The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-05
and settle. without the severity Of the law

iSct Seilu IlHe lHuS'liS''
have put them on the globe. The points
OF the compass cannot touch them, YET
there they are. needful and useful. IL Is
the same with the sanctlfied conscience
Rights OF others arc based upon Wha'
may be called imaginary lines
Sometimes we are brought very neni
the territories Of others: 1t requires very
often more than the naked eye to dls''"-
guish between mine and chine
There are men who love nothing pu.
the naked eye; nothing but tho hAA''
hand; heartless men SELLING everyth'ns'
enjoying nothing-slaves to theis own
cupidty.
What difference there is in honnua-
rles! We read of one whose bouho"A'
was from the great sea-" and ahothe'
"the goings out OF 1t shall be at inc S7'''
sea-" There is so much sea In so'l'e
peoples possessonsl What oouh.
Diary Is the inhospitable sea. we canhoe
cut It UP into acres or lay It out. "o
cannot SOW 1t in wheat and reap the mar mar
vest. 1t is to most OF us great ana mel
ancholy a liquid emblem of cruel oea'h'
Is not this the case with many men
They have great possessions, but the
szo is no true measure OF value. y NJ
tie garden plot would be to some more
valuable for the purpose of living than
tho whole freehold OF the Atlantic.
Contrast with such lot the words OF
music which you find In q later verse
..S Of Ic IN
heritance worth having The morning sun
besses 1t. The flowers love to be planted
and profusely bloom there.
We cannot all have our estates toward
the sun rising" We cannot wholly cut
off the north and northeast and the
shady side OF the hill. Somebody must
be there Why not you? Some must be
toward the bleak quarter. Is 1t not pos
slble for us to Joy in the fact that our
brother Is living in the south and that on
his garden III not on ours) the morning
sun looks with benedction7
We cannot get rid Of boundaries. we
are l!mited-set in our places by GOD.
Why rebel2 mot my WILL" thou great
boundary maker, thou God OF allotment
and dstribution-"but Thine be done"
There are boundaries in character.
Sometimes one man Is nearly as good
as another. A son may be very like the
father in point OF truth and benevolence.
Still he is not his father; he will never
be so princely or so good; he is lesser
man altogether.
Why are not men equal in mind. in pow
err Of prayer. equal in unselish devotion?
Why Is 1t SO hard for some men to pray
and others to give2 Who made these DIFF
ferences?
soul should see the divine hand In all
these appointments and say: Q. hand OF
God, arrange everything for me. When
] see, be Thou my eye; when speak. be
Thou my mouth; when write, take hold
Of my hand and write for me; and be
with my feet that they slip not"
For boundary is discipline. Who would
not like to add just one more shelf to
his library? Who does not desire the
corner lot to complete his estate7 But to
IellTe "llulu yum OHIl ~ nav
nothing but ditch between you and the
vineyard you covet! Who is stopped by
n ditch? To have nothing but one thin
green hedge between you and the fair
land beyond. Why not burn the hedge
or transfer It? You know why!
To be kept within our own lines. to
build our altar steadily there to bow
down at that altar and confess that the
earth Is the Lords and the fullness there
Of" not to covet or desire other mons
goods: but to know that whether n man
has much or little, he may be the child
of God; Gods servant and Christ's apos-
tie; that Is the highest discipline. and 1t
is possible to every man.
Boundaries are suggestive. Every
boundary rightly interpreted means your
be a very little one. tomb In silent
place. 1t comes In the end to this the
man who wanted acres by the thousands
lies down at last In six feet by four.
There comes n time when a man
shall steal quietly upstairs with n
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hurry out to build for him in the even
tide his last dwelling place. It is lmpos-
sible to exclude this thought from our
reckoning OF boundaries.
There Is no need to be melancholy
about it. 1t is a fact. that to every man
under the sun there is an appointed time
and place. He is a wise man who looks
at that fact and conducts himself pru-
IDENTIFY in relation to It.
Men have the power to close their eyes
and to forget the end, but to do this does
not destroy the inevitable boundary.
Even the grave can be made beautiful,
A man may so live that when he Is laid
in his grave other men may go to see the
tomb, and bedew 1t with tears. and even
stoop down and touch 1t with a loving
hand as If 1t were living thing.