Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-01-06


ne that lie Is not only = story tod. bat
q ssery listened TO. There IL noshsrx
more vexstious TO anyone than TO tell
story when people are not attending
They may whisper on some othcr<tb-
jet. or they are Pceoccupieo. one
cannot fell story eifecinsiiy nI.tss
there are good listeners Well that
which In my text il called the ~taie,hat
is told" has plenty OF listeners. There
Is no such thug as solitude. no such
thing as being alone. God listens. anc
The air is full Of spiritual inteleigences !,
all listening. and the world listens 10 |
the story ot our life. some hoping Il
viii be successful. Others hoping il VII
be failure.
We talk about public life and private
life. but there is 90 private life. rhs
story OF our life. however insignineani
il may seem TO he. wiii win the applause
or hiss OF great multitude that no
man can number. As a tale that Is
told among admirers or antagonists
celestial or paucemoniacs. the univers,
is faI Of listening ears a. Well ss OF
cleaning eyes. if we say or do The
right thing. that i known. : snppo>s
the population OF the intelligence 90
the air Is more numerous than the pop
ulstion Of iuieligences on the earth
Ave. all the world will Yet listen a.
and be redeemed by a tale That Is tolC.
We arc all telling il. each in his OWL
way-son, by voice, some by pen. sons
by artists pencil. sone by harp Rno
some by song; mother telling II 70
child. teacher telling IL TO Sabbath
clRsk. reforuer telling IL 10 outcasi.
preacher telling IL TO asSemblage. The
story CT The LoVeiieSt OF n esven coming
down TO this Scared and blasted issuc
/ OF a world. He was ordered back from
| its shores and struck through with
lsnces Of human hate as soon as he
landed Sheplcrc's cog baying on The
I hills that Christmas Night was bette
treated than this rcscucr OF n race. vet
keeping right on. brambies on brow.
feet on spikes. fageIlated with whips
that had Jumps OF lead fastened TO
them. through midnight without laU
/ terms. through storms without = shell
ter. through years that got blacker un-
/ iii they ended in MONDAY with the
sun blotfec out. MiEhtiest tale ever
told. and keep on telling IL until the
last SORROW is assuEge6 and the last
luminosity is ouenchCc and the last Ges-
er, Is white with the hiy and golden
with the cowslip and blue with the
gentian and crimson with the rose.
My text. iu referring 10 the years. re-
minds me that in IL hours this year will
forever have gone sway Ninety-uiue
out OF the hundred years OF this century
viii have disappeared. We have only
one year Of the century left There
ought 20 be something especially sug-
restive IN the last year OF century
a ought 10 be a year OF unparalleled in
dustries. OF unheard 81 conservation.
Not q person in any % our autier ces
shis day can remember the first Year
OF this century. Not person ia any OF
our audiences to-day viii ever again see
ttI~ H.. $50 ~ s.-.-salrv
Through medical science The WORLD :
longevity may bc greatly improved ia
the future. az ~ has been IN the past.
but II would not be wei FOR people 20
live too long. Some OF them would
through heir skill at acqnisiiiveness.
gather too much. and some multi
miilionaires would become billionsires
and triiiionaires. and some one would
after awhile poke; q hemisphere. 20.
Death T. 1seful in its financial linfisa-
] NNULes ulA- aIEA III nave etNl IANff =
and aunovances and sufferiDgs lay The
time they become mona genaTiRns or
cenrenarians TO make IL desirable 20
quit- Besides that. IL would not be fair
80 long TO keep 20 many gooC old peo-
pie oat ~ Heaven. SO IL Is we'll ar
ranged tlat those who stand by The
{ ! deafhbed Of The nineteenth century
r viii not be called 10 stand BY he deifh-
= bed Of the twentieth century.
: Oh, crowd this last year with prasers
l. with hosauuas. with kind words With
d heipfuiness. Make the perorat,o1 81
Z The century the climax Of ChTkfliLe
deeds Close mp the ranks 81 ticd and
D during this remaining Il months
? charge nightly against the host OF
? Abaddon. Have DO reserve corps let
? syviftest gospel cavalry galiop. sbo
J. heaviest moral artillery roll. and
E mighfiest evangelisfic batteries hun
I Ger on the scene Let ministers q tins
$ Gospel quit al controversy with eaci
r other. ard IN solid phslsnx marsh out
r for the worlds dssinthraIlmeut Lei
r printing presses. secular and religious
2 make combined movement 70 iuitruc'
and emaneipate the world On al th'
= hills let there be Elijah. praying 'or u
y great rain" and on every contested
4 field Joshuas 20 see that final victory s.
: gained before the sun goes dow. sns
! every mountain become q trsnsfgurn
z fior and every Galiiee walking place
p for the worlds epfhralimenf Ie'
. us be Jealous % every month. OF ever,
? yreek Of every day that passes wifhou
4 something significant and goriou
; wrought FOR God and this sin curse,