The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-07

& oDrVIc0 OF the MO0t High was q wear
iness. and they who were tired OF II
were the Representatives Of the. peo-
pie. the priests themselves. The
prophet Malachi adds: "And ye. have
snuffed at It," Literally, they pooh
poohed 1t. They went on with 1t, in
. way, but they put no heart into It.
The service had no dignity, no inspi-
rations. no appeal.
Not only were they tired Of II, but
they were contemptuous Of It. 1t
had come to be bore. Pooh.
What weariness 1t ISL
A little later In this prophecy. re-
ferring to the predecessors or these
men. X IL written MY covenant with
them was lie and peace"
Life and peace. That was what
those men had lost. The spring OF
the hidden life were low. Spiritually
they were below par. That WAS why
they had dYjfted into a dreary con-
temptuousness.
When the highest and hottest
things are disdaine: the soul has
grown sick indeed. Languor and
scornfulness are marks of the sub
normal. and the remedy 10 the adj
administration OF some tonic quality
which Will quicken the ife-forces till
tUSy TeJtIce again ~ n stTcuk uldu "
run race. ITO be carnally minded
liz death: but 10 be spiritually minded
- life and peace"
The signs Of WEAKNESS, where II
exirts. are plain enough. They are
seen In a slackness OF moral princt-
! pie. TN n icosenfng OF honorable
ties; In decay or reverence. prayer,
and worship. and In an unwiiiingness
TO undertake that ministry which
! stakes for the spiritual, and social rc-
Z d1mption< or mankind.
What a WEAKNESS IL is.''---snean-
. Ing: what Ia the good OF IT. 1t Is not
Nworth while.
People grow tired. and then they
8 do not care, and then nothing mat
aters, and then, and only then. you get
varrested progress. y
Z II II the arrest OF the vital forces.
!. The channels OF power are checked.
= Once clear the cHannels. and the
Divine energies. which are always
there. will be released in a fioodtide
1 IT blessing.
Religious WEAKNESS Is not infre-
*nuentiy associated with the WEAKNESS
scf life itself And life WEAKNESS. II It
Is modern, In not new. II Is as old as
i the Book of Genesis and the Book OF
weary OF my life''; and job confesses,
my soul Is weary OF my life
In some of the front rank writer's
Z OF our own day life- WEAKNESS Is very
3 marked. 1t IL the deep undertone OF
I much OF their work. Ike the sadness
Of the sea. Our very singers 90 hot
ereape II. Take ono example OF
many that might be given. Listen TO
.Swineburne:-
From too much hope OF living,
From hope aud fear get free,
Z N. thank. with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be.
n That no life lives for ever.
That dead men rise up never.
THAT even the weariest river
|. winds somewhere safe to sea
This Ia the language of souI dtaa
4 .,raa askinr only to drop into oph-
I yion. There has been "too much hope
Y ~ living; fond and fervent hoping
has been dashed again ana msa,n
f.From hope and fear set Tree, ha
! has given up hoping now aha e.,,n
fenr. which has the power To quicker,
/. ma correct--even fear has gone. Let
como what will. he is past hoth nope
q Thers In no WEAKNESS quito - VI
q Var a. that. II Is life at Its lowerI
and last. What weerinass II IL.
4 I.ife-wcariness Is not q tnihs US ,
Y the best natures show to the woria'
Z They bury II deeply and hide 1t Win
care. rn,,.
!. ~rsven the youths shall faint and
\ - weary; they. perhaps. most VI
= All because they have not YET
. measured It, or seen beneath ~, OF
\ hevnnd II: are unaware that II II an
y effect and not cause. ana can tnere-
fore DO cured II the cause be UNDER
!. WEAKNESS means a lowered vital
l ~ bpth In religious WEAKNESS and
ufc WEAKNESS, and the remedy II two
fold.
Z II the work ana problems OF daily
y ItfN. ~ In the service ana mysteries
3 sc rAlikion. there IL reiaxation wntcn
need not mean the surrender OF los
h aitv. .Jesus therefore. being wear
Nd with His journey SAT thus On 'he
we'll -
Il tn~ snaee. During the period OF
tnHxyt rstxt ts,erH, in ~ stasaa; &C
4 lattnn Of new energy Weariness
3 dnas not moan that either life or rel-
h ri.,n has become stale. These are, in
4 themselves, ~ regal and ~ wohofons
MHd ~ fre40 ~ BNwA ~ ssss.sAD 49,
Il snind and lbody become stale and
L noed rest: that N Ill. Tho land that
ssSlelds our plentiful harvcsts must,
4 urrfodicaiiy. he fulio>s.
II IN Of tho great grace OF the
Es(3Ood shepherd that He maketh his
dock To- rest NJ moor. -.
fssYuu u,ust lit down.. says Love. ana
taste my meat;
- 1 did sit aud eat.
h r = n we iaArn to sit down under
sf1i6 shadow with great delight that
800 learn alao the use Of WEAKNESS,
And 10 return from It with new and
NJ but1n0in6 nsst. -
4 nc ether suesastion - found In
sssll,1 words: s'Ctnsider Him who en-
1870 : lest We be wearfed and
lu1nt III your minds.
n fkis tneAnu tho lifting Of the whole
& ukoueht to the risen Lord The
r. Splltng OF the mind on Him. - ~
- emancipation and inspiration.
Efom IIis lifc-giving Presence
Nike darkness, nies away.
ENa&arc arc men and women whom
kSS1lr own DEGREE. banish weartness AZ
EaoSa ~ they enter tho room, ~ mag
FIN q their personality. Flow much
Y ~ th1n He. when His ApoundinR
(sl6<os y acknowledged. and HIS quick
SSxaS. ssxks.sS krw af1Rflf