Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-01-19


gold in baskets OF silver"
So also IL word Of invitation 10
tent and beautiful. Who can describe
the drawing povtr OF that word. sn
small aad yet so tremendous. Come"
10 is slcrt word. but it's influence j.
as long NJ eternity. Not scsqui-
pedeiian word, spreading it's ENERGY
over manS sNilsb'es. but monoSN''s-
bic. Whether ealing IN wrong diree-
ton or right direction. many haze
found Il irrcsissihlr. That one word
has filled all the places OF destination
and diSSoluteneSs. IL is responsible
for the ahomiratior tEat curse tho
earth. Inquire az TIC door of prisor.s
what brought the offender there. and
at the door of almsho,ises what
brought the pauper there. aud at he
door OF the lost world what was the
cause Of the incarceration. and IL the
Inmates speak the truth they VIII
says The word Gomez" brought MS
here" Come and drink. Come and
gamble. Come and sin. Come and
die. Pronounce that word with one
kind % infection and YOU can hear in
IL the tolling OF all the bells of con-
fagration and woe
The chief baker in prison IN pha-
rsoh'S time saw in dream something
quite different from apples Of gold in
baskets Of silver, for he said 10 Joseph:
IT also was in dream. and. behold.
had three white baskets on nv head.
and In the uppermost basket there
was all manner Of baked meats FOR
Pharaoh. and the birds did eat them
out of the baskets upon my head"
Joseph interpreted the dream and said
II meant that the chief baker should
be heheaded and the birds would cat
his flesh.
But oh. the power Of that word
"Come" when Alright uttered, We do
We'll when we send young men into
schools and colleges and theological
seminarics and nv nine years Of in
struction and drill hope % prepare
them 70 sound a.ight that sweet and
enrapturing and Heaven descended
word Come. The Gospel we be
lieve in is Gospel OF Come. ="
That word speak ali the church
e.. That word is now building
thrones for cououerors and bur
nished coronets fer kings and queens
That word Is TO sound 20 clearly and
impressively and dlyinsly that the day
f Il advancing when al nations shall re-
spond: I'VE ccme," I'VE COME"
f And while the upper sleeps toward
I God and Heaven viii he thronged with
redeemed souls ascending there will
not be one solitary traveller on the
road 81 sin and death.
In the kremiin at Moscow. Russia.
& what l. called the king az bells. 8
but IL Is a ruined bell. and IL has runr
no sound for near goa years. II e So
feet in circumference. and in height
+ "a Is more than ten times the height OF
the average man. and il took score
/ OF men TO swing It's brazcr tongue. IL
weighs 200 tons. On the 18th OF June.
4 I7O6, in a great Are II fell and broke
II broke at the part which was weak
sned BY the jewels which the lSCie>
OF Moscow threw into the liquid meta
at the casting. The voices OF iha'
Del are fr->rIexsr hnshed> i viii ...-er
ring again. either at wedding or oh
sequy or coronation. VIVA. majcsi 10
and overpowering silence, Enthroucc
and everias ing quietude! One walks
around - full o. wonder and hisior-
ical "Reminiscences and ,oiemrity. o.
II are figures iu relief REPRESENT
car and empress and Christ and MARI
and the evangelisis. But IS stood
before IL last summer bethought my
self Of a greater bell and one still
ringing. II j. the Gospel bell. az.
ago hung on the beam OF aac cross
II has vaster circumference and witl
mighticr tongue sounds across sea-
and continents and asvakens echoc
amid Alpine and -Iima,ayan and Sier
"a Nevadan ranges. The Jewels OF az
lection thrown into IL at it, castinl
by ransomed souls OF earth ans
Heaven have not weakened ii. bu
made a. stronger and more glorious
Evangelists and apostles ring il. an
martrvrs lifted their hands through
the flames TO give IL another sound
ing. II Will ring on until all nation
hear Il and accept its invitation
Gone, Comet" II will not fan. a
lid that of Moscow. No storm ca
stop IL. No earthquake can rock
down. When the fires OF the last "a
blaze into the heavens. amid the cras
OF mountains and the groan OF -,yin
seas. its clear. resounding voice vi
be heard calling 10 the last inhabi
ant OF the burning planet: Come
Comet"
. But II requires now no gres
|. strength 90 ring the bell. With tn
! weak hand. yesterday formed and 4
morrow turned 10 dust, ! lay hol
that Gospel bell in invitation TO a
10 whom these words shall come, {
3 whatever land or whatever sea,
! high places or low. ] ring out II
i word: Come, comet" Come Al