Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-17

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SuA9>e<: ~Laeess Miner cherd'-rrs.ss sra
rrfbs,ssSope Are Necessary FOR the
Proper Development cf Chsrscter-
Mans Compensation For Suffering.
Txxr- "r VII. open nv dark sayIng upon
the harp. Psalm Xix. 4.
me world Il full OF the snexpiicabie. the
fDpaS>ahla. the unfathouabie, the fnsur-
uoonsnelc. We cannot 60 three steps In
any circction without coming M against q
hSrd wall OF mystery. riddles. paradoxes,
profcndiste~. fsbyrinths: problems that we
cannot sHlve, hieroglvphics thst'we cennot
oeclpher. ansCrsns We cannot spell out.
sfhtaxes that VIII not speak For that
reason David In nv text proposed 70 take
np some Of these somher and dark things
and try 90 SET them to sweet music Il
val open my DARK savings on a harp,
50 look OF upon society and ind people
and they dc not know what a means. aud
they have RIGHT 70 ask. Why Is this2 Why
IA tha.s and think I viii be doing a good
work ~ trying 20 explain some Of these
strange things and make voc more content
with your Tot. aud shall Only be answer
Ing QcestloDs thar have often been asked
: ne. OF that we have ali asked ourselves
while try 20 set these mysteries 10 music
and open nv dark savings on a harp.
Interrogation the FIRST Why does God
. take ont q this world those VINO are USE
ful aod whom We cannot spare and leave
slivc sn3 A good health 50 many who are
4 1
4 would hecia with the very toughest 81 all
. the seeming inscrutaoles- Many 81 the
most usefrl men AID women die at thirty
i CT forty years o. ace. while You often ind
/ useless people alive AZ sixty and seventy
sn6 eiChtv- Joha Careless wrote 70 Brad
lord. Who vas soon % be nut 70 .eRth .
4 slying- why doth God 50 Ter me and such
1 other caterrillars 20 live. that can do
nothing hut consume the aims Of the
/ church. and take away 50 many
worthy workmen In the Lords vine
{ vsrdf' similar questions are often.
4 asked Here are two men. The one T. a
4 noble character and Christian man
/ He chooses Tor q lifetime cen naufnn one
Who has been tsaaerlv reared. ana she
( - worthy % him ard he T. worthy OF her
( A. merchant or farmer or professional man
/ or mechanic or artist he tolls 20 educate
/ aud rear his children. He is succeeding
( cut Ia has not vet established for his family
q ful competency. re seems Indispensable
/ 20 thEt household: but one dav. before BE
has paid OF the mort gage on his house. be
- coming home throlE1 n strong north
I szst uind aud chil strikes through
, aim. and four days OF pneumonia e. q
I his earthly career. and the wife and
4 children 70 into struggle fo- shelter
sld food. His next door neiEhbor Is q
/ nan who thorza strong and well. lets his
4 wife support hin he Is around az the
/ grocery store or some general ioaanc place
IN the evenings while his wife sews. His
( bows are initiating his example. and lounte
. - LN4-
usa1 Il In thai house IS 20 rave because the
I ,oree Il cold when he comes 20 q late
cre1kfas:. or 20 say cutting things about
his wife's looks when he furnishes nothing
Tor her wardrobe. The best thing that
ccCid haQpcn 20 that family would be that
MAS funeral. but he declines 20 die He
lives on and On and On. SO - have all
Noticed that many o. the useful are early
rut OF. While the parasites have great vital
tenacitv.
I take sp this dark saying on my harp
sri give three or four thruns on the sizing
In the way % surnisinS and hopeful guess.
Ferhn7s the useful Kan vas taken out o,
1890 rrrsrId he~susa h 4nd his family were
80 constrocte3 that they eould net havs
enonret some great prosperity that rnlrhi
ezre been iuEt ahead, and they altocef h.s,
snight have gone dowa IN the vortex OF
rorldiiness which every year Swallows ur
he Vas humble AID consecrated. and they
( were ~ the seventies o. life kept close a
Christ AMI lifted for usefulness here and
tigh seats IA heaven. and when they NEE,
~ last before the throne they VIII &C.
EnoEle1se that. though the furnace
was bot. u puriaed them and pre-
4 pared then for an eternal career o,
glory and reward fcx which no other kind
+ % life co1id have n,tc1 them On the
other had. me useless man lived on 20
dry OF sixty or seventy years because all
the ease he ever can have be must have IN
this world. a11 you ought lot, Therefore
begrudge him his earthly longevity. In
al the age there has not a slagle ioEfei
ever catered heaven There is no place fol
AIN there 70 hang aro1nd; not even in th'
tezples, for they are foil OF vigorous
alert aat r4pturO1s worship II the good
And useful 20 early, rejoice for then tha
, they have 80 soon got through with hu.nai
life which ~ best IL q struggle. And Z
the useless AID the had stay, rejOIcs thn
they =ay be cut An the worlds fresh alr ,
gcod many years before their final inezr
cer1tioa.
Interrogation the second Why do good
people have 80 much trouble. sickness
bankruptcy. persecution. the three blacl
vpltures EOIetfDes putting thefr herc
beAks into one SCI 81 tangled nerves.
think row % q good friend cnce had. n
: was q consented Christian man. an eide
N tie church. and as polished q Christlai
gentleman as ever walked Broadway. Firs
bis general health gave out and he hob0le.
around On cane. al old nan az fCrry
After awhile paralysis stfuck hiu. HavInl
~ poor health been compelled suddenly {
. our business, be lost what property
\ hAd- Then his beautiful daughter died
! then q son became hopelessly deDenge1
r A1otber son. spienGid o. mind and con
r1zndlng % presence, resolved that b
~oold take care o; his fathers household
but nncer the swooo % yellow fever a
FerDaoclEs. Pa. be suddenly expired. :
o ycu know good nen aa1 women who hsr
= had enough froubles. You think. 20 crus
city pe0ple- No worldly philosophy coai
. take s1en q tr01o2e AMI set Il 20 music, q
: piay Il on Viola or ante. bar I dare 90 ope
that dark s&ying On a gospel harp
!, You Wen1er taAt very consecreted Poop
have troubies Dtd yOu ever know an
> very c-nseerafed nan or woman who IA
got had gseat troE0ies Severl IL va
!. thr0ugh thelr troubles ssneti1sd that the
we're = x1e very good. II you nnd al,
!. ( where IN this city q man who has nov. an
always has had. perfect health, AID nevs