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

on SATURDAY - 4 ANNE NA"T-
III have been hungry out on
the Western plains 20 see a hil lou Il
would be surprised 90 see what they CAL Il
hil out there. Why. an freshman with i
whcclbarrow could build oiEEer mountain /
in a day than some OF those mountainsl- /
looked over those mountains and rcmem-
bcrcd dn experience some years ago m the
Adirondack We started out early one
morning 20 climb a mountain. The valley
was fuil Of light. and az We looked back
from the top of one of the foothills in the
valley at our feet the beautiful vcrdurc
seemed to throw back the beauties Of the
sunlight. Then We entered a tox, where
we could not see more than hyc OF SIX teet
away. Where was the beauty gone Our
attention became rsvctcd upon our efforts
TO climb out Of the tog- Presently we
emerged from If and were on the mountain
top. Nv. what n scene here iaF the
valley al our feet. like an extensive world.
towns. rivers and railwlys-the great y al
ley Of the Mohawk. True. 70 was nearly
go miles away. but we were looking az r.
That was like the Christian experience
When you came 20 the seat that day you
were on the foothin. You forgot all be-
cause Jesus was everything and you saw
the little landscape You thought. - ne
Christian life n beautiful. / am iuI OF
l0v" And a few weeks passed and you
sand. "But 90 live as a Cshirtian is not 50
easy. I do not see the JOY. The little vail
lex. where D. it, What a tremendous
thing it Is 20 be climbing up 60 Cod And
I
But II you persevered and climbed up
ward YOU have come 90 the mountain peak.
| Experience. and you feel that al your
powers and love ought % ce settled on
one effort TO climb stil further and FUR
/ ther in the vision of the Eternal / won
/ der II some OF us are not stil m the cloud.
because we have lost the joy of service.
| Suffering IA only incident 90 service. 1
/ am perfectly aware. when / ask you Co en-
ter with greater zeal IN the service of God
| tkat / am asking YOU 90 suffer. ou VIII
! not be KILLED. or asked 90 move out 81 the
| United States or prosecuted because YOU
| are Christian bat YOU viii have 20 SUI
| fer. and when you suffer YOU VIII begin 20
! enjoy. No man laughs 80 heartily a. the
| nan who weeps most bitterly. No laugh
ter rings SD IN heaven as that which comes
| through the tears down here. by sutcring
| mean YOU viii be asked 60 endure the
| cross. Jesus endured the cross. Now,
| right here let me say that suffering is not
| service. Some one says. See here. do YOU
mean to saw that when suffer for Jesus
Christ that is not service That d exact
u.s. what I mean 60 say. God has no pleas
IRE in your PAIN. but ~ your service Tor
| Him demands Do. and YOU bear no heroic
| ally, He has pleasure nm the attitude Of
! YOUR life. Jesus Christ endured the cross
WHY Because it was incident Co thc wosl
| of saving tins race. Somebody VIII cal
/ me hereto. but / am not. / believe ans
YOU believe. that Jesus Christ came to thu
| world 90 save this race. / believe and yOi
/
| Walton. The key note of all ms miui-tr'
shall ever be that Jesus is the divine Sol
. of God II Tie Is not divine lct AS stop on
preaching. sell oar property and be- inn
ociS. II Jesus on "a mere man let u- ODD Qui
business. may be an old fogy. but "a
! long as tins tongue breaches the gospe
D Jesus Christ VIII be- the divine CHRIST n
I my message. DO / mean that Jesus cam
90 His cross hy accident Not af All. TT
i | saw the cross standing at the end of Tn
! mission. and for the JOY that was seq De
q | fore HIM endured and came Co save TIN
4 | race. and that meant the bearing OF "a eros
b. / and lie bore %. But the real mission wa
z ! the saving ot the race. not tnc bearing a
: the cross His mission was Co save men
q | God so loved the world that He gave III
e. only bcgottcu Son that whoSovcr hclcFet
g in Him might not perish. but have eve
q lasting Ire. " hen the cross stood IN Oh
way of the perfection of salvation Jesu
e. endured DO clvinelv. hcroiclllF and unflncl
m ing.v died upon DO To- save u.s.. suffering
a. incident 20 service. and when / call YOU
a. serve God You will have your cross. III
mon YOU work with VIII say you are ga
~. much OF a crank and "a fanatic 10 VIII hul
= and pam and go deep. and you VIII incl
d, Sometimes YOU VIII try Co apologize il
=, being q crank and fanatic. and you wi
n thank God there IS something YOU can al
p dure. Il is part of service and behind %
4 | suffering comes JOY. deep and proioun
/ Wlcn YOU are true. es You vail ha1
III shame Ca bear. TOO. Two or three youf
.. NAAlN~ MAIIE 1 nave Nttm NO.lImL MNNIln
~ lately and baptizing some have said IL ,
I'M ! not like 90 think OF getting up before
- those people and being baptized ' / wo
, der lt we are going into the JOY oi iuih.hi
: Gods command. III we are we have got
,t endure some OF that shame He endure
H. let me tell You 81 YOU had administer
N baptism and YOU saw as a minister sees
ia the face of the believer buried ont of sig
IN and raised 20 resurrection of ncwness
Il hfe-if y0u saw what he sees Just once "
IT, would drop Your clubbing now. Shame
a. as ~ we cannot bear IN the twentieth ce
- fury light of Christian truth all that &
a. lowing Jesus demands Of us. \ writer
an the British Weekly in an article entitl
~ Beating 20 Wndward.' saws saii
M against the wind by steam power was
- posing one force 20 another, and was 81
AL ply matter OF victory for the strOng
IN, force. but 90 SAL 20 windward IN a saii
/ | vessel was matter OF skill for hs
al | forces that oppose are not opposed q
III used Brethren. we must beat 90 VIII
~. ward" Christian living that meet with
-9I opposition Us not Christian living nc all.
\ You are beating 90 windward for Jesus q
of world Will oppose YOU. lt Is matter
e, / skill. then. 70 take the opposing forces
III / suffering and sin and use them 10 advll
an your life ia the kingdom OF heaven. Wi
,re l begin 20 sacrifice ! begin 20 enjov
loved. II YOU would have the JOY OF Chr
tian service YOU must have the heart
os- Christian sacrifice.
The Last Sabbath.
ter When that last sabbath comes-the :