Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-11

| that could stand any sort Of assaults or
changes Of life, fearless and unmoved-
a man who fortunes buffets and rewards
could take with equal favor. Horace
puts it handsomely:
Quisnam igiur liber? sapiens slbi qui
imperiosus;
QUEEN neque pauperies, neque mars, neque
vincula terrent;
Responsive cupidinibus. contemnere
honores.
Forts, ct in seipso totus tenes ct TO-
tundus.
EXterni nequid valeat per laeve morari;
In quem ruit manca semper Fortuna.
Who then. is free? The wise who well
An empire DER himself; whom neither
chains,
Nor want, nor death, with slavlsh fear
inspire;
Who boldly answers TO his warm desire;
Who can Ambitions vainest gifts de-
splse;
Firm in himself, who on himself relies;
Polished and round. who runs his proper
course,
And breaks misfortune with superior
force.
The high virtue OF those great men was
endurance and fortitude, patient submis-
sion to inevitable and inexorabls fate.
a grand man, put up after the best fash
ion. enriched, equipped, and adorned with
their choice virtues, was much like their
statues Of Jove, Mercury, and Apollo-a
splendid work Of art-admlrable. bur -
olated; wrapped in the solitude of his own
excellence. He was a grand show Of
virtue. lie was a study eor those who
valued the privilege Of manhood. But. rs
to the general world. the profanum vul-
gus, for mis- part. the Devil MINT take
the hindmost. Their philosophy and man.
ly art was. Ike painting and sculpture.
10 put In form something fl tne way Of
character that would last ike O.hcr
great achievements Of art-perenaius
acre. How far this sort ~ hlgh hea-
thensm prevails now can nor be exact
" stated. But there Is plenty Of IL. in
one shape Of another; mere ambitious
selhshness. Humanity. as we understand
II. was hardly known 70 them. What we
call graces were with them as with our
wor.dlings heroic, picture sque. drainat-
ic. sentimental, heartless. The big heart
that exclaimed. Homo sum. Ell nil huma-
nj me alienum puto. gave orders about
his dear little baby that. II f. was a gil.
IT should be left out 70 die.
The difference between he virtue Of
the old Stole and the manhood II chr
holy religion. under the Christian dispen-
sation is largely the difference between
works OF art and nature Doe Is Hnish-
ed perfect for this world out without
the spirit OF life and humanity. 4 SELF sh
achievement. ending in iisel.: the other
is alive with the spirit Of life and imlnor-
taiity-of the household OF God, Of the
brotherhood OF humanity. His highest
honor is the loving favor OF the Supreme
Ruler: his happiness is bound up i'm the
same bundle Of life with his fsllow-creat-
ures-aI by nature honorable. OF divine
parentage.
The live and growing and aspiring quail
tiles OF Scripture ideals are In striking
contrast with the cold. hard. selfish con-
ception Of the heather. The great men
and heroes OF Scripture are servants OF
the Great Jehovah-the Living God. their
inspiration and control IS from Him. And
| they are readily comparable - other Eve
works Of His hand So, In sener Il tctms.
all good people are called, ''The people OF
| His pasture and the sheep Of His hand,
| trees OF righteousness: the planting OF
the Lord that He may be glorined'
| So. TOO. the good man who trusts N The
| Lord is
"As a tree planted by he waters, and
. that spreadeth out her roots by the rVeF'