Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-10-02
OUTLOOK INSPIRING.
REV. Or TAlmAee LOOKS FAR INTO
The FUTURE.

REV. Or. TALmAee LOOKS FAR INTO
The FUTURE.
Predicts Marvellous Advance.-Rsls-
sion and Science tp the Next Hum
dred Senrs-Millen MUM wiz no In
auSurstea I'm TIL, Century.
WASHINGTON. I'm ,h,s An.
course DR.. Tasnaec tells somethIny
OF what he expects the pext bpndrod
years VIII achieve. and declares that
the outlook is most inspiring; text.
III samuel xiii. 4. "a morning without
clouds"
WAT 90 you expect of this new
fenturyr Is the question often asked
Of me. and many others have been
pied with the same inquiry. In the
realm of invention I expect something
as startling as the telegraph aud the
teiephone and the Y ray. In the
realm or poetry expect as great poets
as Longfellow and Tennyson. In the
realm Of medicine I expect the cure
OF cancer and consumption. In the
realm or religion ! expect more than
one Pentecost like that OF 1857. when
ooo.OOO souls professed to have been
converted. expect that universal
peace will reign. and that before the
arrival OF the two thousandth wear
guppowder will be out OF use excent
Tor blasting rocks or pyrotechnic en-
tertainment. ] expect that before this
new century has expired the millen-
mum VIII be fully inangurated. The
twentieth century win be as much
nm improvement on the nineteenth
century as the nineteenth century was
an Improvement on the eighteenth.
But the conventional length OF SER
monte discourse will allow us only
time fov one hopeful consideration, and
mat Will be the redemption OF the
cities.
Pulpit and printsng press for the most
part In our day are busy In discussing
the condition Of the cities at this time.
but would Il not be beautifully encour-
eging to all Christian workers and to
al who are toiling to make the werld
better IL We should this morning, for a
little while. look forward to the time
when our cities shall be revolutionized
by the gospel Of the Son or God. aud
all the darkness OF sin md trouble and
crime and suffering shall be gone from
the sky. and II shall be "a morning
without cloudsr
Every man has pride In the city Of
bis nativity or residence if IL be a city
distinguished for any dignity or Prov
ess- Cesar boosted OF his native Rene.
virgil or Mantua. Lycurgus of Sparta.
Demosthenes OF Athens, Archimedes of
syracuse and Paul of Tarsus. | should
have suspicion Of base heartedpess In a
man who had no especial interest In
the city CT his birth or residence
exhilaratioD at the evidence of its
prosperity, or its artistic embellish-
ments, or Its scientific advancement.
On the Way to Victory.
have noticed that man never lIkes
city where he has not behaved welll
feopie who have free ride In the
prison van never like the city that fur.
nishes the vehicle. When find Argos
and Rhodes and Smyrna trying to
prove themselves the birthplace OF Ho-
ner, l conclude right away that Ho-
mer behaved well. He liked them. and
they liked him. We must not war on
laudable city pride or with the idea OF
building ourselves up ut any time 70
try to pull others down. Boston must
continue to point to It's Fancuil haII
ana TO ITS superior educational advap-
tages; Philadelphia must continue to
point to its Independence hall. and IFS
mint. anI its Glrard college; New York
must continue to exult In It's matchiess
naroor, and Its vast population, and It's
institutions of mercy. and its ever wild.
ening eommerce; Washington must
continue to rejoice In the fact that II il
the most beautiful city under the sun.
III should find a man coming from
any city, having no pride ia that civ.
tnat city having been the place OF his
nativity or now being the place Of his
residence. would feel like asking him
right away: What mean thing have
you been doing there2 What outrageous
thing have you been guilty OF that you
do not like the placer"
Every city Is influenced by the cbnr.
acter OF the men who founded II
nomuius impressed his life upon Rome.
Inc pilgrim fathers will never relax
Their grasp from New England. wn-
liam Penn left legacy OF fair dealing
and integrity 10 Philadelphia. and Won
can now. any day, on the streets or |
that city. see his customs, his manners.
his morals, his hat. bis wifc's bonnet |
and his meeting house. So the Hoi.
ianders. founding New York. left their
impression on all the following genera.
TONS So this capital OF the nation
Is perpetual eulogy upon the Wash
ington who founded Il.
i thank God for the place OF opr
residence. and. while there are a thou
sand things that ought to be corrected |
ana many wrongs that ought to be
overthrown, while I thank Cod for
the past ! look forward this morning
to glorIous future. think VIZ ought |
and I take for granted thar you ara
AL interested In this great work of /
evanEelizing the cities and snving the
worid-we ought TO toll with the sun.
ngot IN our faces, We are not fighiing
In q miserable Bull Run Of defeat. We
are on the Wy to nnal victory We
are not following the rider on the, black
horse, leading us down to death and,I
darkness and doom. but the rider ON
VAC uitS uotbc. VIII ING moon under
biz feet and the stars OF heaven for
his tiara. Hail. conqueror. hail!
n Municipal Elevation.
Know there are sorrows and there
are sins and there are sufrerings all
around about US: but as In some bit
ter cold winter day when we are
our arms around us to keep
our thumbs from freezing We think |
pr the warm spring day that Will after
awhile rome. or I'm. the dark winter
night we look up and see the northern
lights. the windows OF heaven iIiu-
mined by some great victory. Jnst q.
look up from the night Of suffering
ND sorrow and Indebtedness in our
,ities' ana we see light streaming
through from the other side, and we
NOW we are on the way to morn
ng-more than that, on the way to ga
norning without clouds"
l want you to understand, ali Won