The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-08

guarded. Long may it stand. The
principles, the heroic perseverance.
the sufferings. which the very ground
of jamestown brings TO mind, to-
gether with the mperishable fruits
and blessings which went out to the
New World from this first English
settlement, have their fttest monu-
ment in the tower of the church
which, in the providence OF God, was
appointed to bring the everlasting
Gospel TO these shores
Heartsease |
When we are faithfully and ear
nestly trying to do our best with life,
keeping heart and discouragements
looking ever for the bright sky behind
the cloud. We are making souls fit
for advancement i'll the Fathers
realm of serviee.-George a. Thayer.
Men are better than they seem. /
think il Is rare man who shows
the best Of himself to the world, his
deepest convictions his highest con-
ceptions Of duty. his most profound
belief in charity, and who lives out
the deepest and hottest thoughts
which he has.-Alexander Mckenzie,
When you go in for the best things,
the fundamental thlrgs. and keep on
doing so, somehow or other you Will
be likely to have good deal Of trou-
BILE ana pain: but 1t viii tee pain which
n, 90 -{v,.s 8 "a
something YOU would not exchange
for any so-caued happiness under the
sun-Borden p. Bovine,
The everlasting source Of phenome-
ma is none other than the infinite
power that makes for righteousness
Thou canst not by searching ind him
out Yet put thy trust In him, ana
against thee the gates of hell shall
not prevail. for there is neither wis
dom nor understanding nor counsel
against the eternaL-Johu Flske.
Q God, who art and vast and art
10 come. before whose face the gem
erations rise and pass away. age after
age the living seek thee and ma
that of thy faithfulness there is no
end our fathers in their pilgrimage
walked by thy guidance anu rested
on thy compassion; still to their chill
dren be thou the cloud by day, thf
fire by night.--ZschokHa
The whole world has not power 70
exalt that which truth has subjected
10 himself: nor can the united praise
of every tongue move him whose hope
is established in Thee. for those that
utter praise. behold they also are
nothing, like those that hear it, They
shall both pass away and be lost, as
the sound of their own words; but
the truth of the Iserd endureth for
ever. Thomas "a kempis.
Nothing is small or great in Gods
sight: whatever he wills becomes
great To US, however seemingly rH-
ling and, IL once the voice Of con-
science. tells us that he requires any
thing OF us, We have no right TO meas
ure it's importance.--Jea Nicolas
Grou.
1t is by doing our duty that we
learn to do it. So long as men dis
pute whether or not thing is their
duty, they get never. the nearer. Let
them set ever so weakly about doing
IL. and the face of things alters. They
find in themselves strength which
they knew not Off. b. Pussy.
BY peyslsting in habit OF self
denial. we shall. beyond what / can
express, increase the inward powers
Of tho mind, and shall produce that
cheerfulness and greatness of spirit
as will fit us for all good purposes
and shall not have lost pleasure. but
changed it, the soul being then filled
with it's own intrinsic pleasures -
Henry More.
Grave on thy heart each past red
letter day"
Forget not all the sunshine of the
way
BY which the Lord hath led thee; an
swered prayers
And ioys unasked. strange blessings,
lifted cares,
Grand promise-echoes! Thus thy life
shall be
One record Of his love and faithful
ness 10 thee
F. n. Havergal.
The only vacant seats in tho train
were turned 80 as to face each other.
I told my little girl, four years OF
age, to take the scat In front of me.
as riding backward would not make
her sick She hesitated and said, i
know 1t won't make me sick. but II
syo 10, tho en- ~, &.