Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-04-06

a. source tte, tnc Ntptri1e sung OF
4 bitter memory. the fragments OF a
broken heart. win tel you what
tear il. II IS rgony in solution. Hear.
:hen. while l discourse OF tke ministry
OF feais CT tie practice, Uss OF sorrow:
Firs. 50 is she design or trouble 10
keep this world from beng TOO ct
tractivr. Something must be dcns 20
make u willing 10 quit this existence.
II IL we're not for trouble. this would
be a good enough Heaven for us- You
and 1 would be Willing 10 sake = lease
OF this life for hundred million years
e. there were no trouble. The Earth,
cushioned and upholstered aud Pill
lareG snl chan0eiisrcc C such expense.
no story Of other WORLDS could enchant
Us. Ne would cay: Let well enough
alone. IL you want 10 die and have
your BODY disintegrate ted in the Dust and
your soul go cut on n celestial adven-
ture. then you can 60. bot this world
Is good enough for me" You might 80
vel 20 20 a man whO has just entered
the Louvre a. Paris and tell him TO
hasten of TO the picture galleries OF
Venice or Florence. why he would
say. what is the uss OF my going
there2 There are Rem0rsndts and Ru-
benses and Tifians here that l have not
looked at yet" No man wants 20 60
out of this world or out of any house
until he has better house.
To cure this wish 20 stay here God
must somehow create e disgust Tor our
turrouudings. How shall he DO IT.?
{ Hc cannot afford TO efTace his horizon
or to tear OF hery panel from the
sunset or 70 subtract an anther frozn
T the water lily or 20 Danish The pungent
aroma from the mignonette or 20 drag
/ the robes OF the morning 10 mire. You
cannot expect Christopher Wren TO
I mar his own st. Paurs cathedral or a
4 Michael Angelo 10 dash out bis own
Last Judgment" or a Hande. 10 dis
cord his Israel in Egypt" anG YOU can
not expect God 20 spoil the architecture
and music Of his own world. How.
then. are We TO be made willing 20
leavc2 Here is where trouble comes in
After = man has had a good deal OF
trouble he says; well. am ready "a
70. II there H. house SomeW hers
whose roof does not leak. i would like
10 live there. Ifthere Is an atmosphere
somewhere that does not distress the
lungs. I would like 20 breathe IL. i
;here is q society somewhere wher'
there Is no title tattle. / would like e
live there. Ifthere is q home circle some
where where can find my lost friends
I would like 70 go there" lie used e
read the first part OF the Bible chiefly
now he reads the last part OF the Bihi
chiefly. Why haS he changed Gcnesi
. for Reveiation2 All. he used 20 be an Z
! ious chiefly 10 know how this world "a
, made and all about its geological coz
I Struction. Now he is chiefly anxious &
= know how the next world was mad
{ and how IL looks and who live there an
2 how they dress. lie reads Revelation
= ten times now where no reads Genesi
4 ! once. The old story. "In the beginnin
r God created the heavens and III
\ earth" does not thrill him half as niue
k as the other story. II saw a new Heave
] and a new earth" The old mans han
trembles as he turns over this apo'
;. alyptical leaf. and he has 20 take on
c his handkerchief TO wipe his spectacle
= That book OF Revelation is a prospectJ
e now OF the country into which he
n soon 70 immigrate; the country
= which he has lots already laid cut az
v avenues opened and mansions built.
II is trouble. my friends. that max,
e US feel our dependence upon God. v
IL do not know our own weakness or God
3 strength until the last plank breaks.
Is contemplate in US that only whs
n there is nothing else 10 take hold OF >
q eatch hold OF God. Why. do you kno
"a who the Lord Is? He is not an autocra
" seated far up in palace, from whi'
u He emerges once n year. preceded
IS heralos swinging swords 20 clear q
- way. Nc. He Is 4 father willing
"a cur call 10 stand by US in every eris
20 an6 predicamen u OF life. Iten YOU VII
m some OF you business men make Z
< think OF. 4 man i unfortunate in I
Il business. He has 10 raise a good De
is o: money, and raise il quickly. He bS
es rows on word and note all he can bS
Il row. After awhile he puts a mortga
re On his house. After awhile he puts
second mortgage on his house. Th
N be makes over his life insurance. Th
ne he assigns al his property. Then
es goes 10 his father-in-law and asks I
on help Well, having failed everywhe,
VI completely failed. he gets down on
ne knees and says: "Oh. Lord, ha
~ tried everybody and rything; n
." help me out OF this financial troubl
He makes God the last resort. in ste
no OF the first resort.
Again. il Is the use OF trouble