The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-06
nearly All make. the noble appeal, TO

nearly all make, the noble appeal, to
which only the noble natures respond
But all souls are not of the first order;
they cannot all be sugar-cured. All
minds are not of the first intelligence;
they cannot all see or perceive the
brightness of the light and perfume
of the world. OF heaven and earth. All
hearts are not tender and true; they
cannot all equally feel the Divine
claim and pay ii in the Divine COIN
obedience and love. All bodies are not
healthy, unpampered, but religiously
cared for. controlled and used as they
should be. The poor tents of day"
are often rent by storms. honeyconbed
by disease, loose as to pegs. and with
very bad soldiers in charge. both as
to discipline. loyalty and affection for
the Captain OF our salvation. the
cause--love to God and mantle
fulfilling OF the law
Under the Jewish rule. church and
state were one, and the Hebrew keeps
to this day the principle of authority:
in church. state, home they exercise
It, Religion which struck its roots
in the Old Testament and blossomed
in the New" sent that one down far,
deep. forever. Egypt, innumerable
preservation of their autonomy. their
faith, the ark of the covenant, their
homes: convulsions within and foes
without. taught them that lesson per-
fectly. The value OF religion, the
reverence obedience, devotion due Cod
made of them the nation from which
| salvation came, which never gave up
principle. The history of Israel is
| the most glorious in the world the
! least, yet the greatest OF the nations.
The story of the Maccabees, of the Holy
Three. of Daniel. stirs the blood like
trumpet---it spells Emmanuel God
+, in man. Would 1t not be as well, then.
| for our prosperous America, the spoiled
| darling of the nations. to teach our
! people reverence for all holy places
persons, things? Not TO speak Of this
or that priest, minister. clergyman as
| Brown that fellow" that stupid
| IDIOT that dull. big salaried, do.
nothing? p" Who said, He is holy te
Me. therefore, he shall he holy TO thee?'
When children heat the Bible witt
their fists by the half-hour while
parents look on and smile. or tear the
PRAYER book. or hymnal to pieces, IN
rebuked In shameless destruction
might Ii not be as we'll for that house
hold, II somebody would recall Will,
what majesty the law was given.
When people behave in church as II
it was theatre or a. music hail, might
it not he in order to remember those
/ whom the earth opened and swallowed
| IN for hlasphemys They cannot insult
| God hut they do destroy themselves,
| Then in tho state the time seems to
have gone by when to he President,
| Senator. Governor, member OF the
Legislature, was 10 he mark OF the
1 hirh esteem in which our people held
4 their representatives, These men
we're honnrea and honorable s1he
honor of the country was safe IN their
hands. To have suspected a senator
/ OF the United States Of being Gin plain
termsl thief, venal, unscrupulolis,
unprincipled would have been regard
ed as an outrage upon public decsncy;
even in hotly,contested elcctinns there
4 was no attempt made to hlackeni tho
personal honor Of our most prominent
men, and "Mr President, The Cow
crnor of virginia" ''the Senator from
4 New York" the member from M ASA
chusetts.'. were given the respect