Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

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Let me also ask whether your trouble has
not been that you confounded Christianity
with the inconsistent character OF some
who profess nS You are . lawyer. In your
profession there are mean and dishonest
men, Il that anything against the lswf
You are . doctor. There are unsktlled and
sSnsemrs,Sis men IN your Profession x Is
. merchant There are thieves and de-
fracders In your business. II that anything
against merchandise Behold, than. the
enfRirnees OF charging upon Christianity
the vickedness OF its disciples We admit
some OF the charges against those who pro-
fo<> religion Some OF the most gigantic
swfndle> 1.-THE present day have been car
ried on BY members OF the church.
There a. men standing IN the front rank
IN the chuT hes who would not be trusted
for s5 wit out good collateral security.
They leave their business dishonssties In
the ve<tihule OF the charch as they so In
and sit ct the communion Heving con.
eluded the sacrament. they get up. wice
their sins where they left OF. To serve the
devil Il their regular work. TO serve God q
sort % play spell. With q sunday sponge
they expect 10 wipe OF from their business
slate al the past weeks Inconsistencies.
You have no more right 10 take such q
mans life as specimen OF religion than
you have 70 take the twisted irons and
split tinhers that lie on the beach AZ Coney
Island &c q specimen % an American ship.
IL IL time that we draw line between re-
ngicn and the trsilties Of those who pro-
Tess 4.
10 you not feel that the Bible. take II all
In all Is about the best hook that the world
has ever seem Do YOU know any book that
has az much in Il? DO you not think upon
the whole. that It's influence has been hene-
icen:s come 20 you with both hands ex-
tended toward you. In one hand I have
the Bible and in the other hand have moth
inc. This Bible n one hand I Will surren-
der forever inst as soon as in ny other hand
you can put book that - better.
I invite you back into the good old fash
Toned religion OF your fathers. 20 the God
whom they worshlVei. % the Bible they
read. 70 the promises On which they leaned.
tothe cross on which they hung their e;er-
M expectations Aol have not been happy
Stay since you swGnc ~. You will not lie
happy minute until YOU swing back.
Again. there nav De some who in the a.
tempt after Christian life will have a. run
against powerful passions and apretites
Perhaps IL f. disposition 20 anger that
You have % contend against. and perhaps
while n a very serious mood. you hear q
something that makes you feel that Won
must swear or die. know Christian
nan who was once 50 exasTera.et thLl pa
said 20 a mean customer. I carlo: swear
~ you myself. FOR I sn q member q the
church. but IL you will 50 downstairs nv
partner 81 business viii swear g, YOU" AL
your good resolutions heretofore have been
torn 70 t1tte-S o. explosion ofte-Ter.
Now there i no harm 10 getting mad n
vou only Get mad at sin. You need O.
bride and saddle those hct breathel pas
sions md With them ride down injustice
and wrong. There are thousand things
in the world We ought % p mad AZ There
IL no harm In getting rethot II YOU Only
bring 20 the forge that which needs ham
Uerinc. nan who has no power o.
righteous Indignation Is an imbeciie. Dur
Re sure X il a righteous indignation and
not petrlAncy that tlCrs and uDravels
and depletes the soul
There i a large class 90 persons IN MID
die life who have still ia them apreti.es
T hat were aroused IL early manhood. az a
tine when they Tr.lez themselves on be-
I lnr a little fa~t. i" high liv-rs " free and
easy" hail fellows well met" They are
I now paying n compound Interest for
f troubles they collected twenty years ago.
4 some q you are trying 20 ESCAPE. AMI you
4 will. yet very narrowly. "as With the skin
II . your te-th.' God and your ovn soul
Only know what the struggle Is. Omniro-
+ tc-t grace las pulled out many a soul tina.
/ was deeper in the ruire than YOU Az. They
f line the beach q Eeaven-the multitude
f whom God has re=crel frcu the thrau s..
f suic.ta! habits. !. you this day turn tack
on the wrong and start anew. God vii
. help you. o., the weakness q human
hslpi Men will sympathize Tor while an
then turn you OF. u you ask Tor a. FIR TAR.
don. they viii give 10 and say they Will try
you again, hut. falling away again untc.
the power % temptation. they cast you
OF forever. Bat God fcrglves seventy
times seven; yea, seven hundred times
yea. though this be the ten thOusanctt
time. he "a more earnest. more sy-ura
thetic. more helpful this last tine than
when YOU took your first mistep.
II With al the influences favorable FOR =
rickt lil. men make 80 many mistakes
how much harder il II when. for instance
some appetite thrusts it, iron grapple int
the roots % the tongue and pulls mar
down with hands q destructionf H. undei
such circumstance, be breaks away. Their.
will &c 10 -port IN the undertaking. M
holiday enjoyment. but a struggle il whici
tie wrestlers move from side 20 side ans
bead and twist and watch for az oppOr
t1Lity 20 get IN heavier stroke. until will
one anal EFFORT, n which the muscles ar.
c.stended and the veins stand out and IL.
blood starts. the swarthy habit falls unde
the knee % the victor-escaped al last q
with the kin 81 his teeth"
The ship Euna. bound from Gottenbur,
% Harwich. was sailing on when the MAJ
OF the lookout saw something that be pro
bounced a vessel bottom ~. There Wa
something Oh IL that looked ike Sea gull
but was a.terwar1 found % DO wayin,
+ handkerchief. IN the small boat the ere,
pushed out 20 the wreck and found that !
Was capsizet vessel, and that three rne
I had been digging thelr way out thrOug
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