Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
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"When we have shufled off this mortal
coll" Hamlet.
"Knowing that shortly I must put of
this, my tabernacle st feter' =,
"Old things have passed away, and all
things have become new"
The little child delights in everything
that is around him.. He lights up with
his W light and life and beauty, and
perfumes with the aroma of his fresh
soul every object of his senses. a little
farther on. full manhood rejoices In Its
strength and vigor, and perfectness OF
mind and heart and body. and in the en-
joyment and exercise Of them. Still
later. all the charms of childhood have
Welded to the PROJECTIONS of full growth,
and full growth more n more has seen
| and understands. in all that is past, but
the blossoms and blooms, the joyous be-
g%innings and promising outgivings of an
ever-advancing and expanding life away
| above and beyond all earthly conditions.
Mans life is ordered by the same Divine
Mind that makes the outgoings of the
morning and evening to praise Him.
The history of the human race has had
It's infancy n manhood. and has in 1t
now much suggestive of advanced years
Of the latter day. Its earliest years have
the simplicity and freshness of infancy
about them. On in time, its conflicts
and strifes and follies are all suggestive
of each mans youthful experiences. A
little later it is seen putting away child
ish things, accepting right standards,
and exercising maturer judgments. Our
ace Is busy gathering the fruits Of all
the past. and verify seems TO be settling
itself for en- old age Of peaceful antlci-
p%ations.
In very truth there are in our individ-
ual and social lives many things to indi-
cate that we have outgrown and o%utlast-
ed this. our life, and this, our present
state.
Take the Individual. BY nature, all
our senses are limited. We are. as chill
dren Of Adam, in this beautiful world,
on all hands carpeted with things to de-
light the senses and quicken the soul,
and canopied with the glorious firma-
ment. As infants We have enjoyed IL;
as grown men we have investigated the
secrets Of Nature; as older in years we
have glorifed the Great Creator.
This is the simple tale. But we have
done a great deal more. We have MADE
ourselves familiar with the wisdom oil
the Great Creator. and have used our
knowledge. These senses OF ours, thati
naturally are limited-our eyes, our ears
our n%ostrils. cur taste. our touch-to
what extent have we extended, enlarged
intensified. and refined them? The blue
armament is no confinement 10 us. We
wipe the canopy away, and dare, Will
our telescopes and spectroscopes, TO peer
into the infinite. To ms there is noth-
ing hid that is not being made manifest
nv our telephones and m~egaphones we
extend without limit the power ana ca
pacitv of our ears. Every sense and
! everv perception, by means and instfu-
ments. is magnifed and enlarged after
/ the divine original. Mans whole phy'
steal nature stands as opening ana de-
veloping-a son of God.
Ada 10 al this: The mind Of man dares
10 study. and, by concentrated EFFORT
penetrates secrets, n secret ways oil
ethe Almighty that have been hidden
since the foundation of the world. our
search-lights enlighten depths hitherto
dark and unfathOmable. And our mul-
tiplied and magnihed explosives and dy-
namics make nothing 10 seem impossi-
bic.
our bodies are showing themselves
outgrown. The brain canno stand the
strain: and brain exhaustion Is FAMILIAR
The nerves are unequal to their DUTY
and nervous dyspepsia is common. CON
centrated light and study and intense
effort. I'm mind and body. are proving
that we have outgrown our present phy-
siGues.
In a social and national way there are
the same indications. Intelligence, char
acter. se~lf-respect, and a familiarity
with natural and individual rights have
become so common that old forms oil
government are utterly outgrown and
| abandoned. Monarchies are regarded
as a%ntiquated. Kings have lost theiI
mystery and awfulness. There IS no
officer in any government that is not la-
BILE 10 be burlesqued, caricatured' ana
made ridiculous.
The people nave altogether outgrown
old-fashioned governments. And the
ne~w-fashioned seem only to last, as they
can be adjusted and altered to suit ne"
growth and expansion.
The primitive form Of government was
when every man did what was right IN
his own e%yes-in the fear Of God. Inc
education and religious training or our
dav all look that way. Plainly We have
outerown out past estate; old things are
passing away, and all things are be-
coming new. There almost sounds In
our ears: Put In the sickle. for the har-
vest Is ripe. Now Is it that We cannot
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