Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-11-09

All most need is GOD, and you neeo
him now. Some of you leave i'll
trouble. Things are going very rough
with you. You have had a hard strug-
gle with poverty, or sickness, or per
secution, or bereavement. Light after
light has gone out, and it is so dark
that you can hardly see any blessing
left. May that Jesus who comforted
the widow of Main and raised the de-
ceased to life. with his gentle hand Of
sympathy wipe away your tearsl All
is we'll.
STRENGTH OUT OF WEAKNESS.
When David was fleeing through
the wilderness. pursued by his own
son, he was being prepared to become
the sweet singer of Israel. The pit
and the dungeon were the best schools
at which Joseph ever graduated. The
hurricane that upset the tent and
killed Jobs children prepared the
man of Uz to write the magnificent
poem that has astounded the ages.
There is no way to get the wheat out
of the straw but to thresh it. There
is no way to purify the gold but to
burn it. Look at tile people who have
always had it their own way. They
are proud. discontinued, useless and
unhappy. Ii, you want to find cheer
lsful folks, go among those who have
been purified by the fire. After. Ros-
SIM had rendered William Tell" the
five hundredth, time, company OF
musicians came under his window in
Paris and serenaded him.. They put
upon his brow golden crown OF lau-
rel leaves. But amidst all the ap-
plause and enthusiasm, Rossini turned
to q friend and said Il would give all
this brilliant scene for q few day. Of
youth AMI love- Contrast the mel
ancholy feeling of Rossini, who had
everything that this world could give
him, to the joyful experience OF Isaac
Watts, whose misfortunes were innu-
merable, when he says:
The Fill Of Zion yields
Athousand sacred sweets
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets
- Then let our songs abound.
And every tear be dry;
We're marching through Immanuel's
ground, :.
To fairer worlds on high.
ENDURE BADNESS AS GOOD SOLDIERS.
1t is prosperity that kills and trouble
that saves. While the Israclites were
on the march, amidst great priyations
and hardships, they behaved well.
After awhile they prayed for meat,
and the sky darkened with large
flock of quails, and these quails fell
in great multitudes all about them;
and the Israelites ate and ate, and
stuffed themselves until they died.
Oh my friends, it is not hardship, or
trial, or starvation that injuries the
soul, but abundant supply. 1t is not
the vultnre OF trouble that eats up the
Christians life; it is the quails it is
the quailsl
cannot leave you until once NOR,
confess my faith in the Saviour
whom have preached. He is my all
in all. I owe more to the grace OF
God than most men. With this ar
dent temperament, if had gone over.
board would have gone to the very
depths. You know can do nothing
by halves.
o TO grace how great debtor
Daily I'm constrained 10 bel
think all will be well. Do notb
worried about ME. [ know that my
Redeemer liveth, and if any fatality
should bcfau me, l think l should &C
straight. have been most .un.
worthy, .and-would be sorry to thinis
that any one of my friends had been
as unworthy Christian as myself.
But God has helped a great many
through, and I hope he will help me
through. 1t is a long account Of
shortcomings, but if lie is going to rub
any of it out, / think he will rub it all
out.
And now give US (forI 60 not alone
your benediction. When you send
letters to a friend in distant land,
you say via such a city, or via such a
steamer. When you send your good
wishes to us, send them via the throne
of God. We shall not travel out OF
the reach OF your prayers.
There is q scene where spirits dwell.
Where friend holds intercourse with friend:
Though sundered far. by faith we meet
Around one common mercy seat.
And now, may the blessing of Go
come down upon your bodies and upon
your souls, your fathers and mothers,
your companions. your children, your
brothers and sisters and your friends
May you be blessed III your bushes,
and in your pleasures, i'll your JOY:
and in your sorrows. in the house and
by the wayl And if, during our sep
aration, an arrow from tile unseen
world should strike any Of us, may it
only hasten OH the raptures that God
has prepared for those WHO love himl
/ utter not tho word farcwcll it is too
sad, too formal u word fornie to speak
or write Dut, considering that have
your hand tightly claspcd in both OF
mine l utter kind, an atfeetionate
and cheerful good-byi
Uncle Richard Reid, colored, is
about 70 years old, and is Baptist
minister in active service He has
6fty-one grandchildren, the Oldest 70
years and the youngest FIVE weeks. He
has fourteen children living, and eight
dead, making twenty-five in all He
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