Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-03-02

caprice. or Identification. or when
climbing the ladder of the light or
when ski:lfcl uorkuer took hold OF IL
TO toss e.. or whiri IL. or shape IL ints
crowns. or hoist II into columns. or
spring IL into arches. on lift IL into
stars, CT turn IA irto crescenss. or build
IL into temples. You forget you ever
saw the less glorious waters 81 Chats
worth. England. or Versailles. France.
as you stand in the balcony of the pal
ace overlooking the Finland gulf. be-
wildercd and transported as YOU look
az the one display called the Golden
Stairway fountain. The water rolls
down over "a steps one foot high aud
20 feet long. An az these "a steps are
covered with sheets OF FURNISHED gold.
Silver step Of the water on stairs OF
gold. What a giee OF iiquidsi Rolling.
Gashing. fOaming. enrapiuring splsn-
6ors. Chorus Of foc6sl Poetry OF wa
ters, Doxclcgy OF torrents, But that
which most impressed me there and
elsewhere is the abundance OF water.
the fact that there are so many waters
that the continents can afford 10 throw
them away into the sea. HudsonS and
Ohios. Oregons and Amazons, Rhines
and Danubss and NolgaS. and so abun-
It's oceans evaporate into -the heavens,
Mediterraneans and Atlantics and Pa
|. ci4ics. How rich the earth is with wa
sersi Best beverage of al the nations.
for after the richest banquet with the
richest beverages everyone wants az
least a sip of it--water. cool water.
God descended water!
With still more abundance Is the air
f,rf Il
fun Of il. SwifteSt and strongest eagle
cannot iiy so high AS not TO have 81 IN
the nostril or under the wing. And
what affiuence Of sunlight, No one but
she infinite God could dispense so much
of it. The golden esndiestick set on
The blue mantel Of the heavensi So
great tha, the Almighty is compared 10
/ il. the psalnist crying out: 1.-The Lord
/ God is sun II is high time that We
recognize in our liturgies and in our
formulas OF prayer the three most
abundant blessings Of the universe
which come 20 MI.
Some scientists are now discussing
the opening of communication he
tween our earth and the planet Mars.
Experiments are being made. but they
wiz not succeed. We cannot build
-
tentiop Of that world or lift q lens
powerful enough 20 see any response
intersteilar. We do not positively
know that that world Is occupied by
living beings. or that n il f. occupied
communication with them would 30
desirable II might not bs so good n
worid as this. and thus commUnicn-
tion with it would DC 49, -'a@ But
4 A. - IN,
touch with other worlds. for their
improvement ard depot for glorious
arrivals. Ii il a thoroughfare between
this world and that world and = COM
ing and going perpetual. Going Out OF
this world is as natural as coming in
20 IL. bat the one is with Pang end
the other IS with rapture II We are
fitted for the uplifting process. II
shall DE we'll with you. Now. do not
get 80 frightened about that asthma
or that cough or that influenza or
/ that threatened pneumonia. The
worst thing that fatal disease can
do Is 20 usher Won into coronation and
enforcement II shall be well with
YOU. Take a. good care of your health
as YOU can. have al the sanitary laws,
keep in this world as long AS YOU
are permitted to stay and then when
rhe heavenly call comes be glad 10 20.
7 do not care much about what your
"last words" are going 10 be. People
put TOO much emphasis on last
words" ] would rather know what
J your words are now, in days of health
{ and with mental faculties IN fun Play
J your words Of kindness, your word.
? of sympathy. your words OF helpful
D ness. your words OF prayer. SO liv'
- that II you do not say a word durins
- the last day OF your life there viii b'
E no doubt here about the place of You
T destination. Tc1 will go right Int,
r. sanity. prophetic, evangelistic. apos
s tolic, cherubic. seraphic, archangelic
r deihc presence.
p. II shall be well with you. Moth ~
e you viii go right up into the posses
?. sion OF the babe that the scarlet fsve
= or Group took out OF your arms.
e sorrow that still stings you. and yo
= often say she would now be so man
q 4 years old II she had lived. You wi
= go into the presence OF the old folk
v for hope you are of Christian ~
n cestry, and you will find that the
il have no dimness OF sight or ha!tin
" gait that requires a staff, for the
Is have taken draugbt from the -four
e tain OF perpetual youth that spring
p from under the throne of God. Ol
is the bliSsful companionship of Hesve
In which you shall enteri II shall I
= well with you. i ring this bell
N emancipation and triumph. i like Il