Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-01-28


beyond the reach OF the means OF thcl
Young pastor. many OF these volumes
The Young pastor went up stairs ant
found al the sleeping apartments turn
the pantry. AnS there were the spicesS
and the cofees. and the sugars. aud thsY
groceries for six months. He went down N
into the cellar. and there was the coal u
for AL the coming Water. He went ietS
the dining ball. and there was the table
already set-the glass and the silver
ware. He went into the kitchen. and
there were sii the culinary implements |
lifted one ia OF the stove. and he found
the fuel ell ready Tor ignitio1. Putting
back tho cover OF the stove, he saw IN an
other part Of II iucifer match. aud all
that young man had TO do In starting TO
keep house was to strike the match. You
tell me that Il apocryphal. oh. no. that
was my own experience. Oh. the kind i
ness. Oh. the enlarged sympathies some- L
tines clustered around those who enter /
the gospel ministry / suppose the man OF Il
Shunem hsd 10 pay. the bills, but 4 was L
the lRrge-hearted Christian sympathies OF i
the woman CT Shunem that looked alter i
the Lords messenger.
Where are the feet that have not been /
bhstered on the hot sands OF this great /
sahara Where are the soldiers that have
not bent under the burden Of Crief7 Where |
I is the ship sailing over CLASSY sea that has /
/ not after awhile been caught ia a cyclone7
Where Is the garden OF earthly comfort,
but trouble hath hitched mp its fery and
painting team and gone through a. with
/ burning plowshRres OF Disaster Under
4 the pelting OF ages OF suffering the great
I heart OF the world has burst With woe.
4 Navigators tell rs about the rivers, and
I the Amazon, and the Danube. and tbs
i Nississippi hhvs been explored, but who
can tell the depth or the length OF the
I great river OF sorrow. made up OF tears
/ and blood rolling through all lands and
/ all ages. bearing the wreck OF families,
aud Of communities. and % empires. foam
ing. writhing. boiling with the sgonies OF
600 years. Etna, COtopaxi aud Nesnvius
/ have been described. but who has ever
Sketched the volcano % suffering retching
up from SIS depths the lava aud scoria, and
/ pouring them down the sides 70 whelm the
/ nRtionss on. 10 I could gather Rll tho heart
4 strings, the broken heartstrinCs. into
harp ! would play on 40 dirge such as
was never sounded. Mythoiogists tell
us OF gorgon and centaur and Titan.
and biologists tell Us 90 extinct species
/ 81 monsters. but greater than gorgon or
/ meEatherium. and not belonging a. the
realm OF fable. and not % an extinct
species. a monster with an iron Jaw and 9
hundred iron boots has walked across thu
. I nations aud history and poetry and sculps
/ ture iu their attempt 20 sketch ~ aud de-
scribe u. have seemed 20 sweat great drops
/ % blood. But, thank Geu. their are those
who can conquer as this woman q the text
conguered. aud say. 1T IS well. Though
nv property be gone. though my children
, be cone though my home De broken up.
! though nv health he sacrilcel. 10 Is WELL 10
! D. weli.r There is no storm on tue sea but
/ Christ is ready 70 rise in the hinder part 81
2 the ship and hush g. There D. no darkness
/ but the constellation o. Gods eternal love
/ can iluminc. and. though the winter comes
= I OUT of the Northern SKY. you have some
20 tiues seen that Northern sky All aolaze
% with auroras which seen % say. Come up
: this way. Up this way are thrones % light
q ( aud seas Of sapphire and the spientor oi
- an eternal heaven. Come up tois way.
% AGAIN. this woman az my tex was great
i ia her application 60 domestic duties
Every picture Is a home uicturc. whether
II she Is eutert aiming an Elisha or whether
II / she Is giving careful attention 90 her sick
e. boy or whether she Il appealing Tor thf
r restoration % her property. Every picture
b. Ia her case u one ot domcSticlty- lno-T Ar
Z. not Disciples % this Shuncmije woman who
IA goinC out 20 attend % outside charities
l. neglect the duty q hone-tnc duty q
~ wife. OF mother. Of daughter. No faith
X fulness Ia Iublfc bcuelacuon cAh ever
I'd atone FOR domestic negligence. Their
- has been many "a mctfer VINO by iude
u fafigahle toll has reared largo famll.
10 % children. e4uipping them Tor the IA
l. ties q lie with good Nanners and lars
ID stRrtiuc then out, who has done NOR
Ia for the world than many womA'
"a whose name has sounded through al
ie the lands and through tie centuries
sr couutry there were some ladies who go
n honorable regulations by presenting
sv him very gracefully With bouquets o
a. flowers on public occasions, bat VIA
l. was al that compared With tho piai
IN Hungarian mother who gave 70 trut
~ and civilization and the cause of u1l
- I verSal liberty a kcssuthf Yes. this Won
~ au % ny text was great Ia her SIN
Ia piicltv. When this prophet wanted 20 ne
~ ward her Tor her hospitality by asking SON
+. / preferment from the king. what ala 50
or sEyf She declined it. She said, Il dive
- / among my own people. ~ much az 70 sA'
- II am satisfied With ~ lot; All ] want Is n
A family and my friends around me- dive
~ / among my own people
~ on. what a rebuke 10 the strife for PR
N cedence IN all ages How many there a.
49, Who want 90 get great architecture an
.e homes furnished with al art, AZ paintin'
"a { all statuarT, VINO have not enough taste {
Il distinguish between Gothie and Byzantin'
ii aud who could not tell figure 80 plaster
~ ( paris from Palmers white Captive" 40
~ would not know a boys pe1eillng fro'
~ Bierstadt's Yosemite" Aea who bu
~ large libraries by the square foot, bul
- Ing these Libraries when they have scarce
enough education - pick out the day
A, tue month IN the almanac, %. how mar
80 there are striving TO have things as weli .
~ their neighbour or better than their neigi
IL bors. and "a The struggle vast fortunes ~
-, exhausted and business Arms thrown sn'
- bankru ptcy aud men Of reputc2 homes
! = / rush into astounding forgerles-
- But what ] want TO impress upon 70
= nv hearers T. that you ought not 20 4
=. ventOry the luxaries Of lie am0ag the j
- dispezsa0les, and you ought not % depr
- cIate this woman OF the text. who. VII
-. offered kinSiy preiermeot. responded.
- dwell among ny own people" y,
er. tniS N"D-@. y. -, 80. -
. ter after you 70 home. Path
a.. God and she was not sshanel 20 .
- I about q before idoiaters. Al. woman "
- j never appreciate what she Cres