Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-10-28

hood to the .You must" of compulsion,
but happy and triumphant is the man
who, when the voice of moral obliga-
ton within him says: You must"
freely and gladly replies: II will"
The must of duty is the voice of God
in the soul. II IS the only true patent
of nobility, the noblesse oblige Of .
spirit who recognizes that the only
convincing evidence Of exalted rank
is exalted service. Rubenstein. thel
brilliant musician. "the Beyond-Man
at the piano." once said: MAN must
have duty to fulfill, a must or he
Will lose the standard for the iounda-
ton of his existence" In this the great
piano-kiEg, who was very diligent
worker, was right. OF all the inhabi-
tants of the earth man alone can rec
Ognize the authority OF those mighty
words. must and ought. He feels that
God is behind those words and that
manhood gives them weight. God gives
TO him high powers, sets before him
exalted duties. and only by the per
Torrance of those exalted duties does i
he come up to the original standard /
of that existence.
The Son of God, whose life on earth |
was in the highest degree voluntary,
fully submitted to the great sacrifcial
must of the Gospel. He told Nicodemus
that the Son OF man must be lifted w
sacrifcially; He told His disciples that
He must work the works of Him that
sent Him, while il was day; and when
the shadow of the cross fell darkly on
Hispath asHe drew near to the supreme
hour of His life He clearly saw the
| physical possibility of turning aside
| from Calvary. but the moral possibility
| of turning aside was negatived by the
| high purpose which had brought Him
into this world to live and die for the
benefit of mankind. On one occasion
when the cross was looming large in
the foreground of His life He thus So
hloquized with His soul: "Now is my
soul troubled; and what shall / say ?
Father, save me from this hour But for
this cause came L to this hour. shall
say rather, Father glorify Thy name; "
and He knew that in clarifying that
name He must endure the cross.
The must of duty leads men on to
wards the highest excellence. Ruben
stein was very careful to preserve. and
If possible increase, his great technical
| skill as a pianist by constant practice
With regard to this, he said: ut mus
be done. For you see. il for time
omit practicing regularly, the first da,
alone shall notice IL, the second day
the critics viii perceive it, the third da,
the audience, and on the fourth ! shall
: be Kissed" The men who have sue
ceeded in all departments of effort ar
the men who, like Rubenstein, have sale
:, of every difficult OF laboriOus thini
which seemed necessary to fit them 70
excellence in their professions u
must be DONE"
And the must of duty, though ofte
stern, is, when rightly seen, truly al
tractive. Wordsworth personates dut
as: 'Stern daughter OF the voice @
Cod" but Gods daughter cannot
ie unlovely, and so the poet says of Duty
stern law giveri yet thou dost wear
ISL The Godhead's most benignant grRce
al Nor know we anything sc fair
vi AS is the smile upon thy face"
\ De Tocquevi1e said: 81 become moi
and more alive TO the happiness whic
- consists in the fulfllment of duty.
m believe that there is no other, so dee
~ and so real. There is only one great o.
= ject in the world which deserves OF
a efforts, and that is, the good of MAJ
asl kind" SO if one is seeking for enjo
I'll ment of the highest sort let him nj
al listen to the siren song of pleasur
~ but let him give heed to the trump
r. call of duty. Paul, who always sougl
q to obey the must of duty at whatev
L. personal risk, found more Joy in OF
hour of his custody at Rome as Pr
We torian prisoner than Nero enjoyed in 6
= the years of his besotted life.
=; The age in which we live needs Il
81 bracing effect of the must of duty. T.
\. age temptation is to listen to the vol
% of Mammon, which says: "Get wealt
Va and then enjoy it without the least i
90 gard to puritanic scruples."
III Mammon talks that way Through {
~, daily papers, as everyone knows w
M reads them One of the strong lusts
a pur day is for liberalism in thong
- and IN conduct, which means q deps
M ture from the holy law OF God. T
"a puritans were over-strict In certain
an spects, but they had a strong rega
-. for the must OF moral obligation, a
therein was the hiding of their pow
But a greater than the puritans,
pure and holy Son of God, went beyo
all teachers in emphasizing the gre
IN moral 'musts'' which underlie and 81
tain every strong character. The g
=. to His Kingdom, as majestic and sim
as the pylon OF an Egyptian temple
Eye must be born again." and FRI
VI that time on until His disciples en-
the city which hath IL gates. til
De should give good heed to the mus
of the Gospel. through which God 81
emit to them: This is the way, walk We
IT.; turn neither to the right hand J
ers TO the left. Chicago Advance.
Obedience
oss It should be rule in the family Il
children must obev It is takev-