The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-16

#ston ~ TINS country to-day than the So
49,. iie5ro questlon.u This question
moves SO muchsfor bolff races, Is. so far
,' ee.e.uiS IN It's results and consequen noes,
=. % wal 70 our civilization dn its tssues,
+ 1919 81 ciose to US In our lives, Inat
- see el, strange that any thinking pei
s .,, eouiu treat it lightly or trtv1ally.
And that 1t is reat1v a,syttally hnport ants
squeston IS shown by the place ana
space II occupies in public thought ana
( discussion Politicians, scientists phil
aii il educators, and very many
otners are Sconstantiy discussing 1t from
almost every conceivable standpo nj. AND III
me me curious part is that they seem unaole
E 70 % come TO any practical conclusion y OF
long since 1t was a painfully sect1onalz
question, but this phase of it seems
happily, to have passed away. Now it is
being discussed in every section, fairy
dispassionate!y, but with painful pessi-
n:ism.
We repeat Mans extremity is Gods
opportunity" and now that political
5qiachs and Ellilanthropsc enthusiasts nave
finished tier experiments, 1t Is time,
ana nigh time, for the Church Oh Goa 70
step In and take up the burden and 90
!. the work. fair field and wide open
door IS before the Church, and II she
will be: up and doing, working as Gods
E
her the great reward and unspeakable
blessing OF solving what has proved TO
others so far the hopeless riddie.-Southern
sChurchman.
Tue truth may be concealed OF even
perverted by a dislocated emphasis. This
may be seen in
HOW TO RECORD the public read
THE SCRIPTURES. ing OF, the Bible,
where the sense
may be entirely changed by wrong elo-
cution. For instance. in the parable OF
the pounds, have heard men read Thou
knewest that 1 was an austere man,
&c, duke XIX. 22> as if it was con-
fession, instead of being spoken IN a
reprcachful or interrogative tone. AS a
dislocated joint prevents the limb from
doing its proper work. SO dislocated en-
phass may obscure the truth by destroy
ing the due proportion Of Things. luis
is true in the sphere of doctrine as vel
as in elocution.-Dr. r. H Graves, IN
Religious Herald
The great wall builder of the Bible
was Nehemiah With what splendid zeal
and courage and
a LESSON IN persistence he built
WALL BUILDING. up the ruined walls
of Jerusalem. With
many foes without and laggardS WITHIN,
he began a great work for God and the
city of his honor. There was the in
spection of the ruins by night, and the
division of the work to be done. There
was a hopeless people to be animated and
enheartened. And so they built the wall,
each over against his own house, some
standing with arms for defence, and
some diligently laying the stone never
willing to come down from their great
work always building firm and true to
the plummet. until success crowned the
pa tient toll and there came g great feast
of gratitude and victory.
So we build the wall of the city of our
God, How large the work. reaching far
AWAY into all lands! How lofty the pur-
pose, to make a safe enclosure for the
gathering children Of God, coming out
of sins captivity! How noble the aims,
even the glory of God in the redemp-
ton Of the worldl Like Nehemiah's little
band, we build before our own doors, we
pray that all may have mind to work,
and we cannot come down at the blddlns
of any treacherous Sanballat There can
be no doubt Of ultimate completion ana
victory. One day with songs OF JOY NE
will see that God has appointed saiva-
titn for walls and looking over the nm
ished work OF Zion "call her walls sal
walton and her gates Praise. -Central
Presbyterian.