Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-23

daughtersl where du they GET the rowery |.
From the schools and the semtnsries and /
the colleges, Oh, no. those thsse may h~ve |
dowment, No. DO not think they had IN |
usual mental calibcr. From accidental cir
cumsssnces, No. they had nothing OF what
IL called good luck.
think we viii take q train aud ride to
the depot nearest TO the homestead from
which those men and women started. The
train haits- Let US stop q few minutes Mt
the village graveyard and So the tomb
stones OF The parents. les. the one was
seventy-four years Of age and the other
seventy-two. and the epitaph SAYS that
after \ useful life they died Christian
death On over the country road W. ride
the rS.d a little rough. and once down in
n rut IL Is hard TO get the wheels out again
without breaEinc the shafts. But at Last
ve come TO the lane in front Of the farm
house.
Let me- get ont Of the wagon and open
the gate while you drive through. Here
i the srbor under which those boys and
girls many years AGO used 70 play. but 10 l.
quite out OF order now. Tor the property i
in other hands. londer l. the orchard,
where they used 70 thrash the trees Tor
apples. sometimes before they were quite
RIPE There Is the mob. where they hunted
for eggs before Easter. There j. the door
snl upon which they used 20 sit. There Is
the room In which they had family pray
srs. and where they all knelt-the father
girls there. We have got TO the fountain
~ Uious and gracious Influences at last
| There il the place that decided those seven
earthly aud immortal destinies Behold
I Behold That i the secret place OF thunder.
The reason we ministers 90 not accom-
rliSh more * because others 10 not pray
for Us enough and We do not pray Tor orr
selves enough. Every minister could tell
Won thrilling story OF sermons. sermons
/ ha-.y and impromptu. because 81 funerals
I in m
/ vet those sermons directing many
! souls 70 God. And then OF ser
/ mons prepared with great care. and
research aud toll uninterrupted: yet those
sermons falling fat or powerless. me
Z difference WAS probably I'm the amount oi
private PRAYER offered for the success ~
+ those services.
on, pray for US Poor sermons In the
+ pulpit ara the curse 90 God on prayerle-S
/ parish People say what i the nj after
with the ministers in our time; 50 many
I OF them seem dissatisfied with the Bible
and they are TRYING - help Moses and Pau
aud Christ out Of Inconsistencies ana con
traiirtions by fixing up the Bible. 4
well let the musicians - 20 worS 10 TX ~
1 Havdn's Creation or Handlers Israel II
Frvot. or let the painters g - liking ~
/ Hsnharrs Trans fcu-atton. or architect
- 70 fixing Up Christopher Nrens II
PauIs. But will tell YOU what : the mat
ter There are too many Unconverte'
+ ministers. Their hearts have never beer
changed By the grace - God. 4 mere IN
tellectuRl ministry Is the deadest faii
ure this side 81 perdition. A.a
for tho gospel % iciclcSl From apol
occtIcs. and therapeutics and doguatic.
good Lord deliver u. They are trying I
Get their power from transcendentai the
oloCv. or from profound exegesis. or froI
the art OF splitting hairs between north an
northwest side. instead 81 getting thei
+ power from the secret place ot thunder
We want the power = man gets when he
alone the door locked on his knees. a
midnight with such n burden 81 souls az
on him that makes him cry out. nrst
. lamentation ana then in raptures. We wai
something % the conservation OF job
! Knox. VITO when his wife heard him pra.
ing IN the~s0li night IN another room, az
, said to him. How can you endanger yo'
t. life PRAYING there In the cold when yc
= ought 80 be asleep responded. VtnH
!, f How can I sleep when my country i
: savedf Lord God give me Scotland or
n . diet
: Dear brethren and sisters in Christ. o.
q I onporrunitv for usefulness Will soon
!, core. and we shall have our faces uplitt
u the throne OF Judgment. before which
T. must give account. That day there will
ma secret place OF thunder for all the thu
4 ders Will be out. There viii De the thund
a OF the tumbling rocks. There VIII
= the thunder Of the bursting Grav
- There will be the thunder OF the
I, sc-nding chnricts- There Viii be I
~ thunder % the parting heavens. Boo
al BOOM Bat all that Gin and uproar a
II crash will ind u anarrighted. and v
r, leave "a undismayed, II we have ma
: Christ our confidence. and, as after
=, August shower when the whole heav'
=, have. been an unlImberel battery cann'
=, aiding the earth, the fields are more gre
a. and the sunrise Is the more radiant and
a waters are the more opaiine, so the tn
ters % The last day Will make the tree.
- life arrear More emerald, and the jasper
= the wall more crimson. and the sapph
IN seas the more snimmering auo the sun
"a of eternal g!adness the more empurp
X The thuneers OF dissolving nature will
IA followed ~ a celestial psAlmody, the so
. OF which II. John on Patmos descril
--- Whcu ne SAID i near NOl~o A@0 wa
,ot mighty th1nderings.'
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