Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-07-27

= Just, take. all olive Drancli,, not STRIP
J. ping off the soft, coo l,sfragcant leaves,
leaving them, ALTON, and thentry.
on them. that gospel switch. It won't
shHrt them, and it will save yyoll:.
Esa y aeI.
you are.no Christian
Clcst lie the tic that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
Tho fellowship Of kindred minds
Il liketo that ADORE
From sorrow, toll and pain.
And sin we shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
But my text goes further. It says:
Go up into tile mountain and fetch
olive branches and pine branches.
Now what is suggested by the pine
branchcs' The pine tree is healthy; 1t
is aromatic; It's evergreen. How often
the physician says to his invalid pa
tients; Go and have breath of the
pines! That will invigorate YOU.
Why do such thousands of people 60
south every year? 1t is not merely to
ret To a warmer climate, but to get to
the influence of the pine. There is
health in it, and this pine branch OF
the text suggests the healtlffulness OF
our holy religion; it is full of health,
health for all, health for the mind,
health for the soul.
DINED DAILY WITH THE KING.
knew al aged man, who had no
capital of physical health. He had
had all the diseases you could imagine;
he did not eat enoughto keep child
alive; he lived on q beverage of hosan-
mas. He lived high, for he dincd
every day with the king He was kept
alive simply by the force Of our holy
religion. 1t is healthy religion;
healthy for the eye, healthy for the
hand, healthy for the feet, healthy for
the heart, healthy for the liver, healthy
for the spleen, healthy for the whole
man. 1t gives man such peace, such
auietness, such independence OF Cir
cumstanccs. such holy cquipoisc. Oh
thatsvc all possessed it. that we pos
sessed it now mean tllatitis healthy
if a man gets enough Of it. Now, theme
are some people who get just enough
religion to bother them, just enough
religion to make them sick; but if
man take full, deep, round inhala-
ton OF these pine branches of tile Cos
pei arbor, he will find it buoyant, OK
uberant, undying. immortal health:
But this pine branch of my text also
suggests the simple fact that it is an
: o-osg.oc.,.-IUh does this pine branch
care for the snow on. its brow2 1t is
only Il crown of glory. The winter
tree branch is us beautiful i'll winter as
it is III the summer And that is the
characteristic Of our holy religion; in
the sllarpest, coolest winter of mis-
fortune and disaster, it is rs good re-
ligion rs il is in the bright summer
sunshine. We'll, now that is a prasc-
teal truth. For if ! should go up and
down these aisles. would not find in
this house fifty people who had had
no trouble. But there are some OF sou
who have especial trouble. God only
knows what you go through with.
Oh, how many bcreavcments, how
many povertics, how many per-
secutions How many misrcpre-
sensations! And now, my brother,
you have tried everything else. why
don't you try this evergreen rcligion2
1t is Just as good foryou now as 1t was
in the days of your prosperity; it is
better for YOU. Perhaps some of you.
feel almost like Muckle BaclSie, the
fisherman, who was chitled one day
because he kept OH working. although
that very day lie buried his child.
They came to him and said: 1t is in
decent for you to be mending that
boat when this afternoon you buried
YOUR child" And the fisherman look
ed up and said: Sir. it is very easy
for you gentlcfols to stay in the
house with your land!serchiefs to your
eyes in giief but, sir, ought to let
the other five children starve because
one of them is drowned2 No, sir, we
maun work, we. maun work, though
our hearts beat like this hammer"
RELIGION CAN HELP YOU.
You may have had accumulation OF
sorrow and misfortune. They come
in noclSs, they come i'll herds upon
your soul; and yet have to tell you
that this religion can console you,
that it can help you, that it can deliver
YOU if nothing else will. Do you tell
nic that the riches and the gain OF this
world can console youY How was it
with the man who had such fond
ness for money that when he was sick
lie ordered basin OF gold pieces to be
brought to him, and lie put his equity
hands down among the gold pieces
cooling his hands off in them, and the
rattle and rolling of these gold pieces
wera his amusement and entertain
mert ALI, the gold and silver, the
hono.s. the emoluments Of this world
are poor solace for perturbed spirit
YOU waut something better than this
world can give A young prince,
when the children came around to
play with him, refused to play. He
said: / will play only with kings.
And it might be supposed that you
would throw away all other soIace be-
fore this regal satisfaction, this I'm,
perial joy. Ye who arc sons and
daughters of the Lord Almighty ought
to play only with kings.
The hill of Zion yields
thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach tac heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets
THE uoNoRED PALM TREE.
But my text takes further step and
it saws, "Go into the mountain, and
fetch olive branches, and pine branches.
and palm branches. Now, the palm
tree was very much honored by the
ancients. 1t had three hundred and
sixty different uses. The fruit was
conserved; the sap was beverage; the
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