Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-11-29

and having come over from Nazareth
for that purpose. The mother of Christ
| for women are first to notice such
things-found that the provisions had
fallen short and she told Christ, and he,
to relieve the embarrassment ofstlle
house keeper, who had invited more
guests than the pantry warranted, be-
came the butler of the occasion, and
out of a cluster of y few sympathetic
words squeezed u beverage of u ham
dred and twenty-six gallons of wine in
which was not one drop Of intoxicant.
or it would have left that party as
lnaudlin and drunk us the great cen
tennial banquet in New York two
years ago left senator, and governors
and generals. an; IncrciElnr princes.
The difference between the wine at the
wedding in Cana and tilewine at the
banquct in New York being that the
Lord made the one and tile devil made
the othcr.ss ~
We got OF orr horses and examined
some, of these:watc or jars ats Cana, said
Ito beEti1e;Nerys ones TINT held the. plain
tor spllls
apl ..ssss 4 81
measured them md found stliefsdl gfsss
I cen inches from edge;t1 edge aIldlnlne-,
teen inches deep. and declined to ac-
cept their identity. But we realized
the immensely of It supply of hundred
and twenty-six gallons of wine. What
was that for' Probably one gallon
would have been enough, for it was
only an additional installment of what
had already been provided, and it is
probable that the llousc!ieeper could
not have guessed more than one gallon
out of the way But q hundred and
twenty-six gallons! What will they do
with the surplus? ALI, it was just like
our Lord! Those young people were
about to start in housekeeping, and
their means were limited, and that big
supply. whether kept i'll their pantry or
sold will be /. mighty help.
Yoa sec there was no strychnine or
logwood or nux vomica in that beyer-
age, and as the Lord made it it would
keep. He makes mountains and seas
that keep thousands of years and GER
tainIy lie could make q beverage that
would keep four or five years. Among
the arts and inventions of the future
l hope there may be some one that
can press the juices from the grape
and 50 mingle them without one drop
of dailliny alcohol that it will keep
for years. And the more of it you
take the clearer will be the brain
and the healthier the stomach. And
here is IL remarkable fact that in my
recent journey Travelled through
Italy and Greece and Egypt and Pales-
T; tine and Syria and Turkey, and how
many intoxicated people do you think
saw in all these five great realns2
not one. We must in our Christian
lied lands have got hold of some kind
Of beverage that Christ did not make.
Oh, | am so glad that Jesus was
present at that wedding, and last De-
cc.nber, standing at Cana, that we'd
ding came back Night had fallen on
the village and-its surroundings. The
bridegroom had put on his head Il
bright turbatf and {. garlandof flowers,
and his garments had been made fra
grant with franilincense and calnphor,
an odor Which the oriental especially
likes. Accompanied by groonslnen,
and preceded by band of musicians
with flutes and drums and horns, and
by torches in full blaze, he starts for
the brides home. This river of fire is
met by anotherrivcr Of flrc-the torches
of the bride and bridesmaids -flambeau
answering ii;unbeau. The bride is in
white roblc, and her veil not only ccv-
ers her face but envelopes her body.
Her trousscau is as elaborate as the re-
sources Of her fathers house per-
init. Her attendants are dccked
with all the ornaments they own
or can borrow; but their own per
sonal charms make tame the jewels, for
those oriental women eclipse in attract
ivcness all others except those of our
own land The danson rose is in their
cheek, and the diamond in the luster
of their eyes, and the blachness of the
night is their long locks, and in their
step is the gracefulness of the morning.
At the first sight of the torches of the
bridegroom and his attendants coming
over the hill the cry rings through the
home of the bride: They are in sight,
Get readyl Behold the bridegroom
cometh! Go ye out to meet him." As
the two professions approach each
other tile tilnbrels strike and the songs
commingle, and then the two process
sions become one, and march toward
tho bridegroon's house and meet a.
third procession which is made UP of
the friends of both bride and bride
groom. Then MI enter the house and
the dance begins, and the door is shut
And all this Christ uses to Illustrate
the JOY with which the ransoncd of
earth shall meet him when he comes
garlande1 with clouds and robed in
the morning and truinpcted by the
thundcrs of the last day. Loo1l
There he comes down OFF the hills of
heaven, the bridegroom! And let us
start out to hail him, for / hear the
voices of the judgment day sounding,
"Behold the bridegroom cometh! Go
We out to meet llinm And the disap-