Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-06-29

of its ruins are no larger shxn your
thumb nail and you can hardly find
souvenir large enough TO remind you
Of your visit. The city of Tyre Is un-
der the sea which washes the shore.
on which are only few crumpling
pillars left. Sodem ard Gomorrah
are covered by waters SO deathful
that not a fish can live in them. Baby
Ion aud Nineveh are so blotted out OF
existence that not one uniujured shaft
of their ancient splendor remains /
Nothing but omnipotence could have /
put them down and put them under. |
The antediluvian world was able 10 |
send To the postdiluvian world only |
one ship with n very small passenger |
list. Omnipotence first rolled the
seas over the land. and then told theta
TO go hack 20 their usual channels Is
rivers and lakes and oceans. At
Omnipotcnt command the waters
bouncing upon their prey, and at
OmnipOtent command Sinking back
into their appropriate places. BY
such rehearsal we try to arouse our
appreciation of what Omnipotence is.
and our reverence Is excited. and our
alteration is intensified. but after all
we find ourselves at the foot of
mountain we cannot climb. lowering
over depth we cannot fathom. at
the rim of a circumference we cannot
compass. and we feel like first going
down on our knees and then like fall
| jig fiat upon our faces as we exclsim;
40. these are parts of His ways. But
how little a portion is heard Of Him?
But the thunder OF his power who
can understand?'
| So all those who have put together
systems OF theology have discoursed
also about the wisdom OF God. Think
Of wisdom which can know the end
from the beginning. that knows the
| thirtieth century a well as the first
| century. We can guess what will hap
| pen. but IL * only a guess. Think Of
n mind that can hold all the past and
all the present and all the future. We
can contrive and invent on a small
scale. but think Of "a wisdom that
could conirive universal Think Of
a wisdom that can learn nothing new.
n wisdom that nothing can surprise.
! all the facts. scenes and occurrences
Of all time 10 come aS plainly before
IL as though they had already trans
pired, He could have built all the ma.
terial universe into one world and
swung IL "A glorious mass through i'm
mensity. but behold His wisdom in di-
viding mp the grandeurs into innu-
merable worlds. rolling splendOrs or
all sides. diversity. amplitude. ma J.
esty. infinitv. Worlds, Worlds.
Moving in complete order. shining
with complete radiance. Mighties'
telescope on one hand and most pow
crful microscope on the other. dis
covering in the plan Of God not on'
imperfectiOn. What but Divine wis
dom could have planned human race
and. before "a started. built for il
world like this: pouring waters 1,
? slake human thirst and giving soil
capacity TO produce such food and lift
ing such a canopy Of clouds embroid
I cred with such sunlight and surround
ing the world with such wonders tina
4 all the scientists OF the ages have onl
E begun 10 unroli them? Wisdom i
D magnitude and ia atom. Ia archangs
j and In moilusk. Think Of a wisdoT
10 that was able TO form withou. an
Z suggestion or any model to work b
r the eve. the ear. the hand. the foo
r the vocal organs. No wonder tina
h Galen. the most celebrated of medies
r authors among the ancients. fell o
z his knees at the overwhelming wisdol
= OF God in the constitution OF the IA,
u man frame. Our libraries are file
r with the wisdom of the great thinl
4 ers OF all time. Have YOU considers
Is the far superior wisdom which fasl
Is toned the brain for all those though
= of the Infinite Mind that built tho.
J. intellects? But il is only the m
/ l.
Il come To mortal appreciation. Clo
ID next to every discovery is wOnd
Is that has not been discovered. We -
n only one specimen among 10000 spe'
I'd | mems.
he 4 tradition says that Abraham
Ia the Old Testament was when an
ne FAINT hidden in a cave because of q
al prosecutions of Nimrod. The fir
time the child came out of the cave
tn 81 was night, and he looked mp at 4
n star and cried: This is my God" b
X. the star disappeared. and Abrahs
g said: mo. that cannot be my Coo
is After awhile the moon rose, a
OF Abraham said: This is my God" b
he IL set, and Abraham was again diss
n pointed. After awhile the sun TO
r. and he said: why, truly, here is ]
er God" but the sun went down, a
Ike Abraham was saddened- Not un
he the God of the Bible appeared
ne Abraham was he satisfied, and
cs. faith was so great that he was cal
la "the Father OF the Faithful"
-er that the theologians know of 20
lal | wisdom is insignificant compared W
lIy | the wisdom beyond human comp
to- | hension. The human race never
wi had and never will have enough br