The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-25

before
England. Even in this country men 90
OCCASIONALLY complain OF the inequalities
Of life and of The conditions OF hVlhs'
huf tho sober-rrindei thinker VINO mas
reallv studied tho subject is usually $40"
10 believe that any wise Legislation can
he reasonably expected 20 'euuahhe ~"
man conditions: and even II these Coulu
no coualized wlro Is weak enough 10
Ir,aeiue that they could be Kept 50 10,
,v,entv-four hours? II Congress anu 81
tho State legislatures should pass ID"
that every body should nave piens.S a.
,,,onov and that each citizen should oe-
- a. hf,,qelf inst how much is a
rion,v, and n by some unknown az
chorov the pcople really could De SUP
,l,od with a plenty would that equai,
i1o, .binge9 Not at all, FOR some "ou.~
- eotisfed with 10000 and others Woulu
coll for millions. But suppose nc ~
o-,nlpotonf government cou.4 Hl"Nr
IN ,oflionoires alike how long wouiu
80 ,.a,,o5r 500 lust long enough TOT INC
,,,oyovident 10 spend their money -
,ebtv AMI for the prudent 10 NV. -,
wisely. An uncomforatole pioPo, e.
tba complaints made agains. -.
eo,alitics' OF condition IN TINS ...,.a.,,
are az bottom not agalnS' 80 1,-h,.
-. hut aoainst God Almighty $.
IT, ~ ~, 10 make and keep every pooF
-, A., ovor,- body else? ] don pr
80 - ,,rov,. hut II He should 90 I'M.
, 80, ,rettv certain that ] should go o.
~ scbonenhaucr camp and say 'h"'
gife is not worth livlng..o
SADLY ABUSED. T..
..1,,o ,loseinr Of religious freeuu"'
.or,etir,os sally abused anu ca
o,,,,, !, r precious boon, ana nun, e -,
- q Even 50 the LEGAL r'-ul ,,.ais
citizen 10 do the best ne can =. ~ I,.,,, NO n
80 ~ md is abused; but u WIZ ~ -
mF - Gov human progress wneh '"'7
S a. seriously abridged by NUM-,
49, ,.,o, cod Almighty IS me pn,F
.,.,o ran no trusted TO make 'priNl-
leoe1 classes. ,..... 90 80
M Hidden then drew pic'pre 81
..oa commonwealth arH 'i"s'
len +be sixiieih chapter ~ lsa'an
oo.sd from the "authoTizea YER
sion. ..o.,,.c ,DDr,rrs.
pov Dr calisch made briai Du' '"-
.e~oetir,- ada~oss. .s>-,,io,o1
DR.. Calisch's subject was IN Sa,'J ,,ro-
Ideals" He spoke as toiioWs' t-it,,,i
nhets Of Israel were men OF Aool' o.,.he of
,t-ion They pierced the oeP'n13
49,, aud I'm their grasp Of affairs pluoN
va tne very heart out Of the bosom ~.
oo,dition. when they felt the pulse D. -.
80 t,,,,,,, life they saw wherein hui"""
r,,uro individual and communal va
v,eak ana they attempted to mlilla.Vi a.
4, Thev looked beyond the non-essei''',' ~
IN the essential. they separated 'le az
dental from the real ana thty W. ~
eyer pedestaHng a glorious ue'l III
Tho foundation Of the necessary ',.t-.,,,.
Their utterances were ldedI' !o. .t.atlo
~. ,,o,on them 10 be based on NeIl'dD'0
.''. -. .,,o,. v,ere visionary but not nishy
~, ,,.cro prophetic hut their Natcihaloi9
,a,.,er la,, only in their resting their pro-
.hociee npon the unerrins process Oh
eternal Justice and inexoraDle feliiou, 'o.'.
zoe No ideals to which the prophe'7
90 IA oave voice. / call your attention 40
two because conditions here anu ~"
seem 10 point 20 the Approaching
f;6n of Them, conditions that are tne noi
lingering rays Of dawn. whose lu' ~
6ay light shall shine with All 'he sP''"
dor of miuenial fulhllment. H..
