Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-06-20

nad mace the quliC, ana lie recognized
that figure of leaf as part of gown
his mother used to wear, and it re-
minded him of home DO you know
where this quilt came from?' he asked.
The nurse answered, 81 can find out,
for there was card pinned fast to it,
and / will find that"
Sure enough, it confirmed what he
thought Then the nurse pointed to q
passage Of Scripture in the block of the
quilt. the passage which says when
he was yet-a great way off his father
saw hun, and ran and fell on his. neck
and kissed HIM" YES" said the dy-;s
ing soldier. Il was q great way off, but
God has met me and had compassion
on me. ,..Shall Iwrite to your mother
and tell her that tile lost one is found
and the dead is alive agail2" He an.
swered. II wish you would, if it would
not be too much. trouble. Do; you.
suppose stllat wolnan3who made that
squilt and filed Eitts with sScriptur pas
; sages had any tronbie about who Mel
chisedec was or how the doctrine of
Gods sovereignty can be harmonized
with mans free agency, or who wrote
the Pentateuch, or the inconsistencies
of the Nicene. creed2 No, no; go to
work for God and suffering humanity,
and all your doubts and fears and nys-
teries and unbeliefs put together will
not be heavy enough to stir the chem
lists scales, which is accustomed to
weighing one-fftieth part of grain of
cllanoniile flowers.
Why stop a moment to understand the
mysteries when there are so many GER
titudes2 Why spend our time explor-
ing the dark garrcts and coal holes of q
great palace which has above ground
one hundred rooms flooded with sun
shineG 1t takes all my time to absorb
what has been revealed, so that ! have
no time to upturn and root out and
drag forth what has not been revealed.
The most of the effort to solve Inys-
teries and explore the inexplicable and
harmonic things Is an attempt to help
the Lord out of theological difficulties.
Good enough intention, my brother, no
doubt; but the Lord is not anxious to
have you help him. He will keep Ills
throne without your assistance. Don't
be afraid that the Bible will fall apart
from Inconsistencies 1t hung together
many centuries before you we're born,
and your funeral sermon will be
preached from text taken from its
undisturbed authenticity.
CHRIST COMES WHEN WIZ MAKE RRADy.
Do you know that think that if all
ministers in all denominations would
stop this nonsense of ecclesiastical strife
and take hold the word of God, the
only question with each of us being
how many souls we can bring to Christ,
and in how short time the Lord
would soon appear for the salvation of
all nations3 When the young queen
of England visited Scotland many
years ago great preparations we're made
for her reception The vessel in which
she sailed was far out at sea, but every
hill in Scotland was ilulnined with
,bonfres and torches. The night was
set on fire with artificial illumination.
The queen. standing on ships deck.
knew from that that Scotland was full
of hcartiest welcome, and the thunder
of the great guns at Glasgow and Edin-
burgh castle woke up all the echoes.
BOOM they sounded out over the sea.
Booml they sounded up among the
hills Do you know that think that
our King would land if we were only
ready to receive him? Why not call to
him from all our churches, from all our
hospitals. from all our honest Why
not all at once light oil the torches OF
Gospel invitations Why not ring oil
the bells of welcomed Why not light
light up the long night OF the worlds
sin and suffering with bonfres of vic
tory9 Why not unlimber all the Cos
pei batteries. and let them boom across
the earth, and boom into the parting
heavens9 The King is ready to land
if we are ready to receive him.
Why cannot we who are now living
see his descent? Must 1t all be post
poned to after ages2 Has not cur poor
world groaned long enough in mortal
agonies? Have there not been martyrs
enough, nnd have not the lakes of tears
and the rivers of blood been deep
enough2 Why cannot the final glory
roll in nows Why cannot this dying
century feel the incoming tides of the
oceans of heavenly mercy7 Must our
eyes close in death and our ears take
on the deafness of the tomb, and these
hearts beat their last throb before the:
day comes in? O Christ Why tar
riest thou2 Wilt thou not, before we
go the way of all the earth, let us see
thy Scared feet under some MONDAY
cloud coming this way9 Before wc die
let lis behold thy hands that were
spiked spread out in benediction for
lost race. And why not let us with
our mortal ears hear that voice Which
spoke peace as thou didst go up speak
pardon and emancipation and love and
holiness and joy to oil nations as thou
contest down3
But the skies do not part. hear no :
rumbling of chariot wheels coming
down over the sapphire. There is no
swoop OF wings. l see no flash of an
eelic appearances All is still hear
nothing but the tramp of my own heart
as pause between these utterances.
The King does not land because the
world is not ready and the church Is
not ready. To clear the way for the
Lords coming let us devote all our en-
ergies OF body. mind and soul. A Rus
sian general, riding over the battlefield,
his horse treading amid the dying and
doa/j n ,uo,u,dod colf1iar nSka1 him fOr