The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-14
MEMORIAL MUSINGS"
BY OLD GRAY DOCTOR

Memorial Day, which should be held
as a sacred day by every Southern
woman. child and man. and. indeed, by
every human being who truly seeks to
attain that point OF worship of the Di-
vine Being which has it's act OF
alteration the constant holding OF right
as superior TO wrong. no matter what
the cost may be, demands that our OBJ
servation be not confined 10 those floral
decorations by natures richly coiored.
delieately formed and sweeily in
censed buds, their labored repre-
sentation In art by the oratorical eff
forts OF the speakers, but that
should anew and AT the greatest pos
sible length. refresh our memory as
TO the cause of the sufferings OF the
South.
The innate tendency Of human ma
ture TO shirli all task which require.
or demand either earnest attention or
the actual discardinE, even for tho
moment, of those patty schemes OF hui
man evolution which we enormously
regard as all-important. when. in fact.
they are but the childish playthincs
with which we seek 10 make the pass
age of time and the pressure OF the
great things OF life less noticeable.
was fully recognized by the Jewish
Lawsiver. who invariably demanded
that the great memorial DAYS Of the
jew he preceded by n sufficient mum
attention of the observer on the grea,
central fact commemorated.
We'll recognizing that moro and more
assiduously and insiduousiy that lack
of principle which caused the cruel
hxion of the South, the desire TO sub
stitute for right the nat OF the ma
jority. a lack of principle which has
as Its true source unwholasome greed,
born of a total misunderstanding OF
the actual necessities of life. presses it's
way into the lives of even the South
land folk, the task OF seeking 10 bring
TO the attention of the individual the
truth as to the Con federate States oil
America would appear to be thank
less and useless one, were II not self
evident that In every human heart. no
matter what the life of the being ex-
hibits, there is a full and perfect rec
ognition OF the fact that there is that
which makes life n grand success, and
rs we'll n longing to attain this great
end which leads each human being in
greater or less degree and with greater
or less perseverance, TO struggle for
Its attainment.
Almost universally that which causes
the "desertion," or perhaps the eX-
haustion, of the individual is the ap-
parent hoplessness of such a task a
condition complicated by the observa-
ton of the apparent success which at
tend the efforts of those who. through
impatience or weakness, have substi-
tuted for tho long. upward. stony,
thorny way of right principle and right
action. the easy way which leads into
the pit, but which apparently produces
fame and fortune.
Unfortunately, such an observer sees
only the external objects. and rarely,
II ever. either sees or understands the
inward effect on the apparently sue
cessful. for If that could be for one
moment seen and appreciated, the
weary seeker for the truth would
turn. aghast, and seek any way save
that which he or she had considered
IS having led to success.
master" of one Of the greatest
commercial enterprises of the day
confines himself to palatial home.
surrounds himself with numbcrlcss
human and mechanical means of safe