The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-26
ROENTGEN RAYS.

The excellency Of knowledge IS that
wisdom givcth life to them that have IT,.
The exceilency OF the heavens is that
they accomplish the purposes Of the Al
mighty. declare and publish His glory
and show IFS wisdom and handiwork.
All the works Of nature CLEAN and glisten
with wonderful design and loving mind
work. our bodies are dgnihed and
honored as the temporary abode and
tabernacle Of the soul. All our affairs
and interests are most honored as they
concern and are associated and identified
with our hearts and minds. The express
sion of job is, that the secrets OF wisdom
are double to that which is. All things
that strike the senses are appeals TO the
soul I'm its presence chamber, the brain.
All things have their light and life and
meaning in the light OF the soul. which is
the life that we have from God. The
meaning Of things is their life and hcnor.
Man is the contamination Of creation
the microcosm.
In ordinary life we say: Well what IS
the moral. what does # signify? Every
thing has some meaning Nature does
nothing in vain. And the reading and
INTERPRETATION Of what is going ON around
us, the signs Of the times. is the business
Of Intelligent beings. That makes the
difference between man and the lower
animals-his subordinates.
The age Of electricity looks Ike the
dawn Of the New Era. The heaven OF
Christianity. the Spirit OF God, has, for
eighteen hundred years, pervaded the soul
Of humanity. 1t has made the wilderness
and solitary place literally; TO De glad.
and rejoice and blossom as the rose.
Christian life and civilization are the
light and glory of the world. The gloom
and desolation OF places and peoples and
solitary, and dcs0ate souls have given
way to intelligence, cultivation. refine
ment, hope and joy. and positive happi-
ness. Everywhere tie prophecies. pro-
misses and principles Of the prophets and
Of the gospels are working themselves
out. are being fulfilled. And the inner
man Of the spirit SIS being manifested in
his surroundings in the outer wor.d-im-
parting itself
These Roctgen rays coming along with
electricity. i'm its wonderful train, are
the outward. and visible sign Ct the in-
ward and spiritual operation. The pro
mise is: There is nothing covered that
shall not be revealed. nor hid that shall
not be known. The Word Of God is quick
and powerful, and sharper than any two
edged sword, piercing TO the dividing
asunder OF soul and spirit and of the
joints and marrow, and Us discerner of
the thoughts and intcnts OF the heart.
This last discovery OF kind Of light
that pcnctrates blocks Of wood. and is
applied i'm surgery 90 the dividing
asunder Of bone and marrow looks like "a
physical realization OF prophecy 1t he-
trays and illustrates the life Of the spirit.
II is electricity showing its nature.
divulging the profoundcst mysteries:
showing itself as Of the very being Of
God: who is Irresistible, who searches
and tries our sacrodest thoughts and in
tents.
Our age is all fun Of search-lights.
PATHS that have been hitherto altogether
hid are being opened mp and made
familiar. We wait from day 20 day for
new revelations: We feed on wonders
And while we are exploring natures
mysteries. we are being ourselves ex-
pl0red. We are under light that scmc-
times makes us feel uncomfortable:
students Of human nature abound every
where. Newboys and city Arabs look
right through US with the Irresistible
light of nature. Reporters take MS in M
a glance. Caricaturists display and
burlesque our lnwardest thoughts And
wCOd-cuts may miss a likeness. but will
be seen 10 hit the leading features. the
fool hero. or the idle prctender. And "he
IS but a bastard Of the time that doth
not smack Of observation" Tho snap OF
the kodak has caught the fitting thought
and expression Roentgon rays shadow
us. and show us TO the people before we
fairly know ourselves. We had thought
we were something altogether different
and so. there we are-inpuris naturali-
bus These penetrating rays suggest "a
thousand things. Almost the first is the
warning Of the Young Arab: Fool who
with your painted mule? Then those
higher words: Thou wear a lions skin,
Def 10 for shame and hang 4 calf skin
on thy recreant limbs.
The diffusion OF the Scriptures. and the
awakening OF the human mind 10 trc
light Of real life. the familiarity with the
highest standard and with man. has sur
rounded MS with a marvellous light. Men
see one another in the Hight Of truth and
measure themselves and others hv true
and Just weights and measures The dav
Of Judgment Is upon us with reality and
an Intensity that we are not aware cf.
And the signs Of the times bespeak an
order OF things pressing on. for which
VA instinctively are preparing ourselves.