Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-01-26

while the next door neighoor has seven
children. and they are all spared. The
unfortunat<s buy AZ . time when the
market Is rising and the day after the
market falls. At time when they need
TO feel the best for the discharge OF
some dusy they are seized with physical
collapse. Trying 60 do a good and hon.
est and useful thing. they are misrep.
resented and beiied as IL they had
practiced a villainy. These are people
who all their lives have suffered injus-
ticeA Others of less talent. with less
conservation. go on and up. while they
go on and down. Theiv are in many
ESesriddles that have never been solved.
mysteries that have never been ex-
planned. heartbrcaks that have never
been healed. Go TO that man or that
woman with philosophic explanation.
and YOU will make matters worse in
stead OF making them better. But let
the oceanic tide OF the text roll in that
soul. and all its worrimen and losses
and disasters will be submerged with
blessing. and the sufferer will say: II
cannot understand the reason for my
troubles. but I will some day under
stand. .\rd they co net ccme by acct
dent. God s@ows them 20 come. and
God il love-"
But for this divine feeling I think
our word would ,on- ago have been
demolished. just think OF the organ
lied wickedness Of the nations! See
the denominations continental! Behold
the false religions that hois; Moham-
med and Duddhs and Con fucius. Look
at the Koran and the Shastrn and the
Zend-Aresta that would crow q or; Of
the world the HOLY Scriptures Look
Of war. digging Us trenches for the
dead across the b c'isrherts. See the
great cities. with their holocaust OF
destroyed manhood arc womarhood.
What blasphen;es ;ssai. the heavens
What butcherits s.cktn he centuries,
What professions C crime ard atroc;.,
and woe ercircle the globe. II iGstc
had spoken. il would have sad: "T.
world deserves anuil i'n-ion. ard Il
humiliation coue." II immutabilii,
had spoken. il wou.C have sniC: II have
always been opposed 10 wickeGncss an,
always viii be opposed toit. The wori,
is TO me an affrort Infinite and awaN
with it," II omniscionce lad spoken
IL would have saic: - have watch 60
that planet with minute and cOmpre-
hensive inspection. ard | cannot hav,
the ofFense longer continued" Iftruth
had spoken. il would have said: Il &c
clare that they who offend ;hc law
must go down under the law But di
vine love took different view of the
worlds ebduracy and pollution. 1t
said: Il pity all those woes of tho
earth. / cannot stand here and see
no Arrangement OF those sufferings.
viii go down and reform the world.
VIII indicate it's wounds. I will calm
its frenzy. I will wash Oft its roilu-
ton. l will become incarnated. viii
take on my shoulders and upon my
brow and into my heart the conse-
quences OF the worlds snishehavior. 1
start now. and between my arrival at
Bethlehem and my ascent from Olivei
viii weep their tears and suffer their
griefs and die their death. Farewell
my throne. my crown. my sceptcr. my
angelic environment, my Heaven. till
| have finished the work and come
back" God was never conquered bu;
once. and that was when lie was con
quered by His own love. Goo is love"
In this day. when the creeds OF
churches are being revised. let more
emphasis be put upon the thought CT
my text. Let IL appear at the beginning
OF every creed and at the close. The
sncients used 10 tell of n great mill
'ary chieftain who. about 10 90 10 BAT
tie. was clad in armor, helmet on head
and sword nj SIDE. and who put out
his arms TO give farewell embrace 20
bis child. and the child, affrighted at
his appearance, ran. shrieking. away.
Then the father put off the armor that
caused the alarm. and the child saw
who he was and ran into his arms and
snuggied against his heart. Creecs
must not have too much iron in their
make up, terrorizing rather than at
tracing. They must not hide the smil-
ing face and the warm heart of our
Father. God Let nothing imply that
there Is sheriff at every door ready 20
make arrest. but over us all and around
us all a mercy that wants to save, and
save now.
II one paragraph Of the creed seems
TO take You, like a child. out OF the
arms OF father, let the next paragraph
put you Ia the arms of mother. las
one whom his mother comfortrth, SC
will comfort you" Oh. what q
mother we have in God! And my text
is the lullaby song TO us when we arr
Ill. or when we are maltreated. or when
we are weary, or when we are trying
10 do better, or when we are bereft
or when we ourselves lie down to The
last sleep. We feel the warm cheel
of the mother against our cheek, and
there sounds in IL the hush of many
mothers: God H. Lowell"
This was the reason the Bible wa
written The world needs M ;n.o;ra<