Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-01-25
THE IRON DID SWIM
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In tAts Ssseoorse DR.. Tsinags
Eskes practical rse 81 an occurrsscs
IN the orient vkleh has seldom 80
srs-ssi particular sts<.ticS- rsxt
q Kings ssss The irsa did swim
A tAesloSicsl ssninsry II tAe vah
ley cf palma, near tse zsver Jordan
had essesze 80 poPalsr IN the rEns
81 Kli,ha. The rroPAst. sest more &C
eonE0datSOns were sssded for the
studezts- TAs elssEreoEx aEd the
SSrzitoriss must - enlarged or an
entirely new bSiieiar Soast-octed
What VAL they ssf WI they sene
ID - Jerusalem axd soheit eontr7S1-
tsors Ear this undertskng1 wall they
send cut agents % raise the zneney
fer new theological seminary Hav-
ing raised the money. viii they Sens
for crdsrs Of LsesDsa and marble
from the Qusrrlss where Ahae got the
stone for the pillars ans walls 81 hii
PsiAre7 Ne: the stuSests propose to
eufl6 il themselves They were rug
geS hcys whs had been broEght uF
81 tha country and who hso never
bee1 weakened ~ thr luxariss OF oatg
Life Al they ask Is that Elisha then
professor sl6 prophet 80 alo1g w1to
then &c the weeds and boSs the JOB
Ther starr fer tAe v0rk. Elisha an1
his ntu6erts- Plenty Of lumber Il
those regions ElozE the Jordan The
sycamore n q stsEL Etrosg tree snc
rooc Cor timber. M Glacsto-e askee
ma a. has seen n PAlestins any syc-
anc-s tree zs~c beautiful than the
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told hiE 7 haS net
Tie EyczDSres se3T the Jordan are
1ow sfsaelsd ~ Khsha's students,
fo- they mast Asvs lumber fer the
ssw theoloEseal srnlnG-y- ! suppose
so-ns q the stueezts 2a6e al Ewk-
ward strcks. and they we're extern
por1xee zx-en Stand fre1 uucer.
Crash ge@s ozs 81 ne rrees. ana an
ether aid s1othcr. Bat some tz11f
Rsw happens 80 wozSsrful tAEs the
se-ur-eBos -ir TAX she credality 81
fha Axsk. 80 woHtsrful shat many
EtfH eAszk 80 never Happened - al
o1s 81 the stzdszts. net able 20 cw1
an Ak. lad bo--swed enc. Yes must
rszcnbe- Tat While the al of olcsu
tsne vas much Like ear modern AZ. II
ahs helve CT handle being tkruS1 into
Q ssckst an TIA iroH lead ths hss& %
tAs an Vas fastened On The handle -
q lsatkrrn fAezg. and - * might alp
fke kslvc. A EtudcEf 81 the seminary
w.s swSzr1nr hfR al against one 81
tASsa treea az& whethc- it Vas n
xh. Rcz7est ks made k1E arst stroke
sid she cAips 1ew o. was after be
had erf the tree frGzz A. Elces sc
deep thai ~ VA ready 90 fail We are
nos scic. but tks Ak Asa6 and fbe
kaz5le parted Being near TIE river
si6s. the Ak ke4e eroPPod iato fhs
river ard sank - the muddy bostcz
Great wAs 1As Etu6szt's diszAy- II
o. had bsen kiE o~n Ak IL wozlc lave
bssz bad szS1Fh. Euf TIE Al &c zoi
beiozg IS kiza- &c lad 10 Deans &C
bzy smother Scr TIE k1nc rzAn whc
kn< loaned 81 70 kiEs. sut GSS help
the helpless. &B6 Es EsEsrany he!P.
1hr0ngk seze good GAt EyupS shsti'
aoul. and n this case q vas Eliahs
who WAS IN the woods ard On 10
r1ver bank At TIE rize- he id 10
see 1he AZ keaS ny CO. and 80 h
snked the studeEr where i dropped
he was ahS~n tks PlAes wAere j
went SozrE into the RIVER Thei
Elfkh. broks O. . branch az . ire
ana 1hrew - tnto tbs water. a1d ~
az head rose ane 1o4teG 20 the bank
az eAzs she xrrsezt had 5ast 10 stoOl
down and take up tie restored prop
cry. New ysu sec the meaning Q
uy text The fron c1d swiz-
suPYoss Q hundred years ago sOD
enc lad t0l6 people Tat she tiz
rouI6 eoxne when hEndrecs of thOz
sands @ teas Of iron would fozt q
The Afszsfkr and PAe16c-lr0n skip
from Nsw Xcrk 20 BouthAn ptcE
frc-z Lon6ca 70 c4ieutt4. from Sa
Frnneinco 10 Canton The za1 ma
inx such q prophecy would have bee
sent &c an asylzD OF careful
watched "a iseSnpetent 70 60 aloE'
ue haze al N cur day seen ire
s-szrr. Now. IL naz cas- make ksr
6recs Of teas % metal Aszt. 81
opposed 70 fkink that the Aim ght
-si6 ma &c an an head cest-
hsx- says sonne ere. ~wouId
ese q each nnzrseleT~ or yaE
fri :. q eternal importance
-s sc<Ets wsrs preparing 80
-. m.u try They had 5ot1e6 ii
49, ~ seminary 90 get az II
><-e They needed 30 IA,
ti.<.z rtrengtheaeds they nee6e
80 ced that God can DO e
e~ys~ - Eesde1 70 learn TIA
Cc1 = rS<iee Of little fhinYss fhs
there &c emergency Of he whei
He ss wiling GO help. Stsndfr
On en- auks OF that Jordan, thoi