Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-04-22

Then they were dashed down 90 ~
death. Oh. hoV much others have en- ~
Cured for Christ and how little we en- "
lure for Christ We want 90 ride O. n
Heaven in a Pullman sleeping car. ou- So
feet on soft plush. the bed made u1 | q
carly. 50 we ran sleep an the way. The a
black porter of death 20 wake us uI o.
only in time GO enter the golden city q
we want al the surgeons 20 tx our D
hand up. Let them bring on all The lint p
and III the banda res and ali the salve. @
for our hand is hurt. while Eleazar does O
not know his hand Is hurt. His hand I
clave unto the sword"
As look 40 Elcazar's hand ! come 20
the conclusion that he has done a great 4
doal OF hard hitting. I am not SUIT
ariscd when 7 see that these four men
-Flcazar and his three companions
drove back the army OF Phihstincs-
that Eleagar's sword clave 20 his hand.
for every tn-c ne struck an enemy vita
one enl o. tae sword tAe other end
n the avor .N,oaroel h.rl.
Oh. we haze fourl $50 cn ,rnv who cam.
not be conquered ny rose'' atrr and -.'t
speeches. 10 must hc sharp stroke and
straight thrust. There i. intrwpcr-
an,c. and thcre IS fraud. and There ~
ratrbInc aul There is last. and thcsc I
.rc 10000 battalons of iniqWty /
armed plilstne iuiQuity. How are /
they to be- captured and otcrthrown I
soft sermons iu murorco cases iald
tovn in front of an cNltr - audience
,,iIl not do DO. Noa have got 90 call
thing oy thcir right uame. You have
got 20 cNqcl from our cAurchcs Chris
tians who eat tlc sacrament on sunday
arldevopr widow houses all The week
= We have rot to stop our Indignation
.rainst the ulttt tc- and thc Jcnusites
8 and the Cirpashites and Deg those poor
10 wretchcs ru and apply Quar- indi gnaton
3 to the modern trau-wrre Hus whirn
2 need 20 obcdrarged ONT anal sla.n. Ahau
r here. ucrods here. Jclchel. hrrr. The
]. massacre of the infants here. Strike tat
q God 50 hard shat while you sl-s the s.l
~ the sword will adhere So your own
n hand tell YOU, my friends, wr want
b. a few John Kuo rt.d 1ohu Wesley
q in the Christian church ro-,l~y.
90 The whole tendency is 60 refine on
.c Christian work. We keep ou refining
~ on m until we scnJ apologetic word q
~ iniguity We are about 90 capture i'
it And we must go with sword. siiNc
's chased and presented by the adics. an
et we must ride on white pallrey undc
is embroidered housing. putting ia
~ spurs in ouly just enough 90 make th
te char.rcr dance gracefully. aEi then vs.
re- must scud a missivc. delicate as "a Nce
d' ding card 20 ask the old black giau
tr OF SIM n hc will not surrender. Nomc
A' sawed bv the grace OF God and ou glor
ous mission sent. Detained from Oh
ia Sabbath classes because their new ID,
en- i- not dome. Churches that shook og
We cities with great reNiNals sendiu
''i around to ask SOME dcmon~trative 40
'" shiDcr 10 hc will not please to IS,
amen and "hallcluiah" a little sot;e
IL serias as if in our churches we wan
'9' cI baptism of cologne and Balm
''N a thousand flowers when we actual
u need "a baptism OF fire from the To
ne God oi Pentecost. But we are so afra
he somebody viii criticise our sermo
.''' or criiicisc our prayers or criticise a.
religious work that our anxiety for
'i" worlds redemption is lost iu the f.
''' We Will get our hand hurt, while El'
'"' zar went into the conflict. 'and his ha
" clave unto the sword.
'"'' But / see I'm the next place wha
bard thing il was for Elcazar to get
-" ., hand and his sword parted. The m
''' cles and the sineyvs had been So 10
ga rrasped around the sword he could
i'es drop il. and his three comrades. ! s
pose. came up and tried 10 help b
oN and they bathed the back part Of
hand. hoping the sinews and mus'
would relax. But no. "His hand cl
N'N unto the sword" Then they tried
pun open the fingers and 20 pull b
80 the thumb. but no sooner were I
- pulled back than they closed ag
"and his hand clave unto the swo
But after awhile they were success
and then they noticed that the ca
-'' in the palm OF the hand correSpor
-. exactly with the curve OF the hiit.
hand clave unto the sword"
- You and have seen (. many Z
-, There are In the United States TO
/, a.. ] many aged ministers Of the Cos
They are too feeble now 20 preach
-. the church records the word stuul
~. opposite their name is emeritus,
- the words are. "a minister Wit
-. charge" They were a heroic
.b,-,. They had small salaries and but
~ books. and they swan spring fires
-, 10 meet their appointments But
The did ia their day mighty work for
- o., They took of more Of the head
M. th,r 4