Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-03-15

till pass through and cast my crown at the
feet OF Him whom having not seen love-
do potSknow what you call that cali IL
the harvest of Genesee wheat.
Out yonder is man very old at forty
years of age, Mt II time when he ought TO
be bouyant as the morning. lie got bad
habits on him very early, and those haolts
fire, Oh fire with alcoholism, OH fire
with all evil habits, out with the world
and the world out with him. Down and
falling deeper His swollen hands in his
threadbare pockets and his eyes fixed on
the ground, he passes through the street
and the quick step OF an innocent child or
the strong step of young man or the roll OF
prosperous carriage maddens nm, ana lie
curses society and he curses God. Fallen
sick, with no resources, he is carried to the
almshouse A loathsome spectacle, he lies
all day long waiting for dissolution, or III the
night rises on his cot and fights apparltlons
of what he might have been and OF what lie
will be- He started life with as good
prospect as any man on tho Amer-
can continent, but there he is hloated car
cass waiting for the shovels OF public charity
to put him five feet under. lie has only
reapod what he Sowed Harvest of wild
oats! "There is way that seemeth right to
a man. but the end thereof is death" Houng
man. us YOU cannot live life over again how
ever YOU may long to do SO, be sure to have
your one life right There is in this august
assembly | wot not, for we are made up
of all sections of this land aud from many
lands, some young man who has gone away
from home and perhaps under some little
spite or evil persuasion oil another, ana his
parents know not where lie is My son, go
home! Do not 90 to sen Don't so tonight
where you may he tempted to go. Go home!
Your father will be glad to see you and your
mother. need not tell you how she feels.
How would like to make your parents
present Of their Maynard boy. repent
ant and in his right mind. ! would
like to write them n letter and you TO carry
the letter, saying; by the blessing OF God
on my sermon introduce to you one wnom
YOU have never seen before, Tor he mas pc
Come n new creature in Christ Jesus" My
boy, 20 home and put your tired head on the
bosom that nurscd YOU so tendcrly in yonr
childhood years a young Scotchman
was in Battle taken captive by a
-bnnd of Indians, and he learned their
Language and adopted their habits
Years passed OH, but the old Indian
chieftan never forgot that he had IN his pos
session young man who did not belong 10
him. Well. one day this tribe of Indians
came in sight OF the Scotch regiments from
whom this young man had been captured,
and the old Indian chieftain said: u lost
nv son in battle and | know how father
feels at the loss of a sou. Do you think yonr
father is yet alive:n The young man said: u
am the only son of my father, and l
hope he is still alive Then said the
Indian chieftain because of the loss of my
son this world is desert. You go free.
Return TO your countrymen. Revisit your
father, that he may rejoice when he sees the
sun rise in the morning and the trees bios
som in the spring. So say to you, young
man, captive OF waywardness and sin. Your
father is waiting for You. Your mother IS
waiting for you Your sisters are waiting
for YOU. God is waiting for you. Go home!
TO hOmei