The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-26

AftS EGAAAsNS kil62 dttbS N'NH$cFa tftN :
are qualities Matter abides but the
form changes and passes with the ev-
anesgsn{ material which appears 50
permanent Matter takes on form.
bat yieideth so the altering forces
which break down and scatter the
material elements The child's castle
is thing NJ the moment. the blocks
are tossed aside Years later forgot
ten; tu1 the experience abideS. When
aas = child" SAYS Paul 7 dtd Ger
tain acts now usy acts are different
The rsan continues through changing
FORMS q lie, through YlcJssitudes. ex-
Fperserces- loss. progresS-al the
fovnas change, bUt the man saryires.
Ths ts>61 changes bat the tenant still
has possession. through scenes which
seaSe sr in6eliole impression We walk
frzsEu childhood 81 maturity. moving
isesr, SETTLING tae-p----7estisss- active.
. ussai listed. The cid order chanEeth.
giving pssce yo the new
What IS IL then that abides PauTs
snswe- Is Immortal Ills inspiration
here has sever been questioned These
words strike a responsive chord ia .S-
erx s9mRz heart. SIN may cause re-
florse- folly may bind Us. success
z2AH s2ate rs. shadows EBAY hover over
lis, BOYS HAY esG6e rs. but here are
tAe tributes &c chose qualities of hi
sEsssz- sAzAEa-as4-F ryrYs4ttss strong
AID sseagfas5 ana abiding
Aspirations abide, Freedom = not
always accorded them stiil they hos
sss~n ana bear fruit. They are not
Ee&s1s@d. IS indeed il Was never in
tended they should be. we cherish A
hessss &Esd plan E9F It's fu}hlment. the
aaprX d&y rewer comes There are
changes IN The plans. new ideas are
entertained. HeR thoughts bTing new
aspects 81 life; we ponder the mean
sSag q the light thrown upon our path
Behold, the day dawns with infinite
promise. hest the evening comes and
the SCI goes down beyond the west
evn E8I2s- All that we had hoped for
has not been realized Fears have
arisen. plans have been shattered.
CLOUDS and darkness are round about
KS The gloom Is dense. and the soul
pals under the weight Of disappoint-
u7ef1t.
What is the lesson There are
traces still of the cherished ideal. Lit
tie Of ii has been brought to the light.
Inc blossoms were many. but the
iraif IL tiny. Even that Is but fleet
isg III character, and changes are once
more taking place. From this we
CLEAN normal truth. The mind ex-
pands because II aspired. The vision
IL yet afar off. The realization lies
beyond US in the future. There is
growth in the failure, there is devei-
opment in the check. The soul is bet
ter for the struggle, and in the loss
lis the greatest gain. The summit OF
one mountain forever becomes the
foot of another"
Heaven is not reached by single
bound;
But we build the ladder by which
We rise
From the lowly earth to the vault
ed skies
And we mount TO its summit roun
by round"
Our dreams abide Are thew real
some one viii ask: must things b.
rear IN order to abide? The song o
The thrush. the prattle of the child
the sunbeam which dances and pIav
before us and then fades-are thes
reaiE Whether real or not. the,
abide. Mary, the mother of Jesus
treasurer some early sayings in he
heart' ana, while she lived. those ut
tefances, or the memory of his deeds
could never die.
No, / am convinced that the unreal
rather than the real. abidess-unres
because unseen, but all the more la 81
ink- since only the mind could con
ceiFe It. Eye hath not seen, nor ca
neard but IL hath been revea lie,
unto US BY the Spirit" Those drea N,
Mhich come to us In early years
y 1ich remain now only as fragment
u memory, are to us. after all. IN
lasting legacies OF the past The oil,
nome mas fallen TO ruins or passe,
INTO otner hands: "A strangers ste
IL on the door-sill" But the mer
cries are not dead: the castles whiel
MeFe hlsn and lofty and peopled Wit
imaginary beings are the priceless
treasures OF childhood. The tireams--
50 Fantastic. so weird. so startling
VINO does not recall them now, and
recalling them. count them anon,
the Astounding and abiding thought
OF those younger days?
Jacob, footsore and lonely. that frs
night from home. rested on his ston
pillow and dreamed. The unrealities
Nhen ne awakened. seemed TO hin
me most real Surely God was Ii
.his place. surely this is Bethel tn
house of God" All around hin, ar,
in his heart were the signs nnt -
what he saw in his waking hours
put OF the angels whom be beheld i,
his unconscious vision.
II was not in the storm. nor in TN,
earthquake. nor in the fire that ELLA,
beheld God, In the cave at Horah
aItef the catactysms of nature psss
60, there was the sound OF gen
lie stiffness. Things are now olIiat
unreal. dreamy. So out of the sam
ness God spake and said, What doc
thou here. Eitah?"
lnese patrfarchs like all who eaal
the hght, could learn IL, know II fof
low ~ In their dreams "TranouiIit, ,
sald Theodore Parker. lis the sacrs
OF strength" In the aliet ~ tha,.,
hp1rs When the mind appears IL h,
absent from the body we are in ~
word OF the real. in the land a,
dreams The unseen is the ahidins
weird The city which hath no fo,,r,
cation. whose builder and maker :,
600 Is the city of John on Parmos
unreal, but abiding. Thus sings Tar,
nSson IN "Gsreth and Lynette":
the city is built
. music, therefore never bujlt At an
ana therefore built forever"
something else abides. The snir;..
~ men the souls Of just men mad
PER- e. writes the seer of pafras
Ihe earth wherein we live win r,arisi,
---9 ne fce-cap at the north an o.
ase ana spread downward south
safa' and with its southern comma
ION uniting will once more coynr ~
ssrsh. death will be supreme whers