Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-07-07
TAZEWELL DRUG CO.,
G.. I'll. Landon, Pharmacist.


blessings vouchsafed in Christ. With no
little solictude she gives to them beautl-
full and devout service in which they are
instructed to worship God in all reverence
and godly fear. For fear they might fall
int that human weakness which manltests
itself in clevating one truth and altogether
rnoring another, she carries them each
wear through the cycle of truth, thereby
storing the mind with the whole truth OF
God, and producing characters peculiarly
rounded. She, with loving tenderness,
places. from time to time, into their hands
the bread of life which Christ said unless
We eat We have no life in you, and whispers
into their souls these blessed words. "The
Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was
given for thee, preserve thy body and soul
unto everlasting life. Take and eat this IN
remembrance that Christ died for thee,
and feed on him in thy heart by faith. with
thanksgiving" And them "The Blood
of the Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed
for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto
everlasting life. Drink this i'll remem-
brance that Christ's blood was shed for
thee. and be thankful" When they stand
before the marriage altar and take those
VOWS whichar indissoluble, she bmds heart
toheartin service known for its beauty and
solemnlty the world over, and gives them a
form of prayer, which, in the new nome,
is most fitting to express the souls desires
to the Father, who is the river OF every
good and perfect gift. Wherever they
NAV be, she is there, wherever they may
go, she follows. If languishing on bed
of sickness she cares for them in the pro-
vision of a service most comforting. If far
from home on the briny and billowy deep,
she forgets them not. If incarcerated IN
some gloomy prison cell she is not ashamed
to own her hayward and erriug children,
but comes with words Of correction and
hope. When their last hour shall come,
fraught, may be, Sith pain, she is with
them, and consigns their souls to the GOD
who breathed into their nostrils the breath
of life and they became living souls. and
their bodies she accompanies to the city OF
the dead, and tenderly lays them away,
Cooking for the general resurrection In
the last day, and the life of the world to
come, through our Lord Jesus Christ"
She forgets them not even then, for III the
last great day, when there will be the final
review of life, she will present them to the
Father with these words: 'These are they
which have come out of great tribulatlon,
and have washed their robes and made
them white in the blood af the Lamb.
There are two poor, unlettered invalid
servants of God who are members OF st.
Johns church, Wytheville, one white and
the other colored Some four or five years
ago, with only prayer books in their hands,
they turned their thoughts to the Eplsco,,
pal Church, and in time were confirmed
by the bishop, who visited their lowly
homes for that purpose. Neither one ever
received any instruction by attending the
services conducted in the church, and
neither one has ever enjoyed the privilege
of worshipping God in company with the
many who find their way within her halls,
lowed walls. They have no idea how the
service is conducted in the church, and can
form no conception of the inspiration i'm
parted, yet the church, which is more than
a building, has not forgotten them. She
has made provision for the development of
their spiritual characters. They have
their Prayer Books by their sides, and in
their loneliness and pain, they can and do
worship God with the same fervor as those
who are go strong in body as to be able to
assemble within the church building. Ev-
cry Sunday morning they commune with
God in the beautiful and sweet service
provided by the church IF their choice.
They know all the Sundays from Adj
vent to the last Sunday in Trinity, and
gather from them, Sunday after Sunday,
the blessed truths so well calculated to
build up their spiritual lives, and give
them, in their seclusion, that comfort
which they sorely need. She will continue
ia her watchfulness over these her unfor-
tunate children until they come unto the
everlasting kingdom. She is just as faith
full in providing for them as if they were
SO strong and vigorous in body that they
could, of their own volition, seek that
place where He is wont to be worshipped.
They have learned to love their church.
Do you not think it is natural for all her
children to love her? Do you not think it
would be most ungrateful if they ever fail
in their devotion to her?
If all her children everywhere would
live as she tells them, SO close to the Saw
ior as to beliying epistles, known and read
of all men, the questions of which We have
been speaking tonight would be less fire.