The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-22


i hope and fear, II ignorance ana wisdom
\ In work ana rest This great fact radian,
with signifscance that JESUS was sure Of
! and believed In and knew God. n 4
"The Father kroweth me- surel,
when Jesus says that, II means NOR,
than just God was aware Of HIS exits
tence. THAT word "know," on the lip.
OF Jesus, Is always a deep and ,pregnat,
word. For God to know" Jesus was fol
God to have some purpose. and will
4ebout the life Of Jesus. The Jes,,s when
God know. was to be the Saviour OF man
kind, JESUS the Teacher, tho Revealer OF
Divinity, the Pattern Of Righteousness,
tho Victim Of the Cross.
Is not this truly q great step forward1
The miracle the sermon, the word OF
sym athy, the parg OF suffering-it was
not merely because the son saw II was
good and right; it was because the
Father wanted Il, and willcd It that It
came. n
Here u TRANSPORTATION Here is glory.
What sense so1 drudgery, what monotony
or WEAKNESS co,lld there be In life liko
that
10 this detailed knowledge Of God
comes also Its own response, the Father
knoweth me-" That means God has
will for every act Of nlne." Every
knowledge of God involves and Issues IN
a will, Gods will and Christ's obedience!
Here Is the absolute Understanding ana
harmony Of tho Father and the Son.
No force Of nature ever fails in It's re-
Spouse. When shall It come to pass that
In our world Of free thought and ae-s
ton we, too, shall become as obedient to
God as wind and fire and lightning and
sunshine are in their lower world?
| Oh, how one longs for It solntlmes! TO
do the right because It is His will, and
to do Ills will because It is right alwaysl
We know that here alone Is peace and
power.
This IS the great hope held up to US
by st. Paul. How we separate our know
ing and our obeying powers! as AZ they
could be separated, as II either could live
without tho other! TO know INCLUDES the
Fathers promise that we shall obey.
When we realize this, eternity springs
Into vital life No longer is 1t bare
doctrine. great arid fact--but a grand
actual reality that we shall 1--we for
everl
Hank! through tho atmosphere OF that
precious belief can you not hear the
music as 1t swes with gladness In the
streets of the New Jerusalem?
What Christ was. we shalt DO some.
day: and If some day, why not now?
You need not live alone for you may.
IL you will, know and obey God. God in
you, and you in God. ono system OF
power knit together In mutual know
ledge and fellowship.
That Is what Christ claimed you for.
Give yourself to Him and you will come
to that In all Its fulncss. Behold Him.
and live!
Q, Christ draw us. Thy Fathers
children. to our Father now!
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Miss Sarah Cooper Hewitt. daughter OF
the late Abram S. Hewitt, last week
showed what determined woman can
do at the polls. There was q School
Board election In West Milford N. r..
where she lives. She desired the election
of j. B. Prince as school trustee. for he
had promised in that event to give his
village Of Erskine q $4,000 school house.
Miss Hewitt canvassed tho town. On
election day she chartered a special rail-
road train and ran 1t for the voters;
she served luncheon free to all corners
at the hotel near the polling place, and
her candidate went in by a large ma
jcrity.
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The Mad Mullah, who has SO often been
reported dead. continues live enough
to be terribly licked In battle and get
thousand Of his followers slain.
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Ex-Mayor Ames, OF Minneapolis, says
the newspapers are to blame for his get
ting in Jail. The newspapers can stand
1t IL Ames can
Notwithstanding Whitaker did not do
the right thing, the officers are well sat
isied that they are not dealing with the
wrong Mr.. Wright.
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A Kentucky woman died the other day
at the age of n6 years. She confessed on
her death-bed that she never saw George
Washington.
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A negro herb doctor is doing valiant
work in enlarging the receipts Of the I'M
dertakers in philadelphia.
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Instead OF the predicted cold wave we
have April showers down here In old
Virginia,
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There Is growing conviction that Mr..
Hearst Is really In earnest about that
nomination.
Anyhow, Senator Morgan got his
amendments to the canal bill printed In
the Record,
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