Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-25

Again. ChR3oe1nn workers. like the soasp.
shine In mo0DRude. The mo<t fii1eera1o
man knows that these things In the sky,
looking like gilt bottons. are great massee
OF matters TO weigh them one would
think that Il would require scales with q
pillar hundreds Of thousands OF miles high
and chains hundreds Of thousands Of miles
long. and AZ the bottom OF the chains
basins on either side hundreds OF thousands
OF miles wide. aud that then Omnipotence
alone could put the mountains into the
scales and the hills into the balance. but
puny man has been eQua. TO the under
taking and has set a little balance on his
geometry and weighed world against
world lea. he has pulled out his measur-
ing line and announced that Herschel Is
50 c0V miles fn8iameter saturn 80. 600 miles
IN diameter and Jupiter 50. 900 miles in dia-
meter and that the smallest pearl on the
beach 81 heaven IS immense beyond all
imagination. SO all they who have toiled
for Christ on earth shall rise up 20 n mag
nitutc Of privilege. and a magnitude OF
strength. aud magnitude OK holiness. and
n magnitude OF Joy. and the weakest saint
in glory become greater than all that We
can imagine OF an archangel.
La>tiy-and coming 20 this point my
mind almost breaks down under the con-
ten piation-hke the stars. all Christian
worSerS<hall shine in duration The same
stars THAI look down apon Us looked down
upon the Chaldean shepherds. The meteor
THAI saw flashing across the sky the other
night l wonder x i was not toe same ono
that pointed down 20 where Jesus lay In
the mancer. and II. having pointed out His
birthplace. X has even sincs been wander
lng through the heavens. watching 20 see
how the world would treat Hint When
( Adam a-Soke n the garden in the cool OF
/ the day, he saw coming out through the
+ dusk OF the evening the sane worlds that
erected Us last night.
/ In Independence Hall Il an old cracked
bell that sounded the signature otthe Dec
I sa-atfon OF Independence. You cannot ring
/ IL now. but this great chime OF silver bells
that strike IA the dome OF night ring ont
I - sweet q tone as when God swung them
~ the creation. Look Up az night and
. know that the white lilies that bloom IN al
/ the hanging gardens % our King are cen
/ fury plants-not blooming once in 100 years
: but through all the centuries. The star al
F which the mariner looks tonight was The
Z light BY which the SHIPS % Tarshish Were
+ guided across the Mediterranean and ths
? Venetian foundits way into Lepanto. Thei
I amor = n bright tonight a. when. II
ancient battle. the stars IN their course
fought against Sisera.
To the ancients the star were symbol
OF eternity. But here the fgure OF my tex
breaks d0wn-not in defeat. but IN ths
m8iesties % the judgment The star
shall not shine forever. The Bible say
they shall fall like autuunal leaves A
when the connecting fs,tory band slips a
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smaller wheels slacken their speed an
with slower and slower motion they tur
, until they come 10 full stop. 50 thi
great machinery Of the universe. whee
within wheel making revolution
appalling speed. shall. by the touc
/ OF Gods hand. slip the ban
Of present law and slscken AID stop. In'
4 what will be the matter with the noun
aims. The chariots in which they ride sha
h0lS so suddenly thai the kings shall
thrown out. Star after star shah be ca
rie9 oct 70 burial amid funeral torches
burning worlds. CONSULTATIONS shall thr0
ashes on their heads and all up and dow
the highways OF space there shall be mour
ing. mourning. mourning. because I
worlds are dead But the Christian wor
ers snail never quit their throncs-th
shall reign fcreyer and ever