Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-06-04

death are. will ncs ask YOU. 1 will ask
snoss VINO have BEEN within month OF
death. or n minute Of death. They stand
80 near the features. they can tell.
They give unanimous testimony. IL they
are Christian people. that death. instead
thousands Of Christians who have been
carried through the gates Of the cemetery.
gather up their dying experiences. aud you
will nnc they nearly all bordere1 on a
iuoiiate- How often you have seen dy-
ing man Join in the psalm being sung
around his bedside. the middle Of the verse
opening 10 let his ransomei spirit free
long after the Hrs could not speak, he
looking and pointing upward.
Some cf you talk as though God had ex-
haus,ed Himself in building this world.
and that all the rich curtains He ever made
He hung around this planet. aud all the
flowers He ever grew He has woven into
the carpet Of our daisied meadows. No.
This world T. not the best thing God can
do; this world IS not the best thing that
God has done
One week Of our year i called blossom
week-called 80 al through the land be-
cause there are more blossoms IN that
week than IN any other week 81 the year.
Blossom week And that e wha. the future
world Is 10 which the Christian Is Invited
blossom week forever. Il = as FAR ahead
- this world as Paradise is ahead 81 Dry
rortugas. and YET here We stand trembling
and fearing 70 - out. and we want % stay
on the dry sand. and amid the stormy
Yetrels. when va are invited 70 arbors OF
iessamine. AMI birds % paradise.
One season I had two springtincs.
went 70 New Orleans In April. and marked
the differences tetNee going toward New
Orleans and then coming back A. I went
on down toward New Orleans. the verdure.
the foliage became thicker and more
! beautiful. Whea came back. the further
I came toward home the less the foliage.
and less IL became until there vac hardly
a. d.
tio1 IN which ycu travel. II q spirit from
heaven should come toward cur world. he
T. travelling from June toward Deceuher
from radiance toward darkness. from hang
inC gardens toward icebrrcs- Ani one
would not he very much surprised %
Sririt % Got ~-1t forth from heaven TO-
ward our wr-.i should be s4rv 20 come.
But how strange lt - that We dread going
cut toward taa- world when COINS IS trou
December toward June-trrr trr snow ot
earthly storm 2 the snow 20 r te1ir hlo~-
sou-trou the ar-tics 20 trortle toward the
tropics % eternal lov.
Oh. what aa ADO about dying We cet 50
attached g. -he -alarilI marsh ir wlirn
we live that we ara afraid - - uQ ana
live on the hilltop. We ara alarmed hs-
cause vacatirl j. coming. Ee~t programme
+ o. celestial r.il~-rel- aut halle. flh uo iu-
tuceueut Lex Us stav here and keep ic-
rorant and sinful and weak. DO not in-
trotucc Is O. Elijah. ana John Milton ana
+ BourdAIcne. Keep our Feet on the sharp
i cohhlestone- 20 earth instead &C planting
/ them on the bank 20 amaranth DE- heaven.
f Give Us this small Island 90 q ieQr0us world
I Instead % the iumen@itie- 90 ~rienior ana
I delight. Keep oar hands full 90 ncttle-.
. and our shoulder under the burden. AMI
[ our neck in che yoke. and hoQqle- ou olr
T ankles. an handouts on our wrists
+ Dear Lord. we seen % say. keep u-
down here where we have 90 suffer. instead
4 ~ letting us lp where we mi<l. Ave ana
1 reign and r.. lice.
We are ike persons standing on tho cola
r steps % the national picture gallery in
+ London. under Inrella IN tn- rain. afraid
( 20 20 ia amit the Turner'S and tL- Iitlans
and the Raphaeis. ] cone q them and
say. -&hy don't you 20 inside the sal
I ierys" "Oh. b" they say. we lont know
4 whether We can get In" I say ID ou't
4 you Sea the door IT, open Yes they
say. but we have been SD long on tlcss
cold steps. We are 50 attached q them VIZ
f don Ike 90 leave. "B But. I saw. ''lt o.
much brighter and more beautiful in tho
gallery. YOU had better g. Do. NO.
tley say. we know exactly how 10 g. 0ur
her. tut We don't know exactly how u u.s.
Inside
- We stick 20 this world as though We
rreierf-1 cold drizzle % warm hatitatl0r .
1iscort g. cantata. sarScloth q royal pun
pleas though we rrrterre- "a plano with
four ~ ave % the keys olt % tunr O. an ia
struuent fuIv attuIei-as though earth
sni heaven had exchanged apparel. ant
earth had taken GA bridal array aut
heaven had gone INFO deep mourning. an
it, waters stAgnant. all is LArQS broken.
B. all claA-es cracked az the dry wells. NJ!
the lawns sl0ping - the river flowei with
graves with dead angels under tAe ilrrow.
! am amazed az myself ana az yourself
f1r thi- ilfatuatlon under which We AL
rest. Men you would suppose would 80
I frightened az having 20 stay in This world
Instead 20 getting frightened ~ having 70
g toward heaven. This would s. a. tricA
- .nc as 20 any living man. but con-rat-
ulate anybody who has riSht % Die. b.
that ! mean through sickness YOU cannot
Ave-t. rr through accident YOU cannot
av0lt-your work cousummAtei. "Wlere
did they bury LLyf" said one little child
% another. "Oh.' she replied. they
buried her Ia the ground. -'W1-' in the
cold gro1uds' "Oh. no. no. not 10 the cold
ground. but IL the warm ground. where
ugly seeds become beautiful nOwers.
But says some one. III pains ne 50
much % -hink thar I must lose the body
With which my soul has 20 loDg com pan.
Toned You do not lose il. You no mOrs
lose your body BY death than YOU lose your
watch when you send IL 70 have u reTGirc-
( or your jewel when you send 10 70 have u
reset. OF the faded picture when you SEM
/ IL 20 have Il touched up. Orthe pho.cgrap "a
% a friend when you have Il put 10 new
I iOcket You DO not lose your body. Pau
+ viii g 10 Rome 20 get his, PaysOn Will *
/ 20 Portland 20 get his President Edward.
( will 20 70 Princeton 70 get his. GeOrg'
I Goodman will go 20 the bottom OF the At
lantic 70 get his and ws will 20 20 the VII