Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-01-12
THE NEW CENTURY.
us rrsaeAes . Timely seracn freo
sAe rsxs. "A Nor~sns Wsshess
Cs~uas--Hep<ssl ossieek
fer the Future

next hundred years VIII ASnsc'es anu
declares that the outlook is most in
sririsg. text IL samuel. ASA: "A
morning without clouds"
What do you expect from this new
c>nturyS~ II the question often asked
OF me. and many others have been
piled with the same inquiry. In the
realm OF invention expect some
thing a. startling as the telegraph and
the telephone and the y ray. In
the realm OF poetry. I expect As great
poets a. LonSfsllow and Tennyson.
In the realm Of medicine. ! expect the
cure Of cancer and consumption II
she realm OF religion. I expect more
than one Pentscost like that ot lss'.
when $4,000 souls rrofessed 20 have
been converted. I expect thst uni
versal peace viii reign. and that be-
fcre the two thouss nctk year gun
powder will Be cut OF use. except for
blasting -ccks or pyrofechnic enter
tainment. I expect that before this
new century has expired the millsn-
mum win be fully insueursted. The
twentieth century viii be as much az
Improvement OVER the nineteenth cen
fury 80 the ninteenth century was an
Improvement over the eighteenth.
But the conventional length Of ser
monte discourse Will allow US only
tine for ore hopeful consideration.
and thar will ne the redemption OF
the cities.
Pulpit and printing press Cor ths
nos, part IN cur day ere busy In dis
c1sssnF the condition OF the cities az
this time. but would IL no, be health
Er~FH~ - al h-rc -
workers and 20 sil who are io;iing TO
make the world better IL we should
th,s morning FOR little while look
forward 20 >he time when our cities
shall De revo,utionized by the Gospel
OF the Son Of God aud all the darkEeSs
81 sis snd trosbie SD crime and SUI
fe-ing shall be gone from the sky. snc
i, shall bs - morning without
clorc-y
Every man has pride IN the city OF
his nativity or residence. IL IL be
city distinguished fer any dignity or
prowcss- Caesar boosted Of his native
Rome. Virgil - Nsrtua, Lycursus Of
eraStx. DcnostAeaes II Athens. Ar
chine6esof Syracuse and Paul OF Tar
sEs- ] should have suspicion OF base
kezr1c61ess in n. man who had no
especial Interest IL the city OF his
birth OF resf6ence-no sxhiIaratien at
the evidence OF is- prosperity OF iss
artistic embellishments or it- scien-
tifc advancement.
I have noticed shat q man never
likes city where he has not behaved
well People who have a free ride in
| the prison Van rsver like the city that
| furnishes the vehicls. When ! find
Argos and Rhodes and smyrna trying
| 90 prove Themselves the birthplace OF
| Homer. ] conclude right away that
Homer behaved well He liked them.
and thsy liked Aim. We must not war
g. isuoibie city pride OF with the idea
| Of building ourselves up az any time
90 try 20 pull others down. Boston
| nss; continue 70 point 20 its Fsneuii
hall snd 20 its superior educational
| advantages Philadelphia must con-
| tinue 20 point 20 its Independence
hall and its mint and iss Girsrd col
i-gs- New York must continue 10 ex-
uit in it's matches harbor and its
vast population and sts Institutions o,
| mercy aid its ever widening com
rneree- Washington must continue &c
rejoice In the feet that II is the most
beautiful city under tbs sun
II I should 6nd q man coming from,
any city having 10 pride IN that city
that city having been the place Of hi.
nativity or Eow being the place Of al.
sesIderce. I would feel Ike asking him
right always What mean thing have
yoz teen doing thsrs7 What out
rszeoOs thing have you been guilty
CT that you do not IKE the place.
Every city is influenced by the char
sctsr Of the men who founded H.
2onulus Impressed his life upon
Rome. The pilgrim fathers will never
relax their grasp from New England
William Penn left q Legacy OF fai,
dealing ard integrsty 20 Pkilsdeiphss
and you can no~ any day, on th,
streets Of that city. see his customs
HE manners. his morals. his lat. biz
~Sfe's bonnet and HE meeting house
So the Ho'lznders. founding New
York. left their impression on all III.
following generations SO this cap
i.ai OF the nation Is . perpetausI ca
;o9y Hpon the Washington who found
| "a IL
thank Dod for the place o
| our residence. and while there are
thocssnd things that ought TO be cor
rsStec and many wrongs that ough
20 be oy~ythrown. while thank Go.
for the past, look forward thi
morning 90 a glorious future. thinl
~s osght--snc I take IL for granite
you are eli interested ID this gres
wo~S Of evenRslixing the c!ties an
saving the worlc--~e ought 20 toi
with the srnlighs in our faces w
are not fighting in o niserz Die Blu