Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-05-18

of work fail. why sit down IN dsncoar{
sgement? As large ant hills as have
ever been constructed will he con-
structed again. Put your trust In Cod
and 10 yor- duty. and your best days.
are vet 10 come. You have never heard
such songs as you will yet hear. nor
have YOU ever lived In such grand
abode as you will vet occupy. and ain
the worldly treasures you have iostI
are nothing compared with the opu-y
lence that you will yet own. II you
love and trust the Lord. Paul looks
you in the face and then waves his
hand toward a Heaven full OF palaces
and thrones. saying: "Ah are yours."
So that what YOU fail to get I'm this
present life you will get in the coming
life. Go To work right away and -
build as well as you can. knowing taNI
what the trowels of earthly Industry
fail TO rear the scepters Of heavenly
reward will more than make up. Per-.
sistence is the lesson OF every ant hilL.!
Waste not q moment in useless regrets
or unhealthy repining. Men fret them
selves down. but no man ever vet
fretted himself up. Make the obsta-
cles in your way your cOadiutors. as all
those have who have accomplished
anything worth accomplishment.
Furthermore. go TO the ant aud
learn the lesson OF God-appointed or
der. The being who taught the insect
how 20 build was reomcter as well as
architect. The paths inside that little
home radiate from the door with as
complete arrangement as ever the
boulevards Of a city radiatcd from =
triumphal arch or a lowered circle.
And when they march they keep per-
feet order. moving in straight lines,
turning out for nothing. II a timber
lie in the way. they climb over IL. II
there be house or barn in the way,
they march through il. Order In archi-
tectural structure. order in govern
mont. order of movement. order OF ex-
petition. So let us all observe this
God-appointed rule and take satisfac-
ton in the fact that things are not at
loose ends in this world. II there is a
Divine regulation in n colony or re-
public OF insects. is there not Divine
regulation i'm the lives Of immortal
men and women? II God cares for
the least OF His creatures and shows
them how TO provide their meat in the
summer and gather their food in the
harvest, will lie not be interested in
matters OF human livelihood and in the
guidance Of human afTairs2 I preach
ihe doctrine OF particular Provi-
dence. Are not two sparrows sold for
a farthing. and vet not one OF them
- forgotten before God2 Are We not
OF more value than many sparrows 20
Let there be order in our individual
lives. order i'm the family. order in the
church. order In the state. In all the
world there is mo- room FOR anarchy
But We live In times when there are
so many clashings. There seems al
most universal unrest. Large for
tunes swallow up small fortunes.
CIVILIZED nations trying 20 gobbie up
harbaric nations. Upheaval OF creeds
and people who once believed everv-
thing now believing nothing. Tkc old
book that Moses began and ST. John
ended bombarded from scientific OBJ
servatories and college classrooms.
Amid all this disturbance and uncer-
tainty that which many good peopls
need is not n stimulus, but sedative.
and I'm my text I fnu it-Divine OBJ
serVation and guidance Of minutest
affairs. And nothing is 10 God large
or small-planet or ant hiIl-the God
who easily made the worlds employ
ing His infinity in the wondrous con-
struction OF a spiders foot.
But before we leave this subject
let us thank God for those who are
willing 10 endure the fatigues and
self-sacrifices necessary 10 make rev.
elation Of the natural world. so reen-
forcing the Scriptures. If the micro
scope could speak, hat story it
could tell OF hardship and poverty
and suffering and perseverance on
the part Of those who employed IL for
important discovery Ii would tell
of the ,linded eyes OF NJ Strauss. of
the Hubers and of scores OF those
who. after inspecting the minute OBJ
jects Of Gods creation. staggered out
from their cabinets with vision de-
stroycd. This hour in many a pro-
fessor's study the work Of putting
eyesight on the altar of science is 90
ing on And what greater loss can
one suffer than the loss of eyesight
unless il be loss of reason. While the
telescope is reaching farther down,
both are eNclaiming: There is =
God, and He is infinitely wise and in
fnitely good Worship Him and wor-
ship Him forever!"
And now / bethink myself OF the
fact that we are close TO q season OF
the year which will allow us 20 be
more out OF doors ana 10 confront
the lessons of the natural world, and
there are voices that seem 20 say:
GO 10 the ant; go 10 the bird; go to
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