Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10

IL we make an idol OF common hu-
man clay. as the French did OF General
Boulan2er i'm 1880. then i'm n very little
while we may become iconoclasts and
smash our idol and also the shrine be-
fore which we once worshiped. Presi-
dent Garnet understood this tickleness
OF the human race. When the MAN on
Horseback" as Boulanger was called.
threatened 10 ride down the Champs
Elysecs ana overthrow the French re-
public. some OF tie leading Statesmen.
like eX- Premier WaIdeck Rousseau.
wanted the president to quietly lead
BoulNnger 10 the outskirts OF the city
and have him shot for the good OF
France. The president only smiled at
his friends anxiety. He said TO them:
wait. wait Just few months. The
rabble will turn. Then the most popu-
lar man of France will be the most de-
spised. Such popular alteration as this
Is always short lived" Carnot spoke
better than he knew. Not only did the
tidal wave of public alteration which
threatened TO lift the MAN on Horse
back" into the Tuileries subside, but
within a few months General Boulan-
ger was friendless. In despair he CON-
mitted suicide by the grave of his mis-
tress. Nine. Bonnemain, while an exile
in Brussels.
The Duke OF Wellington well under
plause. Long after the conqueror Of Ma
poleon had regained his popularity and
had become the most beloved subject
of the Victorian empire he always kept
the fence around his city home broken
down as an object lesson 10 recall the
time when the London mob battered Il
down TO show their disgust at one OF
his official acts as prime minister.
William L. Gladstone was again and
again execrated in the streets OF the
British capital. through which bis dead
body was afterward carried TO sleep its
last sleep among the honored dead OF
Westminster. the Prince OF Wales. now
king. being among the pallbearers.
Joan of Arc, who led the French ar
mics to victory. was deserted by her
followers, who came TO believe her
witch and devil. The same tongue
which once charmed the Roman assem-
blies was afterward cut out from the
mouth of-Cicero by the mobs and nailed
up in the Roman Forum. with the cpl
taph, Thou fool. wag no morew All,
we do not have to stand among the vo-
cifcrating multitudes of Palm Sunday
to hear and see the fickleness OF the
human race! We can see everywhere
the human idols being shattered. The
same voices that are ready TO cry to us.
Put him upon n throrfei' are the voices
which tomorrow will call. Lead him
away 10 execution
Ia Popular Appliance worth seekinE,
Now, my brother. rs the alteration OF
the human race ~ 40 short lived, IL
does not pay 10 sacrifice everything for
applause. Caunot and will not
we live with the nobler and higher pur-
pose OF trying 10 have God rather than
man think well of us2 Would that we
might one AMI all heed the blessed ad-
vice which Chinese" Gordon short
time before his death wrote TO friend.
then living In distant England:
Dear Friend Why will you keep
saring for what the world says7 Try.
oh. try to be no longer sluve to il.
You have little idea of the comfort OF
freedom from IL. 1t is bliss. All this
caring Cor what people will say is your
pride. Hoist your dag and abide by 1t.
Thank God, l am quite well a1d SO
happy now that resigned the govern.
ment OF the province and put NIL the
faults on my Friend He is able to
bear them and will use me as long az
he pleases as bis mouthpiece. and
when he is done with me he will put
me one side. Casting all your care on
him has just come to mind"
Palm Sunday indicates the city Us
the greatest OF all backgrounds where
the spiritual conquest OF a sinful world
is TO be decided. IL is the field OF Es-
draelon. where the Satanic and divine
powers Will make their last stand and
grip and wrestlc In mortal combat. I'll
is the Sedan where the demoniac In
vaders will bo annihilafed as n chemist
With pestle crushes,a substance i'm n
mortar. Ii is the Waterloo, the York
-own, the Agrfgentum. the Solferino.
he Cha!ons. the Thermopyln, where
Ill the powers and municipalities OF
darkness shall be forever overthrown |
~ tie principalities and powers OF |
lsht' ana Christ shall be proclaimed |
King OF kings and Lord of all.
why Is the city 10 be the great field
Vhereon the sovereignty of Christ shall
Re universally recognized? In the city
here Is commingliag OF all classes.
among the throngs who came forth ON
aim sunday TO greet Jesus ! see the
God and the bad. the autocrat and the
lebeian, the mighty capitalist and the
mail shopkeeper. the Pharisee, the
iscipie. the curiosity seeker. all CON-
ali circliBg some cheering
nd some cursing under their breath.
We are not 10 suppose for moment
Lat oil who came forth TO see Jesus
lrew branches in his way. Oh. no,
ne high priests hirelings were In
hat crowd. as Well as Jesus disciples.
am thankful that you and live in
reat city. We live in a city where
ar influence for good can tell most
nectiveiy II we only use that infiu-
nee as Jesus would have us do. II
e capture Paris for Christ we cap
ire France; London for Christ means
ngland saved; Berlin for Christ means
ermany bowling before the cross. II
e capture New York and Chicago and
nr other great cities for Christ. we
lpture America for Christ oh. what
blessed opportunity 1t is for us to be
Bile to fight under the standard of the
ross. where the Satanic forces are I'M
mbering their heaviest artilleries and
here every blow struck for Jesus can
,dound with the best OF all results!
The City and the Country.
But while | congratulate you because
on are able to testify for Jesus In a
rye city l also cast my eyes over the
Ills and send forth gospel congratula.
on TO the Christian farmhouses that
re helping as in this Christian strug.
e. city rs great human reservoir
hich collects its streams OF life from
'erywhere. Many Of those streams
ickle down from country hills, where
title are lowing and horses neighing
ld sheep bieating and barvests wav-
9. These couatry streams OF human
re are the brooks which clarity the