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Freedom of the Press.
t Judgo Pritfchard, of the Unitari States
Circuit Court of North Carolina, has
? finally dismissed the charge against Edi?
tor Daniols, of the Raleigh News nnd
Observer, who had been fined by Judge
Purnell $2,000 for contempt.
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ard took occasion to define the powers
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of public opinion in this country tn favor
of the freedom of the press," said he,
"has restrained the freo exercise? of the
power to punish this class of contempts.
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suitors, witnesses, officers and themselves
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thinks that there may be Instances when
th?: publication of editorials or other
[matter Iti newspapers would bring the
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Ion, it would present a question wheth
eurh conduct would not be irtisbo
[lor in the presence of the court, or
ear thereto all'to obstruct the admln
ti'on of Justice."
have several times referred to this'
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ice to press and people, Our forc?
hi recognized that a free press was
Jessary Institution of ? free gov
lt and great liberty was given
organ I'd law to the free cxpres
oplnlon byedltors and by news
i-ontributors. But this Is by no
\, license, for overy writer le ro?
ll under tho law for the publica?
tion. wj|lch he makes, and whenever he
abuse.?, his privilege, ho is held to ac?
count. There Is legitimate criticism and
there Is criticism 'that is contrary to
law. Judge Prltchard concedes that tho
Judge of ? court is as much a subject
of criticism as tiny other public official,
and It would bo monstrous for tho law
to give the Judgo absolute power to pun?
ish summarily any editor or other person
who might see fit to crlllclsn his con?
duct. If a Judgo had such power he
?would be an autocrat; ho might commit
the most high-handed acts and yet defy
? -Atiy criticism whatever. Personally, the
Judge has the sartie right that any other
Citizen haa, no moro and no less, to call
his crltl?: to account and to take ac?
tion agA'nst him through the regular
processes of law. But he has no right
because of a personal criticism or of any
criticism of his court to jerk the crltlo
Up H> contempt proceedings und punish
him without trial for his criticism, ex?
cept it be I hat the criticism Is of stich a
character a* lo Interfere with the or?
derly administration of jubilee.
Roosevelt and a Third Term.
A Republican In Washington is quoted
M having said that President Roosevelt
has no airtb.UtJii for a third term; that
If he la elected this year ho will con.
alder his next lenii his second nnd last
term, and will not usi. for a third tenu.
We bjiouid like an authorised statement
?rom Pi?M?liiit Roosevelt on that point,
but even if he slioum make it, It ,:i quo?,
llonabi? whether or nut It would strength,
an It!? candidacy. President Roosevelt
toa undoubtedly boen held In cheek by
bla desire for a second term In the White
Jiouae. He han lie?n on hl?* good behavior
und he has been restrained, by his sacred
promise to carry out MrKlnley's policy,
,'Ka Jije? beee reflU?-lued "llT. we Imagine,
by ih? eopfcl?usnoss thnt h? is Profsldeiit
by accident, ?ltd not by vote of tho peo?
ple. But If he should be cicciuti, this
year, ho would enter- upon hla second
torm with none of the restnilnti mentibn?
oil to control lilin. Wo should Ihen eca
Roosevelt lu his into colora, and *o,
should havo Rooeev?ltlem in all Its etren
uoslty. It Is knowlodgo of this fact that,
makes many strong men? shudder; It Is
knowledge of this fact that wilt mako
many independents and even many Re?
publicans cast their vote against Roose?
velt, provided only the Democrats put ?
up a safe man upon a safe platform.
Confession of a Boodler.
The confession printed in Tho Tlmea
Dlspiilch of the St, Louis boodler is ns
toundlng from every po'.tit of view. Ho
declared that thero was an organized
gang m tlie Houso of Dolegatca whoso
business it wns to sell legislation, and
that the gang received on numerous oc?
casions ?mounts ranging from $10,000 to
$76,000 for Its goods, "t mnko the posi?
tivo statement," said he, "that thoro Is
hardly a corporation In tho city ot St.
Louis of $250,000 nnd over that has not
cither been held up for bribo money or
?bought official action from tho combine
of delegates."
How was It possible for this thing to
go on for so long a time without de?
tection? How was It that these negotia?
tions could continue from year to year
with so many persons hi Interest and yet
without the knowledge of tlio authorities?
How is #t ?possible to keep transactions
of this character secret?
