The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-22

mans search. He Is q type OF that
man to whom life presents itself as
voyage Of discovery. and ever re-
newed search for the possibilities Of
truth and Joy and service that lie
about us waiting to be realized. To all
such men mere existence 10 intoler-
able. "as though to breathe were life"
Like Tennyson's Ulysses. they cannot
rest from travel: with him they say.
"All experience IL an arch where
through
Cleans that untraveled world, whose
margin fades
Forever and forever when / move"
This is true and noble spirit. He
who made the world rejoices in the
efforts of His merchantmen as they put
forth on wide and ever wider voyages
OF discovery. searching for the "goodly
pearls" OF science and truth and un-
Outstanding of His will. We should
be thankful for this age OF activity
and progress. Here there is nothing
stagnant; the world is aAiir. and all
who will may breathe the large air
portunities
The quest of the pearl Is by a mer-
chairman. q person whose search is
business demanding and receiving
care thcroughness. concentration. The
disappointing part OF the modern spirit
is that it is so superficial. so vaguely
restless, so lacking in fxity of pur-
pose. II we are to find "goodly pearls
we must seek with steady elaboration
and persistence-not as merrymakers.
but as merchantmen. The search for
truth IL one thing: futterins after II
is another" Many people feel the
mere seeking. travelling. inquiring sol
interesting that they are not seriously
concerned about the fndins.. But you
may be sure that neither in science.
nor art. nor life. nor religion will you
ever get an answer to your questions un-
less your heart and will are set upon
getting that reward for your search.
It has often been pointed out that
in the parable the merchant who has
been seeking for "goodly pearls fnds
one pearl Of great price: and that one
pearl satisfies his search for many. He
sells all that he has and buys it. This
"goodly pearl" Of great price is plain
~ the truth as il is in Jesus. This truth
is presented 70 US as a supreme unity
gathering into itself all the scat
tered elements Of the truth and beauty |
that We seek.
After all. 1t is only IN some unity. !,
some one truth that gives the place !
and sets the value to all the DINERS
that we can find the satisfaction OF
the spirits quest The man Of science
must pass from the laws whose work !
ings he is tracing to the great under
lying cause on which those laws de-
pend The philosopher must seek until
he finds the correspondence between
truth and life And all OF US need
some point of view from which we
can settle the proportion OF all the
varied elements OF our being.
This point OF view. this single uni
fvine truth We believe was given us
IN
eternal union OF man with God in the
person OF Jesus Christ. This revela-
ton displaces and thrusts out moth
ing tina; the mind Of man can truly
know or the heart OF man can rightly
feel Like a burning glass. that truth
only brings into one light the rays
that before were Intellectually scat
tered In DR.. Trenchs woros:
is God alone in whom any inteniseh'
creature can find its centre and It's
true repose: only when man has round
Him can he say in Augustines oeaa-
,iful and oft quoted words: LORD
Thou hast made US for Thee. and our
...r, 10 restless until IL resteth in
Thee