Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-08


and out it into crushing machne, ana tlieN
they put it between jaws that bit it IN twain.
Then they put it OH an anvil, and there were
great hammers swung by machlneryIeac
one half ton in weight-that went tilu'''P.
thump! thu.np! If that iron cou'd nave
spoken, it would have sad; WY a' n, u,,o
beating. Why must | be pountlcd any more
than any other iron2" The workmen wouiu
have said: 1--WE want to mako axes OUT OF
YOU, keen, sharp axes-aNes with winch W
how down the forest anil build the ship, dan
erect houses and carry on Thousand enter
nrises of civilization ThrtS th5 reason wo
pound YOU Now, Col puts a soal into the
furnace OF trial, and then it Is brought OUT
and run through the crushing nacnlhs' a'i..
then it comes down on tho anvil, ana upon IL
blow after blow, blow after blow, ani the
soul cries out: "Oh. Lord, what does all this
meanm God says: Il want to mako so!ii9-
thing very useful out of you. Nou shall be
something to hew with and something to build
with. 1t is practical process through
which | am putting you. AeS. my CtriSI-
tian friends wo wuut moro toos Ill tne
church of God. Not moro wedges 10 spnC
with; we have enough OF these. Not more
bcres with which to drill; We have too many
bores. What we really want is keen. sharp
well tempered axes and if there he any other
way of making them than in thu hot furnaces
AMI on the hard anvil. and unier the heavy
hammer, do not know what it is. Remem-
Der that if God brings any kind of chastlSa-
mcnt upon you, it Is ou!y TO mako you uSe
full. Do not sit down discouraged AMI say:
IL have no more reason for living. WISH
| were dead Oh, there never was so much
reason for Your living rs now. by this or.
deal yar have heea conSecrateda priest OF
the Most High God. Go cut aud do your
whole work for the Master.
There is also great deal of comfort in the
fact there will DO n family reconstruction
in better place. From, Scotland, or Eng
country. 1t is very hard parting. but h?
comes, after viii @ writing home as to what
n rood land it is Another brother comes, a
sister comes and another, and alter while
the mother comes, and after u while tho
father comes, lnl now they arc all here, and
they have time of great congratulatlon ana
n very pleasant reunion. WE'LL 1t Is Just SO
with our families; they are cnhSratIns TO
letter land Now one goes out. On, how
hard it is to plrt with him. Another goeS
oh, how hard it is to part with her! AMI
another, aud another, and we ourselves wiii
after while so over, and tnen we VIII oe
torether Oh, what q reunion DO You be-
lieve thato "Hes,n you say. You do not!
N'ou do not believe it rs you believe other
things If you dill. and with the sumo
emphasis, why, it would take nine-teaths
OF Your trouble OF your heart. The fact
is heaven to man. of MS is Il great fo:,. IL is
away OF somewhere, flied with an uncertain
and ind finite population. That is the klnd
of heaven that many of us dream about; biG
it is tine most tremendous fact III all tne
univcrSe-thiS helven of tho GoSpe'. oir
departed frienIs are not atloat The res.
dcnce in which you live is not so real as thu
residence in which they stay. You are alloat,
Won who do not know in the morning what
LII I, hafo irht
and safe forever. DO not. therefore, pity your
departed friends who have died in Christ,
Theyd do not need any OF Your pty miSnt
as we'll send letter of condolences to Queen
Victoria on her obscurity, or TO the Roths-
cLiltls on their poverty. rs to pity those who
have won the palm. DO not say OF those
who are departed: "Poor child! "Foor
father" Poor mothcr' They are not
poor. You are poor-you whose homes
have been shattered-nos they. You do
not dwell much with your families IN this
world All day long you are oil TO business.
Will it not he pleasant when you can be TO.
gesher all the while: If You have had four
children aud one is gone, and anybody asks
how mlny children you have, do not be so
intdc as to say three. Say f'ur-ono IN
he1vcn. Do not thnl; that the graveis I'M
friendly You 80 into your room AMI dress
for some grand entertainment. aud You come
forth beautifully appareled; and the grave
is only the place where you go to dress ior
the glorious resurrection, and we will come
out radiant, radiant mortality having be.
come Immortality. Oh how much condol-
ence there is in his thought! expect to
see my kindred in heaven expect to see
them as certainly as expect to go home TO-
day Ay, l shall more certainly see them
Eight or ten will come up from the graveyard
hack of Somervile; and one will come up
from the mountains back OF Annoy, China;
and another will come I'D from the sea OIL
Cape Hatteras: and thirty will come up from
Greenwood: and l shall know them better
than | ever knew them here. And your
friends-thcy may be across the sea, but the
trumpet that sounds here will sound there
You will coma up on just tile same day:
Some morning you have oversight yourseh,
and YOU open yolI eyes and see that the sun
is high in the heavens and You say, Il have
oversight and must be up and oil" so You
viii open Your ewes Oh the morning of the RES
direction in the full blaze OF Gods light. and
YOU will =ay: Il must he up and away" On
YES. YOU will come up and there will be re-
union, u reconstruction of your family.
like what Uaburton, think it was-good
old Mr.. Halburton in his last moments:
81 thank God that ever lived, and that
have q father in heaven, and mother III
heaven. and brothers in heaven, and sisters
in heaven, and am now going up to see
.hem."
/ remark once more: Our troubles in this
world are preparative for glory: nat a
transition it was for Paul-from the slippery
deck OF laundering ship to the calm pres
cnce of Jesus What transition it was Tor
Latimer-from the stake to throne Wha5
n transition it was for Robert flalI-from
insanity to clorvl What transition IL was
for Richard Baxter-from the dropsy to the
saints everlasting rest" And WHAT a
transition it will be for you-from world
OF sorrow to world OF joy! John Holland,
when he was diving, said: ''What means this
brightness in the room' Have You lighted
the candles.r No." they replied, I'VE have
not lighted any candies Then SAID he;
''Welcome heavenr the light already ueahl-
Ing upon his pillow. o yo who are perAe-
cuted in this world! your enemies will get
off the track after a while, and all
will speak we'll of you among the thrones
Ho! We who are sick now, no medicine to take
there One breath of the eternal hills Will
thrill You with immortal vigor And ye
who are lonesome now, there will be a thou
sanl spirits to welcome you into their com
,5anionship O We bereft souls there will be
no crave digger's spaie that will cleave the
ss,e of that hill, and there will be no drge
Willing from that temple The river of God,
deem as the JOY Of heaven, will roll on be-
tween banks odorous with balm, and over
depths bright with jewels, and under SKIES
roseate with Gladlness, argosies OF light golll2
down the stream to the stroke OF gllttcrlng
oar and the song of angels! NOT one slSn IN
the wind; not one tear mingling with the
waters.
There shall battle my weary soul
In seas Of heavenly rest,
And not wave OF trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.