Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-10-04
NUMBER IA

preach, for Peter learned by it to re- (
ject no people as unclean. and whereas
lie previously thought he Jnllst preach
only to the Jews, now he goes topreach
to the Gentiles, who were considered
unclean.
TWO DREAMS.
Notice how the two dreams meet
Peters dream on tho liousetop, Cor
neius' dream at C;ssarea. So.1shaye
noticed provifences meet, distant
events meet. dreams meet. Every
dss-.a is hunting up some Other dream,
and every event Is searching for some
other event. In tie fifteenth century
(l492) the great event was tile, discov-S
cry of America Tie art of printing,
born in tho same century. goes outsto
meet that idiscoy very and i:gsSo the New
World an int lllgo:l t .sW5rI ii ,Ehe Dec
slaradi on 81 hide pende nce, ap ouncing
geduafrig hts. meets Ro bert Burns3
.asl!l d
sliafgs to 30 man Seds zby one govern
snient.s and biography wal invented to
compress within an hour the whole
continent. Armies in the cival war
were to be fitted out with clothing. and
the sewing machine invention came out
to make it posSib!e. lmmanss farming
acreage is presented in this country.
enough to support millions OF our
native born and millions of foreigners;
but the old style Of pillow and scythe
and reaper and t:ircsacr cannot do the
work. and there come steam plows,
steam harrows. steam rea?crs, steam
rakes, steam thresllcrs, and the work is
accomplished The forests of the earth
fail to afford sufficient fuel. and so the
coal mines surrender n su.nciency. The
cotton crops were luxuriant. but of
comparatively little value. for they
could not be managed; and so, ut just
the right time, Iar-reavcs came with
his invention OF the spinning jenny.
and Arkwrigl,t with his roller. and
Whitney with his cotton gin. The
world, after pottering along with tallow
candles ard wllalc oil. was crying for
better light and moro of it. and the
hills OF Pennsylvania poured ont rivers
of oil. and kerosene illuinined the
nations. But the oil wells began to
fail, and then the electric light comes
forth to turn night into day.
So all events are woven together, and
the world Is magnificently governed,
because it is divinely governed. We
criticisc things and think the divine
machinery is going wrong, and put our
fingers amid the wheels only to get
them crushed. But say, hands offl
Things arc coming out gloriously. Cor
relius may be in Cesarea, and Peter in
Joppa, but their dreams meet. 1t is
one hand that is managing the world,
and that Is Gods hand; and one mind
that is planning MI things for good. ard
that is Gods mind; and ono heart that
is flied with love and pardon and sylll-
pathy, and that is Gods heart. Ilavo
faith in linn Fret about nothing.
Things are not ut loose ends. There
are no accidents. All will come ont
right in your history and in the world.
As you arc waking from one dream up
stairs an explanatory dream will DO
knocking ut the gate down stairs.
WHERE JONAH EMBARKED.
Standing here in .Joppa remember
that where we tIl;' morning. disclnbark-
cd the prophet Jonah embarked. For
the first time in my life | fully under
stand THAT story. God told JontlI to
go to Ninevell. but the prophet declin-
ed that call and came here to..Joppa-
I was for weeks. while in the Holy
Land. consulting with tourist COM
panies as to how | could take Min
eveh in my journey. They did not en-
courage the undertaking 1t is a most
tedious ride to Nincvch amid desert.
Now see an additional reason why
Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh.
He not only rcvoltcd because OF the
disagreeablc message lie was called to
deliver ut Ninevcl but because it was
long way and tough. and bandit in
tested, so lie came here to .Joppa and
took ship. Bur, alas, for the disastrous
voyage! He paid lis full fare for the
whole voyage, but the ship company
did not fill their part Of tile contract
To this day they have not paid back
that passage money. Why people
should doubt the story of Jonah and
the whale is more of mystery than
the Bible event ssclf. do not need
the fact that . my, the historian, re-
cords that the eleton of q whale forty
feet long, and With hide a foot and a
half thick. was brought from Joppa to-
Rome.
The event recorded in the book of
Jonah has occurred thousand times.
The Lord always has whale outside
the llarbor for a man who starts in tho
wrong direction. Recreant Jonah! |
do not wonder that even the whale was
sick of him. This prophet was put in
the Bible not as an example, but as q
warning, because the world not only
needs lighthouses, but buoys, to show
where the rocks arc. The Bible story
of him ends by showing the prophet in
fit of the sulks He was mad because
Nincvell was not destroyed. and then
lie went out to pout, and sat under a
big leaf. using it for shade from the
tropical sun. and when worm dis
turbed that leaf, and it withered, and
the sun smote Jonah, he flew into u
great rage, and said, ut is better for
me to die than to live A prophet in
rage because he had lost his umbrella!
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