Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-03-12


sleeves Walk through cur fo1ndries. cur
machine shops. our mines. our factories
and yoa viii and thst most OF the tollers
have their coats on ana their sleeves
rolled up.
Isaiah saw that there must be q trenen-
dous smocnt % work done before this
world becomes what Il oush, 20 be, and be
foresees Il all accomplished and accom- h
plsshed by the Almighty: not as we orii- I
nsrliy think OF Him. but by the Almighty I
with the sleeve OF His robe rolled back 60
His shoulder.
Nothing more inpresses me IN the
Bfhle than the ease with which God does
most things. There Is such a reserve Of
power. He has more thunSerbclss than He
has ever flung: more light than he has ever
distributed; more blue than that with
which he has overarched the sky; more
green than that with which He has ener-
aided the grass; more crimson than that
With which lie has Furnished the sunsets.
say x with reverence-from all that can
see God has never hsif tried.
"Mv text makes q plain that the rectia-
cation ~ this world Is a stuPendous under
taking. Il takes more power 70 make this
world over again thar Il took 70 make IL az
first. A word was only necessary for the
first creation. bat FOR che new creation the
unsleevei and unhinderct forearm OF the
Almighty. The reason OF that can under
sand In the shiVySrds % Liverpool. or
GLASGOW New York crest vess ellis
constructed. TIE architect draws out tho
plan. the length % the beam. the capacity
- tonnage. the rotation Of wheel or screw.
the cabin the nasfs and all the appoint
ments % this great palace % the deep The
architect finishes his work without any
perpiexity. AMI the carpenters aud artisans
sol CA the craft 50 many hours = day. each
one doing hts part. until. with days dying
and thousands % people cheering on the
docks. the vessei j. launch Bat out on
the s-a thar vessel breaks her shaft aud is
linpin- slowly along toward hsro0r. when
Caribbean whiriwi11s. these mighty hunt
ers % the deep. looking out Tor prey %
ships. surround tlat wounded vessel AID
pitch 10 on : rocky coast. and she lifts AID
falls ia tie breakers uutA every joint IS
loose and every spar is down. aud every
wave sweeps over the hurricane deck as
she PARTS aniishio. wouid il not require
more skill an power 20 set that splinterci
vessels 0f the ROCKS and reconstruct u thar
i required originally TO build her? Aye.
"Ohr world. watch started out With all
TIE Tags % Eicuir foliage aud With the
chsnt % Para saicSl bowers has been six
" centuries pounding IN the skcrries % sin
and sorrow. and 20 -ct her out AMI on. and
20 Get her on the right way again, will r.
cuire more q o-nip otence than IL required
20 build her anl launch her. 50 ! 81 not
surprised that. though inths drydock OF
one word our world was made. tt viii take
the unsi-evei am Of God % ift her from
the rocks and put her on the right course
again. IL l. evident from my text, and It's
comparison With other texts. that Il would
not be 80 great al undertaking. 20 make
whole constellation % worlds. aud whole
EalzKr o. worlds and = whole astronomy
% worlds and swing them IN their right
orbits. IS % take This wounded world. This
stranded world this bankrupt world. this
destroyed world. and make Il IS eoOd as
whel Z started
''But have no time 70 specify the mani
fold evils that challenge Christianity. And
think I have seen IN some Christians and
from
some pulrits. tishesrsenue1t. as though
Christianity were 50 worsted that Il r.
hardly worth while 20 attempt 20 win this
world Of God. aud that ell Christian work
would collapse. sad that & Is TO use for you
% teach sSabhzth class 70 distributed tracts.
or cxhort ia prayer meeting. or preach In
pulpit. a. satan ts gaining ground.
TO rcouke that pessimisn. the Gospel OF
Sussh-up. 7 preach this sermon. showing
thai you are On tie winning side. Go
ahead Fight on What I want 20 make
olt today j. that or ammunition 4 not
exhausted; that al which has been ac-
coDplshed has been only the skirnishing
before tie great AruaGedGOn; that not
more than one % the thousand fountains
% beauty IN the Kings PARK has begun 20
play. that not more than one brigade O!
the lnnuDeraols hosts 20 De marshaled by
the Rider on the White Horse has yet taken
tho field. that what God has done yet has
been with arm folded IL fOEing robe bn;
thar the time u coming when he will Use
from LIS throne AID throw on that robe
AID come out OF the palaces Of etern.ty
aud come down tie stairs % heaven with
Eli-cOnquering step. aud h1it IA the pres
rnce Of expectAnt nations. Hu1 flashing
his ounisclrnt 49, across the work 70 ~
done wll put back the sleeve % ais right
arm 20 tie shoulder ard roll d mp there
and Tor tie worries nnAl and c0npiets
rescue maze bare al. Ais Ern- WAC car
doubt the result when according 20 ny
text Jehovah does his best; when the last
reserve force % Omnipotence takes th'
field; en- the las- sw0td % Eternal Might
lrzps from its s-Abo4rdi -
DO yol know what decided tbs battle
% SedArs The hills . thousand feet high
Eleven hundred cannon on the hills. Ar
tlllery on the heights OF GiyOnue. ans
twelve German batteries on the heights o
Ia N01cello. The Crown Prince 81 sax
ouy watched tie scene from tho height.
OF NARY. Bsswee1 d quarter 70 8 O'Clock
IN the morning and o'clock In the after
noon Of September ?. 1870. the hill
dropped the shells that shattered tbs
French host IL the valley. The Freucl
: Emperor and the "a. 900 81 his army cap
tOr~6 BY tue hllis. AZ the close OF thsi
battle o: Sedan the Emperor sat broken
Z hearted IN = poor wouan's cottage, an
1ben she said ia sympathy. 'WhAt can
60 for your be replied, Nothing. excep
not stare ~ me- sedan decided by ia,
bills. 80 n this conflict now raging 10
; tween holiness and Sin our eyes are unf'
the hills Down here "a the yalleys 0
earth We must be valiant soldiers Of tn