The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-25

know for themselves Their restlessness
seems so Innocent What possible hurt#
can It do them? II they yield to- II they
will know the world. They will be gods
.ThcirEvirtues will be positive ones. Their
achievements will be really worth while
will be glorious.
All, what an enhancing programme THIS
DOMAIN presentsSSto9 men! But alas lille
still conceals the blight and wreck that
comes to those who listen 70 ms seduc
tive voice and are deceived BY MS prom
Use Of thu worlds kingdoms. u
&ytA And yet ,lnrest$is not to be condemned
altogether 1t has Its place In human
life and on the use men make OF It oe't
Ponds whetherkit jbc n demon, or an
angel Without It; til world would stag
nate IT Is the salvation OF men and M
lions. It is the inspiration Of the Wto'rld $
progress. rho difference between Amer
.7ica land China. is due to the fact that
here there has been unrest and there
there has been none. The unrest IN M
2d,,strials circles at which some stand
aghast and which every now and thcsl1
breaks out In regretablc strikes IS nut
wholly bad. * ii,
Ii may be even "a promising sign. II
may be n social fermentation out Of
which something better than what what now iis
Will come. 81
God is lnFF11S &F1eaVen.
Cod is In His heavens and all will be
we'll upon Ills earth. When an &c or
nationals lethargic-asleep in contentment
and not inclined to arouse itsele-then
Ignorance and wrong and oppression have
full sway. a mouse determined to put
cords about the limbs gof a lion.# Whlle
the lion was awake he dared not Try
It, but when he lay down to sleep me
tiny creature wound the ropes 5f ap t)oou "
him 1t is only when a people are asleep
that. THE letters of ignorance ana SWIT,o oi
are forged aboutFlthem.
& without unrest man would never rise
In the scale OF life. Schools and colleges
would be useless. Progress in any d.
rection would be out OF the question, and
heaven itself would be an uncomfortable
thing. Unrest is the angel Of all prog
ress-the inspiration Of all good as wei
as the demon that drives to ruin. III
But how shall we know when II is
an angel and when demon? We may
not always tell. The demon so often
robes himself in the garments e OF ethc
angel But We can be on our guard.
We can distrust all that appeals TO the
sensual and selfish. we can be certain
II is the angel when the inspiration IS
to high and holy living and 70 unsel,
fish devotion to tho good or man az q
Inc redemption of the world.
And there is rest from the demon OF
unrest In tho bosom Of God. come UNI
Nc and ye that labor and are h ,.s
laden. and will give you rest ~ ~
Barrie's Little Minister" there is vlvid
description of a great flood IN the. old
glen Urtach. The bell rope OF the klrK
became unfastcncd and the wind sway
ing the bell caused ito ring. Whlle ne
food surged down the valley, the ram
roarcd and the thunder crashed, the ol1i
bell kept swinging back and forth ana
scndIng out It's clear tones above Inc
noise OF the storm. And in those hours
of awful peril the men who laboreu
to save life and property heard the soutu
coming from the altar where they were
accustomed to meet for WORSHIP ana LOOK
courage. Above the din of the STRIFE
in our conflict with the demon OF UNI
rest. and the sin Of the world, we may
hear the sweet voice Of the Lord OF all
inviting us to the rest the world does
not give and cannot take away--to INC
nence that passcth understanding