Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-03-15

with an IndescTTbaJIe er1ulgene-. a.
though the sun in departing had
forgotten 70 shut the gate after II.
All the beauty Of cloud and leaf
swirns in the lake. For a star in the
sky, a star In the water; heaven
above and heaven beneath. Not a :
leaf rustling or bee hnnming or
grasshopper chirping. Silence IN the
meadow, silence among the hills.
Thus bright and beautiful shall be
the evening of the world The heats
OF earthly conflict are cool; the
glory Of heaven fills all the scene
with love. JOY and peace. AT even
time II Is light-hghti
FINALLY, my text shall hnd fulfill
/ meut at the end OF the Christians
1 life. You know how short a winters
dav is and how little work you can
do. Now, my friends. life is q short
| winters day. The sun rises at eight
and sets at four. The birth angel
and the death angel fly only little
vav apart. Baptism and burial are
near together. With one hand the
mother rocks the cradle and with the
| other she touches . grave
went into the house of one OF
NV parishioners on Thanksgiving
dav. The little child Of the house
hold was bright and glad, and with
II I bounded up and down the hall.
| Christmas day came, and the light OF
! that household had persisted. We
stood. with black book, reading over
the grave, ASHES 10 ashes, dust 20
dust"
, Rut I hurl away this darkness.
p | cannot have You weep Thanks be
q | unto God, who giveth Us the victory
: NJ eventime IL shall be iighti have
/. seen many Christians die 1 nevei
80 any Of them die in darkness
What If the pillows Of death do rise
, ,boxe our girdle, who does not love
!. 20 eathe2 What slough other light
: do GO out IN the blast, what do w
:. want Of them when All the gates @
y Glory swing open before us and fTon
ia myriad voices, . myriad harps.
= myriad thrones, n myriad palac'
:. there daShes upon as "Hosanni
= Hosannai" Throw back the shn
1s ters and let the sun In" said dyiI
- scoville McCullum, one of my Sa
W bath school boys. Throw back Il
n shutters and let the sun in" "
I'd can see Paul putting on robes al
10 | wings OF ascension as he exclaim
TO 81 have fought the good fight!
is have finished my counsel ha
h kept the faithlp
ok Hugh McKail went 90 enc side
at the scaffcld OF marfyrdorn and erie
OF Farewell sun, moon and star
IL Farewell all earthly delightsl" tn
elk. | went 20 the other side of the Sc
,er fold and cried: Welcome, God a
ck. | Fatheri Welcome. sweet Jes
ed Christ, the Mediator OF the covenaI
,as Welcome. deathl Weleome, gior,
tea A minister of Christ IN Phiisdelph
IL; dying, said in hts last momentsi
ell move into the light" They did !
ed. 60 down doubling and fearing a
The shIvering, but their battlecry "a
ep, through all the caverns of the scr
ay- cher and was echoed back from
led the thrones OF heaven: 30 des
az. where is thy sting? o grave. wh
is thy vietory7"
hen saw beautiful being wander
ant up and down the earth, She touc
hsa the aged, and they BECAME you
ped she touched the poor. and they
lam came rich. saids "who Is
'een beautiful being wandering up
Isss down the earth7" Tney told me
ton her name was Death. What strs
TO thrill Of Joy when the palsisd On
pill tian begins 60 use his arm az
the | when the blind Christian begins
Ia see arsig, when the deaf Chris
has begins 10 hear again. VAen the
sinx , pilgrim puts bis fses on such
ment and toins In such company