The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02

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whole. These two together must be Ii, all
true men. Not merely In the greatest men,
but IN all to be- gontilno and complete.
The power Of learning truth, and the
power OF loving men, must BIO in you or
me, as well us III Shakespeare or Socrates.
Every truth possible for man to know It
is good for him to know Will, reference
to his brother men, only In that way is
s. the truth kept lofty and pure. This Is the
daily meaning Of Peter before his vision,
sitting on tho housetops and tho three
men knocking IN tho street below.
There is always danger of sclfshnoss
IN our religion. It comes III various forms.
But remember your religion kept solely
for yourelf. will certainly decay. Up. up.
and go abroad! Find the mon who nocd
your Christ, and to whom alone you
can bring Film. M
Come Yourself to Christ. BE unsolflsh.,
Be spiritual Bestruo. Be like, him. Cast
off your sins, if,not for yourself. for some
soul who co,rld not learn in any other
way, but good, strong and forgivlng is
your God.
1t is a1terrible thing to havo sccn tho
vision and be wrapped up in Its contempa.
ton rs not to hear tho knock OF needy
hands upon our, doors. It is d terrible
thing to hear the knock and to have no
vlson to declare to tho seeker
Arise and go abroad in all lovo and
faith fo,. slttran >,,or ,oo,- ~, -
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Kans Y.u Wei, noted Chinaman who
is described as q statesman and a IRE
former, is travelling in this country and
Is attracting considerable attention He
is now in New33York picking up infornla-
ton Of one kind and another that he
expects will be Of great benefit to him
when he gets back to his own country
and resumes tho business of reforming
something. A New York reporter asked
Mr.. Wei the other day If China expects
help from Japan in her development that
Is expected soon to come.
China needs no help" he answered.
China is great country with vast
resources, but undeveloped In China
Europe broke the ground for modern
civilization. America wcedcd the ground
and planted the rice; Japan cooked tho
rice: 1t remains for China to eat It,"
This reply Of the Chinese statesman is
evidence piled up that the Celestial En-
pre is awaking. and proposes to cease
to be a football to be kicked about at
will by other nations, that sho proposes
to get all the good sho can out of the
attentions Of hated foreigners, and then
at the right time to step to the front and
manage her own affairs in her own way
And that is just what China ought to do.
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Our friends in the northern cities have
for 10 these many years. had an idea
that the proper way to celebrate Indc-
pendence Day Is for every one, from the
most dignned man to tho most rolick-
some boy, toamnke as much noise and
keep Mp as great din as possible. But
our friends In the northern cities are try
Ing to ref5rm, and If the small boy and
the dealers in fire. works. do not put TOO
many obstacl1spin their wny5tth may
come to our old-fashioned southern way
Of doing honor to our forefathers OIL the
annual return OF the Glorious Fourth.
Boston, New York., Buffalo and other
cities have taken steps to at loast par
TALLY suppress the cannon cracker and
the sllyrocket, and the chief Of police OF
Philadelphia has forbidden the sale and
use Of the toy pistol and caps and am
munition for the same, while Mayor
Dunno, Of Chicago. has issued very
broad proclamation forbiddlng the sale
and use Of Il kinds of fireworks. It
remains to be seen II those stringent
orders can be enforced next Tuesday.
II they can be, we may try the Sumo
tactics down South next Christmas.
That is tho time our cities and towns
become popcracker bedlams.
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Last Tuesday Dartmouth College had
an alumni banquet, and one OF the lead
ing speakers was Benjamin Tde Wheeler,
president of the University Of California.
Among other things, Mr.. Wheeler told his
audience that "the political need of to-
day Is Of educated men who Will attend
conventions and elections as citizens and
not as politicians" This papar has been
preaching like doctrine for some years,
and 1t is gratifying to be able to say that
the good seed sown are sprouting and pro-
ducing. The signs Of the times point to
a tremendous turnout of the real people
at the primary election to be held in this
State next month. The people can got
what they want at tho polls and In the
conventions II they will go and look after
the business themselves and not delegate
1t to the politicians.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The unterrified In Virginia will insist
upon u free primary hereafter so that
the candidates will have more cash for
their friends to spend in the campaign.
Bristol Courier.
But the Barksdalc pure election law will
not lot them lise their spare cash In that
| way.