Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-09-28


shan roosherly fondness should be
hooking for a heritage OF tears, Has
Cod been hard with thee that thou
~houidst be sorebodingf Has He
stinted thy board9 Has He covered
thee with raxs2 Has He spread
trans for thy feet. and CALLED thy
cup. and rasped thy soul, and
wrecked thee with storm. and thun-
Sered upon thee with life fun OF
calamity
IL your father or brother come into
vons bank where gold and silver are
living about. You do not watch them.
I for Won know hey are honest, but IL
an entire stranger come 10y the safe
Won keep yonT eve on him. for you
do not know his designs 80 some 4
men treat God: not as - father, but I
a stranger. and act suSpiciouSly to- +
ward Him. IL j. high time yOa began
20 thank God for present blessing
Thank Him for your children. happy,
buovant and bounding. Praise Him
for your home. with its fountain OF
song aud laughter. Adore Him for
morning light and evening shadow.
Praise Him for fresh. cool water bulb
bling from the rock. leaplng In The
cascade. soaring IN the mist. falling
in the shower. dashing against the
rock aud clapping It's hands in the
h-empesf. Love Him for the grass that
cushions the earth and the clouds
that curtain the sky and the foliage
that waves in the forest. Thank Him
for a Bible 20 read and a Saviour TO
: deliver.
Many Christians think Il a bad sign
? 20 he iubilant. and their work cf self
2 examination is q hewing down ~ their
5 brighter experiences. Like boy with
2 9 new jackkuife, hacking everything
q he comes across. 50 their self-eNa nina
zion IS q religious cutting TO Ftecss o.
: the Crecnest things they can lay their
= hands on. They imagine they are do
D ing Coos service when they are goine
= shout borrowing trouble. and borrow
e ing Sc at 80 per cent. which IS always
a sure precursor 81 bankruptcy.
p Again. the habit Of borrowing trou
ble j. wrong because the present IS suf
a fcisatIv taxed with trial God sees
.e that we Az need certain amount o.
m trouble. and SO Re ap7ortions 81 for al
- the DAYS and years 81 our life Ais
D. for the policy OF gathering it all mp 81
i
,e / mon the back OF one camel al ID
1r cargo intended for the entire caravan
-v I never lock az my memorandum boo
c. 20 sex what engagements AND dutie
Of are far ahead. Let every week bear i
"a / own bur6eas. The shadows OF to-da
RI are thick enough Why impi~re 81
IT, presence % other shadows2 The cu
,u il already Gistasteful. Why halioo
~ 70
, wiring ont more gsIl in the bitterness
- Are we such champions that. havin
u won the belt iu former ENCOUNTERS, v
can 30 forth 20 challenge al che {
81 ture?
n. Here are business men just able
-. manage affairs a. they now are III
al can pay their rent and meet their uot
~ and MANAGE affairs as they now Al
-, but how ~ a panic should come a.
- nv investments should failf Go
morrow and wr5te on your daybo
OF on your ledger. on your money 50
Sufficient unto the day is the 2
"a thereof DO not worry about not
80, that are FAR from due Do not pile
On your counting desk the hnanc
suxieties ~ the next 20 years 7
God who has taken care 81 your wor
IL occupation, guarding your 80
from the torch Of the fncendiary q
,he KEY ~ the burglar. VIII be ~ IA
ful in 1910 AS in 1901. Gods hand
anu rnirhr-ssr fhan che rnachinarions
stock gamblers OF The plots % Poiit
Tor 5emagogues OF the right arm n ~
asit luton. and the darkness VIII Is
ltch the storm fau dead a. his feet.
ises So there are persons IN feeble hea
-teA ard they are worried about the
ipI ture They make out very wei p
VIZ but thev are bothering themse
Teu about future pleurlsies and rheu
rec tisns and neuralgias and fevers. i
Z an evesisht g. feeble. and they are 3
agie- rie5 unless tbey entirely lose IL. II
aieh hearing s. indistinct. and they
ZONE alarmed lest they become emit
the deaf They feel chilly to-day and
Ming expecting an attack OF typhoid. ]
snc have been troubled for weeks
the some perplexing malady and drea'
com coming lifelong invalids- Take
ighf. q your health now ard trust ops
"a The future Pc not guilty q The
Is en- phemy 81 asking HIM 70 take car
and Won while YOU sleep with your wine
into .ight down or eat chicken salad
en - o'clock a. night or SIT down on a
ienry | % ses 70 cool Of. BE prudent.
your then be confident Some ~ the si'
ezth. people hase been the most nsefu
NJ fn was 80 alth Payxon. who died "a
you daily. and Robert Hal. who o.
the ,sob I'm the midst Of his serInoi
liz down on the pulpit sofa 10
,x~frv .rS fhen 90 or again Theodore