Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-08-31

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Well. then. whst do you wrns1 a
thousand voices in the audience cry
out: Comfort Give Us confcrti'
For that reason I have rolled away
the stone from the wells mouth.
Come, all ye wounded of the flock,
pursued OF the wolves. come 20 the
fountain where the Lords sick and
bereft ones have come. "Ah." says
some one. "you are not old enough TO
understand my SORROWS. You have
not been in the world az long as
have. and you can't talk 10 me about
my misfortuues In the time OF old
age" Well, / may not have lived as
long as you. but have been great
deal among old people. and know
how they feel about their failing
health and about their departed
friends and about the loneliness thstnG
sometimes strikes through their
souls.
After two persons have lived to-
Cether for 40 or so years and one Is
taken away. what desolationi shall
not forget the cry of Or. De Witt. VI
New York. when be stood by the open
grave OF his beloved wife and after
che obsequies had ended he looked
down into the open place and said;
Farewell. my honored. faithful and
beloved wife The bond that bound
us Is severed. Thou art in glory, and
I am here on earth. We shall meet
/ again. Farewell. FAREWELL"
You get a little worried for fear that
Il some time YOU will come 20 want. do
YOU? Your children and grandchN-
| dren sometimes speak n little sharp 10
YOU because OF your ailments. The
| Lord will not speak sharp. Do you
| think YOU will come 10 wsnt2 What
do YOU think the Lord Is? Are His
rranaries empty7 VIII He feed the
raven and the rabbit and the lion In
the desert. and forget your Why. nat
uralists tell IA that the porpoise will
not forsake its wounded and sick mate.
And do YOU suppose the LORD OF Heaven
and earth has not as much sympathy
as the Ash OF the ssa2 But you say:
Il am 20 near worn out. and / am or
no use 10 God any more" think the
Lord knows whether you are OF any
more use or not. II you were Of no
more use. He would have taken You
before this. Do you think God has for
gotten YOU because He has taken care
of YOU 20 or 50 years2 lie thinks more
Of YOU to-day than He ever did. be-
cause YOU think more Of him. May
the God OF Abraham and Isaac and ia
cob and Paul the aged be your God for
ever! But / gather all the promises to-
> DAY in a group. and ask the shepherds
10 drive their focks Of lambs and shecP
up TO the sparkling supply. BE hold.
happy is the nam whom God correct
E eth" Though He cause grief yet VIII
! He have compa ssion." MANY are the
Affections Of the righteous. but tho
Lord delivereth him olt Of them all
Weeping may endure for night. but
I joy cometh in the morning" am
e determined that no one shall 60 out Of
j this house uncontrolled. Yonder is
= a timid and shrinking soul who sec ms
S 20 hide away from the consultations
Y am utteriug as a child With a sore
hand hides away from the ply stefan
lest he touch the wound too rough. 5
and the mother has TO go and compel
the little patient 10 come out ana see
the physician. SO I come 10 your
timid aud shrinking soul to-day ar,
y compel YOU TO come out ia the pre-
/, ence OF the Divine Physician. lie vii
r not hurt you. He has been healins
i wounds for many years, and lie vii
a give you gentle and omnipoteat meei
n cament.
: But people. when they have trouble
u 20 anywhere rather than 10 God. ID
ID Quincy took opium 10 get rid ~ hi
n. troubles. Charles Lamb took {
ie punch. Theodore Hook took 70 some
lie thing stronger. Edwin Forrest too
r 10 theatrical dissipation. And me-
y. have run all around the earth. hopiE
10 in the quick transit 20 get away froi
=, their miSfortunes. II has been a dea
re- failure. There IS only one 1sell tina
n can stake the thirst of al Athlete
to spirit. and that is the deep and incl
sc haustible well Of the Gospel.
IS But some one in the audience sayi
at Notwithstanding al you have saI
be this morning, j fnd no alienation Il
al my troubles." Well. l am not throus
lie vet. / have left the most pCtent co
al sideration for tho last. I am golT
re TO soothe you with the thought
~ Heaven. However talkative We ms
be, there will come time when q
all stoutest and most emphatic interrog
on ticn viii evoke from Us no answer.
ew soon as we have closed our lips f.
it'll the final silence no power on ear
90 can break that tsciturn.ty. But " heI
In o Christian. will be your spirit?
'ou scene of infinite gladneSs. 7
our spring morning of Heaven waving
The blossoms in the bright air. Nicto
md fresh from battle showing their sea
the The rain of earthly sorrow stTu
Of through with the RAINBOW of eterr
thy JOY. In one group Goo and angels 4
the the redeemed. Paul and Silas. La tin
be- and Ripley, Isaiah and jeremiah, Pa