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


o<ond oef0<e oneA STORY Of peteopel
reseoe. personal sransfsFuassor. per
ec&s1 Nlou>{nssion. T1e mixbtiset snd
nsoss sktiifo; erxonens against Chris
sieuiV co;iapaee under the urgran-
vsasice} oea Si&cese statement. The
asAei<sic professor az natural phiicso-
ply goes down oodsr he story at that
csek~ooism&n' = conversion.
The New Testament suggests the
power Of The tale that Is toid.~ Christ
ws< the most effective story teller OF
ala the ages. The parallels are only
tales we'll toi1 Mafchless stories:
That of the Traveller cut up by the
thSevcs and The Samaritan paving his
hoard bin NJ the tavcrns that % tho big
simmer. 20 which the invited guests sent
ia fictitious regrets: that Of The shep-
herd answering the bieas Of The lost
sheer and an the rural neighbors that
night helping him celebrate the fact
that "a was safe In the bsrnyard: that
OF the bsd boy. reduced TO the swines'
trough. greeted home with such bar
quoting and iewelry that Il stuffed the
older son with jealousy and disgrrntle-
.nent. that % the phsri<ee full Of brag
gadocso and the pnbkcan shifting his
hressf with stroke thSt brought down
THE heavens in conniserafion: stories
about leprosy. elsou; paralysis. about
cssafepsy about dropsy. about ophshal-
ris--stories thst be 50 well told that
they have rolled down 20 the present
and viii roll down through The entire
future.
TIE most % the Old Testament IS
inside Up % inspired snec6oies about
Adam. ard Eve. about Jscoh. about
ESau. about Ahsb and Jezebci about
Jonah. about Daniel about Deborah.
about Vaxhii. about men and women ~
whom the story gave ar accurate photo
graph long before human photography
xxas born Let All Christian workers.
prayer meeting takers. sunday school
seaciers and preachers know The power
Of that which nv text calls the ~tsle
/ that 10 told"
II YOU have had experiences Of par
con and comfort and disenthrallmert.
ten % 81 Tell IL IN the most pointed
aud dramatic way YOU can manage
Tell 81 soon. or you may never tel IL II
all Oh. the power OF the tale that Is
told Ar hours discourse about the
fact that blzsphs nous behavior Is
sometimes punished in this world
would rot impress US as much The
simple story fhns in town OF New
York state. Al tn close o. the last cen
fury. IS profane men formed them
selves into . club. calEng them
selves Society Of the Druids-" They
met regularly 20 6eTide and damage
Christianity. One night in sheir Hwful
meeting they burBed Bible and sd-
| uirirferrd the sacrament 20 dog.
Two q them died that night Within
three DAVIS thre~ were drowned II
sve years All the IS came 10 ba6 end.
Before Justices q the peace Il was
svEorn that two were starved 70 death.
seven were drowned. eight were shot.
s-urlltliIttv-z sltictu~. $3.50 -.
the gaiiovvx. one ~as frozen 10 death.
ard three died accidentally Incidents
Ike stsf. sworn 10. would balk any pro-
posed irrev~rent and biaHphsnous De-
hAvsor.
In what Nay could the IA that In
sSdeiity sin not help anyone die vel
be 10 powerfully presented an by The
frcioert concerning man falling ~ ir
Paris just after the death Of Noifaire
( when professional nurse was called ir
and she asked. IL the gentleman q
/, Christian - WHY DO you ask thafg'
said the messenger 81 arm the nurss
Who attended Voifnire IN hik last 3d.
ness. and for al the wealth Of Europ.
ronid never see another infcei de.
WHIST discourse in fts moral and spirit
t1Al effect could equal a tale Ike that2
You might argue upon ;be fact fha'
. thee fallen are our brothers and SIS
terE. but could We impress anyon'
. with suck a truth so wei "a by th'
! scene near Victoria park. London
where men were digging deep drain
ard the snoring gave way and 4 grea
pile Of earth fell upon the wOrkmen
4 man stood there with his hands II
his pockets looking at those who wer'
. fryirg 10 sbosei away the earth from
! these Who we're buried. but whe'
/ some one said 20 the spectator. "Bili
! / your brother IL down there tbcn IN
! sp~etstor threw OF lis coat and wen
20 work with an agony OF ezrnestnes
> 20 fetch mp his brother. What cours
Of argument could % well as that IL
= eident set forth that when We tosl 20
: The salvation Of a soul II - a brothc
, whom ~ are trying 90 Eave7
p A second reading OF my text -
z Euipcs me that life 10 not only Etor.
!. told. but that IL e . brief story
K long narrative stretched out fndef
: nfteIy loses Sta interest Is e general
: " the stcry that takes only ninut
p or bali q minute 20 rehesrse that ar
; rests The afeerfSor- And that give
, additional Interest TO the story % on
life. u IL q short story SDbtras
q from our lires al the hours % me-