Wo cannot answer tho question, but Ihn
fact should "?impress upon voters the vital
Importance of selecting ns representa?
tives In legislativo bodies men of the
very best character. Would the stock?
holders of a. bnnk elect as mombers of
iho board of directors.men of doubtful
reputation? Would ihoy elocl any man
In whoue honesty and fidelity they had
not full confidence? Why, then, Bhoulfl
tho stockholders of n. municipal cor?
poration elect, suspicionb; characters to
tho Council? Yet it Is' not uncommon
for city vo'ters to do that very thing, and
when there is a scandal everybody Is
astounded.
The only way to prevent boodllng Is to
elect honest men to sit in the Council.
War on Consumption.
The movement, recently Inaugurated In
Richmond to stamp out consumption is :
a. movement whloh should have the cor?
dial support ot the people. Consumption
Is one of the most dreadful and dreaded
of all diseases, yet physicians make the
positive assertion thai it is a curable dis?
ease. It the Legislature of Vtrglnia
should abolish the compulsory vaccina?
tion, law, and if physicians and people
should refuse to employ vaeclnatl'on ns
a preventive of smallpox, the peoplo of
other States would say that Virginians
had gone daft. The bare suggestion of
euch a thtng wero absurd.
Let us put the proposition differently.
Suppose Virginians had never employed
vaccination, and suppose thero were now,
as In all probability there would be, a
scourge of smallpox throughout our bor?
ders, and suppose we should stupidly and
sinfully refuse to vaccinate; what would
intelligent people elsewhere think of us?
Yet, science assures us that there is a
way to prevent consumption, and up
to this time, we have not availed our?
selves of the means of prevention, which
science prescribes. As an Intelligent,
progressive and humane people, wo can?
not afford longer to neglect this matter
ot vital importance.
The New Free Bridge.
It Is gratifying to note that the propo?
sition to build a now freo bridge on the
site of bid Mayo's Bridge, connecting
Richmond with Manchester la receiving
sanction at the bands of the committees
of tho Cltv Council of Richmond and lt
Is oarnostly hoped that the Council will
Anally adopt measures looking to this
end.
Alanchoster has taken tho load in tho
matter, and Richmond should not hesi?
tate to meet her sister city and bring tho
matter to a speedy issue.
Wo heartily favor the sohemo because
wo believe the building of tho bridge
by thn two cities, moans closer business
relations between them and because In
our vlow it is a sound business proposi?
tion. Tbe Council should by till means
adopt the recommendation of tho Finance
Committee on the subject and without
unnecessary delay.
The Virginia Press, a Republican dally
newspaper recently started at Roanoke.
has nbandoned its Alonday morning edi?
tion, frankly confessing that there was
no demand for it. The Press has now
fallen into line nnd will print six Issues
a week, ns other Virginia dallies do.
Just why there is no demand In Virginia
for a Monday morning paper wo cannot
?ay, biit It Is a fact, and must bo ac?
cepted as such, The experiment has been
tried several timos in Richmond, and lias
invariably failed, During the Spanish
war the Richmond Dispatch tried it,
und while there was Borne InteroHt In Its
Monday issue so long as tho war lasted,
us soon as the war censed tho intorost
died out, and tlie DlBpatch Company, as
a bu.sliv'ss proposition, abandoned it.
Previously the experiment had boon tried
by Tho Times, nnd since then It has been
tried as nn Individual proposition, (jopa?
ra to and distinct trom any dally paper
establishment But the lust experiment
wns no more successful than either of iho
others. For our part, we are glad that
tho Richmond people do not care for a
Alunday morning paper, for If thoy de?
manded it, The Tlmes-luep'itch would be
?"ompelleil to supply tho demand. But
to pri,ni a Monday morning paper .would
meet) the employment of our entire force
on Sunday, for tho worlf on such a paper
must be done on the Sabbath day. We
uro willing to bellevo that it Is bocauso of
thlg that the Virginia people, who re?
spect Sunday as a day of resi, have never
dciiitndcd or encouraged a Monday morn?
ing paper. ?,
It was related In our news columns
VH'terday that a man from Henry county
hart a narrow escapo from death by
lightning. Jit had been asleep on ? pallet
Iti Ilio kitchen a few minutes before ll?hl
blng struck thn hoilse. Un was orminoti
by hin wlf?, who wnnted htm In ???1???????
?orne servine for her In the course rf
household duties. .The husband responded
promptly, ]nft the room, nnd wont about
hie wlfe'rt errand, and so savnd lila life.
