Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-07-01

and CaEting hypocfit"S. - some would
have you think, Forgive me IL. having
at other times glorified the medical pro-
fcssion and the legal profession and the
literary profession. 1 glorify my own.
I have seen fll~m in their homes and
heard them in their pulPits, and
grandcr array of men never breathed,
and the Bible figure is not strained
whom IL calls them stars. And whole
considerations Of glorious ministers
have already taken their places on high.
where they shine even brighter than
they shone on earth. Edward y. Kirk
of the Congregational church. stephen
Il. Tying OF the Episcopal church. Mat
thew Simpson Of the Methodist church.
John Dowling OF the Baptist church.
Samuel X. Talmage Of the Presbyt erian .
church. Thomas De Witt OF the Re
formed church. John Chambers of the
Independent church. and there I stop.
for IL so happens that have mentioned .
the seven stars Of the seven churches.
I pass on 20 another mighty Bible
seven. and they are the seven seals. ST.
John in vision saw a scroll with seven
seals. and he heard an angel cry; F.
OFF, Take eight or ten sheets OF fools
cap paper. paste them together and ron
them into a tcrou and have the scroll
at seven different places scaled with
sealing wax. You unroll the scroll until
YOU come 10 one OF those seals. and then
YOU can 20 no farther until YOU break
B that seal Then unroll again until you
come To another seal. and YOU can 90
farther until YOU break that seal. Then
YOU 20 on until all the seven seals are
broken and the contents OF the entire
,croll are revealed. Now that scroll
. with sever seals held by the angel was
/ the prophecy Of what WAS 20 come on
earth. IL meant that the knor ledge OF
the future was with God. and no mas
and no angel was worthy To- open 10
+ but the Bible says Christ opened IL and
broke all the seven seals. lie broke TIE
srst seal and unrolled the scroll and
there was a picture Of a white horse,
and that meant prosperity and triumph
for tho Rcman empire. and so IL really
came 20 pass that for 80 years vivtuous
cmperors succeeded each other-Nerva.
Ira ian and Antoninus. Christ in the
vision broke the second seal and un-
rolled again. and there was a seal Of a
red horse. and that meant bioodshed.
and 50 Il really came 90 pass. aud the
next 20 years were red with assassina-
tions and wars. Then Christ broke the
third seal and unrolled il. and there
was picture Of black horse. which
in all literature means famine. oppres-
sion and taxation. and SO il really came
20 pass. Christ went on until He broke
, all the seven seals and opened all the
E scroll Well. the future of all OF us is in
- a sealed scroll. and / am glad that nc
) one but Christ can open il. DO not LEI
= US Join that class OF Christians in oui
day who are trying 10 break the sever
seals OF the future. They are trying q
J. peep into things they have no business
+ with.
d Do not go 10 some necromancer o
G spiritualist or soothssyer OF fortuna
h -eller 20 ind out what is going 20 hap
: pen to yourself or your family or You
c friends. Wait tin Christ breaks ,h
l. seal to find out whether in your owl
A personal life or the life Of the natio
4 or the life OF the world il is going 10 b
. the white horse OF prosperity or the re-
e horse OF war or the black horse of fam
u inc. You will soon enough see him pay
3 and hear him neigh. Take care c
le the present, and the future will tax
h care of itself. II a man live 20 year
l. his biography is in scroll having q
10 least seven seals. And let him not dul
y ing the first ten wears of his lsfe tr
&c 70 look into the twenties. nor the twel
ls ties into the thirties, nor the thirtis
lie into the forties. nor the forties into II
ID fifties, nor the ffties into the sixtie
" nor the sixties into the seventies. Frol
n the way the years have got the habit I
ne racing along / guess you will not ha'
~ 10 wait a great while before all n
IN seals Of the future are broken. Iwou
OF not give two cents 10 know how long
re am going 10 live or in what day or VIII
-, year the world is going to be demo
In ished. I would rather give $1,000 N
TO know. Suppose some one cou
en- break the next seal In the scroll
ey your personal history and should Il
re YOU that on the next Fourth of Jul
re-, 1901. you were TO die, the summer aft
nd next. how much would you be good 4
ar between this and that? IL would fro
ht now until then be a prolonged funer;
nd You would be counting the months a.
ch the days, and your family and frien
ar would be counting them. and ne
he Fourth of July you would rub yo
pr hands together and whine: ''One ye
er from to-day l am 10 go. Dear mel