Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-06
REV. DR. fALIIGR,
D~ss>s 90 Men Toward Their Scattering
Rr~<hrcn of the Present ssererssten-
CseeAfnx OF the Soul should Keep Pace
WstA That cfshe Physical Wants of Man

Rr<<hrcn Of the Present Generation 4
CsoeAfnx OF the Soul should Keep Pace
WssA That cfshc Physical Wants of Man
rxxr- David. after he hsd served his
own generation bv the viii CT God. tel On
deep Acts xiii. 3S-
ssThss is text which has FOR long time
hecn running through my mind sermons
hare time - ~ So-7. as well as time -
de. q cradle a. well ss = grave. David.
cowhos AMI :. on c-Sli Ger. and fighter and
car and Grsnatis. and blank verse writer.
and prophet. did his best for the people OF
his time. and then went and lay down on
the southern hill 90 Jerusalem in that sound
siurber which nothing but 81 archanSelic
hs<s can Startle. There are about four
generations 20 n century. nov; but In olden-
time life was longer. aRd there wss. per-
haps. only one cceeration 70 century.
Taking these facts into the calculation.
make a rough guess and say THAI there
have hcen ~ least lso generations OF the
human family. With reference % them we
have no responsibility. We cannot teach
the-n. we cannot correct their mistakes. we
cannot soothe their SorVows, We cannot heal
their wounds
81 admit that srn In sympathy with the
child whose father had Suddenly died. and
who IN her little evening prayer wanted
20 continue 20 pray fer her father. although
be had gone into heaven and no morn
neetet her prayers. and looking up into
her mothers face. said oh. mother
rArDOl
Thank God that hada good father once.
- I ran keep him IN ny prayers" But
the 80 generations have passed OF. Passed
MP. Passed down Gone forever. Then
there are generations 20 come after cur
EARTHLY existence has ceased: We shall not
see them: Ne shall not hesr any 81 their
voices We viii take 10 part IN their convO-
cations. their elections. their revolutions.
their cataStro7hes. their triuuphs- We
viii IN ncwise Affect the 10 generations
. ~ a Tfrna
cur business l. like David. 70 serve our
own rcoeration. the people now living
thosr whose lungs nov breathe and whose
hs2rts now beat Aud. marx YOU. u il not
silen. procession. but moving. IL i =
forced march az t~enty-four miles day.
each hour being nile Going With that
coieritv Il has COT % D. quick service on
cor ra-1 or DO service g. al.
swell nov let C. look around earnest
Nv. prave-fully. "a a cormon-sense way.
and SEE What we can DO Tor cur generation.
FIRST o. ali. let u Sc 20 i that. as far -
ve can. they have enough % eat The
humxn body l. - constituted that three
times q dAya body needs food as much as
lamp needs oil. as much a. a locomotive
needs f1ei- To meet this want God has
rtriied the earth with apple orchards.
oracSe groves. wheat fields. and oceans fcll
q nsh. and prairies fan % cattle. And
noswithstandinc this. will undertake q
say that the vass majority 81 the human
f&nflv ar suffering either for lack % food
or the rf-bt kind % food Our ctyiliEa-
tion Is al Rske~ aud God Only car Set il
right MANY q the greatest estates % 20
day have beea bUils oct Of the blood and
bones cf unfcquited toll
"D0rt sit down az your table with fve o.
six coE-ses of abundant supply a-d thinl
nothing cf tEat family in the next stree
Who would take any one % these I'VE
eoersss t-rkseea soup and alnond nuts 4rS
f->l they were IN heaven. The lack % th'
right kind Of food f. the c1use % much o
the drunkenness- After drinking wha
many or our grocc-s call coffee. sxeetene.
with what many call sugar. and eattn.
what many % our butchers call meat. ant
chewing xh.t may Of our bakers ca
hrs.d. nn1ny % the lAt0ring classes feel =
miserable they R-e tempted 10 put tnto the!
rksty Pipes what the tooacconist calls -
fsArno. or 70 into the drinking saloons 70
wh.a the rzrnSeilers call beer Good cote
wo1ld DO much n trivins ont run
Hos can we serve our ceDerntlon Wit
sno1eE 70 eAts" d sitting down in eu.
hro<te-ed sliPaers A. longing tack n a
arr ctalr, crT C01tl Tuckered up Aroun
q Havana % the test brand. and thr0ug
,eIouds q lururiant smoke reading ab0u
political economy n-d the philosophy q
sxrskcs7 Nc, No By aiding out who 4
SAts city has hen living on eristie, an
xenefn<r then n tender ON beefstcak- See
eat socsse family who. through sickness o
cox;ua~ti0a % misfortune. have not enoug
70 eat Al do for them what Christ did 70
ths hun~rv rnaltftudes % Asia Minor. nul
cfr3vsur the leaves And the Ashes Let q
cast fbs sarleitinS % ourselves until ~
cannot choke down another cr1Uo 81 caE'
and begin ghs soPply Of Others Eece7s
ties
at IA A awful thing 20 be hungry" sal
che p-r1~her 1t = an easy thing Tor .
20 Be IN good hrnor with ali the worl
vh<n ne have no lack But let hung
take fan possession OF C.. and We would q
surn into baroariAns AID cannioals al
Heads Suppose thai some OF the ener.
w> ARE expsnding 10 useless and unavailii
fxyk xt,oat the bread question should De :
r,~nded IN xnerctfzl aii~viatfons- IA
ru~d thar thu battlefield on which mo
trr.ors net than On any other IN Z
World history was the battlefield OF Let
xSc-Ieo 900 men under Napoleon; 80 q
ner under Schwarzeberg. Mo- No.
vv~as.<t and most terrific battle Is now !
~ fooxAr al the world over II - Z
serzrr-3e fc- food. The ground tone o. I
Snesx passage in one OF the great n1st
nuGzerraeces. the artist says. Was s0gge
"A 20 HIN By the cry % the hungry POI
nncs os Vienna, a. the King rode tnroc
and they shouted. Bread Give as orea
Ara ali throaga the great har1onies
mnncal sceoeny AM cathedral near
- paxhos the xro1nd tone. the TRACE
- usoounxed naltitndes. who, with ssres
- eyes and wan cheeks and broken heal
- Lshals % themselves ana their f2nili
srs psesdlnS for bread
LIZ o. take another look around 70
49, ve r.ay serve our gscerations Let