Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-01-17

the three-quarters OF q mile com
msnd. they followed the ark. and
you will do well to follow the divine
leading. a. the path you tread now
has not yet been troddcn. "Ye have
not passed this way before Many
Of you are suffering from just such
annoysnces as have not occurred In
all your history. There have been
meann sses Practiced upon yor OF
you have received Sights or you are
the subject OF mihnterpretations or
you are IN the midst of sore disap-
pointu snts or there are demands
made upon your strength and time
more than you can meet. or some
physical ailmsnt Is laying siege 70
your castle OF health or you are un-
der en- nioarrsSsments that vou cannot
mention even 60 nearest friends
You sayi We'll, never saw any.
thing Ike this. never expectec
such treatment ~ this. 7 never
though 10 possible 90 be placed iu
such C. .rcumstancea" And when YOU
say al that you are only translatina
the words of my text into your owr
phraseology. n you had sufreres
something iike ihi, before, yOu "a ould
have known what 70 do, but here Il
= flank movement for which you are
not ready.
A our sorrows are new. our Joys
are new and all our experience are
new. Our life is one long discovery
Of things that we did not know and
could not know. because we have not
passed this way before. We have
found. for instance. that gratitude IS
the rarest Of virtues. You used TO
suppose that IL YOU do a kindness it
viii be fully appreciated and rccip-
rocated. y on have found out by ex.
perience. as you could have found Out
in no other way, that gratitude H.
apt to be only another ak 90 grind
While there IS a possibility that you
may return still more service you art
thanked. but when you can return ne
more advantage you are dropped
/ Here D. a man whom YOU have h,ipec
/ n political elevation. When the tim,
zones for the compliment TO be re
| turned. you are not only refused help
Jut you receive positive opposition
/ You have found out that YOU shoul,
/ 10 the right thing not with respec
! 90 reward or gratitude. but bccaust
e Is the right thing TO do. Many are
miserable because they are an tht
way looking for gratitude which they
cannot find. You might as well x,
down Pennsylvania avenue, Washing
ton. or Broadway New York. or Ire
mont street, Boston, your ewes scruti
nizing the pavements looking for tur
quoises and emeralds and rubies Per
haps YOU might fnd them. but ther,
is not much probability that in 81
years you would find one OF them.
We talk about the great discoverie,
! OF The age. The electric power. ths
telescope and microscopic power. bui
90 not say anything about the discov.
cries We al make year by year and day
oy day. There are surprises all th,
time. IL is new road we are travel
.ng. "Ne have not passed this way be
fore"
But closely allied is the other fact
which We hinted az In the opening
that We Will not pass this way again
This is our only opportunity for doinl
certain things THAI ought 90 be done
On all sides there are griefs We oughl
TO soiaee. hunger We might feed. col,
that we ought 90 warm. kind word
that We ought 70 speak, generous deed.
we Ougaf go perform. AL that YOU anC
| do toward making this world bette
and happier We must 90 very soon o'
| 1ever Go az all. Joshua and his troop
never came back over the way the,
were marching toward the ere ss.ng o
the Jordan. The Impress OF the anda
or the bare feet ot each soldier Shove,
IN what direction he was going. bu
never did the impress of The sandal o
any one Of them show that be returned
We are aH facing eternity TO come
There IS no retreat. AlertneSs AM
ideAty would not BE so important /
sc could tru~afully say: IT Will b.
back here again. The things neglec
'ow I viii 90 the next time. will b
-efncarnated. and I will resume N,
-arthly obligations. Having then NOR
knowledge ,haa have now. | will dis
,harge my earthly duties better thai
I can now discharge them. I do no; Civ
solem farewell 20 these obligation
md opportunities. but a smiling an
J rheery good-by unsil see them again.
No, ws caunor say ;hat There viii b
30 new and corrected edition Of n
volume - cur earthly life. After W
make exit from the stage az the clos
q ne tfth act wecannOt reenter Ho'
many millions of people have lived an
died know not. but Of all the huma
race who have gone only seven person
that I new think OF have returned. IA