Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-08-26

But now God returns TO Us with the
promise that after all we shall be as
Himself. sharers In His nature and /
conformcd to His image. IL seems
strange TO you that for single s.n so
serious consequences should be en-
tailed This could only be- because the
stream was poisoned at its source. and
the race sinned in its first man. But
here Is something which is quite a.
great The Lord God Is making 20
Himself a new creation. He has be-
gun IL IN one new Man. who kept His
life without spot OF blemish. And I'm
His life and federal headshlp we share
by o singl. act OF faith. The conse-
quences Of faith are quite as great "a /
the consequences OF dis0bedience. He /
that believeth on Him hath everlasting I
life" And that does not mean that 4
his life is prolonged IN endless time. I
/ but that II is endowed with an immor- I
/ tai nature IL is received the instant
I ne believes as by n new birth. and has
passed from death unto life. lie hath
( been already delivered from the bond
/ age and corruption OF the kingdom or
/ darkness and ~ been colonized in the
/ kingdom OF His Son. lie Is born OF
God. q son Of the Most High. n citizen
of heaven \ single sin has stained
/ the race. We laid hold on death and
( spite OF tears and cries and struggle.
we have not been able 90 loose the
/ hand. one single act Of faith takes
hold on etornoi ITO and I'm splte OF
sins and falls and failure that prize
can never be wrestcd from our grasp.
And this is an by faith.
Men have said 20 roe that the scheme
of salvation IS arbitrary. IL is vain.
they say. to shut the world up 90 faith.
/ Rr,f my friend do Won not know that
This entire universe isarbitrary? There
Is nothing more arbitrary than the laws
Of mathematics or of health or OF
o~avifoton II il NOT strange that
every SON ~ Adam is shut up 90 the
naturalization tablet Is BE- not strange
that IN "a man WANTS To- compute num-
beers fin China he must use the Identical
system that We usce THAT three and
two make five there as they DO hcrep
M tharc IL r,tf ono law for rrlt or
T. heat or electricity or numbers. OF crav-
ffa+ion fn an tho earth And there is
2 hnf ono way or salvation for AN the
er-fh Here ft fs said Through these
% -.-.-,,fses-- ,vhfeh ONLY means that n
y r,,n haffavcs In Christ. A nrou.I~e lis
nothing ovccnt Tor tho value OF the
nor~0n who makes 10 Some men may
make choir DromfSo~. and mo- man gives
Thorn hood But if one promises whose
. character Won know. thcn YOU count CA
p Them MS YOU count unon the shining oi
. fno sum
NJ. t,,- % GOOD 1o,i I'M thcso dov.
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"a o,-,,.. ,,,r.frf,r r-r +rr- fre rac,, rr.
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= ,,,. br+ now eor WON draw holmes
r. fr,r, . boor- tha- IL .deceitful abov
,u thf,r-s ami rosra-,tefv wicked.
=, 1-1ur,ti,n cam never go the vork.
~ fs fu-e uniting n rexv hanln, ON th
,run anil leaving fhe dog In tho we'll
.l You may wonder nj the fancy 81
-' bringing I'm n new and supernatur.
=, uro hv heller fn nrocious prornfSe
80 Rut al questions are answered by th
~ ovnoriences ~ history. Great men hav
N. moon recommended bv single words ,
~ So~fnt,re This was tr1lp of Augustlr
III and Tuther ana Sturgeon aud scor,
10 81 others whom time fails me 10 mcl
n. tion They were not only new mel
y. bu- mighty sons of God NonderfI
II. v-.s this7 As rrear MS the wonder
am forms of life. Look into the aeon
ana tear its halves apart. and tell ~
~ if Won can see therein the stalwart oa
~. Analvze the seed of wheat and tell %
~ 81 Won can see therein the waving NeN
0" If Grain Well said Jesus. 't'
cp words which / sneak unto YOU they "a
~, Snirit and they are life" You cam
e-I Sec the spirit YOU cannot see the lii
'''H but cam Won saw they are not theree
"e hold ma To Won these great and precio
nrorniSes ana there are saints and DOB
'oe >ionaries ana noble lives and gia
charities and mighty revolutions theI
nee ~, ..,t a., O., 81,