Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-22

rs,,ing and doing the same through ."
.,.ro Tho new generation comes on 10
-. with all the passions and weak
nesses of the old, bearing the sins Vi VI.
,o,hers upon the children unto the tniiu
ga fourth generation. The history o'"'
Illustrates laws. shows mon as 'ney a,'
-,,,,,, and hopeless. except unoer INC
,,sht and guidance Of Heaven h's'oi'
,,rouId be all a confused mass Oh u'seu'
,~,,nes and inhumanities II the laws
70 ,ravs nj God and the meaning Oh
..,-rs ,,ere not revealed 10 us from other
sources. All the teachings Oh INC DN
Of lob Illustrate that great trulh'
~,cked are seen fourishing and the hap'-
tations of robbers prosperlne' anu
good and wise suffering. me hls'oty
man illustrates the ways Oh man Sn' ~
what men may do, dare do' anu "''''
not knowing what they no. 49, r,s,orv
Tba interesting events or the history
40 have are the doings Of kings anu
nrinces of warriors and great seneiaIs,
| OF great nations and peoples ruieo anu
| controlled and led by their great ones
| roostIv great scoundrels. The coHlhV'
/ lives OF the common people, theii -
| .,ia,,o, avneriences and everyday nome
,t',es ara altogether beneath the nouce
N the historian He has no experieIioo
and only a few incidents 70 tell OF 'nein,
what viii human history be when II -
laid open on the great day oeslue ~
| hook OF Judgment? How many theh tla ma.
are first shall be last ana no" 10, .,a.
That are last shall be frstg Ana "hd'
a. - .sxFh a
hood! o,t,, inte-
ros,tno "a il shows the advancing o.
at,,ili19tion. as It mirrors the breaking OF
o,'r dov And the advance OF civllIallon
= onlv the leavening influence OF Chr.S-
lion truth. the spread Of pure and uhue-
filed religion. $3.50. .,,o,,s ac-
,1,,nan,,irz and manfesting the dh"h'
Rut II is human folly spending anu eN,
bausting itself. dark clouds yleldihs' anu
C,hrIstianity asserting itself not ,hni' en
gathering wisdom for use ps ill'.ns
themselves, but being enhs - 80,
Sn,rit Of Heaven. History by itse1, con-
sa,,ds and siclens us. instead OF enlght-
-, nc TTnhallowed knowledge or any
CO., orlv puffs US up. We can haruly
ton mr. trace the way OF the spirit tho
wav of the wind over the earu' ol -
Influences of the leaven In leaVehihS tue
lump. but only see effects. -,
The history Of the Churcn Is not ,n7
s history of growing Christian NE ana cIia,
. racter. 1t is the history OF the iH.,.''s ~ y
\ ,or,,ersions of truth by mankind. IL is
r ~ history Of human wickedness and
nride fighting against goodness ana
o puritv and piety and l0wliness OF abuseu
J. rrrviieees II is the history OF the sheeP
q ar,oog wolves; truth Struggling WIN
: faIsehood The primitive Church was ho'
5 r,ade nm nj kings and mobiles and states
e men of magnates and pOtehtates' VI
h great human agencies; but of raw mate
L rial utilized OF the very poorest VI '"7
) neople. the people that were accui ~
IS rough fishermen and common peop,o'
d r,,b7icans and sinners picked up by the
+ Saviour along the way. upper IoViil9
c LII, closed doors. dens and caves OF the
!" aor+h upere it's houses of worship. Sheep-
" sI,f,s and eoatsklns. and anything they
IS could find 10 cover their nakedness' mace
s I'm their clothing. Soon all these gave
h wav to grand cathedrals and polhpouS
le robes and once bounded apostles were
< nainted in royal purple. were theee III
lie movements 10 be counted as auFdholils
d Christianity? Was Simon Peter, Plelii
8 impulsive. heelS-Over-head, aroen', st"'
5 nIe-hearted old man. reproduced III NJ
1t distinguished successors? Were they tn
% followers Of the lowly Nazarene, ina
IS fought and devoured one another -
IF was IL the spirit OF the devil contendlni
In the soul Of humanity against IN
shirt Of Christ? Human history tells o
o. the great conflicts OF peoples ana hauoIs
al 6ghting for supremacy. But human MS
Z, tory knew nothing Of the UNDERGONE
: ~ true religion-unseen, yet crescive'
- the spirlt OF Heaven working upon loWN
- honest hearts. that sank and fertllize
-, The soil OF humanity; of the city, low, an
on in a low place. with its growing poWe
90 underlined vet real and irresisuole IN
20, undergrowth has made the advance
in Christianity and leavened the world. 1T
~ stone cut out without hands has force
- it, wav underground and overturned II
-. fortresses OF earth and hell. And th'
"a same underground Of modest, unpreten'
M ing unambitiOUs. meek and loWiy, gel
r he kind. and GOd-fearing Christians
,aI now the salt OF the earth. the hope ar
81 salvation of mankind. God now, as a
- v-ays. covers them in the hollow or II
-ta hand: hides them in the secret OF ID
nd presence. from the pride OF men. II
ors princs OF this world comes ana fnds u
40 thing In them 10 suit his pompous taste
en-, His only hope IL to nll the world wi
-" half-breeas: as at the first. whsn the sol
or OF God married the daughters or me
,us and made fools tho mothers Of their pr
t geuy