The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-04

In the Latter an Absence OF SOU, io"e"
n.,d sympathetic Heart Touch.

,.,a sympathetic Heart Touch.
Editor OF The Times:
sir.-I have recently lis.ored to three
addresses from three persons OF ha'ioi'di
and international reputation-Mrs Bal
ungton Booth, OF the American yoiun-
teers; Rev. DIR. Patton, Of Princeton Uni.
vcrsity. and Col. Robert q. lngersoii, OF
New York city. What contrast pc
tween these EgliSh-speaking speakers,
and how unlike their liie-NoIki
The agnOstic Is an expert platform talk
or. = gifted fasEiOncr OF polished phrases,
and Il man Of impressive bearing, but MS
words move no hcart-depths and stir no
emotions. The fact Is, that in large
audience I'm one of Baltim0res most at
tractiye theatres, he had but two audi
tors who were evidently in sympathy
with him. The others listened respectful
~. and now and then applauded az the
close Of well-rounded sentence or the
telling OF an apt anecdote. but there was
an absence of SOui-tOuch and sympathetic
heartthrob.
Not 50 when Dr. Patton, the consecrated
man Of letters, spoke to men of learning
in the Mccoy Hall of Johns Hopkins UNI
versity. ana far from being so when the
devoted little woman addressed an over
How meeting in Brown Memorial churfn,
this city. The man who was bold enough
to undertake TO correct the Mistakes or
Moses" and vet blind enough not 10 see Il
God in nature nor find God in reVela-
tion, does, | admit, attract attention, put
aWakens no emotion. while the scnOiar
whose wisdom begins in fearing and trust
ing God, the soldier whose COMMANDER Is
the Christ, enter into the inner chambers
Of human hearts and find sweet resting
places there as they give peace and rest
themselves.
The traveller I'm strange country gets
but poor comfort when he Is told, IN ask
Ia Ia. know
brightens when the answer comes, inns
Is the way"
The man who sees in Burns a wisdom
greater than he finds in the BlDie' III
Shakespeare. a faith superior TO thas
taught in the Scriptures, in the NE OF
Paine more to be admired than that Oh
Paul, and in the writings OF E0ltaire, NOR
OF beauty than in those of blind Milton,
touches no responsive chold III num- H.,
hearts and awakCns no note OK syn1p@'"'
in souls immortal. -
The scholar who gees God in land and
sea and sky. who thinks up 10 an lnhiltc
Thinker, who reasons up 10 OmMscleui'ce,
who mcditafing on effects Iedc"r'
tho First Great Cause. who, CON con-
scious Of his own weakness, leans
on Omnpotcnce. who in the dark
ness OF human life has his eye liked ever
on star. who knows just enough 10 Con-
fcss that there is an Infinite Beihs, ~
knows all. and who hopes 10 KNOW 80 80
ars that which, while 1t stimulates me
soul. satisfies it, and the dear woman VINO
at the feet OF the loving, fOrgNlns odN
Jour. has learned that lie came 10 SEN
and save the lost can, by Ills biaaiS a.
brighten the sky That spans prls'V3hh III
and tinge even despair ltset WIN .'i'
radiance Of hope. Me-
Who wonders that the face of Mrs;
Booth shines with heavenly cam "iiu
celestial beauty. and that her words slNc
glow and hope when she comes WIN ~
sage Of peace from the God OF peace
and message Of love from the Coz OF loSc
Who maryels that the eye of the schoidt
brightens when the brother scholar rms
out the glad cheer that the ven VIII se1
he removed. the problems az s1iNeu 49,
the mysteries mace manifesto bht VIII VIII
comfort can come 10 an immortal spirit
that can soar no higher thah inc Scpiu'
OF Burns has gone. ana nope 70 hioM ~. D
more than a Shakespeare mas t"utli'
Men may yet give or their means ~ 10 - a.
for an hour TO Dir. IngersOll, nut ne ~.
turn will give nothing win Wnlch tca'
can be wiped away, sign can DC s'leh,ou,
"a sorrow sOlaced nope a"ahcntv,
noble ambition stirred or an iIhilO' "
iourinc satisfied Standing at MS PROM
cr'e bier he heard only the rustic OF
wing" and standing IN the presence Oh d
great audience he has nothing pcltsr 70
oaar than the wit Of a NOltaire. Wlllle lle
scholar who fears God and would Keep
His commandments tlF'' "'-or l..
Thought and starts il on career OF M
finite searching and never ending hnulns
out, and the humble soldier OF the ClosS
loads ON 10 victories even over EtaNS anu
death and points 20 crowns OF endur,iilS
value listening with stars OF iau.i'''
CLEAN. 80, e.st NJ tha
scholars God. the soldiers christ anu
thcn come TO your fellow men win ',,a :
which will last when the lights OF ,me
theatre have been put out ana the sun
itself falls TO shine .., 90 rr,sons
Whom your faith sends you 70 pIls S',.-.
ra thor than palaces. TO troubled III, ,o ~
r~ther than theatres. to sick ones RAIN. .ler
tb,n ei,eptics. TO the SCRIPTURES i1,n, ,,
than Shakespeare to give rather III
sininlv get gate receipts and 10 o,Dd lart'
or th3n man. then may YOU touch n Ir,si, =
ratl,ar than heels lelp aud not h,'I ~,
,or the present and prepare for an e'e'
S"boisr With God as teacher; soldier VII
CErist as leader: skeptic. win ON a LIZ,
ee model Who is right? Which VIII you
| follow? y RrRI<EIEY.
baltimore. Md, May !, 1881.
High Praise for The Times.