Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-26

attending 60 ordinary duty. and meeting
Ordinary Responsibilities
What the world wants Il q religion Tor
ordinary people. II there b In the bite
states u. bco. boo people. :here are certsin's
rot more than 600 900 extraordinary. and
then there are q. ooo. 600 ordinary. and ne 4
DO we'll TO turn our backs for q little while i
upon the distinguished and conspiccoo,
people Of the Bible and consider In our text 4
The seven ordinary. We spend too much 4
o. our tire IN twisting gSrisnds Tor remark /
shles. and brilding thrones for magnstes,
aud Scuipturing warriors. and apotneostr-
INK rhsianshropiSts. The rank and lie o.
the Lords soidiery need especial help.
The vast majority o; people viii never
lead an army. viii never write state Con-
s.itution. Will never eiectrify Senate. Will
never make IN important invention. viii
never decide the fate % a nation. Nsu do
not expect to- you 10 not want to lou
{ will not he Moses - lead a nation cut OF
bondage. You viii not De Joshua - pro-
\ ioaS TIE daylight until YOU can shut I'VE
I kings IN cavern. You viii net De = -.
John % unron an Apocalypse You vii
/ not be a Paul % preside over an spostoic
+ college You viii not be = Mary 20 mother
/ . ChrlSt. You viii more probably DO Asyn-
/ sritus or PhleEon. or Hernas. 81 PstrooSs.
+ or Hernss. Or fhtloio<os. or JuliS- q
Many - you 49, women ~ The hal -
/ hou~eholds Every morning YOU plan Tor
TIE aAv. The culinary depart nent % the
household j. your dominion. You decide
AL Questions % diet. All the sanitary
regulations % your house are under your
1 sitservfSinn. To rc-llate the food. and
tie anr,srei ara the hAhirs aud decide the
Thousand Questio1s % hone life T. TAX
/ unon brain aud nerve ant general health
absolutely appalling % there De no divine
T..sv vao v-ovias The fool % the world
decide the health 90 tne World You has
oniv 20 g on some Grand suit the ta<-
ems AMI hotels of the luite1 STATES am
+ Great Britain O. appreciate TIE Tact thAf .
. + Va. nrlfftu1e % the human race are
? f slaughtered ~ ilcor reteut cookery.
f ThcaEh 2 Young woman may have taken
, lessons in uCsic AID uay have taken les
.--s 81 rsi--fur alt lessons ia a-tr1lo nv.
, - i rot well educated unless shs has
taken lessons Ga tcngh. Ihey who decide
, ne s-parcl cTths world. ant the food q
7 tn world. decide TIE endurance q tie
. World.
Theu the-e ara all the ordinary business
! -~n. They n.et divine ani Christian help.
10 when We begin % talk about business lit'
~ shoot riclt - An1 talk about men Voo
= did business on large scale and VINO sold
= millions u dollars % goods year aud she
. va. majority 90 business men , not sell 4
Z rtilio1 dollars "a goods. nor hAlt uiliion
nor quarter % g million. nor tne eiCltt
- ra-r q = uilli0D. lLt al tne business mex
= - orr -iries towns villages and neg l-or
e hcots side by side. aud VOC Will hni tha'
they seil less than hundred thousand dol
= lar worth 90 goods Al tae-- men IL ~
- dfrz-r Ir-iceS- life yau- divine 1elr- lct
70 &C. how the wrinkles 2re printing or n
couutcnance the story 20 worriment an
~ a. You can not tell how old a b1~incs
~ nan 3 BY looking O. lin. Gray hslrs a
- thirty- 49,
4 80. Ter o. nary business uen. usen Nh
- arr hnrnessed frIn morn TIL night Ant =
T. tse dxys u ttel- iife-harncssed IA bus
49, ~,f Graz 30 tcse = 1o13reai hos
a sana. hat grace &C lose ten dollars y,
en -rars 20 supervise two hu1ured and m
"a emploves IN q factory. but grscs 70 s1Pe
- vise thu D. Oh kee-ser ana two -aiesrnrn n
- The snail boy thai sweeps out TIE sSor
- Grace 20 luv-ss not the eighty thoEsai
1ie dollars % net prolt- tut the tTenly-n
- hundred % clear gAip- such q Sr@ce
s4P thousands q business men have to-day
70 keerin< the-n Tranquil. whether goods =
! or do not sell whether customers pay
al DO not pay. whether tkri1 Is up or tArl1
n down whet-er the crops are luxuriant
. dead fAuure-cAlm In ali cirrumssanc
" and amid al viclssltuccs. That i I
II II kind % grace We want
no Thea there are all the ordinary tArrnel
nc We talk about Agricultural life. and We 4
- uediAteiy shoot o. 70 talk about Cine
untus the pAfricia1. Who went from
ase rlow 20 = high position. and after he
thro-=h the Dictatorship. in tSenty-c
- days. vent back again 70 the ploT- w
nc encouragement = thAt 70 ordinary Tar
4te- ersY TIE vast majority CT theU--none
then ufu be pAtrleiAns Perhaps none
q / them viii be Senators. II any Of them ~
cicfAtorships e viii De over forty or
or hundred acres or tie OLD Apl-c--r
What these men want Is grace. 20 X
thei- patience while blowing with Ia
oxen. and 20 keep" cheerful AMID
,Ieh dr0uth that destroys the corn crop,
-. that enAhlcs them 20 restore the gar
. a. TIE dav after the neighbor's cattle b
-. broken In and tranpled out the strawoe
- ~ bed and gone through the Lim4-o
anH / patch. and eaten mp the sweet corn n >
.-ths la--e quantities that they must be !
xerv from the water l~>t they swell up and
Grace IN catching weather that enA
"a n then without tnprccstiOn. 10 spread
= On ! the hay TIE third time. although Ak
,Irr- I aud again. and again. IL has been ala
Iow- . ready Tor the nov A grace 20 doctor
ex-n + COW with hollosg horn, and the sheep '
the foot rot and the horse With the
robn / ternpe and 20 compel the unwilling a
.ro-r 20 Weld q livelihood for the family.
vtth I schooling for the children and little 81
IN. 81 20 help the older boy ia business, and 81
thfos Tor the daughters wedding o.
- I and little s1rplGs Tor the time Whea
ankles will get stii with age. and
r--a breath Will be q little short. and
- swinging u the cradle through the bit
- vest Geld will bring on the old man >
-. ti<o. Better close up about Ctncinna
!. -, ! Know ave hundred farmers just a. .
!. 80 az he VA. What they want = 60
THAI they have the friendship Of that &
rho often dreg His Smiles from the