The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

premacy of Love in nature is not a. mere
fancy of some myth
EHEE1yEIM OF filed poet, but that 1t
AN ETERNAL is perhaps, a scientific
LAW. expression of what is
deepest in the universe.
In the days when mechanical creation
was believed in, one heard much OF self
prsServa ton as the first law In nature
In these days, when science has heiShten-
ed immensely our conception OF the char-
acter of the Deity, we hear much OF the
cosmic roots of Sef-Sacri1ce and aoVe. ms
truth shoots a light into the world S Clark
est abysses; changes, as with raaglclans
wand Nature, red in tooth and claw, INTO
the benign form Of an angel OF mercy; ana
makes every hill top a Calvary, to radlate
the love pulsating from eartnS core. In
bearing another's burdens, we find that
we are fulfilling both the law OF Christ
and the law Of the natural kingdom. Goo
IS in his world, and not, as once conceiv-
ed, far removed from nature and indiffer-
ent, except at certain crises, to the daily
life of mankind Every bush is afire with
God, and all grounl on which the foot OF
man presses is holy.-Prof. S. c. Mitchell
in Religious Herald.
The sense of humor ought to be cult
waited, particularly in the callow clergy
man at the the schools
THE GRACE OF the prophets. 1t pre-
OF HUMOR. serves the sanity and
sweetness of soul. 1t
protects from oharisaism. It keeps ones
self from posturing for profit as profes-
sional saint He can but catch on to the
humbuggery of the situation. 1t comes
with sudden clap upon the percussion cap
of conceit.
The fellow who offered board. with the
benefit OF family prayers thrown in, as
bride to feed at his table, must have been
a fat-witted dolt, a. sobby stick with an
ooze of drllness enough to put out can
Of kindled kerosene, else the drou con-
trast of his grease grace, and greed
would have set off an explosion OF glee.
Placarding piety and photographlng
prayerful primness of person, as Jacob on
the edge of Jabbok, is possible only to
atrophe of hu1nor. How a. mortal can at
titudinize in a pulpit while cautioning
kodak-keeper to push the button only
"when I have ON my heavenly smile,
without a roar Of self-ridlcule, Is past md
ing out. Or gazing into camera with
premeditated pucker Of piety for CONNER
ciai advantages.
The Chinese have an aborted element OF
aunor, hence they can paint in great gar
ish letters over their shops moral saw,
instead of the name of the firm, without
seeing the righteousness of such a deVout
maxim at the door of a den of congenltal
fraud-Richmond Christian Advocate.
In commenting on the sweeping de-
nunciation Of a New York preacher OF the
negro race, the Southern
A WCRD FOR Churchman Says: This
THE NEGRO. question is a serioas ana
1nomentouS one, and in
volving grave issues as to the future OF
our country, and to find an alleged minis
ter of the Gospel talking after this insane
10 yrarIy
so-called negro problem. And tt does
seem high time that intelligent people, We're
recognizing and bearing in mind that
there is good negro SIS well as bad
negro" and that a sweeping condemnation
of whole race because OF an o1tendinS
element is gross injustice, and an MUS.
tice, too, that we do to no race except the
negro. If yillifcation and abuse could
make a race all bad, then the negro surely
has some excuse for his badness. Brethren,
ler us try praising and commenting the
..sood negro for awhile and see II it will
not have a better effect than Derpetuaily
abusing the bad negro. Rem6noer,
that there have been known some bad
whites" and not all our convicts are
negroes by any means.
One evening, in Atlanta, gentle friend
said as we sat on the porch: 'Ihere IS
something for you, Mr..
A LESSON IN Editor" And It saw a
THE SUNSET. rare vision OF loneliness
and of lesson. right In the
midst of the noisy city streets. The shad-
ows were thick and dark on the ground,
but up In the tops of the naples the sun
beams fingered and bathed the trees with
the very light of gold. We have rarely
seen anything so beautiful. The green
leaves had turned yellow, and s.1lmmered
and waved gently, as with delight, In me
sea of gold that swept over them.
Then another friend said After all, the
best things are at the top" On the noun
tain the air Is sweetest and the vision IS
clearer, and the view is wider On me
heights of knowledge there is wider range
the freedom from the bondage of error,
the farther gaze into larger truths. On
the elevation OF experience there abide
wisdom and patience and hope.-Central