Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-12
the great obligations and meet the re-
sponsibilities thus entailed upon you.
ALL. APE RESPONSIBLE.

tbe great obligations and meet the re-
sponslbilities thus entailed upon you.
ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE.
have spoken about men who set IN
motion influences which went 10 the engs
OF the earth, and OF others VINO n.auc
but. my friends. don't let us MAKE tls
mistake OF thinking that because OUT
influence IS not thus widespread or iVn ,s
continued We are not Responsible. W,
who occupy humber positions, ana Wnose
acts are performed in limited spheies,
must remember one great fact reNealeu
20 US In Holy Writ: That the man MI
had but one talent committee % ~
was he'd 10 be just as responsible lvi 'l'e
Improvement OF that talent as 'he u li
who had five committed TO him. w neh
the Lord came 10 reckon those VINO nau
the talents entrusted TO them, WnstinSsi
one two, or FIVE. all who had been idltIi-
ful to their trust received the same COM
mendation. "Well done, good and faitniui
servant" end ell The same reward LII
ter thou into the Joy OF thy Lord.
CANDLE. If NOT A STAR.
NV friends. | know we cannot shine
IKE a brilliant star In the sky, but We
can be a candle In the chamber; we car
be a taper ia the window that on sonne
stormy night will direct the lost traveller
TO a place Of refuge. We cannot be A
pillar In the temple, but we can be
prop in the house. we can be Ike guar
dian angels in the family; and II we can
not rise up like great mountain thst
casts its cool shadow across the plain
on a hot day like this. let our Influence
be like the little shadow Of Peter, when
he passed along the street--a SHADOW that
brought healing and not harm 10 those
II touched.
Naturalists tell us that in some tropical
countries where vegetation is rank and
tangled. so large IS the proportion OF
plants that are Of the sensitive kind mat
the path Of travellers may be traced Dy
the ygiited foliage. After the traveller Is
gone the blight OF the flowers he mas
touched remains. II Is so with the walk
of some men through the world. Iheir
examples, principles. and practices have
boon so baleful to all with whom they
have come in contact that their courses
may be traced by the ruin they nave
wrought. How much better was the
custom Of Captain Cook, the great naVl-
gator. He carried little packa yes or
seeds in his pockets, and scattered them
along every coast on which he laLqed.
and this belted the world with the Eng
lish flowers which sprang up from the
seed he sOwed wherever his rect had
trod. Such might be the character Of , our
blessing and not Dlgntins
wherever we go. and leaving behind US
seeds from which plants Of Righteousness
would spring up to beautiiy ana peheht
have thought these words appropriate
TO you, and for you, whom | nave hdd
the pleasure to address this afternoon.
and so / conclude by sincerely wishing
that the character l have attempted TO
portray may be the character OF every
man in your organization, ana il II were
so, my friends. 1 do not know OF
an organization which might ac-
complish greater good than the Travel
lers' Protective Association, consisting
now of 1880 members. travelling through
the length and breadth Of the land, per
meating the country everywhere. III they
could but communicate influences such as |
have described your organization Wouiu |
be one which would honor God, ana bless