W. ,,,,a one is from Malachi H.. 10, where
,ho nrophet gives tongue TO the fu1h vt
b,,r,on hrotherhood "iave we not d"
- fother. hath not one God created US
no" There is a glory IN these WoIuS
~ sbfned DER all the world OF quot anu
- ga nessimistic blackness. Even III
49, davs when tribe was array ca
agoinst tribe. and people against p1op.e'
and tho Instinct or race-hatreu lou"e -
rosfrictad vent 50 that not 10 DC "a ,''1
conouering nation was 10 be rat o'i 4''..
"a y. slave even then this ancient seer
0eheld the traces Of thnt "a"n ~ -.
.hou usher in the resplendent Ia"'.'il01
- roalized human brotherhood. And we
to-dav standing on the mountain Top "l
,u.onf,, centuries of progress since ms
d9v do see that dawn more ciearl! anu
comnlotelv. II is 10 me one or the mo-
stirring impulses of patriotic 6Iat''uue
tbot our national Thanksgiving bdS "i-
fers opportunity for this demons tIalio''
of determination. IT Is win me A,e'l
Measure that / welcome Dr' iilIS, ~
- nconle To our home OF worsAip. ~
-, vim ms in grateful praises unto Gou'
=, offor with MS the tribute or ocNo'i
~ thts sbrino For though we have on
,o-e,,t naibs whereOn the feet on '",
s,tthfui do tread and we have diheie"'
iaoais Of divine revelation. yet nave We
NOT an one Father and halh ho1 ""'
| God created us allE e..
"rbe other prophetic uttcrance Is from
! zeebariah w. g.. whore me pI"p"'
sneakina of the world-conquest by lSIl'.
| saws it shall be done. mot 10y poWer' ~ ~
h,, nieht but by my spirit said inc GOO
- hosts There is a profundity IN TINS
| .r,tb which the plummct Of human ul-
| aorstondinc seems not yet 10 nave souh"-
"a 1, is a pationsl ideal which no Ie
49,, Of the past has realized but winch
:, ts our PRAYER shall. under fod ne
rA,Iizod Inv America. cast We our eyes
o,,or the pages Of history we VIII see no"
real has been The prophets deal ln'l'
have heen mighty nations IT. INC p'o'
| .tero hove been giants Of national power
and national strength. hut theE nav
| come and gone like the passing OF sum
mcr breeze. Egypt ruled IN carry u"S =
but Egypt fell. for her reliance We
| placcd In sword and shield. feis'a ~
| auorea Rabylon. bv the sword but bAoE
tnn conquered Persia by the force oil
,anae Greece overthrow Persia WIN shiI
- soidier. but Greece was oVerthro"i
~. persian thought and Persia luxury
"a persian manners. In her turn Greece
-,,ccnnoheA 10 Rome, but Rome fen victim
- c,ecian civilization. Grecian Ideals ana
crecfan philosophy. The sword may nave
-, ~, tenonorary triumph, but unto tine
LIS a. The everlasting victory Soldiers
,a,teh armies melt away, the ciash OF
s,;ol dies out, the din OF arms Is Uoic,
d,nasties are Oycrthrown. empires iau
"a Kingdoms crumble to nothinshess, pu'
the truth OF God stands iast lof overcast
ing worlds. ~. NO ,,o,. an
niv TO ourselves to-day. we arc d. Wv
F.s,,., hour in our nations history. FoI
81 - 49, lime America has lifted up her
w 80 40 more than 20 defend her own.
60 has cast her lance into the interna-
80. - arena She has entered the lists
-, a., world tourney. She has done so
a. ~ EMO OF freedom and humanity
,'ith Tho highest locals Of human acton
-, q, her banner. Let not that ideal
! - -, io,,,ered or that banner furnished