The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-16
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WELL / / BELOVED {. [. | {. |.
2Dr. Hawthorne Speaks Of Her
Great Work III Most COM
mandatory Terms.
lnFLlcTs SERIOUS RI INJUF
Minister Says Unfriendly Mimi
q cipal Legislation Would Re T.
act on Richmond.

/ Rev Or. Hawthorne, III Ills sermon at
Grove Avenue isnptist church,, Sunday,
Cclobcr} Stl. on Manifestations OF Divine
! G,ace IN 1,lmnn Character" nado Il
notable reference to Miss Helen Miller
| Could WHO, with her brother, Mr.. Frank
Jay Gould, Is one Of tho largest taxpay-
crs OF Rchmond He said. In part:
Noble virtues linve adorned the lives
OF men who were not Christians. / have
10; tic least inclination to deny or mnl-
milo these spontaneous virtues. 1 APP
linud and magnify them wherever found.
Socrates knew nothing Of Christianity,
bu; he had lofty ethical ideals, and was
true to them to tho lust extremity. He
Ind worked out great problems In phil
oucphy. lie reasoned himself into n firm
biz III immortality, and rather than
runo,,nce tho doctrine he chose to drink
the hln lock and die. Dcmosthenes and
Clrero were patriots and statesmen
whose featy to truth and country could
not be weakened by any corruptirg In
huence Our Christian missionaries tell
us that down In the heart Of Brazil cer-
tain flowers s1ourish in the depths Of
gloomy forests from which the sunlight
Is almost entirely excluded, and that
frequently, In the same country, they dis
cover n fine character where there is
scarcely anything TO prompt or sustain i.
ss Were Honest.
<, ''Sone OF the men who helped TO or
ganize our great system OF free constitu-
tlonal government were rationalists.
They did not accept Christianity, and yet
they were honest, patriotic, and devoted
their lives to the welfare OF their fellow
men. David Hume, the great English
historian. was not n Christian, but the
testimony Of his contemporaries Is that
scarcely any man Of his generation was
1freer from vice. While I appreciate and
applaud such men, feel that am per-
fectly safe in asserting that they would
have been much better and nobler men
If they had lived under the Inspiration
and discipline OF divine grace. Abraham
Lincoln was not Christian. Never I'D
he claim to be one. There is nothing In
his history which warrants the belief
that he ever accepted the Lord Jesus |
Christ as his Saviour and Master. But
it would be stupid TO deny that there
were in him native virtues OF great
strength and beauty. There was no de-
ccIt in him. He was full Of tender SYM |
ipathy for the needy and suffering. No
ruler was over more magnanimous TO
those who opposed him. If Abraham
Lincoln had lived by faith in the Son
of,qGod taand under the inspiration of
God'satransforlnng truth and grace, he
would be to-day one of the Hottest and
most commanding figures In the moral
scenery Of the world.
Well Beloved Woman.
have Just read a briet biography OF
Helen Gould-one Of the best known |
best behaved and best loved women In |
America In her childhood and girlhood
she was notably sincere, truthful, mod
est, dutiful, optimistic full Of sympathy
for the suffering, and eager to contribute
to the happiness Of everybody around |
her. But when she opened her heart to |
Christ and enthroned Him there as her
Saviour, EXemplar and Guide, all or her /
native virtues received new vIgor and |
beauty. Since the day OF her conversion |
1t has been her desire and purpose to |
employ all of her resources, material and
in making the world better
and happier. Her beautiful charities dot
this continent from ocean to ocean. Her
biographer says: Helen Miller could Is /
just at the threshold of her beautiful
career. What promise is there in her
life and work for the century in which
she is permitted to live It was she who
gave the large sum Of money for the
erection of Il Hall Of Fame" on the
campus Of the New York University,
overlooking the Harlem river. That edi-
flee contains tablets for the names OF
fifty distinguished Americans, and proud
will be the descendants of those whose I
names are Inscribed thereon. The human
heart is the tablet on which she has
written her own name, and her Hall Of |
Fame is as broad and high us the Re-
public Itself
when remember what this noble
young woman has done for tho religious
interest Of our community, and the mill
lions of dollars she has Invested In
for the development Of the
material interests OF Richmond, / am
to believe that any legislation
on The part of our municipal government
to her business interests.
would be not only ingrattudo and in
Justice to her, but q blunder that would
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