor ear
heard. neither hath it entered into the
heart OF man TO conceive what blessings
He hath prepared for those who love
Him. The Hill Zion yields a thou
sand precious fruits and realities down
here and on this side OF Jordan. The
hither possibilities OF the regenerated
soul, the Kingdom Of Heaven within us.
are wonderful The scriptures offer many
figures OF it. Now X IS a watered garden
whose waters fail not. The language Of
the Royal Poet is:
"a garden enclosed is my sister, my
spouse; a spring shut up, fountain seal
ed. Thy plants are an orchard Of pome-
granates. with pleasant fruits; campfire
with spikenard: spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon. with all trees Of
frankincence; myrrh and aloes. with all
tho chief spices. A fountain OF gardens.
a well of living waters, and streams from
Lebanon. Awake. north wind; and come
thou south; blow upon my garden, that
the spices thereof may flow out. Let my
Beloved come unto His garden. and eat
His pleasant fruits. THE Lord God Al
mighty the light thereof"
Now IT is a city whose foundations OTIS
prlncples) are OF diamonds. rubies.
emeralds and the like, all good and ,rie,
and beautiful its streets OF transparent
gold. its gates Of pearl. Anon. It Is a
splendid palacA Al itA atonsa Of fair