Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16

WOTk ioE tue nomination OF Jonu SDer-
man. Any man who tries to nominate
me I'm his place Is not my friend. VIII
liam Mckinley's name under no condi-
ton can be presented as a candidate"
The same scene was practically dupli-
Gated I'm the Minneapolis convention OF
1902. Mr.. Mckinley went there pledg-
cd to support Benjamin Harrison. AS
permanent chairman of that conven-
ton be again and again arose aud pro-
tested against the presentation of his
name as Il candidate. He protested In
spite OF the fact that the convention
was nearly swept off it's feet at the
mere mention of his name. After these
two wonderful exhibitions of self sac
rifice on William McKinley's part all
doubt, IL there ever was any doubt, as
TO the sterling character OF the man
was forever swept away. At the ballot
box of 1896 the American people said,
IF Mr.. Mckinley can be true to his
friends and his rivals. we know he will
be true TO us" In all the writings and
speeches OF William Mckinley, deliv-
cred or written during public life OF
more than thirty years, you cannot
find one word by which he tried to win
success by wrecking the life of n rival.
He achieved success by helping along
every good man he could
That the philosophy of the Golden
Rule is SOUND and that men help them
selves by helping instead OF being jeal.
Gus of others is illustrated In the life of
Dwight l.. Moody. What made Mr.
Moody in some respects the greatest re-
ligious one man power in the last CEN
tury7 His speaking ability? oh, yssi
1 believe he was one OF the most con-
vincing OF spiritual orators. but 1 also
believe that there were others of his
time Just as great, If not greater. His
organizing ability Oh. yesi I believe
he would have been a master at the
head Of political campaign or as a
merchant or even as n military chief
tain; but, though ID. L. Moody may
have been great organizer. believe
there were others OF his time Just as
great if not greater. His great big
heart. into which he cosld gather nll
his loved ones7 Oh. yes: Mr.. Moody
had an affectionate nature! But there
are thousands OF men who love their
families and friends just as much as
Mr.. Moody loved his loved ones; but,
though many men may have excellcd
him I'm individual characteristics, In one
respect believe ne was the peer, II not
the king. of them ALL do not befieve
Mr.. Moody had one iuflnitesimal parti-
Gle OF jealousy I'm his makeup. Instead
of trying to focus all the attention of
the religious world upon himself ne
spent most OF his life In pushing other
religious workers 10 the front. The big.
ger the man the more anxious Mr. Moo
dy was To call public attention to him
He brought across the water Henry
Drummond and John McNeill and II.
r. Meyer and G.. II. @. McGregor and
Campbell. Morgan and many others. he
invited to his own platforms the might
lest religious workers OF his generation
He placed them by his side as he said:
Brother I'm Christ. win a mighty gos-
pei victory. am praying for you. The
bigger success you have the happier I
will be-"
Why Moody Succeeded.
What was the inevitable result?
When Mr.. Moody tried to advance
these Christian workers. whom some
people might have called his rivals. be
advanced himself into the hearts OF
sinful men and women as well as into
the chief human leadership OF the
Christian world. Many contemporaries
may have excelled him In individual
and particular gifts. but I'm mighty,
masterful leadership. In the fame and
eminence which will cause his name
to 60 down through the coming cen
turtles as Christian worker. In his In
fluence upon the men OF his day. Mr..
Moody stood head and shoulders above
all the Christian workers OF his time
lie won this entiable position because
he did not have particle OF Jealousy
In his makeup He won Il because he
tried TO help his rivals instead Of to de-
stroy them. No man ever successfully
built temple OF fame upon the ruined
foundations OF good mans life. The
javeiin OF Jealous hate has a poisoned
handle which is more deadly than it's
venomous tip. 1t will more surely de-
stroy the life OF n man who attempts
- hurl IL than the life Of the rival
against whom it Is thrown.
Maddening jealousy will make fits
sinful victim turn upon his best friends.
Many pathetic scenes are daily Wit
messed In the insane asylums of the
land; but TO me, the patients who are
10 De pitied the most are not the driyel-
ing epileptics or the men and women
whose minds have crumbled into such
ruin that they can sit hour after hour
making doll dresses or with CLASSY
ayes vacantly staring for days at a
lime at some crack In the wall. be-
ieve the Insane patients who should be
oitied the most are those whose dis
aased minds make them think that
heir wives or husbands or parents or
children or brothers and sisters have
been untrue to them. pity the young
girl who has gone mad because she
vas Tilted the night before her wed.
ing and who sits by the window con-
denouncing the recreant lover
ma the woman for whom he broke his
rows. ] pity that old gray haired
mother who for twenty years has been
her ONLY son because she |
links he wants TO poison her for her
money. / pity that Insane wife who
VIII never allow her husband to enter |
Ter room because she thinks he has
been false to her. All. these are the in |
ane patients who are TO be pitied! |
Never did John Fox In his famous |
Book OF Martyrs" depict more excru.
Eating agonies than some OF these poor |
insane wretches daily suffer, vino brood |
'ver the idea that their friends have
'een turned into enemies.
Maddening jealousy. often baseIess,
the cause OF innumerable domestic
nd social infelicities, causing misery
like to its victim and It's object. II
makes the wife suspect the husband
wrongdoing. 1t makes the husband
npugn the motives and actions OF his
Vife. 1t is the cause OF most OF the
uarrels OF lovers, which have wrecked
he happiness OF many lives for time
nd eternity. Ii lashes OthelIo into
renzy until the murderous fingers are
lutching at the throat OF his innocent
nj H. IL