Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-06-25


TIKI: .send Thee help from the sane
tusry. Psalm 20. q
II YOU should ask city different men
WIS, the church Is. they would give you
fifty different answers. One man woald
say. 1t il a convention OF hypocrites."
Another. IT as IN assembly Of people
who feel themselves a great deal better
than Others" Another. 1T is place for
gossip. where wolverine dispositions de-
vCur each other" Another. IL Il a place
FOR the cultivation 81 superstition and
can't" Another. 1t Is an arsenal where
and Another. 1t i an art gallery.
whzpnen 80 10 admire grand articles.
>exQuisite frcsco and musical works.
i1nd the pantcsQue in gloomy imagery"
Another man would saw. 1t Is the best
place on earth except nv own home" IL
l forget thee. q Jerusalem. let nv right
hand forge; Der cunning"
Now. whatever the church IS. ny text
tells you what Il ought TO be. q great.
practical. honely. omnipotent help. send
thee help from the SANCTUARY" The rev
ought 70 Yield reSffulness for the body
The color OF the upholstery ought 20 yield
pleasure 70 the eye The entire service
ought 70 yield strength for the toll and
struggle Of everyday life. The sab
hath ought 70 he harneSsed 10 all
the six DAYS o. the week. drawing them
IN The right direction The church
ought 10 be a magnet, visibly and
the worshiHers- Every msn gets roughly
!cstled. gets abused. lets cut gets in
suited. cets sighted. gets exasperRted.
BY the time the sabbath comes he has an
accumulation q six DAYS az annoyance.
and t1at = a starvellnC church service
which has not strength enough 20 take
that accuD ulatec annoyance and hurl %
into pertition- The business man sits
down In church hsadachy from the weeks
engagements. PerhRps ne wishes he had
a ~ hHr -
newspapers and the slipper That man
wants - be cooled OF. and rraciouslv d.
vertct- The frst wave ~ the religious ser
vice ought 20 dash clear over the hurricane
decks. and leGve bin dripping with holy
and glad and heavenly emotion. send
thee help from the sanctuary"
IN the first place. sanctuary help ought
&C cone from the music. woman diving
II Encland persisted IA inEinc 20 the Jas,
moment. The attendants tired % per
suEte her % stop. saying 70 would exhaust
her and make her disease worse. She an
swered. 4 must sing. am Cnly QracticlBC
for the heavenly choir. Music or earth j.
= rehearsal Tor music ir heaven.
But an not speaking % the next world.
sabbath song ought 20 set all the week 70
music We want Z q more harmony not
more artistic expression. hut more vciurr e
II Cur church music. The English dissent
iE- churches Tar surpass our American
Clurr hes IN this respect. An English au-
dieEce % one thousand people Will give
mere volume - sacred song than Al
American audience ~ two thousand peO-
pie ! Go not know what the reason L.
on. vCu ouEh; 20 have heard them sing in
Surrey chapel ! had the opportunity Of
preaching the anniversEry-I think the
EiDetieth aDuiverSary-sermon in Row
land HITS old cLApci. and when they
lifted their voices IN sacred song II was
simply overwhelming. and then. IN the
evening % the same day. In Agricultural
Hall. many thousand voices lifted ia dox-
olcCy. IL vls ike the voice % many
waters. and ike the voice % many thun-
cednEs. and like the voice q heaven.
We bear a great deal 90 the an 90 sing
Ing. O.. music a. an entertainment. q music
a. \ recreation IL is high time We heard
something % music as q help. q practical
help. l. order 20 90 this we must have
clly a few hymns. New tunes and new
hymns every sunday make poor coDgreca a.
tcral singing flfty hymns ure enough
g.. Airy year, The Episcopal Church
T-ays tte sane prayers every sabbath. and
year afte- year. and century after century.
For that -rarol they have the hearty r.
ErC--es- Let u take Lint irou that fact.
and - Es sing the sane songs sabbath
airer sabbath Only in that way we CONE
% tle fell force ~ the exercise
Again ! remark. that sanctuary help
ought % come from the sermon. or a
thousand PEOPLE ID any audience. how
UaDr want sympathetic hely, Do Won
guess a hundred, DO YOU gue-s I've hun
cre1f You have guessed wrong. I viii
tel yea just the proportion. Out q q
thousand people IL an Evidence there ar
Just ole thousand who need syurarherlr
help Il=se young people want x Just as
much a. TIE old. The old people SCI le.
Vines seem g thirk they have q monopoly
Of the rheuDatls % and the u-ural,ias. and
the headaches. AID the physical disorder.
Cft1e world. tut ] tell sou there are r.
wore heartaches than aye felt ~ some O.
The young people. ! have noticed amons
al glasses % men that some Cft1e seVere-t
battles AID the Toughest work cone De-
fore thirty. Therefore. we must have OF
sermons aud our CELEBRATIONS IL Vraye
meeting al syUparhesic With the young
And - w.tl these people further On "a life
What Do these doctors AID lawyers an
merchants and mechanics care about "a.
distractions q religion What they van
4 help 90 bar the WElusicalltie- q patients
tie trow-besti1g q legal opponents ~
LNfalrles- q customers who haze IlcLf'
- faut Arllug Tor every lw perfection 81
haDgiNCrEs b2t 10 praise fos twenty exec.
4errl-f
" lile ali 70 a sermon ray rCt Re heirfs
alike 70 al. u u b- CHRISTIAN sermon
preached - a Christian nar. there viii p.
oelr .or every one somewhere. We 20 f-
20 a. arfot 1rcarvs store Me see af hs--
being waited On. We 30 rot complain 10
cauer ne Co not Immediately cet tie ue.lf
cine ~ EcDw cur tlrn sill cone after
While AID ~ while al Yarts - a serar.ot
may 30. te arprO--iafe 20 our ease. 10 u
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