Tho moral of this story Is that hiutlmntls
should nlwnys obey,thelt\ wives, esperitili}?
?thai thoy nho'tild ho wllllng_a.nd obliging
In assisting In household work.
Recently the Board of VIsHnrr? of lho
University of Virginia elected nfl presi?
dent of that Institution Dr. Edwlii A.
Alderman, a North Cnrollhliin, find for?
merly pre*?ld~ont ot tho North Carolina
University. Now wo nro ?Informed/ that
the University of. Tennessee haa elected
us ils president,"*" to succeed President
Churlos W. Dabney, resigned, Dr. C, Al?
phonse Smith, professor of English mola?
ture at Ilio University of North Ctirollun,
We rejoice In tho glory nnd honor of tho
old North State, but wo four that If this
sort of thing goes oh, tho Charlotte Ob?
server will become so proud and arrogant
thnt thoro will be no such thing as liv?
ing on amiable lei ins' with It, ,
Mr. Thomas P, ".Vallon, of Raleigh, N,
C? Informs tho Washington Post that
Grover Cleveland sentiment Is strong, nnd
mighty 111 the old North Sialo, aiul ho
believes that the Suge ot Princeton will
get tho solid vole of tho North Carolina
delegation. Ho furthor declares that Iho
slogan In North Carolina Is, "Cleveland
Is tho only man who can bent Roosevelt,"
AVo avo unwilling to go so far. Wo bc
llevo t^int R'-Vsovelt can bo bouton by
any pa.nOerat.jo nomineo. In whom tho
peoplo havo entlro confidence. But our
conviction 1? that Cleveland's nomina?
tion would make Democratic success
morally certain.
If he does declino It, your Uncle Grover
will bo tho first man In American his?
tory to turn down a presidential nomi?
nation, and so far ns we are Informed,
ho Is not overly anxious to make that
kind of now history.
Tho late Colone. "Thomas S. flournoy,
the Vlrglni'an who originated the term
"Solid South," did not-claim to bo a
prophet, but he was a long vlsloned kind
of a stateman.
Tho Virg?nia! delegates to the St. Louis
Convention will havo' to depend entire?
ly on Ihe hotels. There Is not even a
cot In the Virginia transplanted "Monti
cello."
Tho Virginia, car load of delegates will
reach St. Louis in good timo to see some?
thing of that 5th of July, Parker demon?
stration, Instructions or no Instructions.
Tho advance weather prophets will do
their host to fix up good weather for
next Monday, but excursionists had bet?
ter tak.g along their umbrellas.
In these modern days, summer Is sup?
posed to begin about July 4th; that is to
say, tho real, unadulterated variety com-,
monees about that date.
Colonel Bryan has loaded his gun for
St. Louis, but the general inlpresslon
Is that It carries only a blank cartridge
at hirst.
The Czar of all the Russlas will, per?
haps, hereafter be willing onough to
practice peace Instead of simply preach?
ing it.
Tho man who can beat Roosevelt Is
the man St. Louis Is hunting for, be ho
Cleveland, Gorman, Gray, Olney or Par?
ker.
The Jap3 are mighty small soldiers on
paper, but ln actual battle- they look
mighty big to the grizzled Russians.
If nertvspaper mon had tho fixing of It
thoy would never let tho glorious Fourth
come on Monday or Saturday.
Indiana poets are now busy in the ef?
fort to find something to rhyme with
Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Fairbanks Is not necessarily a guar?
antee that Indiana Is not, a doubtful
State.
A conslderablo Vnvolco ot June brides
will lop over to next Juno or 'smothor
June,
Oh, how quickly the sweet girl grad?
uato did get off the stnge.
With a Comment or Two.
Suppose, Just for curiosity, you keep
your eyes on G. Cleveland for a short
whilo, nny how.?Raleigh Post.
Just for something; more thun curiosity
perhaps, tho eyes of Iho American people
seem to ho focussod on tho old man Just
nt this Hmo.
"Tho Virginia Stato Building nt t.ho St.
Louis Exposition Is a credit In the Stalo."
But its unfurnished condition Is very far
from creditable. Don't forget tills, Vir?
ginians, but send in your contributions,?
Norfolk Ledger.
And If you have no cash, send some
fu nil tii re, anything to got something into
the building,
The convention orators alluded to Sen?
ator Fairbanks as a "business man of
largo affairs," which Is merely not leu
served on the nominee for Vice-Presldent
that ho will b? expected to knock tho
bend out of a barrel.?Chattanooga News.
