Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-30

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Golden Text: our Cod viii
hSht for us.-N"hcmiah *. 20.
Rebuilding: Walls of Jerusalem.
Nchcntuh's, diary modcstiy says he
came Ia Jerusalem" He said moth
Ing I" any one u; the purpose of his
cominr or Of the royal letters patent
in his pockc;. He lid nothing but
observe, record and think Then hc
TOOK Il SLOW night ride about III"
city. There was moonlight enough
for his purpose. not enough 10 be
tray him to the few stray people who
wcrc about. lie noted the number
and Il izc OF tho brcn chcs In the wall
truncaicd aud the Gates burned and
how much labor and material would
DO needed. When all data was in
hand he called the natural .lcadcrx
oil the people together and said-not.
have come 10 put this city in "a
dcrcnsibic condition. but "Yc see
this distress that we are In. how
Jerusalem lies waste and tho gates
Let us build up the walls OF Ic.u-
salem that VIC be no more re
proach." only then did he Introduce
the personal element and only NO far
as L" SAY how good the hama Of God
iad been upon him and finally the
words the King had spoken. Led on
SO automatically. was IL any wonder
that the people cried let us riS"
up and build" But never vas a
great national cntcrpris. undertaken
under more favorable circumstance.
The laborerS were few ana compare
lively inexperienced. the enemies
many and exceedingly crafty. Instead
Of clean site, Il heap OF rubbish.
conspiracy within tn. city and threat
cnlnS advances of the enemy But
Nehemiah was more than a match for
MS ominous and cNactinE environ
mcnt. Some on" has remarked how
Spar" clears around - man OF decisive
$riri, and leaves him room and free
doom The cnsc in Instance ir an IL
lustrn ton. such orEaniHIn,; and adj
minis;rative ability as Nehemiah die
played has rarely been SURPASSED,
u" iair,y hyrnntisch thu. people.
a good naturcd rivalry. Thoroughly
aroused. they stood ready To repcl
inva sion. Whether they work cL OF
stood guard their families we're
grouped behind them, and In the more
distant background We're their houses
ana the temple. so that they had :;
constant object lesson to remind tnvm
that the work IN which they wore
engaged was FOR God and home and
native land. In the incrcdi1y shor,
space OF hfty-,wo days tho wuri:
Was done. Happy Nehemiah. as on tho
evening 81 the last day he closed and
know that after the long exposure
the house OF God was safe Thus
terminated successfully task which.
IN its magnitude. diiIicultv and. i'm
porthncc stands next TO the building
of the temple Itself
Under the study Lamp.
History came near repeating itself
Win n difference In the lat. war. For
t'nc the Turks had stramg!. hold
ON Jcr'ieal"m. IN" ancient walls
were strenE th"nod with modern &C.
/ ncnt ana tn" Moha mmc,lnn harrison
was "ihcercd BY German "nEincers.
! ~ looked as II tn" Holy CRY was
about To suffer another siege. ,;ctN.
scmanc to be troddcn by atiackini;
troops and iicrmon To echo To the
thunder of long-ranSe guns. The
story OF General Allcnby's quiet and
approximations entrance makes one
OF the most Interesting pages in the
or Nehemiah: lie was man OF
! good and righteous character and
very ambitious To maze his own ma
ton happy. ard he hath left the walls
OF Jerusalem an eternal monument
! OF himself There were slack rs
in Nehemiah's dag. They were viii
ing 10 see others toll and nmpcr!l
their lives without their support hut
10 enjoy the security which the rc.
| paired wall and closed gate afforded
/ cursed are the moral Slackcrs who
shirk in the ceasseless conflict against
human wretchcdness. TO a general
who had skulkcd in his tent al
Argue. Henry Of Navarro cried: Go
Mans , nG, ,hor We fought !T,a and YOU
jewel in the head OF cnmi,y az we'll
/ as Of adversely. one says sen;cn-
I tonSiE mat IT the value Of AN enemy
/ was only known he would be pur-
| chased with gold. Schiller saws his
| friend shows him what he can do. his
! foe what he should do. without
| the city wall the temple built with
| twcnty-Onc years OF toll and sacrifice
and it's priceless contents were nb-,
soluteiy defenseless from Rcdouin in
| cursions and the touch OF sacriiegiouB
| and laundering hands. The util-
| ity Of prayer has a remarkable ex-
| mplitca ton In the Book Of Nehe-
| miah. The undertaking OF rebuilding
the wall was begun. continued, and
! consunmatcd in prayer. Nehemiah
prayed four months before he so
mach as mentioned the matter to the
| King. His silent prayer in the very
! presence of the King is artlessIy de-
| scribcd: so / prayed 10 the God
OF heaven He prayed as the work
continued and enemies ridiculcd and
/ threatened The aggressive Chris
| tan must be ready to endure ridictllc
! Sanballat and Tobiah played n game
! of hattlrlorc and shuttlccock Within
| earshot of the inexperienced builders.
/ They handled Gibes at their expense
lila. ha how Industrious. vii! they
! hnish The work in Il DAY" The
weight Of fox is enough to break
! down such a wall as, that" Mockcry
! is no weapon The Christian must
just be impervious to it. Tho
advantage OF thorough orsauizaiion
Ia -.