Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-01-11
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ca IT with rattle OF cnaln; martyrs oe-
clared it with arm of fire; deathbeds
have affirmed it with visions of glory,
and ministers OF religion have sound
cd it through the lanes, ind the high
ways, and the clapels, and the cathe-
drals. 1t has been cut into stone with
chisel, and spread on the canvas with
pencil; and it has been recited in The
doxology of great congregations. And
yetwleil a man first comes to look Oh
the palace of Gods mercy. and4to see
the royalty of Christ, and the wealth
of this banquet, and The ltixlriance of
his attendants, and tie .loyelincss OF
his face, and the joy OF his service, he
exclaims with prayers, with tears,
with sighs, with trinnlphs: The half
tho half wasnot told me1''
appeal to those who are Chris,
tians. Compare. the idea. you had of
tho Joy OF the Christian: life before
you became q Christian with the APP
probation OF that joy you have now
since you have become e Christian,
and you are willing to attest before
angels and mel that you never, in the
days OF your spiritual bondage, had
any appreciation Of what was TO come.
You are reaGy today 10 answer and
say in regard to the discoveries you
/ have made of the mercy and the grace
and the goodness of God: The half
the half was not told NE J"
ZION SHALL BE THE.JoY OF THE EARTH.
Well, we hear a great deal about
the rood time that is coping to this
world when it is to be giided with
salvation. Holiness on the. bells OF
tile horses. The lions name patted
, by the hand of babe. Ships OF Tar,
shish bringing cargoes for Jesus, and
the hard, dry, barren, winter. bleachedl
storm Scared, thunder Split rock
breaking into Hoods OF bright water.
Deserts into which dromedaries thrust
their nostrils, because they were
were afraid OF the siinoon-deserts
blooming into carnation roses and
silver tipped lilies.
1t is the old story. Everybody tells
, it. Isaiah told it, John told it, Paul
told it, Ezekiel told it, Luther told it,
Calvin told it, John Milton told it
everybody tells it; and yet-and yet
when the midnight shall fly the hills,
| and Christ shall marshal Ills great
army, and China, dashing her idols
into the dust, shall hear the voice OF
God and wheel into line; and India,
destroying her Juggernautand snatch
ino I'm her little children from the
+, Gauges, shall hear the voice of God
! and wheel into line; and vine covered
Italy, and wheat crowned Russia, and
all The nations of the earth shall heal
the voice Of God and fall into line
/ then the Church, which has been toll
! ing and struggling through the cen
] turtles, robcd and garlanded like .
+. bride adorned for her husband, shall
put aside her veil and look up into the
! face of her Lord The King and say
The half-thc half was not told mer
Well, there is coming greater sur
prise to every Christina greater
surprise tllan anything / have depict
| ed. Heaven is an old story. Every
body talks about it. There is hardly
f; hymn in the hymn book that does
not refer to it. Children read about
it in their Sabbath school books. AGED
men put on their spectacles to study
it. We say it is a harbor from the
storm. We call it home. We say 4
/ is the. house of many mansions. Wt
weave together all sweet beautiful
delicate. exhilarant words; we weave
;.,tss
out ii rose. and lily and amaranth
And vet that place isSgoing to BET
surprise to the most intelligent Chris
tian. Like..thc queen OF Sheba, tn
report has come to us from the fal
country, and many of us have started
1t is desert march, but we urge OF
the camels. What though our feet b
blistercd with tile way2 We are has
tening to the palace. We take all oul
loves and hopes and Christian ambi
tons, as franlinccnso:and myrrh ant
cassia, to the great King. We mus
not rest. We must not -llalt.. Tht
night is coming or, and tits not saft
! out here in the desert. Urge Oh The
camels. Isee the domes against thu
sky, and the houses of Lebanon ant
the temples aud the gardens. SET
the fountains dance in the sun ant
the gates flash as they open to let IL
the poor pilgrims,
Send the word up to the palace thai
we ere coming. and that we arc weary
of the march OF the desert. TIE King
will come out and say: Welcome tc
the palace; bathe in these waters; re
cline OH these banks Take this Gin:
/ namon and frankiucensc and myrrh
and put it upon censor and swing. ii
before the altar" And yet, my friends,
when heaven bursts upon us it will be
a greater surprise than that-Jesus on
tic throne, and we made like him
All our Christian friends surrounding
lis in gloryl All our sorrows and
tears and sins gone by forever The
! thousands of thousands, the one hun
dred and forty and four thousand, the
great multitIdcs that no man can
number, will cry, world without end:
THE lalf-the half was not told mel
The British boat Drisk has given the
most conclusive proof that torpedo
may be effective. She fired one of hers
o. n huox, which ba1 bpen toWed ont