Thin lloosler "bushii*,?? ??:?p- of largo
affairs" muy knock tho head out of a
barrel?several of them?but t.hey will ho
somebody else's barrels, not his own.
Detective Sergeant Wronn, of Rich?
mond, wiio was at Fort Monroe yester?
day to testify In the Lawson courtninrtia!
case, In dun to discover In the Johnny
Junes and-lllB-Slster Sue columna of the
Richmond newspapers, to-day that ho took
a "flying trip."?Newport News Pros?,
Mu.st be an Intended jokp lurking
around somewhere In that elastic sen?
tence, but where la It?
??????-.?
Personal and General.
Representative Claronce D. ? Van Pu?
zer, of Nevtitlt, Is an aspirimi for t.lm
Uniteti Blutes sonalorsltl'p from his State.
If ho should succeed he would be tho
youngest member of that august body.
Rev. Thomas Scruggs, pastor or the
First Baptist Church of Provo, Tlln.h,
bus milite a publlo offor to pay Infici?le
ti t>er hour lo sit In church, anil llbtcn lo
him ot) Sund lys.
Mr.?. Paul Morton, wife of Um now
Secretary of the Navy, Is well known
and well liked In Washington society.
Lust year Mrs, Roosevelt entertained hor
hoUi at lho Whlto Ilotisu ttiul ut Oyat or
Bay.
Charles S. Perneen, tie Republican can?
didate for (?oviinor of Illinois. |ias rl?rn
to his pinci? in nation) | politics after H
at niggle extending over a perititi of tilne
leon years, which bogan wllh his appear?
ance In Chicago in UiSj, when ho waa ?.
MAKERS OF RICHMOND
Brief Skoic.hes of Men "Who Havo Helped to Mak? tlio City,
?-kotch Ko. .1??orlos Regan Juno SO, lfl?i.
Although a resident of Richmond for
only nbout six years, Mr. If. ?. Cilllls,
?"Uperlntctidont of tho Richmond branch
of tlio American Locomotive Company,
has conio to bo recognised ns ono nt tlio
most public spirited of thn city's busi?
ness moil, . Ilo has hocoinu, thoroughly
devoted to Richmond, and enters heart
nnd soul Into nny movement designed to
advance tho city's Interests. N
Mr. Olllls is a young man?In the pi-litio
,of life?nnd enters upon whatever ho un?
dertakes with energy nnd cnlhtisiasm.
And ho generally succeeds, When a resi?
dent of Roimoko somo ion or twolvo
years ago, Air. Glllls bocatno greatly Iti?
tcreslod |ri tlio subject of good ronds,
nnd assisted In the preparation of tho
first good roads bill, offered In tho Son?
nte by Mon. Allen Watts, This mens?
uro wns tlio work. In largo port, nt least,
of ilio Association ot Kti?lneors of Vir
gini'u, of which Air. Olllls was ono of
tho vIcc-prosldonlH. Later, tlio ??????
rh?nt resulted lu Ilio formntlon of Ilio
Stillo Association, and n widespread agi?
tation Huit wtts productivo of much
good.
Although a very busy man, and one
with largo responsibilities, Air. Olllls,
since coming to Richmond, has found
time (o lake adivo pari lu mimy affairs
of public, Interest. Ifc has served for
two yeaI".?* and most efficiently, as presi?
dent of Post. A, of Iho T. P. ?., lias
taken un activo interest In the city and
Stale ?. AI, C. A. work, anil as a dircc
(or of the Virginia Med?anles' Institute,
lins manifested a deep Intercut In thc wel?
fare of that splendid Institull'on. Air.
(Lilis I? a member of tho Pouril o? Ciov
ernoi's of ll? American Society of Alo
chatilcnl Knglnoors, a. member of Hie
Ani'TU'iin Railway Aliislcr Mechanics' As?
sociation nnd a memober of tho Frank?
lin Instituto, ? 4 ,
CHOICE OF MINISTRY AS CAREER
Those Who Enter From Selfish
Motives Sure of Disappoint?
ment?No Lack nf Strong
Men?Influences Leading' to
Ministry?Uncertain Tenure.
Troubles?"A Brave Man's
Profession, a Daring Man's
Calling."
By Calvin Dill Wilson, D./JD.
(Author nt "The Story of the Cid," "The
Flight of the Hebrews," etc.)
