The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-09
which /, over moved mankind.

which I. = ever moved mankind.
When b. Christian succeeds ut any
critical moment in confcssing Ills Lord
ono great secret of his strength =! Is s ~
subduing power Of n most blessed mems
Dry. And tho secret OF sueli power?
It Is tho fact of tho unreturnins past past
However bright the days Of life,5 once nee
gene, they come no more. But what Is
sad OF tines and places Is pathetic
when we speak of souls That those
we lovo with passionate affectlon,5 ara
knew as Intimately as we loved, sholld
die ana leave us--how can man bear
it9 TorSthoir sake he strives to live
as they would have him do, and mus
Keeps them stil alive.
It Is one Of the sorrowful contradlc-
lions OF Our confused ana torinented
nature TINT often, alas! the recollection
OF those who are gone acts more now
erfully on us than the stimulus of their
actual presence. How often cold
temper, hard unlsindness. selfish
Variability, which would not Yield to
a dear living presence, is conquered by
a palo face from the grave! But the
force Of such motive is not drawn
entirely from the past. A soul truly
swayed by 1t is subdued by present
influence. None can be quito without
It. for zach Of US exerts somo influence
over other livos. Hence wide opportu-
mites. and hence, too, grave RESPONSE
bilities.
The example OF Jesus, reproduced in
the persons Of His people. is force
indeed It has struck, 1t still strikes.
the human family through every age
and realm Of Christendom. BY noble
examples, by sanity lives, by unselilsh
devotion, they teach and plead with.
others whose lives they touch to do
likewise. "for MY sake"
Take courage, then. for be we'll as.
sured that the influence Of one really
Christian lifo-little as the world
knows 1t, or can know--is powerful.
And hero Is its secret spring: The
Christian cannot forget his Masters
life Of heroic fidelity to duty; no cam
not ignore the invigorating Influence
of that mysterious Presence, and from
both he draws inspiration for energy
in action and oonstancy in suffering:
1t is done ''for My sake"
Every soul must conquer It's pas
sions or be conquered by them. Oh, If
the young would but heed thisl You
are not strong, because you "sco life."
which means, "see sim" You are not
practical or courageous because you
neglect your parents, sheer at sacra-
ments and ignore your Bibles. You are
not powerful-lords Of Gods creation
when you make mock OF religion
or laugh at your Creator. You are not
brave and true when you will not
speak out for the truth which others
deride. Such is not strength nor true
manhood. tits easy to sin; It is hard
to resist, hard to be sincere in thought
/ and brave in action. Aye, but when
1 you endure hardness and do your duty
it shows force of character, a different
thing altogether from force OF passion
A pure life keeps the character strong
andxlt keeps the heart tender, because
i ut empties 1t OF SET Man Is both q
I moral and q spiritual being. Every man
& you meet has q conscience and is 9
s. living SOUL Whatever his wealth o,
/ honors, he Is himself somewhere un
derneath It oil: Forget the accidental
remember the essential. Heis soul
!, and he must live; and, what is more
at last he must die. What can hallov
life, what can prepare for death, more
than the effort to fulfil the request
"for My sake?
This motive has made men strong
! then why not you2 It will help 70,
!, In your life, in your struggle. in you
toll. in your quiet moments. In TIL
busy crowd; 1t will help you w11el
!. others, in their worldliness or wicked
: ness, beat your spirit down: it will
!, help when the outlook is dark an
dreary. It will help when you ar
! lazy and will not rise to say you
. prayers: when you are slothful an
. cvado the duty Of going to church.
+. will help when you are cold and disin
!. clined to prepare for the sacrament
1t will help when sensual thoughts at
i tack. and your higher and better SCI
= is dragged down, and tho temple
: presses with his sophistries II 70
: but turn to your Lord and say: 20. m
$ Lord. my Jesus, help mel Twill not
3 for Thy sake"
= So will life grow In fruitfulness an
"a power; each act Of daily duty acquire
- an eternal significance, till He who &C
vanced the claim recognizes your 10y,
submission, and by Ills merits 20
"havo right to the tree Of life, an
enter within the gates OF tho city,"
t. A Russian colonel has been ser
!, fenced to fifteen days imprisonmel
because his squadron declined to giy
"a three cheers for the Gear. Possibly II
!" squadron would not seriously mir