Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-30

text that there is each thing AZ declining
successfully great Tavexnian temptations.
I can see from what Paul said and did
teen misce OF bis journey. that he had re-
ceived no damage at the Three Taverns-
How much he was tempted know not
Do not suppose that he was superior TO
temptation. That particular temptation
has destroyed many Of the grandcst.
rnighsiest noblest statesmen, philosophers,
heroes. clergymen. apostles OF Law ana
medicine and government and religion.
Paul wss not physically well under any cir
cum stances: IL was not I'm mock deprecta-
ton hat he said he was lin bodily presence
wca IL seems that his eyesight was SO
pool hat be did his writing through an
auasr' enSis. for he mentions &c is some
thing --msrkaole that his shortest Epistle.
the on 20 Philemon. was In his own PEN
msnShi-. saving. II. Paul have written IL
with my own hand" He had been thrown
from his horse. he had been stoned. he
nerves pulled on by preaehihs at
Athens 70 the most scholarly su-
dience Of all the earth. aud ut Cor
nth 20 the most brilliantly profigste
aSsemblRge. and been howled upon by the
Ephesian worshipers Of Diana. tried for
hts life before Felix. charged by Festus
with being insane. and crswled up on the
beach. drenched In the shipwrsck. and
much Of the time had an iron handcur on
his wrist. andsf any man needed stimulus,
Paul needed Il. but with all his physical
exhaustion. he got past the Three Tsverns
indian arel. aud stepped into Rome all
-ca6v fo- the tremendous ordeal to which
- was subjected. Oh How many mighty
nen. feeling that they must brace up after
Extraordinary service. and prepare them
selves for other service. have called on the
spirit 81 wine for Inspiration. and IN a few
years have been sacrificed on the altar OF q
NolOch. who sits on throne OF human
carcaSseS. shall call the names OF nfty
~ the victims. all OF them iilustrious in
American history No, IL would not be
wise. or lad. or Christian TO call their
names IN public. bat YOU call them out OF
sour own memory. Oh. how many splendid
rnen could not GET past the Three Taverns.
Long ago an arch ficnd arrived in our
world and he built an invisible cauldron
y temptation. He built that cauldrOn
strong aai stout Tor all ages and all nations
First be squeezed into the cauldron the
juices Of the forbidden fruit Of paradise;
then be gathered for IL a distilstion from
.he harvest fields and the orchards OF thc
he-rispheres: then he poured into this caul-
iron capsicum and logwood and assault and
battery and vitrioi and opium and rum and
murder and snlphuric acid and theft and
potash and cochineal and red carrots and
poverty and death and hops. But IL was a
! dry compound. and II must be moistened
AID ~ must Be iQueded. and 30 the arch
Send poured into the cAuldron the blood o.
twenty thousand assAssinations. And then
she arch fend took shovel that he had
/ brought up from the furnaces beneath. and
le put the shovel into this great cauldron
and began 20 stir and the cauldron began
4 20 heAve and rock and boil and sputter and
4 hiss and smoke. and the nations gathered
around Il with cups and tankards and
+ teDiiohns and keg-. and there was enough
F Tor al. and the arch fiend cried: "Aha'
/ Champion nend an T. Who has done more
than ! have for collins and craveyards and
+ prisons and the popDiating OF the lost
/ word, And when this cacldron f. emptied
III al IL again. and I'll stir I. again. and 10
Will smoke again. and that smoke will Join
another snoke-the smoke OF a torment
that ascendeth for ever and ever. 1 drove
nfty ships on the rocks Of Newfoundland
and the Skerrtes and the Gootwins-
have ruined more Senators than will gather
next winter IN the national councils.
have ruined more Lords than will be
gathered IN the House Of Peers. The CUP
out OF which ! ordinarily drink Is
bleached human skull. and the upholstery
+ % my palace i 80 rich a crimson because
* a dyed In human gore. and the mosaic o.
+ my floors is made up OF the bones OF chill
dren dashed 20 death BY drunken parents
and ny isvorite music, sweeter than T.
Deum or triumphal narch-ny favorite
music i the cry OF daughters turned G1f al
midnight on the street because father has
come home from a carousal aud the seven
hundred-voicei shrek OF the sinking
steamer because the captain was not him
self when lie put the ship On the wrons
kindied more ares. hsve vrung out NOR
sgonies. / have stretched out more mid
night shadows. l have opened more Col
, cothas. have rolled more Juggeraauts.
have damned more souls. than any othe
,nissary Of diabolism. Champion dend az
I. HAi ha, hAi ha,"
But what glad tine when the worl
comes 10 its last Three Tavcrnssfor III
sale % i1t0xlcants. Now there are so man
q them that statistics are only more o
less accurate guess as TO their number
! : We ST. with hAlf-closed eyes and undis
; turbed nerves aud hear that in 1872 in III
2 United States there were 1864 breweries
: $50 distileries. and III .Gs9 retail dealer:
. and thatspossib!y by this time these figure
: may be truthfuiiy doubled. The fact
= that these ESTABLISHMENTS are innumerabls
. and the discussion r always disheart er
ing, and the impression Is abroad that IN
q plague IL 20 mighty and universal 10 ca
: never be cured, and the most Of sermon
r this subject close vita the Book
. Lamentations. and not with the Book
. Revelations. Excuse me from adoptin
any such inadel theory. The Bible reitel
z stes 10 until there is no more pow,
. IN Inspiration 20 make 1t plains
q that the earth Is 10 be, not bal
. or three-ouarters. but wholly r.
4 deemed. On that rock take III
y triumphant stand and join IN the chs
rus OF Hosannahs.
q One OF the most advantageous NOV