Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-11-09
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In this discourse DIR. TalmAge DEM
onssrat~s that we are affected by
forces that we seldom recognize sno
snlsrrax upon human sccountshihtyi
the text 4 job SssSis Csnst thou
bind enc sweet Influences OF flSa-
s6ssG-
what "a tAe meaning OF that Ques-
ton that Ged put 20 doe1 Rave w
az cur lives been reading u sne sre
NEST OF Is ignorant Of it, beauty
and power and practical suggestive
n~sxf a meaningless passage o.
Scripture many thought = 20 be hui
The telescopes were ensy sge aver
az ard astronomical osserVatons
kept o. Qoost5sainE the skies u7'si
the meaning 81 my text comes oa'
fuxr-cusly. The Fleizces = con
sfsuarion % seven stars appearing &c
TIA naked eye. hut scientific ins'Fs-
-,rr.s reveal more than 600 properly
belonging - the group Aicy one =
4hs name % The brightest star 81 taAt
group called the Pieisdes- Russian
astronomer observed that Aicyo =
she center % gra~itstion % our soisi
rystsn E1rh Macmillan says thai
the sun ard its planets ~heei AROUND
that center az the rate ~ $1,000 miles
g dsv IN ~ orhir which IL VII take
1900. 90 years &c complete Ihe Plea
a6es appear IN The sprinEtirs and are
associated with flowers and genisi
warmth E16 good weather. lhc uaV-
raeio- 81 the NetitsrrzDean was froE
Nsy % Noveru hcr-the rising and TIE
setting Of the Picia6es- The priests
Of B-ins noticed that rising and set
firE 100 years before Christ
Nov. TIE glorious meaning % ny
feEt Il plain a. vel as radiant TIC
give job the beaurifui grace 81 hn.
msHrv Co5 asked hin: -Caust thor
hin6 the sweet Influences 81 ths
FlssE6esT- Hzve yon any power Over
The laws q grzvitation2 Can gou
modify o. chaaCe an influence Wieli.
Cd BY a star more than s1o.ooo r1ile'
awayT Car you control the winds 81
ne sp-inr-irne9 Can you call out II.
EowerE7 How Utrle you know com
Vsred with ozniscie1cri How httl'
you csz CO compared with OmDiPo
tercel
The probability is that job haS
been tempted 20 zrroEancs BY rs VS.
artsi-me1rk. be Was = netAllurEis -
q EooiogiEt. q poct. and shows BY ~
writings he had knowledge % hurt
9n<. 81 rnusic. Of sznery. % med
enc. q mining. % astronomy, an
perhaps was 80 Ear ahead % -
scholars I'D scientists OF IL tiI
1kaf he rrzT have ben s0ms~ Ia
ru&e6 mp hence this interrogasior q
r--< text And there a. 1otAi1g TIA
- EooE sRkss down human PRIDE q
an Interrogation Point rightly thra9'
Carat used = uiEhtiiy- Paul mounte
the p4rzpet q MS great argument
with such 3 battery. Men o. -
world zncerstzzd r. Demosthens
bsxzr Us speech or the crown an
Cice-o hls Grafton against CztlllE
ahc Lard CHATHAM Ia meat famou
O-ztio1a viii question The e-nPii
ef 3EnOrz1ce - 20 u1eh vEstsr ths
1he e-npi-s Ct kno~l-cEe that aft'
xhe most lSxrnet and elaborate C.
euiEstio1 uPos any subject o. soclo
oxy CT theclsgy tie pialDeEt -aAn Ia
akk q question that vii make "a
wiSest Spe-shlsEs- After the Pr
1ouncest assault upon Christlzni'
sAe kumblesE ciEciPls may make Z
inquiry that would silence q Noltair
Called upon- 40 re al are ~ sims
&c c-fe1d cur holy religior. inste.
az Arguzs1t shat can always - q
s~ered ~ srvuzs~nr let Us try Z
power 81 Interrogation We ought
- loaded with a. least half . doz
Questions and always rszcF. End MI
ChTlstis nity IL AKsaii-c suc Ne =
told there IL nothing II ~. and tAs
a. 10 Coo. snc thers never ~as
suirAcls. nnd that rs Scriptures e
unrsAsonzbls and cruel AID Il
there never vii be = Judgunsnt q
seke cut q yOur P0rtsbis Arncry
Interrogation something Ike IA
What makes the coD6itlo1 of wom
A. Garis.lan lads b~tt<T than
heather E1ucEf Do you thins Il s0'
be kfnd IN God 20 turn tie hom
race TITO = world without Sny ~
Zen xeselnfion &c explain an6 enos
age and elevate and saver And =
reveSs1io1 wAs E1sde, Which 60 ,
prefer, the ZeEda-Yests Of The p
star or the Co1fuciaa writings 81 I
czinsse or the Koran of Mons I'm
or GUY Bsblef ~ chrsst is not q
vsne being. shat did h mean ~
he esiSs Before Abr1m va J a.
II fhs Blbie is a bad book. where
1hs evil resslts Of reading AZ
ycu see any cegrActng iEsaene~
she book IN ySnr father or not
or sister. who used 20 read III
you net skfnk that 5ucgmest I
L. necessary IN order 20 sSPihtn I
Gx up things that sers neser
piained or EKed up7 II our relAsiol
fl.sK1czl and an impositio1 upon