Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-05-04

leaving the sb0NfS on the Sfcord
roor. YOU so 30 she Taricr 20 gis~ for
NAL salu;stion 20 the host and the
hostess and then m ,vr around. s-rrd-
ing the whole evening in the discus
sion OF the weather Eri I'm apology
for trcading on lor~ trains and in
effort to keep the corners OF the
mouth up 10 the sign OF pleasure. and
going around with an idiotic he-hs
ubout nothing until the collation. is
served. and then. aftSr the collation. .
e. served. going lack into the rarlor
20 resume the weather. and then at
the close going n a very late hour TO
the host and hostess ard assuring
them TIA; GU have had most de- !
hshtsul evepir~. md then passing
down oil the frou; steps. the siam OF
the door the oniysa satisfaction of the
evening.
know there Is a great deal Of talk
about the self-dcnials of the Chris
tian. have TO tell you that where
the Christian has one scli-deuial the
man OF tho world has a thousand
self-denials. The Christian is not
commanded 20 surrender anything
that is worth keeping. But what
does a man deny himself who de-
nies himself the religion OF Christi
He denies himself pardon for sin.
/ he denies himself peace Of conscience,
l he denies himself the iov Of the Holy
| Ghost he denies himself a comfort
able death pillow. he denies himself
4 the glory OF Heaven. DO not talk
/ 10 me about the self-denial of the
/ Christian life. Where there is one
| IN the Christian life there IS thou
| sand IN the life OF the world. Her
ways are ways OF pleasantness."
Again. I find great deal OF re-
| hgious sunshine in Christian and di-
vine explanation. To a great many
| people life is an ineNplicable tangle.
Things turn out differently from
what was supposed. There 10 a use
less woman in perfect health. There
l. an industrious and consecrated
woman a complete invalid. Explain
that. There is q bad man with S30.-
900 os income. There is n good man
With $500 OF income. Why ia that?
! There Is foe of society who lives on.
doing all the damage he can. TO IS
years OF age. and here is "a Christian
father. faithful in every department
Of life. az IS years Of age taken away
by death. his family left helpless.
Explain that. On. there is no sen
teuce that oftener drops from your
lips than this: II cannot understand
II. ! cannot under stand it."
We'll. now religion comes in just al
that point with it's Illumination and
It, explanation. There is business
man Who has lost his entire fortune.
| The week before be lost his fortune
there were 20 carriages that stopped
! at the door OF his mansion. The
r week after he lost his fortune all
the carriages you could count on one
finger. The week before financial
Z trouble began people all took Of
/. their hats 10 him as he passed dowT
, the street The week his fnsncia
prospects were under discussion peo
: pie Just touched their hats without
a anyNvisc bending the rim. The wec'
Z that he was pronounced insolven
. people Just jolted their heads a
I they passed. not tipping their hat
$ At an. and the week the sheriff sol,
Z him ont all his friends were looking
l. in the store windows as they wen
j. down pest him.
n Now. while the world goes swa.
!. from q man while he is in fiuancia
j. distress. the religion OF Christ come
J. TO him and says: You are sick. an
b. your sickness is 70 DC moral purif
u cation: YOU are bereaved. Go
n wanted in some way TO take you
e family 10 Heaven. and he must begi
D. somewhere. and so He took the on
"a that was most beautiful aud wa
4. most ready 10 GO" DO not sa
D. that religion explains everything
J this life, but ! do say il lays dow
x certain principles which are grand
- ccnsolatory. You know business me
often telegraph IN cipher. The me
OF chant in San Francisco telegrsphs
10 the merchant in New York certai
al Information in cipher which no oth'
re man in that line of business can n
as derstsnd. but she merchant IN So
ae Francisco has the key TO the ciphe
he and the merchant in New York b.
10 the KEY 10 the cipher. and on tn
n, information transmitted there a
o enterprises Involving hundreds
no thousands of dollars. Now. the pro-
dences OF life sometimes seem TO
no q senseless rigmarole. a mysterio
&C cipher; but God has key TO tn
on cipher and the Christian a key
ne that cipher. and. though he M
er hardly be able to spell out the mea
ing. he gets enough OF the mesnil
All TO understand shat IL is for the be
n Now, Is there not sunshine in tina
N II there not pleasure in that?
&c beyond laughter, IL IL nearer Z
IN ! f0urtoin ~ tears than bofsfpro