The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
On account of Holiday our store
will be closed

MUfDA1, UCtOOer iSGe.
they recover, and then return them to
their owners.
OUR RELIGIOUS CONTEMPORA-
RIES.
Faith underies everything, and gives
reality to everything. 1t is faith that
makes US believe our eyes and accept the
evidences of all our
A SERMON senses. Conscious
ON FAITH. life is the exercise
Of faith We walk,
We stand, we lie down to sleep, we arise,
by faith. We live and move and have our
being, instinctively believing and trusting
in God, who sustains and orders all things.
Every thought of our hearts, every effort
of our being is made in faith in the perma-
nency of the laws and ways of God, which
we call nature. All our instincts all our
involuntary movements imply faith In
God.
If we had any doubt about our ability
to balance ourselves on our feet, or to
move forward in a Waikiki we doubted the
adaptation of food to nourish US. or water
to refresh us; or If we doubted the evil
dences Of any of our senses our plight
would be woeful, indeed. It is the infinite
mercy of God that has made life contin-
uing reality through faith in Him, VINO is
without variableness or shadow Of turn
ing. All this is involuntary faith.
The moment we begin to think and judge
for ourselves, the moment we assert our
selves and feel our freedom. and claim
our independence and free will, that mo-
ment we feel our responsibility, and falth
is deliberately an act Of loyalty and wor-=
ship of the Supreme Being. Then we
choose between good and evil. between
fearing God and fearing Him not. between
trusting in Him and d1sbelieving Him.
Involuntary and instructive faith in the
ordinary operations Of our own body is
physical natural life. A deliberate exer-
else of all the powers, faculties. affections.
and emotions of the MIND and heart in abb
solute confidence in God, as flowers grow
In the light of the sun, and as our bodies
move in Instructive touch In divine power
this is the highest faith; this is the life
that never fails--life everlasting. This 1t
is that realizes the unseen and treats and
enjoys as certainties., things hoped for.
This it is that realizes the great God our
Father In Heaven. Faith is nature sane
tilted, the mortal putting on immortality.
II is the first condition of the natural body
passing into the spiritual body. It is the
flesh becoming a quickening spirit.-South-
ern Churchman.
General Lee made only one criticism OF
Congress ''It lacks magnanimity." The
fear and hate Of the South gave the negro
the ballot. It
A PREACHERS VIEW was to humiliate
OF RECONSTRUCTION brave enemy
and to cancel
"l,ilI',-the Southern vote. It was unwor-
rhv of a noble people. Something, it is
true. must be allowed for the terror the
armed planters Of the South inspired the
men with, who had "hired substitutes.
What is worse, the North seemed not able
to imagine a people who would fight to the
exhaustion Of resources and who would
never violate a parole.
Had the North summoned the Confede-
rate chief captains and committed ere
construction to them, in one year peace
and prosperity would have blessed the
country. Congress put the South in charge
of the carpet-bagger and is contesses
now that it committed the crime CT che
century and Numbered to its own shame
It is time to fetch out the Constitution, "
! that it may be 'tpurged" of the amend
| nents'' cit will hurt?" OF course. it will.
| When the official comes with soap sand,
| scrubbing- brush. deordorizing fluids, to re-
| move a nuisance from the records of re-
| public, kingdom, or church, 1t is not
| picnic to the authors OF the offensive
resolved" Justice, health, self-respect,
! demands the lustration. Cautery is the
| only cure for persistent swellings OF Dus.-
! Christian Advocate.
| When the rumors OF Galveston's great
| disaster began to get abroad. when later
some one came from the doomed city
/ scross the swollen
| SOME GOOD IN waters, and the
/ ALL THINGS. story of thatnever-
to-be-f or g o tie Il
/ night flashed along the wires, cities and COM
| munities widely scattered over our vast do
| main made univocal response A COLDER
l stream at once began to flow, and contln-
| ues to flow into that far Southern city
! Relief trains, bearing surgeons, trained
| nurses, food and medicines sped TO the
succor OF the distressed From far-aWay
Europe an English nobleman cabled MS
contribution. Our newspapers, which leao
/ in so many noble enterprises, opened theli
columns freely to appeals and besan tc
raise money for the sufferers. Surely the
gentle spirit of Him who went about doing
good is abroad in the land.
/ More impressive still, IL possible, was
/ the conduct of survivors in the town itself
The courage and 1nanliness with Whicr
they took up their heavy burden; the wis
dom and pronlptness with winch they
brought order out OF chaos; the indom1ta-
bic pluck with which they faced the dread.
ful stuation-these are simply beyond al
praise.-Religious Herald
1 With all our knowledge of the ocean and
i of ships, the sea is still a place OF tempest,
and its anger, when aroused, is that OF an
1 ,lnbridled fury thai
4 THE TERRORS can lay proud ma
i OF THE SEA. yies low and sweep
whole cities out OF
existence How utterly impotent is the
power Of man. and how. weak are all or1
defenses! The sea came upon s y 'lE
from every side, and brought me dark.
ness and the rain and the tornado to heir
It'll the destruction Of buildings and
bridges seemed great the losE 81 human
life was greater. Did the world need !. to
! be reminded that the sea has not lost its
terrible power? Only In the word Or where mere
4 all nations shall be one. where mere Is ~. nc
4 peril of death, and no heate-ol ssA.1e
memories of separation and sunering.
there shall be no more sea..-e'e sll'.s