The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05
The Supreme Possession.

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III Charity never q faieth; but whether =.
there be prophecies they shall fall Whettlht'
or there be tongues, they shnll tc s114
1vhether there +be knowledge II sha van a
ism way. 81 n ow lbldeth, fallt ,
hope charity; these three but the great 7.sl
est OF these isSchd rltysl fFor 4 s.
What Is the sEoo'd ?$;YfoIu haye
your life before and only once ' 9
you live At What ip7t be- nofplest .oo'ecs
Of desire, the supreme gift to gcovet 81.
paul gives us his verdict I1cs had been,
speaking Of faith only q moment before Def ore
E"If love all faith So that can remove 10y
,mountans and loYe not charity ! am am
)nothing" He dcliherat eqy contrncts them ZEN
lall Nov, abideth faith hopes charity
ltand without moments hesitation th ING
decision falls, tho greatest Of these Is
charity." s.3., b s,
Charity Tor love- was not St. Pauis
strong point. Then why Fdo 'es he single
1t out as tho supreme posse ' t'nj lie [i
gives us the reason: at cndurcs. lie runs li
over tho list &of Things men desire, ana.
shows 4 hat they were all fleeing, tenn.
! porary and unstable. ~ 5a 81 b @
1t was a great thing in those days to pc
a prophet. FOR four hundred years God
had not spoken by any prophet, and men
were waiting wistfully for one 70 y arise to
hiring them The long expected message me
from the King Kings Us I. The E'l'y Bible y y
I full of prophecies. One by one they nave
"faled; n, that u.s.. being fulfilled their 1
4 work is done; they only minister TO ne ne
4 faith of tho devout. & "A
Another thing greatly coveted In St.
paul.s day, was tongues But they
4 shall &c ase,n " Take 1t 10 any sense you
likc, they have ceased. Consider the words ''9rt
4 In which this text. was wrltten---G Greek.
i It Is gone. Take the Latin, tho other
great tongue of that day. It ceased long
ago. Look at the Indian 8larg ,l!s $lt IS
cen sing. The language of Wales, Of .f.t: Ire
land, Of the Scottish Highland II dy sg
3 before our eyes. AZ IN {.
ST. paul goes further and with even
greater boldness adds: Whether there
, be knowledge it shall vanish away l7y The
wisdom Of the aanlclents, where Is ~? V, q
Is wholly gone. A school boy OF to-day
knows moro than Sir Isaac \ = eW ''i d d !.
n His Knowledge has vanished away
You nav buy the old editions Of tn
/ rreat cncycopnedins for q few pence
7 Thcir knowledge has vanished away 'ptay
,ook lJbw tho coach has been superfse'dl g
. H. tho one Of steam, and now wo hea
mat electricity viii take the pace &C.. 2
! steam In every branch Of science g an
, philosophy It is the 50 me- 4 !, !. e,
= Tcll me something that VIII last Dian
things coyetid in fills world 81, Pau
V d,1 not eyan londescend TO name. He al
= no. mention money or fame, or power 'V'
7 az art, but he picked out the greut z thlns
5l If this time, and then brushed them aslaf
Z ,1o ind no charge against these thlnls
In themselves. All lie said was may ~
y would not last, They were great 1h'''s'
y but not supreme things, Ihero WEI
y tbinps beyond and above them, what Y Y
: Are, stretched past what Z Wes 90 y
4, beyond what Wo possess 80.
n 1uere is n great deal that " 4 pea WIZ
e and delightful IN the world tnefef ~
y great deaf that rs great and epgro g y
d but ii VIII not last. a y thal y ~ y !
u but for a little while. Love not lAe woiA
y therefore, Nothing that Y contains l
"a offors is worth the Ire and consecFA.lip
T. Of an Immortal soul, Tho SOUL pe y!
" Immortal, must give itsele 70 some'R'Hl
!. that IL immortal.
!. We know but little ABOUT nv ~,
q. lions of the life 10 acolre' i'ul 'fp' =
:, faith may pass into sight ana l9pe =
= rr,,itIon a IL certain that Love hlu