Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-20
REV. DR.. fLLIAGE
The Eminent WashisxtsA Divines
Sunday Sernsa.
God sm~-< the sesr~--oar Own World.
the >nsssirst - Them All. Was Sc
1~stcd ss the Theatre For Sin and >or-
row Awful Example to Others.

This j. frSt-rate poetry IRON Amos. she
hsrsiSnAr. While gusrdsnc his focks az
nieht. Re cCt watching the heavens. He
saw starr above stars. and the universe
seenne@ 70 u m like = great mansion many
stores hico. silver room above silver room.
silver pillars besides silver pillars and win
dCw> % silver aud doors Of silver. and tur-
ret> AID domcS % silver rising into
The i-luerSities. AID the prophets sancti-
nei Imagination walks through that great
silver falace % the universe. through the
trSt story. through the second story
through TIE third story. through the TWEEN
iieth story throagh the hundredth story.
through the thCrSanifh story and reals
INK that Cod is the architect AID carpenter
anc mason ~ al that uphesvet spiendor
he cric> cat In the words % the text. 1T
+ He sh2t ouidvth HIS stories "a the
heaven.
much tine On one story % the great man
son 81 C01 : universe. We need occasion
ally 70 gC upstairs or Downstairs ia this
mansion downstairs. and tn the cellar
study The rocks. or upstairs and see Got ia
scrnc - the higher stories. AID learn the
rearing 90 the text when Il SAYS s-Is i
IT. that octiieth His stories in the heaven"
Astronomy was born in ChNlaea- It's
mother vas Astrolocy. or the science %
forrteilinE events hy juxtapoSftion OF star
Tie orientals. living much cut Of door
and IN very clear atmosphere. through
alch TIE Stars Sn0ns especially Iustrous
Cot the habit % studying the night
heavens In the hot seasons caravans
.oUrneye1 cniedy - night. anj that gave
irNNeiers much opportunity % stellar in
formation On the first page q the Bible
The sun and -cca and stars roll ST.. The
sun boy nearly three million miles in
eirr ln.tetelce ani more than twelve thou
eNrr tine as large a. our ear. p. the moon
tuorc than two thousand miles GA diameter
BIT Cod IL aSe : 20 doing things on such an
"inhif'ot"rt -caie trat Pee takes only ole
V-rSe 20 tcl 20 tAiS solar ali lunar manu-
fartlrT. Z ca. ~ rnrtc words All the the-
worlds r-- thrown fr. The record saws
The stsrS Also IL takes whole PAGES Tor
= man g. eNtQl the making % a telescope or
nlcroeceTe or a magnetic telegram o. a
tnr-stlrc rlarhf-e. or % de- -rlhe ru-
painting cr ~ist-e. bat ii was - easy for
tro1 20 ra-r tle celestial upholstery that
TIE sfcrv - CON -N--sl in one verse cod
made rvo great fights. the greater iichr TO
r1se fhe dEs and TIRE irss-r light @ ruie the
chf- TIE star also Astronomers have
len trgin- - cali The roll % them ever
sirre. and they have counted multitude e
then Tl-~fnC in review before th, otSerra-
ZONES tll.t az NG-- -xrelse. and the size
AID Eurts-r q those heavenly bodies have
tane4 - The utmost she scientists 81 al
ago.
fut Cod finishes al He has a. say about
them a. tArr- w0rfs. The STAR also"
hat j. Mar wiki SIS more than flftv-fTe
million square miles. and Venus. with its
-
miili1E~ square rlll-s. and saturn. wiki it-
more t1El nilsteru billion s1lare uiie~
and l-1-fEr- wi-h - more rll1 twenty
1cnr Aiiliou square -.ilt- lll AL De- planet
o. oar system - more taan sevcuty-eicht
lIiltn1 Square miles and th@<a @rar~ 81 rur
system. When compared with The stars of
t1c ether systems. 49, q handful % sand
el-lr Ar. WIZ AL the Rocky Mountains
and a.. TIE Airs The starr also For
h-eflsy. fcr To1cerosify. Tor sFiendCr for
49, To- |..
sltlIr-ity t1cs- words excel al that human
speech ever uttered or human irraginaffou
ever soG-el 4ftc-. The Stars also II H.
p-S 70 a. ycc write = postscript -soues hir :.
you thc1gas % HtterwArl-as hardly worth
putting i1to the t1ty g @ letter. The
star Also,' Oh whag a God we have and
Be D. cur Father
Rad On IN your Bibles ar5 49,
awhile tn Llbls Gasle- with the aurora
f0re1lis or northern lights that strange
iuur,i-aticu. a. mysterious and uudefn.-I
nov az Wh-n. ll the book - Job ~ wa
written -Mcr zee rlt fLe bright I-ht
w1lrh - ~ the clouds. T4ir weather
ccreth cot % the lor-l.' While an tl.
nations supposed that the e1rta was tlilt
cn q foundation - some sort. and rany
supposed rhzt u stood On a huge turtle. or
Slr1- rreG- Marie creature. JOB knew
~r1l-h q astronomy 20 say e had 30
foundation, lut wRs suspended On xhc ~
Nl~lt.e arm Of the Almighty declaring
ing- NhOe al nations thought the earth
VA level. the sky spre4d ever u ike ate1t
over = Eat surface, Isaiah debated th.
void 20 - gic0ular. circular. saying o.
Cod lie stitch upon the circle - the
eerth-n See them glitter n thls scrlTtu-al
sky-Arctur1s. Onion, the Pleiades. and
~ lar wiki her young"
Without the use Of telescope and VIII
c1f-Any otsery1z0rF and wlEaout any 49,
frcn01ieal calculation. i Know thai the
Other words are Inhabited. because ny
blDis and my common seosr tell ne 60.
IL has teeu estimated that On the worlds
belonging 20 cur solar system there a.
rccm Tor a. least twenty-five triiiiou OF
population And / believe n Is ali oecu-
p8ec. or ali be occup pied. By iEtelligeDt -
1gs- God nil not I'll them with bru.es
BE wCalc certzirly pat Into those worlds
beings trtelnge1r e1Ouga 20 appreciate
the architecture. the coioring. the grand
eur. the beauty. the harmony 81 their sOr-
roun6lnge. lea. the inhabitants Of those
worlds have capacity 81 loconotiOn. for
they would net have had such spacious Cp-
porfunlty for movement ~ they bad not
grcwers 90 rrction- Yea. they have sight
ei-e Why the light. and bearing. else how
81 On via necessary language. and how
elear ttenseiyes from advancing perllsS
Yea, "a Coo E1sde our human race IN His
OWE i1rage. he probably -oAdc the inb2b-
ttants - ofher ECxlds IN Has own izage; Ia
c<hsr words, Il II as near Demonstration a.
care 20 have II. that while the fnAA oitAnfs
az ether 1oTIds have a1aptatsoas 81 bodily
slroekure - the particular climate n