Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02

(Observa tons or PnlIoSoPiiioai Aioiio
| of Ou-s.)
when no real Ills distress them.
They make enough themselves TO
vex them.
Burns
MANY good. kind father makes himself
| unhappy about provision for his chill.
dren." while many unna tural parents
don't bother themselves at all about tbs
matter.
It is only natural. wise and proper that
IA Their and mother should concern them
selves for their progeny. The very mon.
sters of the deep care for their little ones
The whalers tell us that it is touching t.
see how the mother whale follows her
,os be that has been stricken with the har
ooon. And yet. there are high people that
hardly know the names of their children
and are glad of any arrangement that Will
relieve them of the care of them: whethe
1t be governesses. nurses, or boarding
schools But all along. from the highes
SIGN for the children The poorest. who
nave been born in the frost" have leas'
care for the material provisions for Chi
dren They have been used to live from
s.and to mouth. have asked God to Civ,
Them day by day their daily bread, and ar,
content to do we'll p. esent duties. 1t Il
when they reach the levels OF ease anC
pr de- and they are ANXIOUS that they anG
,neir Children snail Cn,inue great anc
IN a high level. that the cares Of thi.
world and the deceitfune5s of riches be-
gin to worry them. 1t is then That tn
danger OF falling to the estate OF ;he.i
less lucky f..tnos and neiehbc-s appal.
HEM John Bun. an tells the sorry
They that are down need fear no fai.
They that Q. e low. no pride.
they LAT are humble ever shall
Have Goo to be their guide.
Making provision for children means
TOR the most part to keep them on thel.
st.cial level and out OF the danger of wan
or suffering. AS il it wee possible TO en-.
able any human being TO escape IN.
chances and changes Of this life: the t1ou-
bic 10 which nlanfis born; or, at last. ex-
enption from tkc gave and final juds
ulent. The condition OF human existence Il
SUI j. ctiCn 10 all thsse things To be
buried under huge bouiders Of granite or
under the affairs of catnedrais amount.
to nothing. Nor can walls OF stone, wide
acres, troops Of servants, nor whole uni
versties OF medicine save or rescue from
the touch of disease.
And what is al this talk about provision
4cr children and what does it amount TO?
The great arena of American LIE is
solving all the great p. obiems that have
veSed humanity from the beginning: Tar
IT, Labor. and Capital, finance, Sociology
n all its forms. and il is buglesquing ana
caturins all the old fallacies and here
Sies that have foo.ed our ace cut OF its
life Choicest of them is the absolute ana
vulgar ahsurtl:ty thar money solves til.
problem Of life and is the cure-au OF
human Ills; while. on the contrary, the
excess Of 1t gives men and women over to
the power Of their bad passions and lusts
makes them inca pable Of high happiness.
and scatters homes and families like chaff
over the face OF the earth,
Life is grand privilege. But its high
est privileges are reserved for pure, high
and honorable ard loyal natures. thai
know what it is to live. Provision for
life that kindles passion and lust. tina,
cultivates pride and se.fishness. that
ats the flesh and mocks truth and virtue
is the. patrimony Of the devil
The cnly provision fer life that is worth
considering Is that which provides fors
the establishing and building I'D OF ma
hood. Il 10 the giving OF strength ana
Fiche3 to- soul hat sra IL ma "a, 49,