Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-04-19

thirty minutes, The fact is that tho
Celestial programme - so crowded
~ish spectacle that Il can afford only
one rcccss in all eternity. aud that
Tor short srRce- White there are
great choruseS sn which all Heaven
can Join. each soul there hiss a story
~ Divine mercy peculiar 30 itself.
and "a must Se . solo. How can
Heaven get through with all It's reci-
safivcs. with ali itS cantRtas. with
eli iss grand marches. with sn its
victoriese Eternity Is too short 20
utter all the praise
In nv text Heaven spared 30 min
utes. but IL viii never again spare
one minute In worship in earthly
churches where there are many TO
take Part we have TO counsel brow
ify. hut how viii Heaven get on rap
idly enough To let l4t.o0o Get through
each with his own story and then
$4,000. 600 and then IL. o0o. 100000 and
then rsAcoO. 900. CO. 0oef Not only are
al the sriumphs Of tho past TO be
commemorsted. but AL the triumphs
20 come. Not only what we now
know 81 God. but WHIST we will know
OF Him after everlasting study OF the
deifo. II my text had said there
was silence IN HEAVIER for 30 days. I
would not have been startled az the
announcement. bet il indicates 30
minutes. Why. there viii be so MANY
friends 90 hunt M. so many Of the
greatly good and useful that we VIII
want 20 see. so many 81 the inscru-
table things Of earth we viii need
explained. 80 many exciting earthly
experiences we viii want 80 talk
oveT. and al the earthly spirits sn6
al the other spirits and ali the age
viii want the same. that there VIII
De no more opportunity for oessa-
ton. How busy We viii be kept IN
having pointed ont 90 Us the heroes
and heroines that the world never
fully sppreciated-the yellow fever
and cholers doctors who died. not
fyinr from their posts: the female
nurses who faced pestilence IN the
lazarettos. the railroad engineers
who stayed At their places IN order
90 save the train though they them
selves perished. hubert Coffin. the
master miner. who. landing from the
bracket az the bottom OF the mine
;ust as he hesr6 the waters rush In
and when one i-rk Of the rope would
have lifted him into safety. put I'm
the bucket o blind miner who wanted
90 20 20 his sick child and jerSed the
rope for him 20 be pulled Up, crying.
Tel them the water has burst In
and We are probe hly lost but we will
seek refuge ~ the ether end 81 the
right gallery" and then giving the
coursnd 70 the other miners tiu
they dir-ed themselves 80 near ont
thar the people from the outside
could cone - their rescue. The mul-
titudes - men End women who got
no crown on earth we VIII want Co
see when they get their crown In
Heaven tell YOU Heaven win have
no more half hours % spare.
Desides that. Heaven Is full Of chill
dr-n. Thcy are ga the vast ma jority
No child on earth who amounts "a
anything can be Kept quiet half an
hour. and how are you going 90 keep
so. Oo0. COO Of them quiet hall an
hour You know Heaven T. muck
mere - = place thsn Il was when
that recess 81 20 minutes occurred
It. population has quadrupled. sex
tupIed- centupled- Heaven he. more
On hand. more OF rapture. more 81
knowledge. more 81 interconmunica-
ton. more 81 worship. The zosi
thrilling place ~s have ever been in
"a stupid compared with that, and. 4,
We now have No time % spare. We
viii then have no eternity - spare
Silence IN Heaven oEiy half on hour
NJ subject also iEPressas me with
tNe Immortality q half hour. That
half hour ueutiozsd IN nv text il NOR,
widely known than sEy other period q
the calendar Of Heaven None % Ia,
whole hours q Heaven Is nsasure-
os. none q the years. none OF the cen
trris. OF the billions Of ages pas
and The millions Of ayes 20 come TO
one IL especially measured Of in n,
Bible But tie half hcur Of nv text /,
made immortal Tbs only part 81 ster
nity that was ever measured br earth
~ tfmepiecs was measured by he min
ute hand Of my text. OF. the hal
hours They decide cTcrythiuz az
not asking what rou viii 60 with n,
years OF months or days Of your life
bus what % the half hours2 Tell Y,
TIRE history 81 your half hours and
VIII tel you the story % your whol
lie on earth ard the story OF you
whole lie IN eternity The right o.
wrong things ycu can rhink "a 20 rzin
utsk. the right or wrong things y0l
ear eay in 80 minutes. tbs right o.
wrong things yoa DO IL % minutes ar
glorious OF bAIeful. Inspiring or dss
perate-
again. ny text suggsFt- q way 0
stuf sing Heaven 80 tkat We can he % =