The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-16

the politlCll,S social. lnteueCtual Stiu te.
ligols unrest the gospel Of Jesus Christ
is largely responsible The old skins will
not hold the new wine and the new wine
Is the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel
sets free e think to y Ss, tpes aGpe
liberty sometimes degenerates into license.
that is only an Incident Better far that
We should have these periods of political.
social Intellectual and religious unrest
than that we should have death or that
sleep which Stimulates death and which
II uninterrupted issues In death. Better
that the truth should be boldly cha llenged
BY, error and falsehood and the issue he
fully Joined though our hearts tremble
with apprehension than that men should
be indifferent both to truth and false
hood or that truth itself should
be so lfeless and inert as to
through struggle and travail is the truth
at length delivered to us out OF the womb
OF time
In the midst of all these clanlorous and
con,endlng forces. the one serene. donii..
nant, clear and ringing voice is that OF
Jesus Christ. He is no belated pilgrim
who has lost his way in the storm times.
The accent Of authority, Of tinaltty, is j.,
Him with our souls alert to the con-
dition we begin to see that His gospel is
more than a message to the individual
soul. that 1T compasses all human needs
are are ts ils VIII adeathsss hope tfat out
OF the reformat ton of human society and
the reorganization of human thought Will
come wider triulnphs for our Lord and
His matchless ma me. The. harvest IS
come, but the Lord OF the harvest is also
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III. Our Lords simple bur impre ssye'
related TO these on which we have been
meditating, and so obvious hat we might
easily overlook It. The harvest is
period OF great opportunity and great re-
sponsibility The fact that it is a cul-
mInation and a crisis leads irresistibly TO
this. To fail of duty now is to lose what
mas been achieved and to put in jeopardy
what may be achieved, to disgrace the
past and to darken the future. He that
sleepeth In harvest Is a. son that causcih
same. incidentally let ~, be borne IN
day what 1t was two thousand years ago.
The wonderful ma chInery which drives
through our fields, cutting, cleaning. bind
ting, makes It possible TO- SOW more " 3
thrus, In their sickles. while Ruth, the
simple maiden. CLEANED amid the alien
corn But It is still the harvest with Its
portunities, it Is stillEthe time when there
mus, be no silirkers and no idlers.
Here also the figure fits our age we
who live III this day Of clmnxes and
responsibility. We are deeply and doubly
in debt. What has been done lays upon
us q mighty obligation. and the genera
s HATS ca to sens be denied WHAT IS pf
done must be done quickly. The time
IS snort. The shadows will presently be-
biiem: How. can we liz this brief. yolat the
present DO our " ork In such q way as to
honor the past and make the future
brighter and more blessed
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"If. On the other hand. our responsible
tiles sober and depress US, on: the other
our unriyalled opporiunities ongnt to M
US with Joy and fi o. gioryd
BY our opportunities. And what. after
all. can an earnest soul SO deeply desire
a5d The bs e SENDS ms r OF
Of Of the marvellous opportunities which
challenge the faith and zeal Of the pres
emit generation. If the foes OF Christ
seem to us Increased in number may our
eyes be fully opened to see the hosts
Of allies who fill the vlewless air ABOUT
one hand engrossed the attention. blunte1
the Spiritual tastes OF the conauerors.
the tfess work o1v Of sendinp Tar Tar and Vide the
good news of the Kingdom and awaken
ing, In other hearts The holy PURPOSES
and aspirations which are for Ih ,sn mo mo :
material progress TO such account as TINS
we shall find our own spiritual natures mss
qu!ckened into new life and power: Inc
Of human progress. II letters are strick-
en- on It's Law OF perfect liberty -
ready for those who are set free. II the
Intellectual Unrest, it IS Only, IN God 5
good plan 70 bring men TO that haven
OF peace which the gospel alone nnord ..
ms and soae tb afe rospe q the King
dom, which thus gets itself more swiftly
aud surely disseminated. Before our eyes e
me gospel Of Jesus m making SG2inl , ne
An. it Is worth while to DO living NOW!
ABd the best Is yet to nd be-, n.or st,u h..
life is "a land VIC can but partly know:
Leagues have been Travelled. many Won
ders met.
But the best part Is undiHcoyered yet.
esEecally a. the Eap,,,a's q the 9 1ne. pqi
ohLidATl6ss 3 81 yIAolsiA 1'Ar-
puts n u psc assS vat agS uy oSsa
lions. FROM a handful Of desplsed and
pereecuted people. We have grown. under
G9as ay9 me e YEA ere en an
inheritance. that has cost suffering and
toil beyond description. We have conc
Y The plafe WHERE we ehaiienge ne y, Le
We may not Indulge In vain or foolish
boasting. let us ms certain on the other
hand that We are no. wanting y denom-
Of Virginia RapllhlA be measured ny thsiI
suffering for c0nsclences5 Aakc, by their
6dnl!ty 10 principles by The good mon
and true They Nave Furnished tot the Com Z.
thsy nave made, 70 The welfare ~ lheIr
ieiiow-n,en. or by the institutions they
ssnis have 70 occasion y blush for them
Never IN ihcir long aud GYeptful flist0ry
was the blessing o. God more manifest
upon THEIR lsboFh. a thousand churches,
legea aId academies VIM property worth Y,
ttem illled With eager and GntHnHiastic
student; cultured and .cptHecrnted min.
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nnd blaupch and growing FUND for tho
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their organized bcncyoeneei a long es-
labilsiSej and successfAl Institution. for
lhH education. Of the industry. a board foi
Btate fyangelza,ion.. that has. sfnploged
thousands III faithful men and gathered
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