The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-09

takes hold OF strength. A little child
stands before me. she is very beautiful;
she Is winsOmc. she Is good she mas
many charming traits. But the little
thing IS in distress and she has come
70 me Tor holp. And she appeals 10 me
i'm a way that shows that she has 1he
utmost conhoence not only IN my power
to helm her but in my willingness 20 Hclp
her She has come trusting me imphcltely-
Now. what do / see I'm this childt what
is the thing that gets hold OF my heart
and draws me u her2 il il her beauty
her winsOne wavs2 her goodness Is II
not the fact that size is trusting me- And
Il makes little difference what she asks
l will go through IRE and mood rather
than that she should trust me in vain.
Take fab out Of society. and every
man woul- snatch up his gun and take
to the woods. each seeking some retreat
in which he could barricade himself
against the whole world The thing that
makes the world beautiful and happy IS
love. But the thing that makes the world
endurable is faith. Faith IS the most
necessary thing iu the world.
1t is the spirit of retaliation that keeps
the temper at the exploding point. The
very moment one renounces the privilege
Of revenge-the moment ne decides 70
stand up for the right and let God take
care OF his rights-thst moment will he
cease to be the slave OF his temper.
Il young man stopped me on the str ,et
20 ask the time Of day. AS he turned
slowly away ! had time to notice that
while he WAS conscious OF having ZEE
ceived what ho -,-a-+od -Nr~.
faintest indication that he recognized II as
e. favor As for thanns, Ae h..4 >,... ~
FOR II. and as Tor thankfuiness, ne evi-
IDENTIFY had no heart for It lie was so
poor-this well dressed beggar OF the
streets-that De could not even pay his
debts OF gratitude.
iFeryhody Auo~s grumbhrz Jane
under protest. md every body despiscs
.er. as she despises everybody. and calls
her hateful old thing public nuisance
that ought 70 be abated. a running sore
on the body polite. And yet grumblinC
Jane is only a human being. made after
the pattern Of human beings. minus a
thankful spirit
God. the great Jehovah. comes and
talks with him. I'll mere man. because h,.
Is lonely and cast down-talks with him
as a father would talk TO his little child
as a father seeing his little one in tears
over his play. would come and kneel at
his side and put his arm around him
and brush away his tears, and then take
his little blocks and build his little house
for him.
There are doubters and doubtcrs.
There is the man who has doubts that
come to him unbiddcn and unwelcome.
lie has my sympathy. And there is the
man who sends of for his doubts-to
Germany or Chcago-and who is very
proud Of his large and assorted stock
He has my pity-the sort Of pity which
We always feel for "a man who is making
a fool Of himself II is time we We're
making the distinction. We may laugh
II We Will az the man who proudly in
PRODUCES himself as Mr. AEnostic.' but
1 cannot ind IL IN my heart to ridicule
the man whose doubts are source Of
great trial TO his own soul
We reach the dregs in our cup of sorrow
the moment We imagine that God has
forsaken us. Nothing else is half so Bit
ter on the other hand. the bittcrest cup
overflows with honey for him who can
read around It's rim the divinely engraved
Inscription, 'I VIII never leave thee nor
forsake thee"
Sorrow IS an angel sent from God to do
his bidding-if we are willing.
We cannot see God through our fears.
or If We do it IS like the reflection OF
the sun in troubled waters 1 should not
judge my Master by the distorted view /
get Of him through my tears any more
than l would judge my mother by the
glimpse I have had of her face in a
spOilt mirror
Let the tears fall If they will but look
up. SOlace is for those who seek II
We may extract sweetness out Of woe If
We viii. but if we let it alone it win
yield only sail.