Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-24

TIKI. "The Lord shut hin in."-Geaesis
sii-, Is.
Ccsmorony has no more Interesting
chapter than the enc which spesSs OF that
catastrophe OF The age. the sueuersion o:
our world in time OF Noah. the first ship
carpenter. Many O. the nations who never
saw Bible have iced storv--Egyptian
Hood story. Grccisn food story. OF which \
story. New Zealand food story. Chinese
rce6 story. American Indian nood story
All 90 which accounts agree In the immer-
sion % the continents under universal I
rains, and that there Vas ship floating. \
with select few Of the human family and i
with specimens % geological and O-Dith0- /
logical and reptiiisn worlds. although l I
could have wished That these last had been /
shut out % the ARK and drowned.
All OF these fooS stories represent the /
shiD thus Rfcst ne rnaliy stranded on a /
mountain tor. Hugh Miller. in his TEST /
rnony Of thc Rocks" thinks that al these /
food stories were tnfrn traditions % the |
Biblical account. and believe him. The |
worst THUS about that great freshet was /
that a struck Noah's Great Eastern from
above and beneath. The seas broke the
chain 81 shells and crystal and rolled over
the land. and tho heavens opened their
/ clouds for falling columns OF water which
1 -oAret and thundesed on the roof OF the
/ great ship for month and ten days
| There was one door 20 the ship, eut there
/ were three parts 20 the door, one part for
| each OF three stories. The Bible account
says nothing about parts Of the door be-
longing TO Two % the stories. and Do
( not know on which Goor Noah and HIS
/ family voyaSed. but my tsSt tells - that
] the part OF the door OF that particular 4 Dor
on which Noah stayed was closed after he
had entered The Lord shut him tn 50
there are many people nov in the world
uho are ss thoroughly shut in, some nv
sickness. some - old axe. some by special
duties that viii not allow them 20 80 forth,
some surrounied by deluces OF misior-
/ "A
thfss are aroused. and from them 1 ofte..
receive messages. and this sermon. VIII p j.
hope nav 10 good a. others. "a NJ
! pccially intended Tor then TOD, 80 49, ).
dress the shut in. ~The Lord snrt nlla 10
The world has no statistic as - the
number % invAiids- The p1s si-l.Ls l N.-sr
something Bhort 81. Ard tnr Al
and the pastors. bat no can tell os me
---,se- - hfs-a s,-.s. AMI deaf eE-s. ard
/ fsis.asAs lun,-S -4d conCestet livers. and
: ianrl.a ne---s. and neuralgic temples. and
rheu mati- feet- or now many zoos ~ 80 80,
this -u-, Ming because they had no appetite
I - - or digestive organs 20 assiuiilte. or
he lungs - delicate they cannot so
forth when the wind Is la the east. or there
= csDQness on The gronnd OF psvern e.t
/ because cfthe frost coming cutf II would
he easy 20 count the people who every day
/ 70 through street. or the number 81
passengers carried By a railroad company
II . year. OF the number 81 those who Gross
I TIE ocean IL ships. but who can give C. the
statistics Of TIE great multitude who are
I shut tns ] call the attention % AL such &c
I i their superior opportunities % doing good
Those Of Us who are well aud can SO
clearly. and hear distinctly. and p&rtaSe
OF food Of al sorts. ana questions OF diges-
ti0u never occur 20 rs. and We can Waa'
the EnowbAnks and take az equinox In on
faces. aud endure the Thermometer AZ zero
and every breath o. air T. tonic aud
p stimulus AID souni sleep meets rs within
D. Eve ulnrtes after cur head to1ches the pii
= low, do not make 10 rnuch o. AZ tnpressio
= when We talk about the consolAtions 81 reii
Sio1- ne world says rigAt away Il gces
re thai nan mistakes buoyancg CT naturr
/ ! spirits Tor religion. What does h Eno'
~ about ~ he has never been tried Blu
when one goes out and reports % the worl
D that that morning on his way 20 bushes
d he called 20 see yos-and f0znd you. afre
y being kept In your room for two months
, cheerful and hopeful. and that you bad no
= one wore q complaint. and asked al aoou
ie everybody. and rej diced ga tbs success
= % yCur business friends, although YOU
oEn k.Z-siDess had alraCst cone 20 stand
stiil through year absence from store o
-r ctace or shop. and thar You sent your iov
70 20 al your otd frienls. aud told them tina
- ~ To1 did not meet then again IN tbi
world you hoped 20 u-eee them In dominion
& eer1r1 bic. with a qgier word q advice !ror
ycu % the man who carried t-e Tnessag
te about the importance % bis rot neelectin
=. his Owl soul. but through Christ seeEir
= rc1e-EiL- better than tlis world coul
ae give him-why. al the business men In "A
"
- rsilcionI-' And The clerks get hold % %
story ard talk Il over. - that tn- weighs
=. AID cooper and hickman standing on a
is' doorstep say THAT Is splendid Nov
=. sbst Is what cali rsiigioal'
No doubt while on that voyage Soa
- aud his three sons and ala the four la1is
z of TIE nnte1iluvian world often thought
& The bright hillSices aud the green FIELD
= where they had walked and q the hOU'
2 where they hediiFed- They Rad had man
q vears cf eruerteuces Noah Wa GO yea,
Q old AZ the tine % this convgisiOo q Eatur
2 he had seen COO springtlmes. Go summer
z coo eut2un1. coo winters. We are "a
q told how Old bis wife was a. this wres
. % earth and sky. The Bible tells the ~
. - o. great many men, bat only once gives
q wouan's age. Al one tine y gives Adam
q axe as 80 years aod Jarsd's age az !
= wears znd Eroch's age as SIS yesrs, and I
a up and down the Bible IL gives the age
q neD. bat does not give the age OF vome
= Why because, j suppose. women's a.
= IS none Of our business Bat al the m'
- and woEsen that tossed In that orient
- craft had lived lo1g enough 70 renei
- Der q great snany ~ the Eercies al
- kin3nesses q God. and they cccld q
- blot cut, and think they had no dispo
- tion 70 blot Cut. The memory % those brilsf
- nessss. though nov they were shut
- Neither shonlc the shot 10 o. Our time Z
- get the blessings q the past. Have y
y been bifDd fcr ten years. Thank God
- TIE tine whe8 Tog saw - clearly a. any
- ! a. can Sc and Lex the pageant % all I
y / radiant iarfseapes an1 flumined 81
- wbich gou ever icoke1 upon kindle 20
- "a pfEr0us gratitude. / &c not So Rap pa.
- ~Entonns a San Slseo' IN the picture 2
- lery % DFes1sn, nor k1bens ID esc'
y Prom the Cross" a. Artwerp. nor Mich
- AAgelo's List Ja8gmeUt" on the ceii.ng
= the Vatican nor 81. sophia az Const'
- tlnocle. nor the Parfhenon on
90 Acropolis, nor tbs ksl nanai Of Ind