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


selfish pufposes7 emily take the risk
OF asking the question aud leave 20
YOU the risk of answering IL. These
things say 10 show you that in order
TO have the promise of the text full
allied IN your case il ia not necessary
you have phenomenal worldly success.
Notice also that God gives the
righteous the power 10 extract good
out CT evil and by divine chemistry
Co change the bitter into the sweet
and the harmful into the beneficial.
The promise that "a shall oe well with
you does rot imply that YOU are TO be
free from trcnble. There is no escape
from that We all have family rela-
tions. aud some OF them viii be max
ing exit from this world. 50 that b.
reavemcnt is the universal inherit
ance. 80 also il financial loss. The
difference between the prospered ard
those not prospercd is the difference
IN the amount they can afford To lose.
The mere wealth man has the rrcsS
he can lose. hut orc man can afford
to lose n million dollars where anotb-
or man cannot aiford 20 lose one dol
lar. on larger or smaller scale ali
suffer financial loss. Amid the rapid
ity OF the revolutions OF the wheel of
national snd international finance
monetary psrpieNity is as common "a
day or night.
So also misinterpretation and slam
der came 20 al who live active lives
Our actions. thoroughly honest and
above bcsrd. may GENE under sus-
picion Every courtroom at every term
-
fusion Of wha; Is called circumstsn-
tisl evidence. Innocent men are fred
or Imprisoned or electrocUted because
Of an unfortunate conjunction or
events. What Is Svue in courtrooms
is true In all circles Of domestic or
social or political or Official life. Non
have been misunderstood and misrep-
resented OF vii, be misunderstood and
misreprescnted. Then how eau my
text be truce Ny explanation is this:
The man without any divine grace ia
his heart finds iu these troubles irri-
tation ard unteiief and mslancholia
and despair. 4 Christian man finds I'm
them submission and enlarged views
and divine support and reconsecra-
ton. Bereavement 90 the wording
brings hard thoughts Of God and re-
sistance 50 violent it dares not fully
express itself bereavement brings &c
the Christian the thougat OF heavenly
reunion and "a more complete laying
hold Of God. aad more tender apFre-
citation OF the divine presence. and
deeper gratitude that we were per
mitted 60 have the departed one SO
long. and n more lively sympathy for
Il. d. u
aence OF Gods love. for whom the
Lord lovcth he chastcrcth."
Financial less. which ] Just row said
l. sure 90 come. never breaks up a
man who has strong faith in Gcd. in
most cases IL Is "A less 90 surplus o. IL
is the punishment Of luxuries. Most
OF the wants OF the prosperous c'as~e.
are erti6cial wants. The late Mr. At
nour Of The $4,000 GOO estate pointed
10 one az bis clerks on ordinary salary
and said: THAT man has better az
petite than I. sleeps better nights and
enjoys lie more than { DO" ON. m,
gigantic miscr,es OF these who have
too muchi man in Soiomon's tim'
expressed a. phiicsophic rul reason
able a wish as any nan OF those time
or OF our times. Ills name was Asur
and he offered q PRAYER that be iuigl
never have a superabundance or
deficit. crying ont; solve me neithe
poverty nor riches. On the one sid
he had seen the awful struggle 81 Ia
= poor 20 get food and clothes ard she.
ter and 90 educate their children. an
J on the other side he had seen "a
Z equity foot ard the indigestion. at
. tho iusomnia. and the anNiety abou
i large investments. and rho ;hreatcne
! paresis often characteristics OF thos
: who are loaded Up and loaded dow
2 with too many successes. Those pc,
Z pie who are generally called the mas
r es-thst Is. the most OF fo!ks-hay
r. the things absolutely necessary Il
their we'll being. They have no NJ
? riilos on their wall. nor "Be,shazzar
: Feast" "a the dining room. nor pa
L OF $4,000 sorrels AT their doorwa
y Bat they have something which tho.
3 superabundantiy supplied seldom hav
> They have better health because. b
4 sng compelled 10 walk, they get n
P necessary exercise. end. their diet h
r. ing limited 10 plan food. they do ~
4 suffer from midnight salads and a
e not victimized ry rare caterers. Th'
L retire for wholesome sleep AZ the We
T. hour in which others are leaving the
y homes for the dance CT the card part
il They viii sleep .he last sleep just
IN well in the plain graveyard as tho
"a who have over them an arch OF soul
H. tured granite in coStliest necropo
IL or most historical abbey.
sr The reason SO many people are m
2. cradle is because they DO not let vs.