Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-08-13
DR.. YALIlGgS sRRION.
sSssenc~ In Rsa~en.- the sutJecs-rbe
Mighty Import cf the Cessation De-
scrsecd In Revelsticns-Han Hours
whsch Have Determined Dcssintes.

need % IL. i am going where time shall |
Re no longer But IL seems from nv text ]
that heaven was AZ least once measured /
by an earthly tine-7iece.
The busiest place in the universe il \
he0vec. II = the center from which All 4
good Influences start Il t. the goal AZ /
which al good results arrive. The Bible |
represents u a. active. with wheels and /
wings Rnl crche>tras and professions. |
mounted 81 chArictet. But ny text ce- |
scribes a space When the wheels ceased 20 !
Toll and the truupcts 70 sound and the !
voices - chant. The riders o. the white |
horses refined IN their chargers The dox-
oloCies we're hushet AID the professions
hailed. The hand @ arrest was put upon
an orripcsent voice and Il S;opVed. For
thirty minutes everything ceicstisi stood
still There WAS silence - heaven FER
the space ~ bali an hour"
Prom al w can learn Il i The only time
heaven ever StoVDet. II dos not stop. a.
other cities. Tor the night. tor there i no
night there. Il does not stop Tor \ plague.
for tie i1hatitant never SAYS. 4 an
sick" IL does no; stop for tankrr ptcics.
for is Inhabitants never fail. Il does net
stop for impossible streets. for there are
no fallen SHOWS o. sweeping treshets-
What. then. stopped i fC- thirty minutes,
Grotirs and Professor stuart think {; Vas
AZ The time q the destruction 90 Jerusa-
len Mr. Lord thinks u was iu the year
ST.. near tie close - tie D.ocletian pcrSe-
cCtiCn and the beginning - The wA-s ~
which CorstArtiue gained TIE throne. But
that Vas AZ guess though q learned AID
triiiiaDt guess ] 10 nct Know when u
was ard GO not ca-- when Il was. bat q
tie fact that such an i-.tr-e-Duru % sound
took place l an certain There was
silence Il heaven to- the space q half a.
boar.
And e.: az AL. re -,ay lea-a that God
Ard al heaven then houorcl silence. The
fail power q silence many % q have yet
70 lean. We az tod that when Christ
VA G--1iSre5 he answered lot a word
That silence vas loader than any thunder
that ever shook the world. Outlines. when
We az aSSailet and uisrer presented. the
miChfiesf thing 20 say j. % say nothing.
and TIE EiEhticst thing 20 DO j. 10 do 2 9TH
fnc. ThCee people who AZ always rush
tnE into PRINT % set Themselves set right,
Aeon rlish nothing lut their own chagrll-
Slleac-i Do ri<ht and leave the results
win God Among The craodest lessons
the vCrlt las ever learned are the lessons
CT 7s-ie2re taught by those who endured
uncosrQ l2inlnGlv personal or domestic or
political injustice %. TIE rover 81
poet. ~as condemned 90 death for with =
something that offended the people. Al
the pleas II Lis behalf were q 20 avail, N
III ne brother uncovered tie arm u the
pri-onsr and showed that Is wrist had
teen sacrificed FOR ais co1ntry q; the battle
OF s4laris. That silent plea liberated
him TIE lo1orst thing OF earth u silence
II u be 90 the night kind and - the night
LA-l-. a AA8-LA NAA
spelled IL the cid style, once sung Il The
churctes-
The race l. oot forever g:
BY lin Who fastest r-us,
So- The Bate BY thos- peopel
TIA. shoe. WIKI the longest Gun
NJ Trends. TIE tossing sea % Gaiiie'
seemed more 70 offend C1riSt ~ the amour
q Do.se u made fer lie salt 70 e.. b
stlIIf" Heaven has been GROWING King
and Queens unto God Ter many centuries
yes heaven never STOPPED moment o.
any such occurrence. t1t u stopped thirr
minutes for the coronation % rleIce
.Ihe-- -As silence II heaven tcr i6e sqGc
q ha1 a. ho1r-"
Lam also fro-1 ~ text that heave
nust - ~ evert:1l and active place fro
the fact that u could Afford Only ttirt
minutes OF recess. There have been event
OF eA-1t and In heaven that seemed % &
EAnd whole day or whole week or who.
year for celestial confederation II Gr0tiG
was night and this silence occurred =; -
tine q the destruction q Jerusalem ths
scene vEs 80 awful and 20 prolonged TIA
the Inhabitants % heaven could not nav
done justice 20 IL IN many weeks Ate
fearful besiegene1t Of the two fort-esses
Jerusalem Antonio and Hippicus- IA
teen going On for = long while, Roma
soldier mounted On the shoulder % An0tk'
soldier hurried into the window Of the ten
pie = -1-r--~Se. aid TIE temple was q
anzne. and after covering many sacrl1cs
&c tie holiness Of God the building lt-e
became . sacriac% 10 the rage q Ian. T.
hunger OF the people IL that city durin
the beelegenelt was - great that
some outlaws were passing doorway al
tEszzlec the otcrs % food they burst ope
the door, Threatening the mother Of u
household With death unless sic cav
then sor.e food and she took then asit
and showed then that II was her own chi
she Was cooking FOR the CHASTITY rep4st. -
hundred priests we're destroyed OF I01i
Zen b@c2Ese, the temple being gone. the
Was nothing for them 20 DO SIX thousar
r-sopls II ore ciolster we're consume
There were ]. 100 .0Oe dead. according
yosephus Crott1s thinks lat this Was 9
eSu-e of silence Ia heaven for bali 81 hoJ
II M LORD vas right, and tnts silence "
during TIE DiocietiAD prosecutions,
which So 600 Christians suffered cea
frou sword and Ere, aad Punishment a.
exposure. why dld not heaven nst
Throughout 81 least one % tbose av'
ye2rss No Thirty minutes The fact
that the celestial programme II % crowd
With spectacle that Il can a1ord only o
recess II Ell eter1ify, and that for sb'
space whSBe tbere are great cooro1ses
which al heaven can Join, each s0ul th'
has story % divine merry peculiar 20
self aEd II must be . solo How can bess
9et .hrouxh gsth al it, solos VEL
al its rscft2tlres. With al Its c2ntat
with al its grand marches. With al lie '
toriesS Eternity - too short 70 utter
Kos OILY are all tie trianphs Of the p