The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-25
LENT.
In discussing Lent last Sunday a I

In discussing Lent last sunday a UNI
tartan preacher Of New York said:
II do not believe In people voluntarily
assuming burdens. Many people, when
the season of Lent comes around While
they have been living a life, perhaps, OF
pure self-lndulgence all the rest OF the
year determine, as though 1t were mer-
it, to go without eating certain things
FOR forty days, o. do without going to
places of amusement for forty days, doing
this or refraining from that for forty
days. u. u
''All this seems to me pure artlfce, try
Ing to fool ourselves with superficial mat
tcrs while we. fail to see the essential,
pure, open, eternal truths Of life"
we do not SEQ how anything Is to be
lost by a special season Of self-dental and
selr-disciplne. 1t should be the endeayor
of every man to gain the mastery over
himself, to get his appetites and passions,
as we'll as his habits Of mind and Of body,
well under control. OF course. this is
not to be accomplished in 40 days Of train
Ing each year. but such training, even for
one day, can do no harm, and may 90
much good If tho drunkard VIII stop
drinking for forty days no Will be, at
the end OF that period, In fine trim to
reform altogether. Tho same may pc
said Of those who have contracted the
opium habit or the coco-cola habit or the
tobacco habit
We may go farther and say that the
man who will control his temper for forty
DAYS will bo in fair way to become
permanently amiable, and that the man
who will bride his tongue while Lent
lasts Will BIO in splendid training to keep
That unruly member continuously In sub
jcction.
The reader may enlarge the ilustra-
lions to Lent.
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Bishop Hartzell, OF the Methodist
church. whose diocese includes the entire
continent Of Africa. is on his periodical
visit to Washington, and has had two
long interviews with the President con-
corning African affairs. Few men know
SO much about conditions in that great
continent. or can discuss them SO intelll-
gently from the American point OF view.
Concerning the little black republic OF
Liberia, the Bishop says: II do not
sympathze with or approve Of the present
emigration movement Of negroes from the
Southern States to Liberia, which has
been encouraged by Bishop Turner and
other prominent men in the African Meth
odist Church. Most OF the people who
go from the South return to their old
homes as soon as they can raise money to
paw their passage back. They do not
find Liberia the land flowing with milk
md honey that has been represented to
them There Is no room there for Ignorant
and ordinary laborers, But there Is n wide
field and great demand for Intelligent
people with capital, trained mechanics,
scientific farmers and skilled artisans OF
every class-lnen OF character, with a lit
tie capital who can lead and instruct the
| people in modern methods Of farming and
mechanical industries"
lie also said that the United States Gov
| eminent has made great mistake IN
| sending colored consuls to that country
and that tho people there want an intelll-
gent white man sent to them,
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One Of the school trustees OF Chicago
who is also q physician, has entered /
protest against the custom in vogue there
of nstructing, children In tho public
schools on the effect Of drugs and mar
cotica, FIe insists TINT these are sub
jects that 1t would be better for children
to know nothing about, and he adds;
"a little knowledge OF the effect of co
caine and morphine is very dangerous I,
the laity
This doctor is right. we once heard o
Temperance advocate who issued q tpac
y giving the ingrsdisnta Of mean Rhiskey i