Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-10-09

NJ nahn sinputated, said. Doctor cant
you save it7" and when told that q Wa. i'm
possible. said. We'll. then goodbv Ola
manu- nate 10 part with you You have
done me good service for many wear. bt.,
IL seems you must 60. Goodbv"
fut 70 fuil use All the faculties that re-
nAla a snd charge on all opposing circum-
stances with the determination OF John OF
bohenia, who was totally blind and vet az
battle cried out. Il prav and b.s.eeh
you 10 lead me- so far into the aght that
may strike one good blow with thrs sword
OF mine,' Do not think - much OF yrhat
faculties YOU have lost a. % what faculties
remain. You have enough left TO make
yourself FELT inthree worlds. while YOU
heIp the earth and bslk hell and win
heaven. Arise from your discOuragenents
q men and women OF depleted or eripnled
physical faculties. and SEE what. bv the
special help % God. you can mplishi
Another form OF disadvantage under
which many labor Is lack of early educa
tion. There will be no excuse for igno--
ance IN the next generation. Free schools
ana illlmitabie opportunity % education
VIII make ignorance a crime I believe in
compulsory education. and those parents
who neglect 20 put their children under
educational advantages have but one right
left. and that T. the penitentiarv. Hut
there are multitudes OF men aud women IN
midlife who have had no opportunity. Free
Schoois had not yet besn established. and
vast multitudes had little or no school AZ
all. They feel lt when. "a Christian men
they come 70 speak or pray in religious
assemblies OF public occasions patriotic
or political or educational rhev ar
tfent because they DO not feel -otnpctsnt
They owe nothing 20 English grammar or
geography. or bellies lcttres They would
not know = partiriple from rronoun ff
they met IL many times a dRv MANY of the
most successful merchants % America and
IN high political places cannot write an Ac-
-urR'e letter on any th.m~ They are com
pteteiy dependent upon clerks and depu-
lies. and -tenoxrRpher- TO mako things
right. knew /. literary man who In other
gears In this citv made his fortune hv writ
nS Speeohes for congressman or nxirr
hem up Tor The Con yressionAi Record after
hev were d@liveTet. The millionaire a.
nent
Not a word have 70 sav against nccur-
scy of speech or flne elocution or hiSh mon
al culture. Get all these YOU can Rut
10 say 10 thOs~ who we're brought up In the
fay or poor scnooi-houses ana rrnor1nt
'choolinasters and no opportunity. You
nay have 40 much 81 good in your soul ana
80 much OF heaven in your EVERYDAY life
hat you will be mightier for good than anv
vho went through the curriculum of HAr-
rard or Yale or Oxford. yet never graduated
the school of Christ. when YOU get up
o the gate % heaven no one wfl Ask You
whether you ran parse che first chapter %
ienesiS. but whether vou have learned tha
ear ot the Lord. which il the beginning OF
wisdom. nor whether you know how %
i1uare tho circle. but whether YOU have
ived a square hfe tn a round world Mount
Aoni- higher than Mount Parnassus
Bat what other multitud@s there are IN
Ter other Disadvantages Here is a Chris
tan woman whose husband thinks religion
sham. and while the wife prays the chill
iren one way the husband SWears them an
,ther. or here L. a Christian man who h
rying % 10 his best for God amt the
'hurrh. and his wife holds him hack and
JAWS on the wav home from PRAYER nl.st-
NJ. whore he gave testimony fo- Christ.
What fool Won made OF vourself Ihopa
hereafter you viii keep still" And when
~ would he benevolent and give $50 she
'riti"iSeS him for not giving dftv cents
must 10 Justice and publicly thank God
hat l nev-r proposed AZ home 20 give any
.hinE Tor any cause ot humanity or religion
,ut the other partner in the domestic nrm
approved IL. and when a. seemed hevond
nv ability and faith ia God was necessary
'he had hree-fourths the faith. Rat I
xnOw men who. when thev contribute 70
charitable objects ara afraid that the wife
shalt ind it ont. What a witherinc curse
such = woman must - 90 . good mani
Then there ara others unier the Great
iisaivantaSe OF poverty. Who ought 20
Set things cheapest? You say those who
nave little means. But they pay more You
GUY coal by the ton: thew buv u bv the
bucket. You Day iour by the barrel: they
ouvi by the pound. You get apparel cheap
oecau~e YOU paw cash: they nav dear be-
'auSe they have 20 get trusted. AMI the
Bible was right when Il said ..Tha destru.-
zion OF the poor Is their poverty"
Then. there are thOSa who made a mis-.
AXE In early life. and that overshaaows All
heir DAYS. "Do you not know that that
nan WAS Once in pri<on'" l. whispered or
'DoVou know that that man once alton pted
sntcldes' Or. DO YOU know that that man
)nr~ ahsconi-dP" Or. 'sDo YOU know that
hat man WAS once discharged for dis
1onestv2" Perhaps there wss only one
wrong deed in the mans life. and that one
act haunts the subsequent half century OF
ais existence
Others have unfortunate nreiOminen.a
~ some mental faculty. AMI their rashness
throws them into wild enterprises. or their
srepitafiOn makes thsm decline great on
oortunitv. or there IL vein of melaac holv
N their disposition that defeats than or
hey have an endowment of 0vermirth that
causes the impression % in~incerity
Others have q mighty obstacle in their
oersOnat appearance. for which they Arc
not responsible. They forget that God
fashioned their features ard their com
olexion and their stature. the size OF
their nose and mouth and bands and
ieet. and gave them their gait and
sheir general appearance. and they forget
shat much OF the worlds best work and
the church's best work has been done by
honely people, and that Panl the Apostle
n said TO have been hump-backed and his
eyeslght weakened by OphrhaImfa wkfia