Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-01-21

the hearth into blaze. the crackls q
whose backlog would invite The whole
abounding warmth AMI sec the tranxixur- Il
alton 81 the faces. A We All have 70
guess great deal about the future. let us
guess something good. Tor 70 viii be more
apt 20 come true. What iot of inCratea
the Lord has az His tablet People Whr
have aad three meals q day for ATTY years
and yet Teas tuaf tney viii soon have O.
ratti. their knife ani forS GA an empty /
diuner rlate. How many have ha1-win-
ter AMI sprinc AMI summer and FAIL
clothing Tor sixty years. hnf expect an Il
emoty wardrobe s.ortlv' How many have
. lived under free Institutions an their daya 4
but fear that the United states may 10 4
ielescopod IN scuc foreign collision' %. /
out the taVes have gone upi Yea bar /
/ thank Goa. SO 81 easier with money /
90 pav the taxes now that they /
I are up than ig was without money % pay I
\ the taxes when they were down. We want 4
I re- Few men who have iaith On God and fha. j
mighty future witch holds several things.
/ anong them n miiiennium. Columhlnus /
f said 90 hts frient. "Deicoiua. .whv are YOU al /
ways srn.iingf" Tho reply was. ''Decanse no I
one ear take my noi from met We want
moro men 90 feel that they have mission
io cheer others and 90 draw mp the corners +
OF peoples mouths which have a long
while been drawn down. more naVids wno
can shepherd wnole nocks ~ bright hopes.
and can play a harp % encouragement
30 whom We can Say. Thou art worth To-
oo0 30 U.S."
admit that this Thought 81 my text
fully carried ont would change maay oithc
worlds statistics. Suppose village "a
satd Co have 1000 Inhabitants. aud thet
cne-haN 90 thcm-namcly. 5c0-hRve Tor
wears been becoming Jess ln body. aud
through nigEarlllness ana grunhunr less
in soul Zach one otthese ls only oue-hait
/ of what he once was or one-half 90 what
sha once was.
That original 500 have been reduced one-
baii in moral quality and are really only
2-o Suppose that the other zoo have
I waIatalned their original status and arH
neither better nor worse. Ihcn tns
: cuflre population 90 THAT village is go.
, but suppose another village 70 1000. AMI
. 500 ~ them. a. the wears 90 hy. through
y mental aut spiritual culture. augment
thomseivc7 untu thoy are really twice t1e
mrn ana women trrF originally were.
ana the other 800 remain unchanged ami
b. are neither better nor worse thcu the pop-
( ulation 90 that village is 1900. Me1nness
p, / is subtraction ana nobility ia addition.
. I According ls you rise ln t1e scale &C hole
+ ness and generosity ana consecretion. Won
u are worth hye or ten or iity OF 100 or 1000
y or lo. .00l others.
Notice. mv friend. that this Davil. var
y FLOR. rtrafeEift. minstrol. master of hla1E
u verse ani Stone siiugeV az the gient. whom
/. she soldiers % Che teXt estlmatc1 clear up
I. llto the thousandfoii 90 usofulnoss on this
. particular occasion. stali az homo orin hia
7. place ot temporary residence. General
= J0ao. General Ahishal aad General ltfai
who commanded the boys in the right 0iug
aud leit wing and centre. did their wofs
y / braveiy and leit 25. 600 of the Lords enc
y / niles dead On the deii. 1nl many of tle
-urvivort got ontaagied ga tle woods OF
y. Ephrlim and mixed up in tha hashe- and
1 / stumbled over the stunus of trees ant fei
- into hoes AMI were deYourei % Wild beasts
+ which srirel them in tlo thirkots. Eu
= / David did hIs work at home. We Nlufr.
u for heroes who have BEEN ln battle an.
n on their return what prorcs-iors
.- form and what friumuhai nrfhea w
, spring and what hauuneti we spread am.
Y. what gar.anQs we wreathe eut what ora
Il tions we deliver and what bells we riug an
~ what cannonades We nrei Dut do see a
1" Justice to che stay at honest David. wh
y, was worth 10 600 OF those who went QUE @
.h meet The Lords enemies in tha woods u
Ephraim that day did hls Worz Ga retlra
o. mont.
4. on. the world neeIs dav oi judgment
IL, 60 give many 90 the stav at homes propc
~ recognition. Tn she different wars che son
30 went 20 the trout aud on ships dccS
ia battlefield exposed thelr lives nnl cIrua
IN the admiration 90 the countrv. hnf ho
- / about tho mothers ana fathers who thruu-
80 l long years taught those sous the noble se
~ / flmonts shat Inspired tbem go - and thi
,,t gave them up when perhaps a few wor
b. / of earnest protest would have kept tno
n. on the farm and in the h0mesteIdf I
IN / day 0i final reward wilt reveal the 81
~ sacrifice and tte hdeliry of thousands WI
h., / never in an their lives received one wo
~ % praise. on. ye unknown, So flthl
~ and Christian and All enduring stay
a. honest have no power now 60 10 So
'ar Justice. but tell you oi ono Who has @
- power and % the tlme when the thimh
- aud the iadie. and tue ddrniug needle a
an the wRshtub. and the spinniag wheel, a.
,en / tho seYthc, and tho tArashing machil
,rs aad the hammer. and the troWsl, and {
tf, pillow, viii come to as high an appreeiafi
~ I as q seventy. i0ur p0Un1er, or che sWol
, n / OF tho batSer!ng ram that pounded do'
~ the vail or the hag that was hoistei on {
hat : scaled parspets.
i've Toe warrior David OF my text show
foo / more self control ani moral prowsss
ere s.aying ~ home than be could have sho
Ak commanding in the Held. He was
rat turai warrior Martial 4irs stirred hl
re TIE glitter OF opposing shields fred h
nes He was one of th0s3 men who feel at no
az in the saddle. pattiug the neck of D.
rlil ing cavalry horse. But be suppressed h
nd SELF. Ho obeyel the command 0fthe tro'
ION whom he would ike 20 have cOmmand
hat Some oi the greatest Sedans 0ad A
ish terlitzes have nesn in backNoods kit
ma ems or in nursery. with three chi.d
the ( down with scarlet fever. soon 70 4
,si- the two already In the elurchyard.
has amid domestic wrongs and CutrA
rn- enough a. transform angels into devils
lty. Ia CON mmeEeial hfo within thelr own cou
Irst ing rooms in time OF Black Friday pan
I'm. or in mechanical life in their own carp
We ter shop or on the scadolding OF the "
YOU swept By cold or smitteH by heat. No q
the graphle wires reported thu crisis OF
its cOEaict. no banner was ever waved 70 G.
vito hTato their victory, bot God knows,
ana God will remember. and God will adj
iu- aud BY hin tae falliog ot a tear - as
srn- tainly noticed a. tho blrniug OF 80
~ aud The Hutfor az "A eDarrowse wing a