The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-26

a military Gordon. No one was per
mitted across the scientific trocha. ~
hemmed in the plague. and CUT Oh ~"
material which might have come IN 10. .'',
tact with memorable pestlence,
locked-up cases were cured, and the 'ei'-
graph wire told anxious friends no" ms
hand OF death had been Temporarily p''F
lyzed. II was the well-guarded qudra,,,
tine which did the work. but coulu
meyer have been enective had not the
people consented TO stay away from ~
infected district. and let the good Juus-
ment Of the physicians prevail
PRECIOUS HUMAN LIFE.
"Of course somebody who was NOT
plague-strucl< had to suffer. Business ie-
latiOns were assaied in adjacent couii
ties as we'll as up and down the desei'1u
streets OF an enterprising southern FOWL
Protection was the watchwOrd ana hu-
man life was voted to be something pct
ter than sheckels Of gold. Houses thal
might have been wrecked by the scourse
are safe, with happy inmates singing
psalms OF thanksgiving-and the hope IS
gratefully entertained that the nation VIII
not again he disturbed during the pres
ent summer.
How many plague spots are there
which have never yet been cauterzeo
They are 20 be found I'm every cline an
round the globe. Are watchful citizens
always ready 20 apply the remedy ana
cure the malady that smiies the con-
science and poisons the biood2 The yei-
low curse Of the cuban coast is NOT 'he
only pestilence that walketh In DARK
ness Why may wa not be as true
% God ne We arc thoughtful ana brave 10
keep bodily harm from the homes OF our
count.ymen an over the landE
GODS LOVING CARE
The pulpit OF tho Second Presbyterian
church was filed Sunday morning by
Rev Donald Guthrie. who preachea a
strong sermon from Psalms cNNL, D. D. (.
Tho subject was Gods Care OF IFS
People" Mr. Guthrie first spoke or INC
conception Of God as revealed In the VIA
Testament ana believed IN by the jews
Re was known by the name OF JehoFan'
which means God manifest i'm Ills de,i-
ings with His creatures" God was 'ho
covenant God. clothed with majesty WIS
dom Justice and power. and wCrshipped
as such But when Christ came fie mel
lowed and made beautiful the knowledge
OF God as our Heavenly Father known
bv the lie that "a SO haliowed ard sacred
that exists between father and sou. each
possessing tho life-blo0d of the other.
The speaker then proceeded 90 describe
the fulnoss of Gods care. There was
never a cessation, never rest IN hls
loving watchfulness, and what men ana
women. very often Christian men ani
women, called fate or good luck Were
events. tho speaker said, ordered by Goa
for the good OF the soul.
PRETTY ILLUSTRATIONS.
ono OF Mr.. Guthries beautiful iliustra-
tfons was his allusOn tO the lovely plid
of Scotland. Che skylark which lett me
nest Of rs young and scared q loit' hlsner
and higher. singing as it scared yet never
forgetting from its elevation tho niue
ones 10 had left below So 1t was WIN
God. though Tie was King above any,
kings. higher than an prncipalities and
MOVERS exalted above all worlds, yet ite
never forgot the care of single soul
said the speaker: Human beings lone
ana watching have their times of Weirl-
ness and slumher."
such Is the demand OF the human body
but not So with God. lie ''nelthcr slum-
hers nor sleeps" '-rhe Lord shan pre-
serve thee from an evil, He shau pre-
serve thy soul" Mt Guthrie said lL gas
only bv faith which 81. Paul so chs Ny
defined as the substance OF things hopes
for. the evidence OF things not seen. 10
was only bv the light Of this taiin that
we could discern our present me- Ne
must bring the power OF our hope. in me
future. 10 bear on the otherwise inscru la-
bic present and orr existence go looked
af we would discover that tho DlshIlHs
effects of the suffering we were c.,lleu
uDon 20 endure I'm one form or another
y-,,iIf pro1uce the deVTlrOn5 of roiresn-
mont and beauty in the invisible. but per-
Ar THE CATHEDBAL.
A. the Cathedral Sunday Mrs. j.
sebastian Rafferty, sang as The ou'r.o-
ny Dudley Bucks heantiiu, coh.I ..,.