Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-04-08


render Ar5 We will wake up after
these antunasl and wintry and vernsi /
cnd srmmery giories have vanished 4
from our vision. We viii wake CD into I
realm which has only one ssason and I
ihat the season of everlasting love.
nui YOU say: ct don'i vans 20 break F.
cut from my present associations It I
e so chilly and so damp 90 90 down she !
stairs Of that rau.f. don't want any
thing drawn SO tightly over my eyes. /
n there We're only some way Of break |
ing through the partition between |
worlds without tearing this body al 60 /
shredsi I wonder ~ the surgeons and
he doctors cannot compound a mix
iurc BY which this body and soul can
all the time be kept together Istherc
no escape from this separaiion9- p
None absolutely none. A great many
zen tumble through the gates of The
'u,ure. ss Il were and we % not know
where tAcy have gcue. and they only
add glccm and mystery 90 the passage.
but Jesus Christ so nightly storued
the gates OF -hat future world that
they have neve- since been closely shut.
wor a. of the beauty % which We s,a-
more appreciatise thau wc ever could
be. He knows the cxqu.sitcness % the
phosphoresccnce Of the sea. Pie trod
it. lie knows the glcries of the mi5-
right heavens. for they were fhe spau-
gied canopy of His wilderness pillov.
llc knows about the lilies. Ue swlstrd
them irto His sermon. He ncws about
the fowls ~ the air. m IS vhirrrt
their way through Ills discourse. lie
Knows about the SORROWS OF leaving
this beautiful world. Not t0pcr was
Aiudled in the darkness. he died
physicianless. lie died iu cold sweat
and dizziness and hemorrhag. and
agony. that have put Him in sympathy
With an the dying Tie goes through
| (hristendom. and Hc gathers up the
| stiugs Gus ~ all che death pillows. and
TIE puts them under His own neck aud
/ head. Tie gathers on His owu tongue
the burning thii'sts 81 many genera
l tions. The spoN1e is soaked iu The
sorrow - an those who have died iu
their beds. a. well al soaked in the sor.
rows Of all those Who pcrished in irt
or fiery marty rdom. While Heaven was
plying. and earth was mockinr. and
hell was deriding he took the vinegar
To all those 20 whom life has been ar
acerbity-a dose they could NOT swnl
low. draft that set their teeth or
edge and G-rasping-t preach the om
uipotent sympathy 81 Jesus Christ
The sister of Hcrschel thc ustrono.
mer. used 90 spend much % her fim,
polishing the telescope through vhict
be brought the distant world. Nigh
and it Is my ambition now tli. hour
20 clear the lens of YOUR splritua
vitiou. SO shat. looking through o..
dark night 90 your earthly troubles
you may behold the glorious corstel
lation % a Saviour's mercy and Sa
viour's love Oh my friends do no
try 90 carry an your ills alone DO no
put YOUR poor shoulder under fh
Apeuuiues. when the Almighty Chris
81 Is ready 10 lift up an your burdens
- When you have trouble of ans kiu
You rush this way and that waN. an
b you wonder what this man will so
I about st. and you Try this prrscr 'ptio
, and that prescription and 3he othe
prescription. oh. why go YOU not q
straight 90 the Heart of Christ know
, Ing that FOR our own sinning and su|
7 fering race Tie took the vinegar
There was a vessel that had bee
( tossed OF the seas for a great man
E weeks and been disabled. and the sar
{ ply OF water gave out. nd the crew wel
I dying Of thirst. After many DAYS The
+ saw sax against the sky They si
2 sailed "a. When the vessel came near,
q he people on the suffering ship cried
E he captain Of tsr other vessel. ~Ser
as some water. We are dying for los
e Of water" And the captain of the We
,, sci that vas hailed responded: ID
E your buckets where you are. You G
T IN the mouth Of the Amazon. and the
d are scores OF miles OF fresh water
j around about you and hundreds Of fe
z deep" And then they dropped the
2 buckets over the side of the vessel al
q brought up the clear. bright. fresh "a
= ter and put out the fre OF their thir,
y So hail you to-day. after along an
perilous voyage, thirsting for comic
> and thirsting for eternal life and
= ask you what is the use Of going iu th
/ desth-Ktruck state while al around 8,
- the deep. clear. vide, sparkling flo,
Of GODS sympathetis mercy Oh. d
y your buckets aud drink and live 10
q ever "WhoSoever will. let him con
;. and take OF the water OF life freely
Yet there are people who refuse IN
: Divine sympathy. ard they Try TO fig
. their own battles. ard drink their ow
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