Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-08-08

F., his old boat that would never be of any
practical use; but when the deluge
came, and the tops of the mountains
disappeared like the backs of sea lnon-
sters, and the elements. lashed up in
fury clapped their hands over
drowned world. then Noah in the ark
rejoiced in his own safety and in the
safety of his family. and looked ont on
the wreck of ruined earth.
Christ. bounded of prosecutors, de-
MED pillow. worse rnalsreated than
the thieves ON either side OF the cross,
human hate s.nacking its lips in salts
faction after It had been draining his
last drop of blood. the slected dead
bursting from the sepulc.icrs at Ills cru
cifixion. Tell lue. o Getllseinnne and
: Golgothal were there ever darker times
] than those2 Like the booming of the
midnight sea against. the rocks, the
surges OF Christ's anguish beat against.
the gates OF eternity, to be echoed back
by all the thrones Of heaven and all
the dungeons Of hell.
But the day of reward comes for
Christ; all the poinp and dominion OF
this world are to be hung on his throne,
uncrowned heads are to bow before
him on whose head arc many crowns,
and all the celestial worship is to come
I'D at his feet. like the liuln.n;Dy of the
forest. like the rushing OF the waters,
like the laundering Of the seas. while
all heaven. rising on their thrones, beat
time with their scepters: 'Hallelujall,
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah, the kingdoms of this world
have become the kingdoms of our Lord.
Jesus Christi"
That song Of love. nos: low and far.
Ere long shall swell from star to star:
That light, the breaking dag which tips
The golden spirc:l apocalypse.
Again, learn from lny subject that
events Which seem to be most insigniii-
cant may be momentous Can you i'm
agine anything more unlDportant than
the coming of o poor woman from Moab
to Judea3 Can you imagine anything
more trivial than the fact thar this Ruth
just happened to aiig!it-;as they say
just happened to aliSht on chat field Of
Boaz? Yer all ages, all generations,
have an interest in the fact that she
was to become ;sn ancestress of the Lord
Jesus Christ. and all nations and king
doms must look at that one little incl
dent with thrill OF uuspeakable and
eternal satisfaction. So it is IN your
history ana i'll mine: events that you
thought OF 40 Importance at all have
been Of very great moment. That
casual conversation, tllt accidental
meeting did not think Of it again
for !. long while; but how it changed
all the current CT your life
THE BEGINNING OF aI.E5TREI.Sy.
Ii seemed to he of 10 importance
that Juba invented rude instruments
of music, calling them harp and organ,
but they were the Introduction OF all
the worlds nlinstrclsy. And as you
hear the vibration of a shrugged instrl-
ment. even after the fingers lave been
| taken away from il. SO all music now Of
lutte and drum and corilet is only the loEy
continued strains Of Jubals harp and
Jubal's or3an. 1t seemed TO be a mat
ter of very little Importance that Tcbal
Cain learned the uses CT copper and
iron, but that rude foundry Of ancient
dnvs has lis echo in the rattle Of Bir-
mingba!n machinery end tic roar and
bang of factories on the MerriInac.
Again, see in NY subject an Illus
tration of the beauty of female indus
try. Behold Ruth to;ling in the har-
vest field under the hot sun, or ut noon
taking plain bread with the reape.s or
eating the parched corn which Boaz
handed to her. The customs Of So
ciety, Of course, lave changed, and
without the haldsI.ips and exposure to
which Ruth was subjected every intel
lscIlt wolnan viii find something to do.
know there is Il sickly scntilnentality
on this subject. In some families there
are persons of II, practical service to
household or community; and though
there ;re so many WOES all around
about them in the world the? spend
their tine languisl!ins over Il new pat
tern or bursting into tears ut plidnigIt
over the story OF some lover who shot
himself They wouId not deign to
look at Ruth carrying back Che barley
Oh her way home 10 l.er nother-in-law,
Naomi.
All ills fas.:diqus;.c:is may seem to
do very well willie they are under tho
shelter of their fathers lloise; b.t
when the sharp winter of misfortune
comes What Of these butterflies! Per
sons under indu!geit parcntage may
geSupon themselves habits OF Incidence;
but when they cone OFT i;to practical
life their soul will rccoI with disgust
and cllagrin. They will feel in their
hearts what the poet so severely satir-
lied wien lie said
Folks ire SO awkward things SO !:npolite.
They're elegantly panied from riorn tili night
Through that gate OF inloloneo hog
many ,rcn and wo.ncn have marched,
useless on earth, to destroyed ctcrn;-
ty! spinola said 70 Sir Horace Verc,-
"Of what did your brother iiez'' "Of
having nothing TO do" was the answer.
"Ah." said Spinola. that's enough to
kill any general of us" Oh can it be
possible in this world. where there is so
much suffering TO be alleviated, SO
much darkness to be enlightened, and
so many burdens to he carried, that
there is any person who cannot find
anything to do3
Madame de Stael did world of
work in her time. and one day, while
she was seated amid instruments of
music, all of which she had mastered.
and amid manuscript books which she
had written. some one said to her,
ttEo1v do Won finfi time IN Attend tO o11