-* ?^ AAt asked to toll young men
I Y "how far a career in tho mlnis
I Jl tr*'* satisfies the ambitions and
'*___- 'desires of thoso w.ho enter it,
and how many go into it ac?
tuated by a fooling of personal
comfort or the grntltlcntlon of
early ambition rather than tlie education
of the masses in the cause nf Christian?
ity." To answer such questions will re?
quire thoughtful consideration.
? number of ministers have Independ?
ent means through inheritance or mar?
riage, and some are quite rieh"; we may
presume that theso men are satisllud in
their profession, for they could easily
leave lt: but men of moans are the ones
who seldom forsake the ministry. 1 have
never known ono man to change from tho
ministry to another occupation and bo
entirely happy afterward. Thero are
many ministers who are professors, edi?
tors, or officers of church boards; but all
o? theso, who are in hcalLh, continue to
preach us "supplies:" A largo proportion
of ministers on account of their educa?
tion, training, character, skill in writing
and in public speakng and dealng with
men, would "bo ably to pass successfully
into other occupations; yet the man who;
in good .health; leaves the' ministry is tho
exception. The feeblest preacher could
earn as much as his salary at day's labor.
Thero must therefore be satisfaction in
this work apart from tlio living obtained.
It may he that a. few havo selfish mo?
tives in entering the church, but tlio man
who would go into the ministry for per?
sonal comfort would not know what ho
was doing; the average clergyman would
have far more comfort in other work. 1
know a young physician, tho sou of a
minister, who. the other day received for
one surgical operation half as^ much
money as his father's yearly salary. The
man without exceptional gifts who would
go into tlio ministry for ambition would
not know what he was doing, for the
Church affords -neither largo salaries nor
fame for mediocre men. The ministers
with exceptional powers would bo still
more famous In other spheres; tliero are
men in the' ministry to-day who could
have been governors, senators, noted 11
nanclors, If we may judge by tho abiliti???
manifested In their prosent profession.
Thc talk about t.ho lack of strong men in
the ministry Is nonsenso; the averago
clergyman in the denominations that de?
mand thorough education la ns .strong
mentally, physically and morally aa the
average man In any? sphere; thoro Is
scarcely a town in tho country without
at least one minister \vlio is above tho
averago of tlio men around him. Thoso
men could, In other spheres; win moro
comforts nnd satisfy worldly ambitions
better than in tho servico of the church.
Mnny of tho best educated and most ef?
fective mon in America aro ministers.
Wo must look further than selfishness
for motives In entering the ministry in a
groat majority of cusos. We must re?
member that young men commonly nro
filled with enuiuslasm, aro Impressionable,
aro not generally coldly calculating In
anything; thoy givo themselves to patriot
lam, to friendship, to lovo, to art, to
study. Why should thoso who tako up
religious work he imposed to bo more cold?
bloodedly worldly than others'"
* ? ?
Without assuming more than readers of
a secular dally may grant, wo may ngreo
upon tills?that religion has been a chief
forco In history; that our modern civili?
zation is nominally Christian; that Amer?
ica I? nominally Christian: thai, tho
church is vory much in evidence, nnd that
many groat minds have boon believers,
We may agree that right living, good
morals and a groat many good and beau?
tiful things ?no hound up with religion.
Tho cold onlooker who wonders how a
man can bo a preacher should try to
realize' theso facts. Tlie youth ?Inde
himself horn Into a civilization thnt Is
Christian, where the church and religion
are towering realities. Most pooplo ap?
proach religion through experience; ?
bov crows up In a Christian home, In a
Christian civilization, ho Is converted,
has an Inward experience, an Illumina?
tion that mullos Christianity real to-him,
tho r.roatest thing in tlie world; hla heart
Is touched; be pledges himself to right?
eousness and joins the church. He finds
evil In tlio world and wishes (o keep
from it, and Itoop others from ?. Ho be?
lieves thut Christ is tlio Suviour from
ovil. Now In these simple and i-niiunon
feelings he Is In lino with the great psy?
chological experiences that havo changed
wholo nations; In hla eagerness to mnko
thn world botter he la In line, in his de?
gree, with tlio reformers and propheta
and spiritual leaders of men. Nono nil
tills is Irrational; none of it is historically
foolish. It Is tlio awakening of the moral
nnd spiritimi naturo; It Is the spirit of
reform In Ihn ?aen of Ihe evil:? of life.
