The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21

gn0OuLs4 many things. NO. man 3 can sstdk0
love from the heart, devotion from tbs
soul. or trust from the Rpirlt. You may
steal d document, but you cannot steal
g revelation.
II we have God revealed to the heart
through the medium of the Bible, we
have a sanctuary into which we can re-
tire, md where we can be forever safe.
The last enemy that shall be- destroyed
10 superstition. Even many good people
read thelr, Bibles wrong. and, so they hey
live a troubled life. Thcy live In gloom
and sadness and apprehension, and q each each
now volume OF essays published In cr l'sl:.
cisln upon tho Bible fills them With
fresh disnay, "a
Art thou q master Of Israel, and tro,i-
bled BY these aspaprts2 First, be sure
that you clearly understand what they
arc talking about. They may be only
clearing away the heavy clouds of 'isn no.
rance. The true Bible Is hidden III the
heart and the spirit itself bear g'ettl Wit
uess without spirit that It is the r eve
lation Of God. 1t only needs to be read read
patiently and thoroughly, to see IS Il y y
does not cover oil the whole Sbreadth Of
life, s 3i.3s #
There is a theologians Bible as there
Is psychologists body. An interview
with such q physician Would Tighten a1'.
you. IL he were to tell you all all Ills his
polysyllhb1es you would no aonger be- be-
leve you are alive!
There ts the analysts water. II you
were to- spend day with him you would
never take another glass OF water as
long as you live! He could not 9t only
frighten you out of water drinking. but
IL he lay, before you the exact ooEstit-
uents Of your last meaE you would re-
greet that you ever rose from your bed.
But there Is another body, the body
that was rocked by your mother and
sustained by your friends; there Is e an y
other water, another bread, meant to
enrich and cheer and sustain and con-
isolldato our life. 81 Us 81 4555s
So there is the theologian's Bible; let
them keep IL. It has never done them
any good ]. It will never do anybody any
good. The Bible we want Is our mother
Bible; tho hAart Bible. the Bible that
I5stoops down Is life to kiss At and bless
1sit, and to lift it, up and breaths INTO It
|5dailyt Inspiration Of divine sustenanse
and the assurance Of Immortality.
u that Bible Is open to the present Voc
man., the tiniest9 child, the Wisest man;
itSis.s the worlds wide open book, printed
In letters that the blind may see.
VI Art thou master in Israel. and art
thou fearin g death? There Is no death;
death Is abolished. The body drops
then the body never truly
| lived. TWAS enlivened, but 1t never lived
Kunless lis to live forever. gk,
III masters in Israel are afraid of
dent tn, afraid OF affliction, afraid because
l$ofstunults, wherei is their Chris tianity?
Mastery in everything means repose;
mastery means peace: mastery means
rest He only Is master of Israel who
can say from his heart and in his life,
| 'sLetS the mountains be carried into the
5midst OF the sea, still God is aeurslrefuge
land siren 9Th. &, Let all the seas thunder
themse lves into eve rlasting destruction,
no tempes can touch the liver which
makes glad the city Of God q III
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On August I'D GalY weston will celebrate
the comple don OF It's sea wall, which is
designed to $protect'Fit from tidal storms
such as that which soverwhelmed it just
four years ago, - as.55
4 The wall is Of concrete, upon plling, is
three and a quart niles long, 4 is seven
teen feet high, sixteen feet wide at the
base and five feet wide at the top s t j,
backed by a solid mass fof sand and
Eearth. on which has been laid a. brick
roadway and sidewalk 4 50 I'll at the wal
will be the clty's seaside promenade. The
wall is to be ex tended through the govern
ment reservat ton, mil In lenG TIL at I'll.
governments expense, The general leve
Of the city inside the wal / Is to be raised
to correspond With the level of the tot
Of the wall ;s
It Is scarcely less han marvel lous tina
the city has so soon recovered from TIL,
disaster OF Sept ember g. 4 1900. IKE ISL
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4 b We know we have a. long name, but It'll
very expressive-,it locates us and define
us. But when we come to compare TIL
3Ilengthof our name With that ofTle Times
Il Dispatch, We find counting the 1iyphen,w
are but ono letter long than our, 5es
slteemed contemporary, from hon we Of
ten copy, and will continue to do SO, with
out regard to the length OF The name
Again. our name ma be Ion g Il but 1t
a written, printed and read With create
4 facility than many OF her names we coul
4 mention that we daily see u n tSttle hi
|dail ies.-- Fred erl clsb burg Free Ian &c.
What a nice speech! And We repl
Il that Of course we al not rob our read
ere by falling to give hem generous q
Z tracts from the FREQ Lance. As for on
/ own name. our familiar e lend may cal
US I'D. for short, 50 It &
"A statement has been going The round
+ that the Outlook, OF which DR.. IliyWa
Abbott is editor, had said In spbstanc
4 that the most intellectual people in tn
8 South were negroes. In reply to an in
qulryfrom us, the editors OF the outloo
I say that they are at q loss to und erstan