Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-07-22

latter implies at least attention. While /
The former implies the udifcreucc OF +
the hcarerS and the stupidity Of the
speaker.
In old APE. or from physical infi-in-
itv. or from long watching with the
sick. droWSip.ss viii sonnet Mes over
power one. but when a minister OF she
Gospei looks or upon ON audience and
finds healthy and intelligent people
strug1 lag v.th drowsincse 70 ie tiuc
FOR him tc give out thc doxoloCv or
pronounce The bencdictiou. The great
fault OF church services today IS not
too much fitacity. uut roo much SOM
1olcncc. The one Is am irritating gnat
that may be easily strained out. tho
othcr is great slravliuC and sleepy
eyed camel Of fhc dry desert. ln AN our
Sabbath schools. I'm au our Bible
classes. In al our pulpits. we need "a
brighten up oar religious message With
such Chrisilike yi,acity as ,e ind in
tho tcVt
Oh. how particular n great many pco-
Pc are about thc infritesimals while
they are quite reckless about the magni-
tades. What did Christ say2 Did lie
were so careful TO wash their hands be-
fore meal. bat did not wash their
hearts? It is n Dad thirg to have un-
clean hands. ~ Is a. worse thing to have
arr unrleau hvart. Hos. manv people
there are in our time who are worry au>.-
ious that after their death thct ~haN hc
buried vith their faces toward the east
and not at an auxious that during their
whole life they should face in the right
direction. $50 that they shall come MP in
the resurrection OF tho just. whichever
way they are hrricd. How many there
are chiefly anxious that a minister OF
thc Gospel shall come I'm the hnc o.
apostolic succession. not caring so
much whether hc comes from APOSTLE
Paul or Apostle Judas. They have a
WAY of measuring a gnat until IL is
larger than "a camel.
Again. nay subject photographs all
F those who are ahhorrcnt OF small sins
while they are reckless in regard TO
magnificent rhcfts. You VIII find
many a merchant who. while he IS 30
careful that he would not take "a yard
cot cloth or "a spool OF cotton from the
counter without paying for 30. aud who.
II bank cashier should make mistake
and send IN a roll of bills Eve dollars too
much. would dispatch a messenger ia
hot haste 90 return the surplus. set W DO
viii go into q stock company. in which
after awhile he gets control OF th,
stock. and then waters the stock and
makes 100000 appear like $500. 600
lie only stole SiOoocO by the operation
Many OF the men of fortune made their
wealth in that way.
One of those men engaged in such un
righteous acts that evening. the evening
OF the very day when hc watcrcd ia,
stock. will find wharf rat stealing
,lsily paper from the basement doorway
and will 20 out and catch the urchiu %,
the collar and twist the collar SO tightly
the poor fellow has no power 90 say tha
il was thirst for knowledge that led hin
10 the dishonest act. but grip the colla
tighter and tighter. saying: "I hav
been looking for you a long while. Nol
stole my paper FOUR or five times
haven't You. YOU miserable wretch !
And then the old stool, gambler. with
voice they can hear three blocks. wil
cry out; Police. police," That sam
iaan the evening Of the day ia which II
watered the stock viii kneel with hi
family in prayers and thank cod for IA
prosperity of the day. then kiss his chi
dren good night with an air whic
seems 10 say: Il hope YOU ail viii gro'
up 90 be as good as your father" Pri.
ons for sins insectilc Ina size. but palace
FOR crimes dromedarian. No mercy fo
sins animalculein proportion. but grea
!. leniency for mastodon iniQuity. A poe
q boy siyiy takes from the basket of
market woman choke pear-savin
some one else from the cholcra-an
YOU smother him in the horrible a
! mosphere of Raymond street Jail
Z New York tOmbs. while his cousin. WI
: has been skiliful enough TO steal 5000
" from the city. YOU make a candidate +,
the state legislature.
y There is a good deal OF uneasine
y and nervousness now among some pc
= pie in. our time who have GOT unrigh
> eous fortunes-a great deal of uneas
u ness about dynamite. ] tell them thi
God VIII put under their unrighteo'
fortunes essomething more explosive this
i dynamlte-the earthquake OF His OF
2 nipoten; Indignation. IL is time tn
p we learn in America that sin is not g
e cuSable in proportion as IL deciar
y large dividends and has outriders
a. equipage Many a man is riding 10 pc
T. dition. position ahead and laclsey b
l. hind. 20 steal one copy of nevsp