Men generally would grunt tlio natural?
ness and beauty i;f theso experiences;
but (lie point at which certain ninriorn
critics part company with ns is whero
(his youth becomes a professional teacher
of religion. Yet this is a shallow view:
Grant wim a professional soldier, educated
for war, but ho was none tlie loss a trim
patriot. Roncalli professionalism there
Is a deep ami-abiding Ufe, whloh ?Imli'iw
peoplo overlook, nceuuso 'of want of lu
sight every littlo pamphleteer thinks ho
must gibe nt and evory flctlon-iiiiongcr
caricaturo a class of men whom Oilibon
characterized ns tho most Influential mio
of modern times.
. * *
Our young innn HOW pn.if.ee through
college, perhaps, before lie decides upon
lits culling; his religious cxporlonoo donn?
ons; lie comes lo look on all tilings from
thu moral unti spiritual point of vlow.
Perhaps lio. is converted while at college,
not before, mut other plans givo way to
his deslro to ho a minister. A fier college.
lie ?gen to a theological seminary, un
! Institution whoso depth and breadth aro
Millie understood by the outside world;
he sits at the feet oC great scholars who
are fatntllar with the world's thought and
I history: ho Is trained In a comprehensive
view of history; he learns what the world
was before Chlrst; he loarns the great
achievements of Christianity: ho la mado
familiar with science and philosophy, and
wlth-tho bistort? and languages of lho Bi?
ble. Tho moral and spiritual grow upon
him In their magnitude. He believes that
Christianity Is tho world's hope. He has
been reading widely; ho goes forth with a
fur broader view of tho world and Its
needs', social and Individual, than the
majority of men possess. His view Is not
only that of abstract reason, but the
practical ono that redeeming forces 'are
In the world through Christ, and that
It Is his business to do Christ's work.
Our young man goes forth to a parish
at the call of a congregation or the ap?
pointment nf a church officer. His work
Is now' hound up with tho lives of his
ncoplo, the men, women and children of
his congregation, lio i.? with them In
BloknasiS, at deathbeds, at. marriages, In
their homes, in their dally lives, Ho has
the vantage ground for help of the poor,
tho Ignorant, and ho may inspire the cul?
tured to nobler purposes, lie would be
a hardened and unsympathetic man who
would deny nil beauty in the relation of
a good and helpful pastor, who takes
his work seriously, and Ills flock. There
| are many ministers, who with gifts of
? heart and mind for tholr duties, and with
I united, smypathetlc congregations, lead
Ideal lives, so far as usefulness and hap?
piness ure concerned. There aro others
with divided congregations whoso posi?
tion Is as painful as any? man's can well
be. And thero are few who aro not an?
noyed In some degree about monoy mat
tors, especially In regard to tita educa?
tion of their families. The ministry Is in
fact very frequently. In spite of the honor
and affection nf their relationship to the
community; a trying anh?re for tho house?
hold; though somo obnsolatlon may be
? found In the fact that clerical families
I have sont forth more of the prominent
I mon of America than any other class ex?
cept the farmers; and that it is said half
the famous men and women whose names
I nro found in the English "Who's Who"
?are not of clerical homes; Kipling, for
? instance, had both grandfathers preach
I era. Tho minister"has, In fortunato cir?
cumstances, love, respect, influence, use?
fulness. He has books and' chances for
culture. He has possibly greater oppor?
tunities to do good ln his community
than any other man. His Ufo can touch
men at many points outside the pulpit.
Yet, In stating the caso fully to young
men, something else must be ?aid. ? man
nods profour.d and unshakable convic?
tions as to his duty In order to bo a min?
ister. Hit must love men enough to bear
many things ln order to do them good
and win them. It is folly to forgot th.it
he cannot havo'an easy way; he must be
a student ln order to speak prollitably to
t.ho peoplo; ho must be a reader; ho must
bo among the lV.?pio, "all sorts and con?
ditions," and havo tho sympathy not to
bo repsl'ed by any, but to help them. 1|<
must have his itmo broken Into fragments
by things t.hat soom to he trifles, but
which all go to make up tho lito of the
parish. If he ho a man of heart, he will
f?el deeply t.ho evils around him. will la?
ment when peoplo go wrong, will wonder
at tho indifference of many to things
which ho sees aro ruining bodies and
(?mils, will sometimes, like tha peerless
Robertson, grit his teeth and drlvo Jils
hulls inlo tho llc.sh of his palms when ho
helplessly beholds vice installing itself
upon boys nnd girls. His soul will revolt
nt coarseness and brutality which ho
must meet and cannot remedy save by
slow processes. Ho Is lho prophet with
tho burden. And ho must have thr? spirit
of tho soldier and enduro hardness.
