Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-06-16

W men you go out of this world it does not
mako any diff renee whether you have been
good or bad, or whether you believed truth
or error, you will go straight to glory. I'm
possible" you say; my common sense as
well as my religion teaches that the bad ond
the good cannot live together forever. Yea
give me no comfort in that experiment."
Experiment the second: When you leave this
world You will go into IN intermediate
state whcre you can get converted
and prepared for heaven. impossible syou
say; .'as the tree falleth SO it must lie, and
I cannot postpone to an intermediate state
reformation, which ought to have been eff
fected in this state" Experiment the third:
There is 10 future world; when man dies
that is the last Of him.. Do not worry about
what you are to do iilanother state Of being.
You will not do anything. Impossible.
you say; there is something that tells mo
that death is not the appendix, but tho pref
ace; there is something that tells INC TINT on
this side of the grave only get started, and
that shall go on forever; my power to
think says forever my affections say for
ever my capacity to enjoy or suffer, for
evcr.'1
Well, you defeat mo in my three expert
mcnts.. n have only one more to mako, and
mo in that I am exhausted A
l.mjghtY One orn knoll back Of Jerusal empGef
btflngss
disturIs
,ssS,se md sonized face
il[ags5 ands said 81, take the :
Sins aud sorrows 81 f1lsasn Witness cortb
!. heart. Lam tho cxpfation. ssnaotion n
and heaven and he'll; L am the exphVeors
And the hummer struck him, and the ss$ghe
.punctured him, and heaven thundered: ." NJ,
9eth it shall die!n II will by no means
lence for half an hour, and the light
nings were drawn back into the scab-
bard of the SKY, AID the earth ceased
to quiver, and all the colors of the sky
began to shift themselves into q rainbow
woven out of the fallen tears of Jesus, and
there was red as OF the blood shedding, and
there was blue as of the brusing, and thero
was green as of tho heavenly foliage, and
there was orange rs of the day dawn. And
along the line Of the blue saw the words:
Il was bruised for their iniquiticsn And
along the line Of the red saw the words:
''The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from
all SIM" And along the line of the green
saw the words: The leaves of the tree of
Life for the healing Of the nations" And
along the line of the orange saw the words:
"The day spring from on high hath Wis
tied u.s."
And then saw tho storm was over, and
tho rainbow rose higher and higher, until it
seemed rctreating to another heaven, and
planting one column of its colors OH one sido
tue eternal hill and planting the other column
If its 'colors on the other side the eternal
hill, it rose upward and upward, 'and behold
thcro was Il rainbow about the throne.''
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying.
Take the tonic, the inspiration, the longevity
Of this truth. Religion isssunshine, that /,
health. Religion is fresSA dir and puro
water, they are healthy. Religion is warmth,
that is healthy. Ask all the doctors and
they will tell you that quiet conscience and
pleasant anticipations arc hygienic. I offer
you perfect peace now and hereafter.
What doyou want in the future worldi
Tell ME and You shall have it. Orchards?
There arc the trees with twelve manner Of
fruits, yielding fruit every month Water
scenery? There is the River of Life, from
under the throne Of God, clear as crystal,
and the sea of glass mingled with FIRE. Do
you want music? There is the oratorio Of
The Creation led on by Adam, and the orato.
rio of the Red Sea led on by Moses, and the
oratorio of the Messiah led on by st. Paul,
While the archangel with swinging baton
dead children waiting to kiss you, waiting to
embrace you, waiting to twist garlands Ill
,,o,,r hair Won hnve bpnr accustomed to
open the door OH this side of the sepulcher. l
open the door OIL the other side of the sepul-
cher. You have been accustomed to walk in
the wet grass on the top of the grave. show
you tho under side of the grave; the bottom
has fallen out, and the long ropes with which
the pail bearer let down your dead let them
clear through into heaven.
Glory be to Cod for this robust, healthy,
religion. It will have tendency to make
you 1.-Two long in this world, and in tho world
to come you will Lave eternal life. with
long lifc will satisfy him." ~
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