Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-17
The Times-Dispatch Sunday
Sermon
HuMANITY's BEAUTY ROSES.
BY j. 4. Eubnnk.

by - n. Eubnnk.
My beloved is white and ruddy. tho chiefcst
among ton thousand His head Is as the most
fine gold. his locks bushy. and black as a
cn."-Cantclcs v l0-il
II required many generations of training in
IN" school OF hard knocks" for woman's ma
tionai aspiration. under the stimulus OF
prophctlc promise. to give to the world "A
child SO wol-rounded in the possibilities OF
character development that He subsequent
~ SO completely fulfilled human estimate of
perfection in His career that for nearly
1000 years He has been acclaimed as tho
most cody type OF man that the world has
ever produced.
No wonder that. In the language of the
tent. h" is described as the chiefcst among
ten thousand"
II" is tn" Beauty Rose grown In the gar
den OF humanity. tho fraErance Of whose life
WAS Intended to make for the swtctcning Of
all human existence
Society is still growing '.heautv roses" bu,
we ar" afraid that II has no just conception
or ihc courS" to pursue to grow tho ideal now-
cr in prufusion.
w" arc afraid that society makes too Great
sacrifices to got few Of what It apprais.s
rs beauty roses" The type that II is pro-
ducnc falls 'ar below that OF tho true Beauty
Eos" given 10 the world nearly 1000 years
AGO
In Horticulture. IL YOU observe the noris,
"ral meaning Of tho term t. produced by sys-
t"mhic pruning. in which many buds arc
sacrificed that tho most promising ono may
grow to perfection.
IN IN" garden Of humanity. society pro-
"c'dS upon IN" same principle. hut society
has a v"rN- distorted idea as To wha, is
tru" human beauty rosc-;hc ideal ,vpc
OF rose Tint il most needs to swcc,cr it's lIrc
Society refuses TO follow tho Instructions
II has received from the wiscst teachers In
the art "f true social noriculturc
For this reason, wise instructors in tho art
OF producing beauty roses In sunlcicn, pro-
fusion 10 Civ" fragrance 20 every homo
in Amorra-such splendid characters as
Thomas Jefferson. James Madison James
Monroe and other patriot statesmen Of great
ability hay" not in tho trend 81 modern
tunes received the hearing to which they were
entitled
Hence. in departing from their counsel In
n" growing Of beauty roses we have s,cri.
feed N" hopes and interests Of tho many
that "" might grow few astonishInrly large
flowers
We haN" cur RoCk"fclI"rs. our Garys
our M"rchus. our Hyans, our Wanamakcrs
and number OF others; bu, To produce tho m
Was II absolutely necessary to sacrifice 10 tho
pruning Knife az unfair competitions thou
sands OF buds that otherwise might have
hl""m"4 luSurIantly and lon, a liberal measure
Of perfume N make more fragrant tho total
of hVmauity'S existence?
w" are paying, too big n cost to produce
row human beauty roscs-that is hat We
appraisc as beauty roses.
Anyh"dy can get rich during an ordinary
ih"'im"-n h" is willing to sacrifice every
thing that ought to 10 considered as OF y, inc
In !n"S Advertisements. Rut To do So no
often has To h" ruthless in joining tho head
gardener II We may he allowed - adnn, mo
term ia using ;hc PRUNING knife In the sacrl-
n'" "' human beauty roschuds. that he ma v
r"t tho substance that otherwise would have
been shared with them.
is '"mm"ndahl" I" have a laudahlc am
ht'"n and 10 succeed In 1t where YOU do no,
NAY" /" crush others In order 10 win sue.
cess
Let society cultivate beauty roses and m.
NOR" of them tn" better. hu' lot IL bc surs
that they are true beauty roses