The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-10

upon Immortality. That Is tue ,ru I, ."n ~
clevntng view pf 1t all. Though ne u
sliort--tcrribly sllorl-it is rich win ~, ~
sponsiblities, ard we must WORK a'i 'n'
more on tint aoconnt Everything 1 10
4 made ready for or hands. There seems
nothing more to be done IN the way u
\ Invention or general civilization W. ' a'o
debtor to the past ind wc must co"-
slider we'll how wo can be the creditor OIL
tho future.
1 Money Is not so valuable now rs u "as
/ fifty years ago.t But that Is exactly ING
i reverse Of ttne. rhine nifty years ago ana
to-day are not to be compared WIN
they tray be contrnsted. we can no MY
times the work to-day that was dohe
centurles ago. What chances are ourss
With telegrnphs, telephones, instrumehts'
of ali kinds; with machinery the inost
subtle and wonderful. It Will be more
tolcrablc for TYRE and sidon III tho day
of Judgment than for us, II we are faith
loss TO our obligations, &l
| If the Psnlmist died at seventy, alld we
should die yat tho same nominal period
OF ti,nc, we have had the chance of iIllv-
ling fifty lives for his one.
What are you doing? What use are YOU
milking Of these great opportunities Of
fcrcd to you on every hand? Arc you us
sclf-centered us ever? Arc you us slow
as ever? VIII you read about the three
score and ten8ycars as If they were fig-
urcs that could be measured by nrith-
motto? NJ Y AN
There Is a moral measurement thoro
is n scientific measurement. there Is a
spiritual measurement, and that higher
measurement we lny before you to-day.
With ali this wealth of life, all these
opportunities, with all the aids of civ
ilizutlon, we arc conscious of gnawins
and intolerlblc want That want is only
met in Christ Jesus. lie begins where
others end. Ho knows the things We need
most. lie says: "You want life?" In
decd do Then He says: II am come
that you might have life more abund-
iantly.""Yo want rest?' Above all
things VIC want rest Come unto Me-"
lie says, "und + will give you rest. You
feel, hungcr?" Yes, n gnawing hunger.
He saith: 81 am the bread of life, and
no that cometh to Me shall never hum
ger" You are nthlrst?" Yea. Lord, OH
fire with thirst. Then listen to the great
invitation: Let him that is athlrst come;
and whatsoever will, let him take the
water OF life freely"
Thus my lrc-so frall that breath
may blow it out-but If hidden with Christ
in God. it Is a part of tho immortality
of God throughout eternity.
THE year a14O,"; says a London soclol-
.ogist, twill SEQ the final triumph of wo-
men. There will then DO 100 per cent.
moro women than men living in Great
Britain. Twelve centuries later there will
be only one man to every three women.
The soclologist quoted does not express
an opinion as to whether this condition
will be for better or for worse. How
ever, We will not worry over 1t for the
present There is timo enough to take
up the subject st
af.HE ztss H#t OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VIA
Many are tho reasons being advanced
as to why BishopSPotter's subway tavern
did not succeed. The very latest to be
offered by an attentive observer is this:
."When a customer of8n bnrroom is con-
frontcd with homiletics at every side he
becomes uncomfortable. He is conscious
that he is a subject of religious solicit
tudc Under such circumstances a conse-
Grated cocktail tastes bitter and the
elecqnosynary sandwich loses it's Gus
tomary seduction
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The per capita money circulation Of the
country is now s3l.40. and is larger than
1t ever was before. except possibly when
war currency that was not "as good as
gold was scattered all over the country
than the wild innationists OF dozen years
ago clamorcd for, and 1t Is much better
money. it having come In response to n
real demand, and not In response to
void cat, populistic notion.
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The record Of automobile disasters In
and about New York has been made up
for the month of August. I shows nine
persons killed outright and twcnty-o odd
lIIJuitu' ~ SIlONS tllSO lIIiLt lIlc ]
only punishment the law has metcd out
to tho workers of this havoc and distress
has been In tho nature Of small fines.
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All the colleges of tho country from
Maine to California and from Chicago to
the Gulf, report the prospect Of largely
Increased entering classes this fall It
Is especially gratifying to note that this
Is true OF Virginia and Southern instltu-
lions
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The Mkado's reliance on his ancestors
Is all right when he has enough big
guns to stand for the ancestors hut |
when it gets down to home riots with
all the guns, over In Mahchurla tle1
ancestral influence may Prove defec-
tive.
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We'll, 1t must be admitted that people |
who so to Panama to work on canais
arc not supposed to so there just for