The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-15
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see one whose life runs along as
He never seems to make mistakes. ms
the rest of us do. He never forms a
resolve and then appears to wavcr TO
the most of us. such man is as won.
derful ms ar iceberg. and az unnp-
proachable. when we see him we re-
rnll Reaconneld's remark concerning
Gladstone. thnt The had no endearing
weaknesses" To him we willingly
give our admiration. but very seldom
alteration.
On the othc- hand. such one as
Rohhie Bu"ns-whn can resist loving
h'm7 Very imperfect. very impulsive
always saving and doing the things
which he never ought to have said
and done! But so human so like ono
Of us. that we would gladly put our
arms about him, sobhinp with him
while we read tho tear-stained enitaph
which. with trembling hand. he wrote
To he craven above tile spot where he
himself should lie:
'"rhe poor irhnbitant below
WIS n"i"l 10 learn. and wise to know.
And kecn'r colt tho friendly glow
And softer rn,,ic
But thnu~h'1c~s fn,lfrs I,id him 1oxy
And stained his name"
So. thon. impulse Is not something
which we should seek To eradicate for
il 10 lovah,c: ma nothing which is
lovahle ia In itself wrong IT +. tho
snrin" in rho desert which helms to
keen life green. 1t is the survival In
us OF the little child.
But what arc some OF the dnurers
- impulsivc poopIe7 Two chieNv as
thnv seem to me The first. n failur-
I" discriminate between a suggestion
which is from hc,cath and one which
IA from above. Who OF us hns not sor
rowed after Welding to the FIRST: uer-
hnps the quick and angry word which
can no more be recalled than can the
notsoned arrow when once Shot from
me how: perhaps AS with ScotIand'a
plowman poet. some inherited tcn,Ien-
CIV TO fralltv. threatening hourly to be-
come our master? with many or tho
most lovable people whom this world
holds. such q warfare can never cease
until they die.
Put, God he thanked, these are not
the only impulses these from beneath
St John writes: Il heard voice from
heaven saving Lot us distinguish
between the two. In this text lies the
story OF n man to whom, that prompting
came as II has to us. II was from
above There was no doubt about
that. There seldom need be any oues
ton az to the direction from which
these secret movines emanate Sud
denly the Imperative sounded within
his soul Follow him! He is tho Mas
ter who will lead thee along the
heights" And he was just ready to do
1t when he caught tho whisperinrs, OF
another voice, the whisperines of way
erins decision: .'Not yet Some future
time VIII do as we'll. BE not over.
hasty" And nc cried: Lord. suffer
me first TO go and bid farewell to them
who are at home" And Jesus an
swerod; AS You love your soul. no..
That impulse which we recognize to
be divine must take precedence over
every other interest IT Is n summons
from God. our Lord knew that tie
call postponed would become tho cal,
unfulflloG.
IN the old home the mother waits
day after day for the letter which II
would have taken YOU only n few min
utes TO have written. And again and
again the prompting has come Ia vo,
to write It, and you have said. II viii
but suffer me first" And. with y
weary heart, she is waiting for that
letter yet The voice speaks once more
while you are reading these words.
up' Transmutc that impulse into nc
complishment. Nov, Before the hour
has passed.
Or perhaps the unseen Spirit has
summoned you to acts of magnanin,itv
OF generosity of words or gifts towards
some one whom you know to be Il,
need: Possibly you have congratulated
yourself that you have had the thought
OIL IT. ana have felt religious on that
account. as this man did And hero &c
the second pitfalI for impulsivs peopIc
/ An intention should never h. q rest
'nE-piace' only ganRplank leading
| from somewhere to somewhere Lord
| | Without" That can never make
n man Grasp tho Impulse AS It conoe
| from above Translate 1T into con-
! duct. he not satisfied to think il. DO
/ ~ And now To-morrow the foot
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