Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-15

and with all thy strength. and thy NEIGH
Dor as thyseif. But It's is not deiinl-
ally the former part Of it 90 the love under
consideration now. IL Ia not the rcFcrcnt
love of the heart 90 God. but u is that
mysterious bond that unitcs men. the one i
u the other a iove'that exists between I
people Of common spiritual experience
IL - - DR.. DOdds well SAYS. - ne ixa- j
ment by which the bow e Jesus CHRIST /
Is bound together. II - the cement oy 1
which the stones IN the temple are united /
into one. That ~ near a cehniton as /
YOU VIII be able 90 get from any known /
writing IL has Chris.iantty IN IT. And I
so we sing. and we sing II heartily;
Blessed &c the tie that binds our hearts
The fellowship Of kindred minds is like TO
that above
! But though we may not hc able % de
/ fine this Christian love, we know It when
/ we see it. when we hear ~. and we know
how II aouears in the earth. We know
| that love seeks with total sClfforgedul-
ness the happiness q the object loved,
/ and long as We know what 10 does and
\ how IL behaves itself an the social fabric.
we ought 90 be quite content. And want
/ you 10 notice at tins point wherein ID
/ rs superior 20 the most eloquent speech
/ Eloquent speech may mean sell advertise
, ment. Love always means sell eiiocenent.
The cift IN question. says the brliant
! Deummord in has book entitled The
| Greatest Ihing IN the World, and which
/ commend 60 YOU 90 read. was once
splendid AID dazzling. il was brilliant
faculty drawing al cvcs % the speaker
and an ears 20 his voice IL IS the git OF
lcloqucnce hv which a man sways the
mind and thrills the hearts OF MS hearers
Now you can see how man without love.
possessing such a power. gives 90 himself
advertisement. and the fact a. that some
OF the most brilliant orators Of fame. ana
| among them occupants Of pulpits, are 50
fond Of themselves and glory so much m
.aH 80
elements that 10 20 make up a manly Chris
/ tan character And ] want 20 say 90
Won that the man possessing that eloquencc
Is IN constant danger. Inc attraction
. which he has for the peon.c always tends
90 centre his mind upon himself; and by
and by he gets 20 be greater IT he IS NOT
aware than the Master Himself whom he
Processes TO serve and represent.
Love, on the other hand. d sell ctiecc
, ment. love goes forth IN benehccnt min-
istrv aleviating the wounds OF broken
. lives al around. In perfect harmony
with this thought il the teaching Of the
p Master Himself. You remember that
! / marvellous sermon IN the mountain. in
! which lie says: Even 50. let your light
: I shine before men that they shall see your
. good works aud may g.ority your Fathcs
. / in heaven The word $50 rs 90 be EN-
, / phasizcd as indicating the manner OF the
! / shining. Light may boz held so close On
!. / the eyes as % dazzle the eyes. light mas
, I be held SO close before the eyes OF she
IS / word as 30 dazzle the eyes oi the world
= l on are not TO see the shining one. bat
= YOU arc 20 see the fruits. the results Of tlt
, / shining. This d. the way with the o.t
y sun itself Aou look out upon the lawn
I. in the parks and tine country side. and
L have never seen the parks more hcautuu
:. than when i visited them soon after ml
n arrival IN tins city a few days ago o.
i .ooll out upon the grass and the grow in'
/ grains and the vegetation and the Hover
l. and YOU feast your ewes on the beauty am,
q e r..H u sHf
/ begin % Say. whence came all tins. who B
, / the worker: who produced all this, an'
y / YOU undertake 20 look un 10 the sun SHIN
- iag yondcr in the zenith of the heavens
/. And the old sun. Tor Your termerlty, WI
NJ dart has red hot fire INTO your eyes am
- viii leave mark upon you tnat YOU WI
= not forget for many day. do not loo
~ AZ me. look az the grass; look az the grow
H. ing grain; Look az the '-ees-look at On
M work. not az the worker 50 with Go
~ Himself. No man has seen God az on
\. time: we see Him only in Jesus Chris
=, No man has seen God the eternal. 40 an
~ time: but We count the stars that belei
~ the dome above Us. when the great dayngt
IA / is gone. and the more We study them Oh
u. more are we thrown back on the tcachln
u. ! OF our childhood. when We learned
AN sing; Twinkle, twinkle. little star, no
~ i wonder what YOU are. up above the Worl
- / so high ike q diamond IN the sky" NC
~ / see the stars and the glory of them tran
en ports your wondering soul. but YOU .
IN not see Him who made aud keeps q
80 stars. 1T God ls invisible ln Himself. 4
he IS not invisible in His ministry. Nc
'v and L. beloved. who have been born arc'
,f, are sons and daughters OF God, and "
~. please Him moss wken like HIM. we ella
,L / ourselves ana are seen only an the Ccnc
I'M cent ministry OF Gar hives, in our home
H. In our communities. in oar churches.
,nt our city. IN the world. Then under Oh
.er / nrst pOlDt. We say again that love ls
bo greater value TO the church and 60 q
'bo world than thc most eloquent speech Nc
H.. / / may not say that cl0luence IS not va
~t / able. No one 90 us would refuse no
an prohered 10 las. l may not say-neith
nm would Paul say-that eloquence, even [
- gait 81 tongues. was anything 20 he q
spised. In the apostolic age lt served
mo attract the attention of men 20 the diva
the manifestations among the sons % men; a
- 10 was greatly coveted because OF tl
LEI force resident IN IL. But want You
en-. notice that only a few people can be e
;o, Quent and the great majority of us IN
ovy. rather than eloquence IN speech, and sci
A.. / our generation IN the most practical m.
- | ner available 10 Us Now | might est,
owe ! lsh this point by argument and by decla
e. alton, but l prefer 10 give You few Ill
ies- trauOns, TO fasten what l mean IN "
"A mind.
ard A woman over here in New York CT
Who some years ago, came 20 the City Miss
i'm Society and sought the secretary.
ced would like 10 DO something for God. /
and not eloquent IN speech. but I think
YOU could distribute tracts among the p
ass and needy Give me suitable supply
1ltv l Will render this service TO NV Lor
rim She was supplied abundantly. On go
asis down the street she saw policeman I
hat ing poor woman 10 the station;
rms | went TO the station house and tn
ech learned the facts IN the wOman's case