Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-09-21

but come into the WaIins ihetmotts
glowing and everlasting relationship
with the God OF the whole universal
That IS the JOY that makes hal
ieluiah seem stupid. Why do we want
10 have peace through our Lord Jesus
Christie Why. II we had gone on In
10000 years of war against God we
could not have captured so much as
q sword or cavalry stirrup or
listed of one OF the wheels of the
chariot of his omnipotence. But the /
moment we bring this olive branch |
God and ali Heaven come on our side. I.
Peace through our Lord Jesus t-rist, |
and no other kind of peace IS worth
anything.
But my text takes n step further,
and IL SAYS. Go into the mountain
and fetch olive branches and pine
branches and palm branches. Now. the
palm tree was very much honored
by the ancients. 10 had 800 different
uses. The fruit was conserved. the
sap was a beverage. the stems were
ground up for food for camelS. The
base of the leaves was turned into
hats and mats and baskets. and from
the root TO the top of the highest
leaf there was usefulness. The tree
grew s. feet in height sometimes,
and IL spread leaves four and five feet
long. Ii meant usefulness, and il
meant victory for what
Il produced and victory because IL
was brought into celebrations OF
triumph. And Oh. how much-we want
the palm branches In the churches
Of Jesus Christ at this time.
great many Christians do not amount
TO anything. You have TO shove
them of the trac.l 20 let the Lords
chariots come along.
know the old plan was, the plan
row is. in regard 90 worldly invest
mcnts-you hear IT.. merchants tell
you-do not put everything into one
thing. do not put all your eggs into
, one basket But have go tell you
in this matter Of religion you had
, . better give your all 20 God and then
I get In Yourself Oh. SAYS some one.
( , my business Is to sell silks and
cloths Well then, my brother, sell
silks and cloths 20 tho glory OF God.
: And some one says, "Ny business is
! 20 raise corn and carrots" Then.
, my brother. raise corn and carrots 10
. the glory OF God. And some one
D says My business is 20 manufacture
3 horseshoe nails" Then manufacture
B horseshoe nails 90 the glory OF God
b Z There is nothing for YOU 90 do that
o you ought 20 do but for the glory OF
e God.
e Usefulness Is typiied by the palm
{ tree Al. We Go not want in the
I church any more people that are
e merely weeping willows, sighisF int
y the water. standing and admirini
e their long lashos En- the CLASSY spring
5 No wild cherry. dropping bitter fruit
Il Z We want palm trees. holding some
II I thing for God. something for angels
h / something for man. / am tired an
.c . sick OF this fat. tame. iusipid. sau
"a slippered. nambypamby. hightytight
rs religion! Ii is worth nothing fo- 'h'
.d world. aud IL is destruction for eteI
nifty. Give me 500 men and wome
~ fully conSecratcd TO Christ, and "
IA viii take ;his city for GOD in thre
re wears. Give me 10000 men an
ld women fully up 10 the Christia
We standard In ten years 10000
ID them would take the whole earth fo
g , God. But when are we going 10 b
As I gin? We al want 10 be useful. Thei
be is not a man in the pews that doe
M not want 10 be useful When al
az we going 10 begin?
nd But the palm branch also meal
le- victory. You al know that. In q
he ages. in al lands. the palm bran'
of means victory Well. now. we are
TO nature the servants of satan. !
at stole MS. he has his eye on Us,
IN wants 10 keep us. But word com
ms I from our Father that II we Will &
,ut TO break loose from this doing
wrong our Father win help Us, Al
20 we look the black tyrant in the fac
,or and we is at him. and we wresi
d. him down. and we put our heel
Is. his neck. and we grind him in I
We aust. and we say. Victory, victor
i've through our Lord Jesus Christi!
ace what a grand thing 1t is 90 have s
itb Under our foot and a wasted life
;oa hind our backs. blessed is he who
a transaression is forgiven and whC
70 sin is covered"
ag- Do you not think we had bet
re. begin now 10 celebrate the comi
he victory? In the old meeting hon
ere at Somerville my father used 10 le
sin. Dfhe singing, and he had the old IN
are toned tuning fork, and he wo
ere strike IL upon his knee, and IL
i've put the tuning fork TO his ear
catch the right pitch and start
on hymn. But, friends, do you not IN
n fs we had better be catching the pi
"a, Of the everlasting song, the song
I. - | victory. when we shall bs more Il
80 conouerors? Had we not better
q gin the rehearsal on earthY It