The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-16

On one Of the most beautiful
streets in the world, Princes street,
Edinburgh. Scotlands tributes to two
Of her best beloved sons stand side
by side. Here is the finest memorial
aver raised to 81 man of letters. reach
ing two hundred feet heavenward. In
while marble. Sir Walter Scott is the
center of the characters whom he
made famous. In that graceful and
elaborate memorial OF stone the
worthless of Scottish history and lit
erature have been assembled to do
honor to the Shakespeare of Scotland
Under the shadow OF this magnificcnce
is a very ordinary statue Under the
mans foot lies the grim head OF
great lion. and in his hand is book
and in modest letters one reads, David
Livingstone.
The ono took old tales and legends
and made them undying literature,
took history and made II into stories
SO romantic and thrilling that they
called him THE Wizard OF the
North" The other made history SO
romantic and thrilling that one won
ders what magic he possessed David
Livingstone went to an unknown con-
tinent, among a black people who
had been outraged and exploited. He
so filled the MakoloIo with conf
dence that they marched across a
continent practically unknown with
their father" fought for him, suf-
fered for him. saved him from drown
ting and death in many a form, waited
by the side OF that mysterious and
mighty water-until he should come
hack from Britain. with loyalty and
devotion that was marvellous. This
was the magic Of the Wizard Of the
Dark Continent. Ten years later Il
black man in the heart Of Africa gave
this biography: "A white man who
treated black men as his brothers; a
short man with bushy moustache and
a keen, piercing eye, whose words
were always gentle and whose man
ners were always kind; whom as a
leader, 1t was a privilege to follow
and who knew the way TO the hearts
of all men"
Scott gave the world many books
and laid humanity under lasting ohli-
cation for his clean. wholesome E
stories Rut Neil Livingstone would
not allow his David to read the novels
that Sir walter wrote especially
those which treated of the Covenan-
tiers. Though he read science and
theology. David Livingstone was, as
the sculptor has portrayed him, the
man Of one Book. AS a lad of nine
he recited the 176 verses Of the l1eth
! Psalm with only five bitches" When
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with the family, Psalms 125 and 1871.
He read the Bible through four times
while he was in Manyuema- Al
ways he read with power. Hesitat-
ing once about an advance in the
face of seeming tmpossibilities he
read the words of the Master, Go, -
and II am with you" TT Is the word
Of a gentleman of the most sacred
and strictest honor and there is an end
ont" and the soldier went forward
An African chief, Sekomi. came to
the white man and said: Il wish you
would change my heart. Give me
medicine to change 1t, for 1t is proud
and angry always" Livingstone took
up Bible to hand him as the only
medicine or magic which could
change hearts. If Peter Parker open
ed China at the point of lancet
David livingstone made the great
I Toward movement into Africa In
the power and the spirit of that Book,
/ There was in Livingstone the blood
( of the Highlander which loves ad-
venture that made him an explorer
and the loyalty to his Master which
made him a missionary. lie had also