The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
THE TIMES: RICHMOND. VA SUNDAY, AUGUsT17 1902.

a
record In our long course with other
races-which we call inferior races Yet
God does not deal8w US according to-
our. deserts What a God we have. and
what reason for rejoicing we have that
God does not give US according to our
deserts!-SundaE-Scho Times.
Often, but not too.often. do we hear
! Of the abiding influence Of the mothers
life and ex-
A FATHERS EXAMPLE. ample in the.
lives of the
boys who go from home into the busy
busy world, but too seldom is the ines
Unable value of the fathers influence
extolled. With inexpressible gratitude for
all that mother represents the father is
the boys ideal of man, and stands as
the head of the household and the unit
of society. A noble father. upright, hon.
ora Bile, conscientious in all the relations
of life toward wife and mother ana
children in the home, in business and So
cial enga gements. OF answering INTEGRITY.
Just and self-controlled. honored IN an
the community in which he dWelis, is
a silent but irresistible power In de-
Gliding the character of his sons. Never
can they forget that they are the
children Of such father. While the love
of mother will keep them tender, the ex-
ample of father will make them noble
+ The Standard.
The human mind is constantly agitated
with perplexing inquiries concerning
providence. What does
PROVIDENCE. all this calamity and
mortality mean? is the
awful question. The cross is the
only satisfactory solution. It proclaims
that God is the author of an infinite sac
rifice, as a fact in his providence which
assures US of his boundless rectitude and
goodness This sacrifice, and the suffering
and death of men. are equally due to
sin, which is therefore an enormous evil.
If 1t deserves an infinite atonement, 1t
surely deserves the spiritual ruin of those
who love it more than God.-Central
Presbyterian.
And although our short-sightedness may
Sometimes see no guidance given. no al
vancement made by the
EEHIND presence of the cloud-we
THE CLOUD. may seem to have only
exchanged the wilderness
OF Sinai for the wilderness of Paran-one
desert place for another-still we are jour
neying toward Canaan, and God Is pc
hind the cloud. At last we learn the les
son Of Cowper's familiar hymn. which
tolls us that the clouds we so mucn dread
at length are found to burst with bless
lngs on the head.-Religious Herald
The independent thinkers are those who
are able to see the good in their enemies,
the truth in the doc
INDEPENDENT trlne of their oppo-
THINKERS. nents, the defects in
those they love and the
fa1libility of the teachers TO whom they
pay the homage of trust and reverence.
To them every fresh act or every new
merits and taken for what it is worth.
They will not accept statement because
It jumps with their own conclusions nor
reject it because it crosses the track Of
their favorite theories.-The Christian
Register.
Making a life is a, larger thing than
making a living. Many man has made
good living who has made a
MAKING poor life Some men have
A LIFE. made splendid lives who have
made very moderate or even
scanty livings. Such was Goldsnths viii
lage preacher, who was passing rich on
forty pounds a year Such was the cit
izen of Germany Snd of the world who
earned hardly three hundred dollars in
any single year of ,iLs journey here. yet
few men have ever had more out of life
thar Martin Luther. 1t hehooves us.
therefore. to consider how we may add
to our making of a living the making of
a life So to make a living as to make
also the capability of enjoying a living
OF using a living after we have made it;
so to make a living as to make also a
character. a faith a. hope, soul--this is
to add to the making of our living the
making of a life.-Sunday-sch Times