Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-04-20

mouth and the bowling of the nm
washed crowd then lie will forget you
and me in the in1usticeS OF lie that
may be inflicted upon us
Further I remark: The last great
installment paid Cor our redemption
Nves the demise OF Christ. The world
has seen many dark DAYS. Many sum-
mcrs ago there was very dark day
when the sun was cclipSed. The fowl
ut MONDAY went 10 their perch. and
we felt a gloom AS we looked at the
astronomical wonder. IL Was n dark
day in London when the plague vas
at its height. and the dead with uncov-
cred faces were taken in open carts
and dumped In the trenches. II was
n dark dav when the earth opered aud
Lisbon sank. but the darkest day since :
the creation of the world was when the
carnage of Calvary was enacted
II was about noon when the curtain
began 20 be drawn IL was the swing
ing OF a great gloom all around tho
heavens. God hung Il. Aswhen there
Is dead one in the house ycu bow
the shutters or turn the lattice. so
God In the afternoon snut the windows
OF the world. AS IL is appropriate to
a passes along, so IL was appropriate
that everything should be somber that
day as the great hesrse OF the earth
rolled on. bearing the corpse of the
King. A mans last hours are ordi.
narily kept sacred. However you may
have hated or caricatured man. when
you hear he Il dying silence puts It's
hands on your lips. and you would
4 = =. a -. 4
st7nj by deathbed making faces and
soothing. But Christ In His last hour
cannot be left alone. What. pursuing
Him yet after so long p0rsuit7 You
have been drinking His tears. Do you
want 10 drink His blood7 They come
up closely. so that Notwithstanding the
darkness they can glut their revenge
with the contortiOns OF his cOunte-
nance. They examine His feet. They
want 20 feel for themselves whether
those feet are really spiked. They put
out their hands and touch the spikes
and bring them back wet with blood
and wipe them on their garments.
| Women stand there and weep. hut can
do no good. IL j. no place for the ten
der-hearted women. IL wants heart
that crime has turned into granite.
The waves Of mans hatred and of helrs
vengeance dash up against the man
/ gled feet. and the hands OF sin and
pain and torture clutch for his holy
heart. Had he not been thoroughly
fastened 10 the cross they would have
torn Him down and trampled Him
With both feet. How the cavalry
J horses srched their necks and chsmped
their bits and reared and shifted at
the blood Had a Roman officer called
out for q light. his voice would not
have been heard in the tumult but
louder than the crash OF spears. and
the waiinC Of womanhood, and the
neighing of the chargers. and the bel
lowing OF the crucihers. there comes
voice crashing through--lOud. clear.
overwhelming. terrific. II is the groan-
ing Of the dying son of Cod Look.
what a Scenei Look, world. at what
you'hsve donei
1 lift the covering from the mall
treated Christ TO let you count the
wounds and estimate the cost oh.
when the nails went through Christ
right hand that bought your hands.
with all their power 10 work and hfs
and writei when the nails went
through Christs right foot and
Christ's left foot. that bought your
feet, with all their power TO walk or
run or climb. When the thorn went in
TO Christ's temple. that bought your
brain, with AL its power 20 think and
Plan When the spear cleft Christ's
side, that bought your heart. with all
its power 10 love and repent and pray.
When the Atlantic cable was lost n
ls65. do you remember that the Great
Eastern and the Midway and the Al
bany went out 90 fnd IL? Thirty tiules
they sank the grapnel 81 miles deep
In water After awhile they found the
sable and brought IL 10 the Surfacs.
No sooner had IL been brought 10 the
surface than they lifted 8 shout OF ex-
ultstion. but the cable slipped back
again into the water and was lost.
Then for two weeks more they swept
the sea with the graphing hooks. and
at last they found the cable, and thew
brought it up In silence. They fastened
IL this time. Then with great excite
ment they took one end of the cable
TO the electricians room TO see IL there
: were really any life In &C. and when
= they saw a spark aud knew that q mes.
/ | sage could be sent then every hat was
. | lifted. and the rockets few and the
, | guns sounded. until all the vessels or
y | the expedition knew. and the CONT
J nents were dashed together. Wei. ~
, friends. Sabbath after Sabbath Gospa
messengers have come searching dowr
. for your souls We have swept the sea
: with the graphing hook of Christi
; Gospel Again and again we have
| thought that you were at the surface