The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
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the dying. praying for the widows and
the orphans OF his dead soldiers. The
one form is that of malesty and power.
ltindling the ina gna,ion; the other
tells us of the heart OF the soldier
laying hold upon God and intcrccding
for his own people and for his enemies.
The last Is greater than the first So
tho men of heart. the men of sym
patty, along with coordinate gifts of
mind. arc the great men of the world.
Such men when they die leave behind
them in their communities and their
country an instinct in the people 10
perpetunte their memories. They do
1t for their childrcn's sake. They
do il from nm instinct that II is best
for them. best for the city, the poor
and the toilers. the rich and those
struggling 10 be rich. che pleasure
seekers and the money lovers; best for
all this wonderful variety of character
and experience in the life Of the great
city, and best for the education OF our
children, to see monument daily
upon the streets of man who had
spiritual aim. a man who rcverenccd
his conscience. and who counted all
things but loss to keep his conscience
pure before God and before men. Such
q man was Joseph Bryan.
Personal Attributes.
Allied to this personal attribute of
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! the little things of life. he had the
| gift and cultivated 1t far beyond the
! great majority OF us, the gift of sym
| PATTY. and the exercise of that gift
\ extended TO all sorts and conditions
! Of men,
Perhaps ii is the secret of the hold
! he gained upon you and me. upon all
| with whom he came in contact in his
| life, which touched men of all shades
| OF opinion--the workmen under him,
| the associates OF his business and his
| pleasure, the poor man on the roadside.
! to whom. in the wild storm of winter,
he insists upon giving his own COW
ering from the cold and the rain. These
seem to be little things but they weld
| human hearts together. HI owed per-
haps much of this gift to his sainted
| mother II woman of rare gifts of IN
telcct. and still rafcr ones of heart
and conscience. This gift OF sympa thy
binds together
We must sympathize with each other
| In JOYS as well as in sorrows, in sue
cesscs as well as n failures, Hu nan
/ sympathy Is part of the gospel Of
redemption
remember once witnessing meet
Ing on the street between Joseph
Bryan and young man who had
made a large venture in business,
which seemed TO open the way to u
fortune Mr.. Bryan meets him with
II warm grasp OF tho hand and CON
4 graduates him from the heart. SYM
pathi1e with a man in his prosperity.
I ana YOU help to save him from the
dangers OF riches. II the rich see
that YOU envy them because they are
rich; that you think IL necessary 10
warn them against ostentation and
pride and social ambition and covet-
BUSINESS. which is idolatrY; il that Is
All. that you have TO say to him you
had better have said nothing at all
lf they sec that you envy them. you
nave done them and yourself irrcpar-
able harm. There are n great many
good men made bad and hard in the
day Of their prosperity by The with
drawal of sympathy from them when
they have achieved success by honor
able means. This Is one of the reasons,
! SUPPOSE, why the saying of Christ.
1T Is hard for rich man to enter the
Kingdom Of hefvcn,"is trne of all ages
and all civilizations. It's hard for the
man himself: ii is hard on both sides
hard from Tho mans nature and hard
ifrom the human nature around him.
Joseph Bryan would hardly ] have
known Your meaning If you had in
dulged in lecturing upon the deceitful-
4 ness of riches.
1ind Open Heart.
His hand and his heart We're open
! Tor the call OF all human needs, for all
beneiicent enterprises for the civil
and the social, the religious. the edu-
cational, the spiritual and the tent
noral prosperity of the city that lie
loved We wonder ct the mysteries OF
4 me FORCES of nature which In the prog
4 ress of science have been harnessed for
j the uses Of men, universal forces be-
/ longing lo6nll people and all races To
a the ends OF the earth. There Is renlnl
OF mystery in them. all. and the clouds
4 or mystery arc being progressively dis
i sipated by The conquest of mans mind
over matter IN obedience to the first
. command Of the Creator to go forth