Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-09-21

took the first step. And instead OF
rcipg and getting knotty scourge
with which TO whip your antagonist,
your enemy. YOU hao better get up
on the radiant mount where Christ
suffered for His enemies and just
take an olive branch. not stripping
OF the soft. cool. fragrant leaves.
leaving them all on. and then try on
them that Gospel switch. II will not
hurt them. and IL will save you.
Peace be with God. peace with man.
III YOU cannot take those two doc
trines, you are no Christian.
Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts In Christian love;
The fellowship Of kindred minds
Is like 70 that above.
From sorrow. toll and pain
And sin we shall be free.
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
But this evergreen of my text also
suggests the simple fact that religion
is evergreen. What does the pine
branch care for the snow on its
/ hrow2 II is only n crown of glory
| The winter cannot freeze il out. This
evergreen tree branch is as beautiful
in winter as il is in the summer.
| And that Is the Characteristic of our
holy religion. In the sharpest, cold
| est winter of misfortune and disaster
| IL is as good n religion as IL is in
/ the bright summer sunshine. Well.
| now. that is practical truth. For
| suppose If / should go up and down
these aisles 1 would not find in this
house so people who had had no
trouble. But there are some of you
who have especial trouble. God only
knows what you go through with.
| Oh. how many bereavements, how
many poverties, how many persecu-
tions. how many misrepresentation
And now, my brother, you have tried
everything else, why DO you not try
this evergreen religion il is just "a
| GOOD for YOU now as IL was in the
day OF prosperity. It is better for
YOU. Perhaps some OF you feel al
mast like Muckle BaclSie, the fisher
man. who was chided one day be-
cause he kept on working. although
that very dav he buried his child.
| They came 20 him and said: ut is
| indecent for YOU TO be mending that
| boat when this afternoon you buried
| YOUR child" And the fisherman looked
| UP and said: "Sir. il is very easy for
| YOU gentlefoll<s TO stay In the house
with your handkerchief 10 your eyes
i'm grief: but. sir, ought TO let the
, other Ave children starve because one
or them Is drowned2 No. sir We
Inaun work, we maun work. though
( our hearts beat like this hammer"
You may have had accumulation OF
n sorrow and misfortune. They come in
a hocISs. they come in herds, upon your
G soul. and. vet I have to tell you that
O this religion can console vow, that II
z can help YOU. that IL can deliver you
{. IL nothing else will Do You tell me
/. that the riches and the gain of thii
b world can console you? How was 4
s. with the ecclesiostic who had such I
q fondness for money that when h
n was sick NJ ordered a basin Of goi'
3 | pieces brought 20 him, and he put hi
j. equity hands down among the gol'
r pieces. cooling his hands OF IN them
m | and the rattle and rolling of Ties
~ ! gold pieces were his amusement an
BE- entertainment. All. the gold and 81
Id yer. the honurs, the emOluments o
~ this world. are poor solace for
Of perturbed spirit. You want some
or thing better than this world can give
e. A young prince. when the childre
re- came around TO play with him, r.
es fused 10 play. He said: 81 viii pla
re- only with kings" And il would /
supposed that you would throw ava
nj all other solace before this regal sa
All isfactiOn, this imperial joy.
ch The hin OF Zion yields
by thousand sacred sweets
IL Before We reach the heavenly fields
Il or walk the golden streets.
. City Of eternity. 20 thy bridal halls
From this prison would rnee.
y All. glory, That's FOR you and mot
"a NV text brings us one step furthe
% II saws: go forth into the mou
tie and fetch olive branches and pi
ON branches and myrtle branches a.
he | palm branches and branches of thi
~ trees" Now. you know very well
oh I make this remark under the he
en- of branches of thick trees-that
h.. booth or arbor made of slig
&c branches would not stand. The fl
,ss blast of the tempest would prostrG
II. So then the booth or arbor mt
ter have four stout poles TO hold mp I
10 arbcr or booth, and hence for
~ building of the arbor for this woi
a,d we must have stout branches of TIL
-. trees. And so IL is in the Gospel
MA Dor. Blessed be God that we have
hen brawny Christianity, not one cas-
IN upset. The storms OF life will CO
the upon us. and we want strong d
mi trine; not only love, but Justice;
teh only invitation, but warning. 1t