The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-28

Opinions 81 Their Times En-; En-
pressed by Bible Characters ia':!rsi,.
Philosophers 81 Antiquity q; and nd
Great Modem Leaders -arge-3
IL Pessinlistic Victor lii1ugol'1ssll
Glowing Tribute toi#tl1e Nine Srless
tenth Century.
By Calvin Dill Wilson, p. ?. ~
(Author Il '1he Hero q !! s yalu' =
tcopyright 1904 BY JOSEPH B e; Bow ,sm ~
- on ro !eis ,n ~ eve ns'
regarding the tendencies ii J, anu I.
| 88G ~ { nrt3sDects of their, own li z,
[lTI would be of n n aad Even
-6T;eT articia III icating few sucn. opimT
ions may be stimulating any in sa,.s avn
This Viii showthat ccrtnins lcadeIs -,
seen clearly the evils 81 tn ,,iiv and that
yet have worked on ngle Views than the
facts justified s. Y. ,,o,., al, heen
charact erized speea,i sa i, crest III
&tile'a o ,,i 1la al her people may have
been been dreanIn of golden pasts O, \, horl na
var,eiy Tor better futures but ING Z -
men have graphic. w !. 3l'Si'ss =
* xye turn to$ithe Bible to discover NY -
limnrcs sion made by heir times on ShI5
men treated therein n n we l 81 81 His age
,, lrG His heart From his point oI.Nti,sm
new light hashnh upon IN
question: "Cani.ye not IIs &c, lie
of the 9. tiT q s. n Ns and aiNlter
o oi,s He declared manyIo o.
the lea ding men OF His 70 BE ~
S Sipna a and small
matters and neglected great !, q, sod
taken up with Is. clea a,hiie
|the outside of cups and
excnss were careful Of Journalism and nst
t. i, of'rele Ion yet destitute OF rs SPILL,
rJa fnresaW liberalization OF the s % VIZ
nationality the ns destTnoe % tRe Kingdom
NJ Ii and and the dawn q q, Y. hei
reign az righteousness and trnt Z.
the Baptist spoke hard wore ,.n,sasaw
many Of the people OIL 1i Ia pa and
NIf We glance "a little ,vs
Bible we note tllat8'n mNh,t tion 81 mans
heart is evil from his youth !, ,;anao
Abraham despaired Of the an, 1,.
lis own country md leit IL, IL ~ avs had
ponneed to e a,,il aas saw tie only
PINE for lis people in forsakin
The prophets generally We're g !, y ier1le
students q s. Their II hR Maith snS arnod thai
they were statesmen VINO .,1ai ara s31
dsagnosed the tendencies soi ne. = nov
thatSof their supern atura . 81, err,
were men who faesaMti anal p be evils
ren aGinn re na3i But generally they
took hopeful view nal .outc tIlai
The apostles of Christ lookGsn 81 fo,. man
age as the dawn OF 9 f'leW wy = ST .7s;s
50 far as We Judge gf s Bsadh @ wa hsve
pessimtst he does ms ny yy ors or better
thonsh TN ms ot S@ i he certainly did not
t thh a evils could be eradicated any ny
u age; his idea was that they coui c,,l II
In Greece, Demosthenes seems 70 {, y, ha Ia
felt that If PhlipWero suGsesslus lec,;re
fute Of earnestness and clearnes /, e g
thought but he stroye ,o,, ava Ae Hal
1enss e nna
wo;,ld have q great. mission to mnnk !, ~ =
Plato found much fault with his tlfh e
and in his epublien ppn neca ssary To-
changes which nc thousllL lleS -
Among lie Romans ysrg Z s r. cd tine tp re
ginning p moral de e ,et tnr'sst to simpl
5 beeye s'nd at faith had lte
his countryren Brutls. anu ai e, ]. Tn -.
to save "o ahe rspublio Cicero attemptse, {,
TO Stay the degeneraey of his da u, 3
9'S geT Gas 81 bliaS ysss
that has not not even been printed in AMER
ca without expurgat lon l,ht " We Is az, ias
SsaI .hs aay te y asprTaS aeths foand
specimens Of men md women q {, " r. a " \
same society and had more iaith i ri ",
sn1 Ct his PsofRs e wo2a
ton a BY * 1asY sho sna
Julian believed the sory .is saf
c chr ril - and thought Its splendlo
could BE- restored only bbyths
the ancient rell gion. aeco1m panie1 ny u! y,
arts, literature and philosophy or w
earlier Greek and Roman !. ~ ~ Gays ''s
ana A' Vie. Iuther, Al LEAST occasionally
dsspajred, saying he would leave u
World and Human nature as he Y. In I,
f haa ,a hem M11t9 ayil pfGSesa aaa
ant "a
Nskea saa eRtTy
s tss asassfnlh wien ssasu Va shss
a at!sr y sssns ausGS sss sa
grand graz IT, rio TO- ,nfamy 81 those centl arn
must have been real Se @ ,aneiS : s'lTTh
u hlnGe wef ous Elo e accent WIN sinplst
ana M'N calm mess the center IN which PROV