Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
ARM WILL DON
OLIVE THIS WEEK.
Regulars Will Throw Aside the Hiss
toric Blue With the Advent of
the New Year.

AT the New York Avenue church yes
terday morning the Rev. Wallace Rad
cliffe preached his annual sermon, THE
Twelve Months: A Retrospect" He fol-
lowed out the analogy Of the twelve
months as twelve disciples of Christ or
dained for His message, yet often as UNI
thinking and unconscious as were the liv-
ing disciples The twelve months, he
said, expressed their message in the work
and lives finished with the twelve circles
of our common activity. Classifying the
deaths, he said, in part:
In business MacEay, the last OF the
bonanza kings; Dupont, of powder fame;
Maruuand, banker and philanthroplst;
Krupp, of cannon fame, wealthy, wise
benevolent, whose tragic end presents the
dramatic picture Of the imperial shield
protecting the family and memory OF the
dead; Tiffany, whose name sparkies with
the associations of jewels and precious
stones, and Shepherd a name to conJure
with in the Capital. whose presence was
familiar in these pews. whose generosity
presented you an organ for-our3 churcn
praise, and whose indomitable energy
and far-seeing wisdom assailed our pro-
country village into this beautiful and
commanding capital.
| ARTS AND SCIENCE.
| SIN art, Bierstadt. who so grandly en-
| phasized the glory and power Of Amerl-
can landscape; Cooper, who for sixty
seven consecutive years exhibited IN the
Royal Academy; Constant and Vibbert.
French painters, and Tissot. who preach-
ed so impressively the gospel in colors IN
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| "In architecture. Clark. architect of
the Capitol Nor must we omit to men,
ton Mast, father Of American carica-t
ture. who originated the. tiger and ele-
| plant of American politics.; who Grant
said did as much as any man In putting
down the rebellion. and whose pictures
were each. according to Lincoln. as good
as recruiting sergeant
I'm sculpture, Antoqulsky. genius and
Inspiration to Russia. whose work. such
as Ivan the Terrible Christ Before the
| People, and "A Christian Martyr, are
| among the greatest Of the past century
tIn music, Watson. Lane, Urso, emf
| nent violinists and composers; Perkins
composer; Warren, organist, and Wur-
| den, author of Listen to the Mocking
| Bird and hosts of melodies of the civil
war, among which was Give Us Back
Our Old Commander, which was inter-
dicted by the government because OF its
! influence.
in science, Holmes and Wheelock. in
ventors; Ames, botanist; Cleveland, gem
| ealogist; Hussman., pomologist, and Pow
| ell, eminent naturalist.
..In exploration, Curate and Holub, At
rican explorers, and Wundt. who recent
| Is adventured from Paris to New York
| by land, except at Boring Straits.
/ an literature. Stevens. photographer;
| Hopkins, Of the Scientific American;.
scudder, of the Atlantic Monthly; Guern-
i sey,s of Harper's; and, greatest OF all,
1 Godkins. of the New York Evening Post;
I Stebbins, dramatic and historical writer;
! Butler. author of Nothing to Wear and
English outhor of Ben Bolt Paul
/ Leicester Ford, of beautiful promise, but
/ sudden and tragic end: Eggleston. preach
| err novelist, journalist, historian. whose
! aim was to cause Americans to know
/ their brothers; Stockton, most represen-
i tative and buoyant of humorists, adding
4 largely to the pleasantries of life and the
/ good cheer of human fellowship, ma
! tional benefactor; lola, whose life was
! drama eager, impetuous. ambitious, or
! iginal and versatile. whose influence was
/ unhealtrful and evanescent, and Henry.
i author Of more than eighty boys books
/ which have encircled and soverspread the
/ earth. - S .Gs5- tzEssz
POLITICS AND WAR.
/ In politics, King Alfred of Saxony, the
/ Belgian Queen. Sultan of Zanzibar, and
! Prince Edward: diplomatists. such as
/ Pauncefote, Yung Ye,a Dufferin and Dunn
berg: publicists like Won Tia. Of Hun
! gary; Kimball. Bartlett, and Temple, OF
! England. Commissioner Ross. good citi-
4 zen and faithful. officer of this District;
4 United States Senator Mcmillan, kindly,
/ genial, generous, the manly man. the true
! friend, the patriotic citizen. the honored
i senator, whose abiding monument will be
1 in the enlarged life and beautyssof tbs
i capital. Morton, former secretary of agrl-
i culture, whose memory will be kept greer
by Arboy Day. Altgeld, most powerful
4 leader Of extreme radicalism of tremen.
i dous energy. and acknowledged honesty
i but with dangerous genius for destruc.
4 ton Ex-Speaker Reed. honest. strong
S|3keen, fearless, clear-eyed, and contemptu-
4 Gus; his great venom Va be his con:
Isumuate demonstration OF the power Of
4 the Jority to rule. And Cecil Rhodes
4 1.-the most commanding figure, an empire
|SbuiIder. whose dreams were limited b.
q the power Of money. whose ideals were
4 exclusively material, whose religion wa:
4 the sensual idoltry of more size. " bl
i attained A. United South Africa. but BY {
4 cold -bIoo ded selfishness which tramplet
4 lover mountains OF corpses and through
4 streams OF blood.
IN wa. Bot a.;s q herr OF our Hoderl