Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-04-07
Weekly Sermon.
BY REV. RI WALTON. PressYisrian
Church.

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turn 70 our Bible and read this
chapter from the 18th verse to the
end.
Here we see the writer IS telling Us
that God holds the key to our life
no man has any lease OF this earthly
existence. No man knows he viii
live tiIl tlmorrow. His life IS il
Gods han Is and God alone can say
be will do this or that thing.
Il also tels Us our existence here
on earth. as 70 duration, IS no more
than a vapor before the MONDAY
sun--it rasseth 50 quickly away.
What is your lie" as to its
charscteT1
Many men OF many characters-
! some men we meet on hfe's highway
are really alive. they are full Of glad
ness and song aud they fin US with
good cheer Just to see and be with |
them. There are others who are
dull and tiresome and fill US with |
dread and uneasiness when they are
about Us.
Some lives are written IN prose and
know nothing but the stern facts OF
existence and that in an uninterest-
ing way. whist others are written IN
poetry and there is beautiful rythm
As about the written production.
lg So. too. some lives are full Of in
to struc6on-they teach US how to live
be and perform the tasks Of life in good
T, fashion and how to enjoy its true
&c pleasures 70 the full as Gods gifts
ne Thus some men find the kew to true
ar, and real lite and they 90 into ~
dy storehouses and enjoy al It's treas
ures-whilst others-and their nam'
IN is legion-stand forever on the out
70 side OF this great and precious prom
-s is-d land. lock and bar the enuanc
rs and throw away The key-such me
,e- never know what real life is-thei
IN existence is hidious and miserabl
gs and they mar that OF all others nes
rbe and around them. Like some tale
hat We choose 10 read before dark lel
Mt they I'LL US with the horrors an
make US afraid OF shadows-thes
. lamely and distorted character
so these haunchback determines in hI
ss man existence would tell Us this life
fair all a lie and the next of bliss is
mythical illusion and they suit the
10. manner of life 70 their darksou
az, theories.
old So. too. with the burden OF life \
r;,g all learn to bear. But the way thl
are carried is so different with q
h., ferent characters We see. some car
o this 90 their backs where they ;
W IN never seen by themselves or othe
COW whilst others take them along IN fr'
you o. them "hefs 'neS 4'e 'n TN -"
OF themselves and others and VIII
,bs, il takes both hands and attent
and continually employed to bear III
e 70 and thus they interfere with ev'
sens other act or life.
or Then again. you have heard so
tales that are not worth the tellh
old They affect Us in no way swhatcy
p the They are trash and no ense.
vor.s with some lives We NEE I'D witt
, 70 there is nothing in them they
y il meaningless and dry. they exist.
4 to no purpose. they breath. but
,h.r deep and full for there is moth
can't bouyant or inspiring in their ma
r quit up.
40. Oh, for a few more full and
er IN lives 70 fill this beautiful and Joy
, an earth with pleasuresl
What is your life7" j
Christ the Goldman came to
apita earth for two specific things.
'asen' 1st He came 70 die on the c
iosner that We poor sinners might fin
Pa way to DC just with God whose
elopes We have broken and there is a
5. II.