Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-11-26

Know. and Il is "A crisis that God only csr
decide. Then there are those born fOt
some especial work. and their fitness
does not develop until quite late. When |
Philip Doddridge. whose sermons and Il
books have harvested uncounted soul /
gor glory began 20 study for the min 4
lstry DIR. Calamy. one OF the wtsest \
aud best men. advised hin 20 turn his /
thoughts TO some other work. Isaac Bar 4
row the eminent clergyman and Christian I
scientist-his books standard now. though /
be has been dead over 200 years-was the !
dfsheartenrnent OF his father. who used q /
say that if Il pleased God take any ot ht (
children away he hoped IL might be his sor
~aac. - some of tnosN VINO nave ncen
,haracterized for stupidity in ooyhood OF
,irlhood have turned ont the mightiest
lenefactors or beRefactresses OF the human
ace These things being 20 am not rigot
n saying that in many cases COO only
.n0ws what Is the most appropriate thinS
or you 90 do. and II - the one 10 ask
And let all parents and all schools and az
universities and all colleges recognize thiS.
md a large number 81 those who spen.
d cir best years ia stumbling about oEei
1csses aud occupation. now trying TINS ana
low trying that. and fatithg n All. won''
- able 20 60 ahead with a deantte. de-
,iIed and tremendous purpose. sayin6. 10
his end was I born"
But my subject now mounts into the
nom entOus. Let ma say that YOU are
made for usefulness and heaven.
[
lou 20 into a shop whore there is only
me wheel turning and that by work
mans foot on a treadie, and you say %
Yourself Here rs something good being
/ lone. yet on a small scale but ~ YOU -
nto a factory covering many acres and You
\ Ind thousands OF bands pulling Ou thou
I lands OF wheels and shuttles flying Rui
/ he whole scene hewildering with activi-
/ les, driven by water or steam or electro
/ oower YOU conclude that the factory wa
out up 20 do great work and on a vast
. scale Now. I look at you. and n l should
and that you bad only one faculty OF body.
. only one muscle. only one nerve, II you
/ could see bnt not hpar or could hear and
not see. II you had the use OF only one foot
or one hand, and, "a 20 your higher nature.
I Z YOU had only one mental faculty and YOU
/ had memory but no judgment or Judgment
5ut no will, and AZ you had a soul with
/ only one capacity. I would say not much
/ Il expected Of you. But stand up. . man.
and let mo look you squarely In the
Z facet Eyes capable OF seeing everything.
Ears capable OF hearing everything
Hands capable OF grasping everything
Minds with more wheels than any fac
tory ever turned, more power than any
Corliss engine ever moved. A soul that will
outlive all the universe except heaven, and
would Outllve all heaven ~ the life Of the
other immOrtals were a moment short a
the eternal. Now. what has the world 4
right TO expect of your What has God a
right 20 demand OF your God Is the great
est OF economists in the universe. and H'
makes nothing uselessly. and for what pur
pose did He build your body. mind and sou
as they are butit2 There are only two be
ings IN the universe who can answer tha
question. The angels do not know. Ih
schools do not know. Your kindred canno
certainly know. God knows. and you ough
( 10 know. factory running at an expcnsl
Of 500. 900 a year and turning out good
worth seventy cents a year would not b
such an incongruity as you. man, viii
sucl semi-inTinito equipment doing moth
, ing. or next 20 nothing in the way 90 use
fulnessi what shall / do;" you ask. NJ
, brethren. my slsteCs. do not ask me. As
God. There's some path OF Christian use
fulness open. II may be a rough path o
10 may be a smooth path. "A long path or
Z short path. lt may be on a mount OF con
: spicuity or in a valley unobserved but Il
: a path on which You can start with sue
. faith and such satisfaction and such Ger
, / tainty that you can cry out IN the face o
, earth and hell and heaven, ITO this end
, / was born.
You have examined the family Bible an
: I explored the family records, and you ma
/ have seen d8guerreotypes or some OF IA
/ kindred OF previous generations, you hGy
I had photographs taken OF what you wer
In boyhood or girlhood, and what you wer
. ten years later. and IL is very interesting {
. any one 10 be able 10 look back upon pix
I lures Of what he was ten or twenty 9
, thirty years ago. But have you ever had
= picture taken OF what you may be an
> what you will be II YOU seek after God an
, feel the spirits regenerating power, Whel
= shall / plant the camera 70 take the pi
? turef I plant IL on this platform. dire
: Il toward you. Sit still or stand still viii
Y take the picture. IL shalt be an instal
taneous picture. Therei l have IL. Ii
d done. You can see the picture Ia its la
: perfect state and get some idea OF what
3 / will be when thoroughly developed. The
: l. youy resurrected body. so brilliant tn
: the monday sun Is a patch OF midnig
n / compared with II. There IA your soul.
: pure that al the forces OF diabolism cOU
q not spot Il with an imperfection. The
l. Is your being. so mighty and 50 sw
n that flight from heaven TO Mercury
n Mars or Jupiter and back again 10 heav
J. would not weary you, and world on ca
A shoulder would not crush YOU An =
l. that shall never shed "A tear. An ener
l., that shall never feel a fatigue. bre
, that shall never throb with pain. You a
1, young again, though you died OF decrel
a rude. You are well again. though "
% : coughed or shivered yourself into the tom
e Your everyday associates are the apostl
ia / and prophets and martyrs. aud the m(
ir ! exalted souls. masculine and feminine.
; ali the centuries. The archangel 10 you
= embarrassment. God Himself your press
r and everlasting JOY. That Is an insta
u, taneous picture OF what you may. be a
lls what 1 am sure some OF you Will be.
ht II you realize that IL Is an imperfect p
ne ture my apology Is what the apostle 10
"a. said, 1T doth not yet appear what
ST. shall be-" To this end was / borl
SC II did not think so l would be oy
or whelUed with melancholy. The wo
NJ. does very well for little while. eigl
m or 100 or $50 years, and 4 think q
oI human longevity may yet be improN
". up TO that prolongatiOn. for now tn
IRE Is 50 little room between our cradle n
nj our grave we cannot accomplish mu
ne but who would want 10 dwell In