Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-01-25

mt3Hr ven nave listened 10 the xokc 81
. bird in the treetcrs or the isng
meter psslrr 81 the thun1er. read
those words Of the Bible, which must
have been written out Of doors: The
trees Of the Lord are fun Of sap.
the eedars Of Lebanon which He hath
planted. where the birds make their
nests: as for the stork. the fir trees
are her house. The high hills are
. refuge fer the Wild goats and the
rocks for the comics Thou makext
Darkness. and IL is night. wherein all
the beasts Of the forest do creep
forth. The young lions roar after
their prey and seek their meat from
God. The sun ariseth. they gather
themselves together and lay them
Down in their dens- Man goeth forth
unto his work and 10 his labor until
the evening. Lord. how manifold
are thy worksi In wisdom has thou
made them all. The earth is full OF
Thy riches" How DO you like that
sublime PaStorslr
Ny subject also reminds Us Of the
Importance OF keeping our chief i'm
plement for work in good order. I
think that young theological student
on the banks OF Jordan was 10 blame
Cor not examining the AK before he
hfsed Il that day against q tree. He
could In . moment have found out
whether the hslve and the head were
firmly fastened The simple fact wss
the Ak was not tE good order or the
strongest stroke that sent the edge
into the hard sycamore would not
have left the Implement hesdless. So
God has given every one OF Us an Ak
with which 70 hew. let Us keep it
IN good order. having been shRrpened
by Bible study and strengthened by
prayer. The reason we sometime
q fsil IN our work IS because We have
q duh az or we do not know how
Alright TO swing IL The head Is not
Z Alright on the handle. At she time
we want the most skill for work and
I perfect equilibrium We lose cur head.
We exPend in useless excitement the
/ nervous energy that We ought 20 have
employed in direct. straightforward
work. Your AK may be = pen or a
type or q yardstick OF \ scales or a
tongue which IN Legislative hall o.
, business circles or Sabbath class CT
pulpit Is ts speak for God and right
eousneSs, but the AK will not be
worth much urtil IL has been sharp
ensd on the grindstoDs Of aniiction-
Go right through The wsrld. and 40
right through al the past ages. and
show ne oEs man OF woman who has
done ahything fer the vorld vsTth
EPeal king Of wh0ss ak was rot ground
on the revolving wheel Of Mighty trou-
bic. Is wac not David. Ter lie Was de-
throned ard h0uASsd By unhliAl Al
sason. Surely a. was not Paul. for ID
was shipwreclced ard whipped wi;t
- stripes fron. reds 81 slsn ~sod O.
his way 20 beh~adn4zt. Surely IL Wal
not Abraham LGneolr. called by ever,
villa nzune that human and satani'
turPituds could haven't and cePactsd bI
eArtOoEists With more nsaRnsss thar
any ether mar ever suffered. on tk'
way 70 meet q bullet crashing througl
kis temples.
Bot ! have come 20 the foot Of til
Alps. which we zust climb before ~
can see the vide rssck Of nv subject
See in al this theme how the imPosEi
bsHtiea may be turned into possibih
tiss That AZ head WAS sunksn il IL
nuddiest river that could be found
The alarmed stEdsnt of Eksha ma.
know where X went down and ma
Give fer Il and perhaps fetch !; up. BIZ
can the sunker AZ head DC htted With
cat q hand thrust deep into the mud =
she bottom of the river? No; hat
! impossible. ] admit. Sc fer "a huua
. power - c0rcerzed. u - impossible
! bat with God all things are possible
After the tree branch Ses threw upo
= the surface Of Jordan The iron d
= swim"
o You have q Maynard boy. Orly CO
Z knows how you have cried over hin
I You have tried everything for his re
= orrnzti ton. Where "a be HoW-iu h
, city. in this country. or has he crosse
> the sea- "Oh." you say. Il Go II
= know where he is. be went away !
= the suIks and did not say where
> was going" You have bout made u
= YOUR mind that you viii never heI
from him again. Pretty hard pay
!. gives you FOR al your kindness al
the zixhts you sat up With him whs
d, Was xsck. Perhaps he struck u
one CAV when you were trying TO pc
tuads him 20 90 better. How difserei
vas the feeling OF that hard q
against your face from his hitls hsE
: in infancy pattirg Jour cheek! +
Their. Mosheri That Is an impcssib
that I would ike TO see God take no
y Of. the conversion OF that boy. for
- win never De anything but boy
y you. though you should live 10 see hi
. 50 years Of age. Did you say I
'e heart = hard? How hsrd7 Hard
"a store Yes" you say; harder thi