? ? y*
One thing Hint Is a chief drawback to a
ministerial career is tho uncertain tenure
of the postimi. It Is not a pleasant thing
to ftn educated man, made sensitive ?urd
refined hy his studies and manner of llfo
and his high Ideals, to realizo that his po?
sition in tJio community, his living nnd
his charge Itself are dependent, entirely
upon the sometimos uncertain good will
of his potrle. Ho. may havo gone to ?
church divided against Itself by family
t'lieds, by old ?marr?is. Ho may. In his
unwillingness tn bollevo ovil and his (le?
sile lo bo fair to all und with his nver
f.tlth lu human tinture, minili to his home
dangerous gossips and scandal mongers,
rattlo-hralnncl folk, uvou when ho has
been warned against them hy wlno eotin
srlorsJ Before ho Is nwnrn these havo
stlrr/d up trouble for .bini. Ho encounters
jealousies among different classes of his
congregation. Then It. is almost Impossi?
ble for any man without commanding
talents to ploriHo all peoplo by his two
sermons a wnok; think of the Intellectual
nnd spiritual strain of producing two
flrst-ralo expositions or grout truths twice
a week, year in nnd year out, and making
those sermons simple ciinugh to reach the
Ignorant and cultured enoilifh tn gratify
tin? morn I .I'dHgont, In no other spheres
does a book or m.<u,-azlne or paper or ad?
dress havo to lin lit toil to all classes at
ono nnd the hiiiiio timo. In a city, tho
dlsKntiHlled peonie havo their choleo of
churches, and (.hoy go away and are for?
gotten, In a town nr In tho country tho
tii-siiis|lt:d nt ty njitl grumble, 'l'ho min?
ister is to a degree at tho mercy of bub?
blers; ? hoy may start a groundless scan?
dal, and ho can do nothing but. live It
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1452 B, C.
Aaron, the Jewish high priest, died on thc first day o?-tlic month1
Ah, at the age of 123.
1190.
Thc crusaders under Richard Planragcnet and Philip de Valois
amounting to 100.000 warriors and pilgrims, assembled in the plains
of Vezelai.
1270.
Louis IX., nf France, sailed from Aigu?s Mortes, on his fatal
crusade against the infidels of Tunis.
1520.
Cortez secretly evacuated the city of Mexico with the remains of
his army. The Spaniards dommenccd their retreat a little before
midnight, which was soon discovered by the Mexicans, who assail?
ed them on all sides,.so that it was with the utmost hazard of entire
destruction that they effected their escape, with the loss of 600
Spaniards and 4,000 allies.
1582.
James Crichton, "the Admirable," assassinated at Mantua. Ho
was a native of Scotland and altogether a most extraordinary charac?
ter, about whom authors differ also most extraordinarily, some even
treating his existence as fakulous. Urquhart places his death on the
27th of February, at the carnival.*
1627.
King Charles I., of England, dismissed his Queen's French ser-?
vants, which occasioned a Avar with France.
1676.
New Jersey divided into East and West Jersey; thc former
granted to George Carteret and the latter to Wm. Penn and others.
1690.
Battle of the Boyne, in Ireland, which decided the fate of James
IL? and. the Stuart dynasty, and established William III. on the
British throne. The Duke of Schomberg, one of the ablest generals
of the time, was killed, at the age of eighty-two. Also the Irish Rec
tor^George Walker, famous for his heroism. The forces of James
were but 27,000 opposed to 36,000 strong.
_. 1821.
General Jackson took possession of Florida.
1835
James Gibbon, the hero of Stony Point, died at Richmond, where!
for several years he had been Collector of CustomsX
A 862.
Congress passed an act prohibiting polygamy in any part of the
United States.
1862.
The Union Pacific Railroad chartered by Congress.
1862.
Battle of Malvern Hil, Va. Union victory. With this battle end?
ed the seven days' righting near Richmond, which cost the Union
army over 15,000 men in killed, wounded and missing.
1862.
President Lincoln called for 600,000 volunteers.
- 1862.
