Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-11-02
A WORD OF NIGHT.
Great Meaning Contained in Text
of DR.. Talnage's Sermon.
n. Composed OF But Four Letters Hut
rs the Queen OF Words->ot~ce
OF Cnrt.tisn Fstth-rwo
Things 10 believe.
fcOpyrlght, 1871. by Louis Kiopseh. n. II
Washington. Oct ~


all people 20 gladness and opens ali
the doors Of eNpeetancy' texts zen
esis vi. is. Gomez" Revelations Axii-'
IL. Come"
Imperial. tender and all persuasive
is the word Come. Six hundred anu
seventv-eicht times il Is found in the
Scriptures. IL stands at the 'front.'
gate OF the Bible as in my hrst text .
inviting antediluviaus into Moan ara
and il stands At the other gate OF inc
Bible as in my second text, inNtihs 4
the postdluvians Of all later aGeS
into the ark Of Saviour's mercy
Come" Is only n word % four le0-
ters, but il Is the queen OF worus'
and nearly the entire nation OF Ing
glish voca bulary bows 70 its seep1er'
Ii is an ocean into which emptles "
coo rivers of meaning. other words
drive, but this beckons- All mooos OF
feeling hath that word Tome.
Sometimes IL wceps and sometimes II
laughs. Sometimes IL prays. some
/ times IL tempts. and sometimes ~ oe-
P stroys. IL sounds from the door OF
| the church and from the seraghos OF
I sin. from the gates Of Heaven anu
the gates 81 hell. II Is continent ana
/ accrescent OF al power. IL IS the helI-
ess OF most Of the past and the al
moner OF most Of the future. Come.
You may pronounce IL SO that all the
heavens viii be heard in its cadences
or pronounce IL so that all the woes
OF time and eternity shall rcveroerate
in It's one syllable. IL is on the up
OF saint and prohigate. II Is the
miChticst Of all solcitantS either Tor
good or bad.
Today Z weigh anchor and haul IN
the piank~ and set sail ON that great
word. although I am sure 1 viii not
be able 20 reach the farther shore
will let down the fathoming line
into this sea and try 20 measure its
depths. and. though I tie together an
the cables and cordaCe / have on
board. I viii not be- able 20 touch bot
tom. AL the power OF the Christian
religion IL in that word, Come" The
dictatorial and commendatory in re
lirion are % no avail. The impcra-
, tive mood Is not the appropriate
b mood when we would have people saw
Z inrly impressed. They may be
d f. coaNcd. but they cannot be driven
Z Our hearts are like our homes; al
d q friendly knock the door VIII b'
b. opened. but an attempt 90 force opei
b our doors would land the assailan
in prison. Our theological seminaris b
q which keep young men three years D
p their curriculum before launchiu.
O them into the minis Try. viii Go We.
% II ia SO short q time they can tesc
- the candidates for the holy office ho'
o. TO say with right emphasis and into
O. nation and power that one wor,
n Come That man who has sue
s. efficiency in Christian work and tina
u woman who has such power TO pei
b. suade people 20 quit the wrong an
begin the right went through serie
Of losses. bereavemcnts. persecution
and the trials OF 20 or so years b'
l. fore they could make IL triumph &
grace every time they uttered q
WORD Come"
You must remember that i'm man
lr cases our Come" has a nights
is Come TO conquer before il has At
M effect az all. just give me the acc
.n rate census, the statistics OF no
d. many are down IN fraud, i'm drunke
al ness. ia gambling, ia impurity or
o.. vice OF any sort. and ! will give VI
o. the accurate census OF statistics
bis how many have been slain by Z
,u- word Come" GONE and click wi
glasses with me al this ivory bal
rk Come and see what we can win
ret this gaming table" Come ent
&C. with me this doubtful speculation
.d: Come with me and read those
fdel tracts on Christianity" Cor
an. with me 10 a place OF bad anus
re ment." Come with me IN gay bo
through the underground life of I
his city" II in this city there are 20,'
the who are doom in moral charact
then 10000 fell under the power
-" the word Come" j was reading
ion q wife whose husband had been ov
gic thrown by strong drink and she W.
for 20 the saloon where he was ruin
.ity and she said; Give me back
husband" And the bartender. poi
ing 10 q maudlin and battered u
browsing in the corner OF the D
room. said: There he is. jim, Wi
. q up: here's your wife come for 20
And the woman said: DO you
that my husband? What nave
been doing with him? Is that
aek. manly brow. is that the clear
the iz that the noble heart. that / II
hold ried? What vile drug have you ri
rays him that has turned him into a he
the Take your tiger claws OF Of I
ight UncOil those serpent folds OF
dix habit that are crushing him. Give
the back my husband. the one with WI
yes / stood at the altar ten years
and Give him back 20 me" Victim
light ne. as many millions OF others
viii been. Of the word @'Conei"
You Now w want Ali the world