Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-04

cles. and thighs. and breasts and a.
and general cushioning IS not acc
to law, il would apply its bandag94 Il
splints 10 get things I'm proper shape Il
the mind and heart IL deals with IA,
the same manner. IL restraints, !, u-etl
II confines. IL regulates TO compel on,.,
it's ideas. The result OF this normal II
rigid treatment Is an absolutely unrl,I
raj product, n weak body. a diseased e.u|
and a dwarfed and unhappy heart ri
mind. And yet there have been IN b.
world thousands Of rigid masters ana 4,
natural parents, who have cruelty pa.
tured their children in the name u i.,I
and simple piety. They use towards psI
children simple austerity, and their NJ
dren pay them back with simple hlte ,.i
adherence for all their grim and als-t
burlesques OF virtue and religion.
Prudes, asceucs. and strict c0rstr..
tionists have been in the world from n,
beginning; no doubt often with hrl|
ideas, but Overpassing the mOdegtv OF 81.
ture. Michal thought David very urdg.
nified and unlike a king when he daa..i|
with all his might before the Ark AA'
yet she had 70 pay for her strctures I
AAAI lAAA"AAANA A'AA EAlf NANl ArNlF Il
Diogenes trampled on the pride NJ PAD.
with more than Plato pride. and creis!
a sensation and made r fool of hrs,
by hunting with a lantern i'm broad lr
light for a man." The Pharisss "a
lawyers brought on themselves ls 90.
verest words that ever passed iron d,
divine lips by their rigid. unnaturl. "a
heartless narrOwness. They did no, a..
.rfe Nit n 90 Ia 3D.
but have their followers in our day. AT |
yet, while we can't help d.siik.ng pcops
OF this sort, we can't help feeling ply
for them; because they think they arc
doing God a service, while they are t0r.
turing themselves and those under th.n
with their enforcement OF law and Voc
shipping OF their id0ls-the work X 10
cunning craftsman, the highly Intellect
ual and logical old devil And aA 10
time they think they are simplicity ns'i,
They are, in fact, severity ITSELF
Certainly It is not simplicity 20 STRIP
the tree Of its foliage. the bust % -
flowers, or 10 reduce the mulufom irl
to only cubes and mathematica. figures
Ii Is not pious 10 complain ~ The 1ell-
tifnl and gorgeous outgolngs OK i9
morning and evening. and The THOUSAND
Oh us SpAAiA-f ''t-r '--f
what purpose is this wastey II
very easy thing 10 pass from a virtue %
a vice. When simplicity is systom''fa
and made matter OF pride; when .
made q point of, 10 becomes rs exact y
posite, which is rigidness.
The devil did grin; for his darling 81
IS pride that apes humility. On il %
hand IL becomes the sickening folly Z
N old gagfafN all Fauf|HnN ..l
painted and padded to play the gay l-S
thing, with her naiYetC, on the 0,1t@
Is the hard-set visage OF the ilqlAi'
or Of my Lord Angelo.
When divine manhood moved lr'f
men and its life was the light of men .
browning grace that characterized PSI
simplicity; its profouudest opposite aA
rigidity. The Son OF Man-p RECT -.-
manhood-came eating and drinking ~
talked easily, freely familiarly 10 a s."
cOncOurse, 10 great statesman. Do Nv
pounded the greatest truths u ue 80
plest form Of speech 10 woman A
well. 20 a fearful pauper. % dear i.---'
friends In her aflictiOn. He MADE
paniOns and familiar friends NJ
people, and endeared little children
prOfessionally-but as a gra'ih.al'A =
His loving soul. And IN the sr,'i ID,
ercise OF His divine power al th-i -
said was. peace BE SuL' ~,
His teachings are simplicity iise.f -
logic, no profound hard reasonih-' .
metaphysics. no ambitious rhetoric .
He lights up an nature with me s'".t
soft, loving light Of truth, and mah'' 4,
things to praise the Father. The i", 4,
Prayer is the hymn OF the unl'ei'. ....
Him was pure. simple. clear. divine (,
and the life was the light OF m,a-' g-
Lutte love: divine unse.hshness 20 81.
all things were religious. All Ills orr. n.
ton was His Fathers business, Pa
the rigid. formal, strict =.
Pharisec. no words were too .-.
cause nothing was farther from 81. 4
plicity of the Gospel than jn7l '-'
their ways.