July 1, 2 and 3, successive fighting for three days at Gettysburg,
Pa., which ended in a Union victory. This w.is one of the greatest
battles of the Civil War; 6,000 men were buried on the field, and
about 200,000 were in the fight; Union loss 23,000 in killed, wounueu
and missing. General Lee in the night, crossed the Potomac^River
into Virginia.
down or go away blackened in tho minds
of ovllly-dlsposeil persotis. All sorts of
people take a hand In church affairs; peo?
plo with defectivo bodies and dofecilvo
minds, who would bo Ignored or silenced
In business circles, have their say, givo
out their distorted versions and perhaps
destroy the minister or his Influence.
All theso things aro true and must bo
considered by tlio y?Amg man contempla?
ting tho ministry. He should look bofora
iio leaps. Yet If ho loves Christ and be
1'evcs with nil his soul tb.jt ho Is neces?
sary for the world's salvation, if
ho has tho stuff of martyrs and
soldiers in ?im, If criticism and
attacks seem to him small things; It
ho is willing to pack his goods and leavo
the parsonage when gossip rages and go
lo digging if need bu, thon lot Jilm ven?
ture. It Is no profession for weaklings or
cowards. It Is a profession for men who
IjoIIovo that righteousness is litri nnd evil
Ih death: that Christ cuino to savo men,
und that Ho uses littmnn Instrumentali?
ties. It Is a profession for men who can
meet scorn and despise It, who can bear
poverty, wJ?o aro afrlad of nothing but
doing wrong, who Ilvo In a higher ah*
than do most men. It is warfare nnd it
Is a bravo man's profession, a during
man's calling. It needs mon who lovo
men passionately, who havo the "enthusl
iisin of humanity." It needs men who
liavo profound Insight into human nature,
who know moro about tho men they deal
with than they do themselves; men who
aro ?wore that "sainthood oauso-i tho
gorge of Ilio naturili man to rise," and
expects It und counts upon II. U needs
mon also with tho apparently Irrelevant
gl'aco of humor, so thut tho minister can
laugh at many things, not bitterly, but
generally, In order that his heart may
not break and Unit ho may not weep.
? ? ?
In tho midst of attacks on tho church
and criticisms, from skepticism tlio minis?
ters full listile upon tholr experiences, upon
tho usefulness? of their work, fallii in
Christ, rea Hi*, at I oil of what tho Hlblo has
dono us a working forco upon the highest
hopos und.faUhs of tho soul, and upon tho
nractjoiil work they can ilo nnd the evil
they can prevent, 'l'ho minister boars his
pnlns as host ho can, (usually as woll,
often better than other mon. The minis?
ter who is a born leader inevitably excites
tho eoiiv.v of i lioso who wish to loud and
cannot, lie Is pained to hoar of Qc?n
slonal moral lupses of other clergymen,
ami Wishes that. nil men would take t?)
heart Roosevelt's wise words thut It Is
uii-Amorlcan to judge hy classes, that
evory man should ho Judged by Whnt ho
Is himself. Tho minister who has taken
thc pains to educate himself thoroughly
?md Is faniflliir with tlio host that has
lu. m dono and thought, nnd said in tlio
world does not enjov tlie frequent attitude
uf others that ho Knows noililng except
the. Bible.
The ministry Is still und ever will bo a
great and noblo profession, with ton thou,
sand chances to do good, Religbm is still
and will be a towering forco. Tlio official?
ism of the ministry Is largely gone, und
Unit is woll. for it was a liimlruuco, but
tho personal weight nf a Christ-Ilka min?
ister remains. The emuli unbeliever has
hoeomo numerous; wo should not speuk
urgently ot tlio studious and thoughtful
people without Christian faith, but we re?
mitid you that tho minister of Tp-dny
.?elects more o? ten thai) formerly tho little, ?
unread, untrained kind whoso only weap?
on ig a sneer for all things over tholr
heads.
So for good soldiers of Christ there
Is need and jilace and career. But let no
youth try It unless he bo "sworn knight
of the bloody cross and thorny crown."
This Is the reason why ministers to-day
aro not personally urging youths to enter
the ministry, as y?as tho old custom. They
wait for tlie heave, truo,~ strong young
men to hear Christ's voice and to follow,
knowing that His bidding Is better than
their Invitation, and that a few tried and
seasoned warriors for righteousness will
be of moro service than a host of trlace
seekers and ease-lovers who might be
cajoled Into tho grandest, but most ardu?
ous and exacting profession Into which
any man ever entorod to work among his
fellow men.?(Copyright, 190!, by Joseph
B, Bowles.
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