Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-10-05
THE SPIRIT OF AMITY
d.. Talmsge Commends Good Feel
ing Among Mankind.
Mentions ftiu-triorr Examples I'm MS
s~rn,oa-The Grace OF Forgive
ness - Kindness a Mag
nfnccnt word.

1891. BY Louis Kiopseh. n. II
Washington. Sept. z
In this discourse DIR. Tsimage com
rends the spirit OF amity and good
feeling and mentions illustrtoos exam
Piles OF that spirit; text, Acts, S4:S,
.The barbarous people showed as no
little kindness"
Here We are on the island Of Malta,
another name for Melita. This island,
watch has always been an Important
commercial center. belonging at diff |
1erent times TO Phoenicia. 10 Greece, i
10 Rome. 20 Arabia. to Spain, 10 France, |
now belongs 70 England. The area OF /
the islands is 100 square miles. IL IS I
in the Mediterranean sea and OF such Z
clarity ot atmosphere that Mount
Aetna. $50 miles away, can be distinct
IN seen. The island is glOrlously MEM
orable because the knights OF Malta
for a long while ruled there but most
famous because Of the apostolic ship
wreck The beStormed vessel on when
Paul sailed had laid to- on the star
board tack. and the wind was blowing
east-northcast, and. the vessel drifting
probably a mile and a half an hour
She struck At what IS now called 81
Paul's bay. Practical sailors have tax
en- up the Bible account and decided be-
vond controversy the place Of the ship
wreck. But the island. which has so
rough a coast. Is for the most part
I garden. Richest fruits and profu-
/ sion % honey characterized II IN -.
/ Paurs time a well as now. The nneSt
oranges. figs and olives grew there
/ When Paul and his comrades crawlec
m The beach. saturated and hungry
from long abstinence from food and
chilled TO the bone. the islanders,
though called barbarians because they
| could not speak Greek, opened their
| doors 20 the shipwrecked unfortun-
atcs Everything had gone 20 the bot
tom Of the deep. and the barefootTd.
hareheaded apostle and ships crew
were IN a condition 20 appreciate hos
ritaHtv. About Is such men a few
years ago I found in the hfe station
near East Hampton, Long Island
They had got ashore in the night from
the sea. and not a hat OF shoe had
they left. They found out, as Paul anc
, his fellow voyarers found out. that The
| sea Sc the toughest OF all robbers. Ny
. text hnds the ships Grew ashore OF
i ! Malta and around = hot ire drying
e themselves and with the best provision
p the islanders can effer them. An'
p thev 20 into government quarters 70
! three DAYS 20 recuperate. Puhlius. IN
a EULER. inviting them. although he ha'
4 severe sickness IN the house az III
Y time. his father down with a dangerou
e nness. Yea. for three months the
Y etavrd on the island. watching FOR
a ship and putting the Inequalities G
- - Hrrr
10 endured the test satisfactorily. and
4 Is recorded for al the ages of time an
- eternity 10 read and hear in regard Z
10 the inhabitants OF Malta; The ba
" barous people showed Us no little kin'
IL | ness"
/. Kindness, What a great word th'
a IS, II would take reed as long
,, that which the apocolyptic angel use
!, 20 measure Heaven TO tell the lenpt
a tho breadth. the height Of that munr
cent word. IL is favorite Bible wor
: and il Is carly launched IN the book
= Genesis, caught up in the book
Joshua. embraced in the book of Rui
= sworn bv in the hook Of Samu
crowned in the book Of Psalms and q
throned in many places in the NJ
Testament Kindnessl A word
more gentle than mighty. ] expect
'ot will wrestlc me down before 3
OF through with ia. II is strong enou
rs 10 throw IN archangel. But IL viii
&c well for Us 70 stand around il n
ny ! warm ourselves by its glow as II
. and his fellow voyegers stood arou
NJ the fire on the Island OF Malta. WIS
ay- the Maltese made themselves hmm
20 tai in my text by the way they treas
their Victims OF the sea. "The b
ity barous people showed Us no little XII
id: ness"
ere Kindness! All definitions Of q
ell | nultipotent word break down
as way. You say IL is clemency, beni
asst Sly. generosity; 81 il made up Of e
ing wishes. IL Is an expression Of ben
the cence; IL IS contribution 10 the h
pincss OF others. Some one else sa
"a. ssWhv, / can give YOU definition
- Kindness; ia Is sunshine Of the soul
is affection perennial; IL Is a clint
- grace; IL is the combination os
- graces; II Is compassion; IL Is the
lection of gentle I1anliness and vs.
~ anhness." Are you all through?
have made a dead failure in your {
milton. IL cannot be defired. but
- all know what 81 Is, for we have
felt It's power. Some OF you may }
felt IL as Paul felt il. on some coas
rock as the ship went 70 pieces.
more Of Us have again and again
eat 49,. = -, -,
out which showed as no little K
~@J ness"
'Ns' There Is kindness Of disporir
Kindness Of word. Kindness of act.
b OF there Is Jesus Christ. the iTnpers
the tlcn Of all OF them. Kindnessl
the cannot affect IL. You cannot play