Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-10-25
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THE GOOD ABYss1NIAN.

ST. l'allS C1LllcQTll 1T CilS GuflGf c1
that Christian hero. Lord Napier Tie
day after, at Hawapden, in conversation
on various themes asked Fir. Glad
stone if he did not think that niany
who were under tile shadow of false re-
ligions might not nevertheless be ut
heart really Christian. DIT. Gladstone
replied: Yes; my old friend Lord Ma
pier, who wi.s yesterday buried, after
lie returned from his Abyssinian CALL
paign. visited MS here ut Hawarden.
and walking in this park where we are
now walking lie told INC very beauti-
full incident. lie said: After the war
in Africa WIS over we were on the
march. and we ha;l IL soldier with q
broken Icy who was not strong enough
to 70 along with us, nnd we did not
dare to leave him to be taken cure
OF by savages; but we found we
were compelled to leave him. and we
went into the house of Il woman who
was said to be IL very kind woman,
though OF the race OF savages, and we
said. Here is sick imam. and if you
will take care of him till he gets well
wcwll pay you very largely" and then
we offered her five times that which
would ordinarily be offered. Looping by
the excess Of pay To secure for linn
great kindness. The woman replied
II Will not take care of him for the
money yon offer. do not want your
p:oncy. But leGvc him here and |
will take care Of him for the sake Of
the lovc cf God ~" flr Gladstone
turned TO ne and sail. DIR. Talnage.
don't you think that though she be-
longed 70 II race of s;,yagcs that was
pure religions" And | answered. Il
do; do" May God multiply all the
world over the number OF good S;Jnlar
itans!
In Philadelphia II young woiilan YVES
dying. Size was wreck. Sanken
into the depths of dcprlrity there was
no lower depth for her TO reach. Word
came to the midnight mission that size
was dying in haunt OF iilquity near
by. Who would go to tell her OF the
Christ of Mary Mas,lalen2 This one
refused. and that one refused, saying,
81 dare not go there" A Chris
tian woman, her White locks typical of
her purity OF soul. said, II will 20, and
| will go now" She went and sat
down By the dying girl, and told of the
Christ WHO came to seek and save that
which was lost. First to the forlorn
one came the tears of repentance, and
then the sniiIc, Us though she had be-
gun to hope for the pardon of him who
came To save tc the utterlnost. Then,
lust before she breathed her last, she
said to the angel OF mercy bending
over her pillow, Would you Kiss
me@' Il will" said the Christian
woman. as she put upon her cheek the
lasr salutation before in the heavenly
world, think. God gave her the well
coming kiss. That WAS religion! Yes,
that was religion. Good Samaritans
along every street and along every
road. as we'll as this one on the road to
Jericho
THE RAVENS OF cHERrrH.
But orr procession OF sigltseers is
again in line, and here we p;lss through
deep ravinc. and cry to the drago-
man. David. what place do you call
thsi" and he replied, This is the
brool; Cleritil, where Elijah was fed by
the rlverls. And in that answer lie
cvcrthrew my life long notions of the
place where Elijah WIS waited on by
the black servants of the sky. a brook
to me had meant u slight depression OF
ground and stream ford;blc. and
perhaps fifteen feet wide. But here
was clasm that an earthquake must
have scoopcd out with its biggest shovel
or spit Will its migitiest battle TX.
SIX hundred feet deep is it, and the
brook Cheritll is n river. which, when
III full force. is IL silver wedge, splitting
the mountains into precipices. Tile
featlcred descendants Of E!iiah's ravens
still wing tiicir way across this rayine.
but are rot like tie crows we supposed
them to be- They ere us large us eagles,
AMI ole Of ti,eln could carry in its 6eilk
and clinchc,l claw at once enough food
for half dozen Elijahs. No thanks
to the ravens; they are carniyorous.
and would rather have picked out the
eyes of Elijah, whom they found at
the mouth of his cave Oh the side Of
Cheritll waiting for lis breakfast, liav-
ing drunk his morning beverage from
the rushing stream beneath, than lave
been his buffers and purveyon.
But God compelled tlen. as he al
ways las compelled and always will
compel black and cruel and overshad-
owing providcnccs to carry he'll, TO his
children ii tley only have fai5l enough
to caTcIl tie blessing US it drops from
the seeming adversely, the greatest
blessing always coming not with white
wings but black wings. Black wings
OF conviction. bringing par:ioIi 70 the
sinner. Blaze; wings OF cr.ici:iXioa
over Calvary, bringing redemption for
the world. Black wings of American
revolution, bringing free institutions to
a continent. Black wings of American
civil war, bringing uni(ication an;l soil.
darity to the rer.!,l;c. Hlac!l wings OF
The Judgment dry. bringing resurrec.
tion to IN entombcd human race. And
in the list day. whei all yonr life and
mine vii! he Summed mp. we WI ii'iI
that tho Srdatest blessings we ever re-
ccived came on tile wings Of the black
ravens If disaster Bless Go;i for tsou-
Tile! Bless God for sickness. LEES
God for persecution! Bless God for