Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-06-20
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
a DISCOURSE FOR GIRLS DELIVERED
az raw. DR.. w. r. HUN TiNcTCN.
The Freach~r Describes Under What Con-
sti.fnns tt 3. Possible For Woman to
nsc~oine. in Very Deed aud Truth. q
Lady Fof~ver--He Gentle ARD DiEnif~d


Jam A.. Huntington. rector OF Grace
Church. preached rccentiy sermon 70 |
Fashionable -choo. Cor giris which hNs /
attracted mu.h sttet on. and ~ request l
NJ - hcfc given. Tine tcXt wa chosen from /
isaiah XVII. =. Thou saidst. I shall be /
a lady forever Dr. Huntington said.
4 quote our prophet in this iragment1ry /
way for the sake of yiridncss. The brieier
the text. the more hkeiy NJ - TO be re
rncmbcrel. But III. under present circuir-
stances We would 10 justice % the man
and 90 his thought. some heed must be
gwen 40 whal has gone before and Co what
follows Taken los Themselves the words
sound rs Do they must have been. in the
first instance. aidrescd 10 & woman. but
they were not. Ehc asD.rant after an
everlasting adH-hin was no woman at ali.
but cift-ln ancient city. city 0puicnt.
and sli-,erh. babylon the great
Emholdcucd like ancient Rome by us
military congucsts. intoxicated Ike mcdi-
cvai Venice hy IFS commercial uro-ncritv
confident like modern london in the pos
session. of resources which seemed measure
less. this queen city off ,hl'dct had come
90 think 90 l.-cl a~ mvincib.e and indies
tructib.c. II g-c OF Eternity was the
name % gave to nnc OF ITS temples. "foun-
dalton stone of heaven aud earth ran the
yam glorious nprc 4Rtion Of another. Gar
dcns art rlr-s che city hat M ahuuaauce
A mighty bridge which crossed and "a tun-
mel when undcrrln Che aver Euphrates
were among its engineering triumuhs The
circuit OF tue walls. lofty and broad AZ
most beyond belief was between fifty and
sixty miles
But there was man in Jerusalem whom
none al these things greatly moved IN the
sense % Supplying or alarming him. The
mans name WAS Isaiah and ms father
name was Amor When people came a.
him with trc.f panic talk about the hlE
ness of Babylon and the bitterness oil Ierus-
allen. he betrayed no apprchcnslons on the
contrary. be- spoke up and haTanEued
Beby.on wilh inuCh piainness oil speech.
D.. sod
snto darlgnc-~. % daughter of the Chai-
deans. FOR chou shalt no more be called
the lady ot kingdoms Thou saldst
shall hc lady forever therefore hear
thou. thou that art gwen 10 pleasure
that dwciiest care.ess'y- these two things
shall come Co thee in a moment. in one
dey. thc Joss ol children and widowhood
They shall come uron thcc in their perfec-
tion for the multi,ulc Of thy -orccrics
and for Che great abundance Of thine en-
chantmcri
Thus stcrniv. aimos, icrcc'v Isaiah. son
OF Amor. Addresses mighty Babylon. lie
speaks ot her l- % q woman of rank whose
pride and intocilty are presently % prove
her over hrow and CD transform her pleas
ant paacc- tutn rEluou- heaps She leans
upon her advantage OBJ. hIgn station an uu-
aware chat tAc ~teE i- too brittle Cor thc
weight. tur-eftr. ol thc dutic- which ron-
dIUon privilege. -ae lancic- that Old tune
pregoeattc and tnc accumulated prestige
81 many gencra. ions VIII De- her safety
out OF thi- Illusion. q, cnnnnel nor ~ omen
her ercs fo tle f,-l fl.r ard he dos Is
a. we have -..n
with trc t.zt thus weu in hand. we
proceed. Ir'icr what conditions b. it ro-
sihle. either .nr clty COR Jos a woman. on
become. in very decl and truth. liy
forever
This is Oh. Question CD which I shall ask
vou 90 bend YOUR Thought tonight. and
whether $50 nsgc respect 3D. che week
which ended .er,lN or I'd tnt. week
which has been entered uuDn to-day
cannot hut account the tonic q timely one
II may >lcrr CD lc cofur.r.uE small tiir-.
with cr..t Ip rame th. lurlfneu ..ruenl
wee. of s-uool Tor girls iu thc SIN,
breath with tr. commemorative week. Oil .
part os a Thousand wears. hut rorhar.
before we are done. ms holdnc-s in ven
turing thus 10 clunie the Two may be- Tor
gwen me-
Of the sorts or .adv,hin of which I havl
made mention. thlt tp which communities
and tnat o. which individuals may attain
we viii loo'S at civic ladyshu first VIII
civic laivsn.n ,ye a--o..at. chose rul'Itll.
which wln ior Uile. ana almirinE lotc
Physical strength. riches. commercial en
terprise wiI give a c.ly lurd-hip That d
one thine. hut adyshin D, cu..c another
For the compelling 81 respect lord-hu
NAV suffice o. city. for che uIuning ot "a.
fiction something ot h,-Sltp is essential
How about ihc Lady OF the Hudson Ia
she amy better ground Tor counting un0
the perpclniy oi her ladyship than ha.
the Lady ol tle LuphUtes- Can we tru~
her any Murc implicitly than Isaiah tu..
cd Babylon when sine say, confidently -
shall be lady forever. lkat depend
upon thc rcatlvc mclsurr OF lnportluc
which tle city. ia the long run. shall Cd,
sign O. thr treasures az the market "a
compared with tlc trtasurts oi thc soul
4 am using the word soul In Lars