Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-09-14

Well. then. what do you wansf A
thousand voices I'm the audience cry
out. "ComforA Give Ms comfortt"
For that rrsson 1 have rolled away
the stone from the wells mouth
Come. al We wounded OF the flock.
pursued OF the wolves. come 20 the
fountain where the Lords sick and
bereft ones have come. "AlA" says
some one. "you are not old enough 10
understand my sorrows. You have
not been in the world a. long as
have. and YOU cant talk 10 me about /
my nisfortuncs In the time OF old |
age" Well. I may not have lived al |
long "a you. but I have been n great 1
deal among old people. and I know
how they feel about their failing
health and about their departed
friends and about the loneliness that
sometimes strikes through their
souls.
After two persons have lived to-
rether for 40 OF 50 years and one i
taken away. what dcSolstion' ] shall
not forget the CRY Of Or. De Witt. OF
New York, when he stood by the open
grave af his beloved wife and after
/ the obsequies had ended ne looked
| down into the open place and said;
Farewell, my honored. faithful and
beloved wife. The bond that bound
a. IN severed Thou art In glory. and
I Am here on earth. We shat meet
again. Farewell. FAREWELL"
You get nttie worried for fear that
some time you will come TO want. do
your Your children and gvaudehil-
dran sometimes speak little sharp TO
yeu because Of your ailments. The
Lord will not speak sharp. Do you
think YOU will come 70 wsnt7 What
10 YOU think the Lord is7 Are His
rrarariss smpty7 win he feed the
raven aud the rabbit and the lion Ia
the desert. and forget your Why. nat
urauats tell rs that the porpoise viii
not forsake its wounded and sick mate.
Ard DO you suppose theLord OF Heaven
and earth has not as much sympathy
As the Ash Of the xes2 But you says
Il an 50 near worn out. and l am or
no use TO God any more" think the
/ Lord knows whether you are OF any
more use or not. 10 you were OF no
more use. He would have taken you
before this. Do YOU hiak God has for
gotten you because He has taken care
OF you 20 or SO years. IL thinks more
OF you to-day than He ever did. be-
cause YOU thira usore a ban. NSay
the God OF -Abpshrisn saf xsaae and ia
cob and Paul ths sSs8 be peas God for
everl But gs1hey s8i-ehe PV'onA.se 20
day in group. and I e ~ re ehephe I'd :
70 drive THAR hoct-s - agfE5s nd she ep
e up 20 the SPARKLING anTz3y. ''f,e@oid,
! happy is the man whom ocd correct
I. eth" Though He efsrse Grief, yet " III
He have compa ssion-" ~Fkauy are the
, Affections of the pighseo us. bEt she
Lord delivereth him eut Of thegn ALL
Weeping may endure for a night. bat
{ ioy comcth in tb1 rsoEui0g." an
determined that no one shall 60 out OF
q this house uRcsmforted. Youdsr is
9 timid and shrinking soul who seems
: 10 hide away from the consoiations
u am uttering as a child with a sore
hand hides away from the physician
lest he touch the wound too roughly
and the mother has 10 90 and compe
the little patient 70 come ont and se'
the physician. SO I come 20 you
timid and shriaking soul to-day an'
= compel YOU 70 come out in the pres
l. ence Of the Divine Physician. He VII
r not hurt you. he has been hsainl
Fl wounds for many years. and lie wi
give you gentle and omnipotent med
a. cament.
: But people. when they have trouble
u GO anywhere rather than 20 God. ID
10 Quincy took opium 30 get rid OF hi
n. troubles. Charles Lamb took I
ie punch. Theodore Hook took 20 som'
le thing stronger. Edwin Forrest too
r 90 theatrical dissipation. And me
- have run all around the earth. hopin
'' in the quick transit TO geA away frol
- their misfortunes. II has been dea
re failure. There Is only one well tia
n can slake the thirst Of an Athlete
70 spirit, and that is the deep aud inc
Sc haustible well Of the Gospel.
es But some one Ia the audience say
NJ Notwithstanding all you have sa
he this morning, 1 End 10 alienation f,
AL my troubles" Well. l am not throus
lie yet. / have left the most potent CO
AZ sidera ton for the last. l am gciI
re TO soothe you with the thought
N Heaven. However talkative we MI
be. there will come a time when 81
all stoutest and most emphatic interros
GU ton win evoke from US no answer.
ew soon as we have closed our lips z
ith the fnal silence no power on ear
GO can break that taciturnity But whei
IN o Christian, Will be your spirit?
Ou q scene of infinite gladness. T
'ur spring moxning Of Heaven waving
he blossoms IA the bright air. Veto
nd fresh from ba title showing their sea
he The rain Of earthly sorrow stru
Of through with the RAINBOW Of eterr
tly Joy. In one group Goo and angels a
the the redeemed, Paul and Silas. Latin