Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-07-21
,,,,s+ NOS. T. 70 poter and Peter to Catherine,

ish throne to let Ferdinand go on. House OF
Aragon, house Of Hapsburg houss :. OF
Stuart house of Bourbon, quarrcl!ng
about everything else, but 49,; agreeing .aa1S
passeth away" But have ali these dignlta.
rries consl Can they not be called back!
have been In asSemblageS where | have heard
the roll called. and many distinguished mon
have answered. II | should call the roll to-
day of some of those mighty ones who have
conc wonder if they would not answer. |
will call the roll will call the roll OF tine
Kings first: Alfred tho Great! William tho
Con1ueror! Frederick H. Louis WI! No
answer l will call the role of the poets;
Robert Southcv! Thomas Campbell! John
Keats George Crabhe Robert I'urns NO
answer. | call the roll OF artists; Michael
Angelo, raul Nerone,o! William Turner!
i.hristopisr Wren! No answer Eyes
s.osed Elrs deaf Lips silent. Hands pal
,ici. Scepter, p,nci, pen, sword. put down
forever Why should we struggle Tor such
baubles: 49,. ~.
njrit of che .rlulneSs is tho fact that God
shows what is best for His creatures. You
snow what is best for your child. lie thinks
ron are not as liberal with him rs you Ought
~ be- He criticiseS your discipline. but you
DOL; over the whole field, and you, loving
i,at cn;i, do what i'll your deliberate Iudg-
mcnu is best for him Now, Col Is the best
II fathers Sometimes his children think
:hat be is hard on them. and that le is not as
liberal with them rs lie might b.. But chill
lren Ito not know us much rs Il father l.
,an tell vuu why you are not largely atlusnt,
md why YOU have not been grInlly success
iul. Ii is because Won cannot stan the t.nlo-
Luton. II your path had been smooth, you
world have depended upon -your own
rurefootedneSs; but Goa roughened that
path, so you have to take hold OF
his hand. If the weather had been
MILD you would have loitered along tne
water courses, but at the first howl OF the
storm YOU quickened your pace heavenward
md wrapped around yoa the warm robe OF q
Eoyiour's righteousness. 'What have l
Homer saws the wieatshcaf to the farmer;
'swbat have done til 1T you beat me SO hard
with YOUR hailM The farmer makes no
answer, but the rake takes Off the straw. ana
The mill blows the chatf to the wind, ana the
ro,den grain falls down ut tho foot OF tfe
windmill. After while, the straw looking
down from the NOW upon the golden gram
banked up on either side the floor under
stands why the farmer beat the wheatShear
with the fail.
Who are those before the throne. The an.
swer came: These are they who, out OF
great tribulation, had their robes washed ana
made white in the blood OF the lamb"
Would Col that we could understand that
our trials are the very best thing for u.s. Ii
we had an appreciation of that truth, then
we should know why it was that John
Novra. the martyr in the very midst OF the
flame. reached down and picked up one or
the facets that was consuming hum, anu
kissed il. and said: ''BesScd bo God for the
time when was born for this prctern'ent
They who suffer with Him on earth shall he
clorilied with Him in heaven. BE content,
Ali, llny
Another consideration leading us to the
spirit of the text is the assurance that the
Lord viii provide somehow. VIII he who
holds the water in the hollow of his hand
n low his children to die of thirst: VIII no
who owns the cattle OH thousand hlilS. ana
all the earlh's luXuriauce OF gram ana lruit'
allow his children to starve! ito ont TO-
morrow morning at . O'clock IN the woous
and hear the birds chant. They have had no
breakfast, thev know not where they Will
dine, they have no idlea where they VIII sup;
Int hear the birds chant att O'Clock Ill the
morning. Behold the fowls of the air;
for thev sow not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns, yet your heavenly
Father feedeth them Are you nos
much better than they" Seven thousand
people. in Christ's time. went into the desert;
They were the most improvident people
ever heard Of They deserved to starve. They
mirht have taken food enough to last them
mill they cot back Nothing did they take.
a lad. who had more wit than all OF them
mt together, asked his mother TINT morning
Tor some loaves of brca.l and some fishes.
They were put into his sachel He went out
into the desert From this provision the
ssven thousand were fed, and tile more they
ate the larger the loaveS grew until the pro-
vision that the boy brought in one sachel wal
multiplied so he could not have carried the
fragments home in six sachels 20, YOU say,
s'tiInes have changed. and the day of nliraciel
has gone" reply thai, what God did then
by miracle, He does now in some other way,
and by natural laws. Il have been young,
said David, "but now am old; yet have |
never seen the righteous forSaken, nor Hi
seed begging bread 1t is high time that
YOU people who are frctting about worldly
circumstances and who are fearing you are
coming to want, understood that tine oath OF
the eternal God Is involved in the fact thai
YOU are to have enough to eat and to wear.
Again: remark that the religion OF Jesus
| Christ is the grantlest influence to MAKE q
| man contented. Indemnity against all hllail,
| cial and spiritual harm, 1t calms the spirit,
| dwindles the earth into insi2niticance ana
swallows I'D the soul with the thought OF
heaven. @ ye who have been going about
from place to place expecting 10 hnd III
| change of circilm 'taures something TO ENe
solace to the spirit, J commend you, onl'
| morning, to the warm-hearted earnest, Prac
| tical, common sense religion OF the Lore
Jesus Christ. "There is no peace, saith my
| God, for the wicked, and as long as you coli
tinue in your sin YOU will be miserable
Come to Christ Make Him your portion
| and start for heaven, and you will be happy
man-you will be a happy woman.
Yet. my friends, notwithstanding all thes3
| inducements to a spirit OF contentment'
| have to tell YOU this morning the huii'au
| I'll
| scod and those who get Scolded. Inc car
pcnter wants to be anything but carpen. er
and the mason anything but a mason, anc
the banker anything but banker. ana tne
| lawyer anything but Il lawyer. anu the MN
ister anything hut minister, anu everYnoIy
would be happy if lie were only someDouy
| else. The anenone wants TO he q suliiloWci'
and the apple orchards throw down theii
blossoms because they are not tall celarS
| and the scow wants to bea schooner. ana tie
| sloop would like 10 lie sevcnty-four p2under
! and parents have the worst children lhat ever
| were and everybody has tine greatest m S
fortune, and everything is upside down, OF
going to be- All! my friends. you never
make any advance through such q spirit as
that You cannot fret yourself up: you
NAV fret Yourself down. Avail all this graf,
! ing of tones strike this string oil the 0ospe.
! harp: Goodness with contentncnt Is great
| Gain. We brought nothing in:o the wnrti
| anl it is very certain we can carry nothing
out; having food and raiment, let US there
with bs content
Let us all remember if we are Christians
that We are going after while, whatever u
! our circumstances now. TO have q @loriou;
vacation. AS in summer we pat nfr our gar
| mcnts and 90 down into the COOL sea to battle
so we will put off these garments OF flesh. allG
step into the cool Jordan We viii looE
around for some place to lay down oui
weariuess; and the trees viii say; Como
and rest under our shadow" anil the earti
will say: "Come and sleep i'll my BOSOM
and the winds will say: "Hush. while sins
thee cradle hymn" and while six strong
men carry us out to our last resting place
| and ashes come to ashes and dust to Dust we
will SEQ two SCARED feet standing amid tht
broken soil, and lacerated brow bending
over the open grave, while voice, tender
with all affection and mighty with al
.oot;oa, o,,d tho lifa ha TINT halieyeth in me-