Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-09-19

oi goods u. Rae n,.c!S are ;is.,-
ing kindly to eacilutller, and when one
il; Il little short OF certain kind OF
goods. his neishbor says, / Will help
you until you can replenish your
shelves 1t seems TO me that those,
words of Isaiah are being fulfilled when
he says. The carpenter encouraged the
goldsmith, and he that slnooths with
t!ic hammer. him that sinote the anvil,
saying. it is ready for tie soldering.
What is the matter? 1t seems to ice
orr cid world is picking up. Why, the
millennium must be coming in. Kind
ness has gotten the victory"
My hearers. you know and know
wc are FIR frUl that state of things.
Eat why not inargira.c Il new dispen
sation Of geai:,lityl II we c:tnnot yet
have Il millennium on Il large scale Let
rs haze it on :, small scale. ;.lld under
oar own veSsnes.ts Kindness ftl!is
world is ever brought to God rllat is
the thing that will do it. You cannnt
fret tie world up. although y"u may
fret the world dawn fon c,:.n.s Sccli
j. into excellence. or r.fo!ri:..rioii urgud
i;s:rss.
The cyst wind "nd tive west wind
were one day talking with each olller,
end lln. east wind said to thu west
Kind Don't You wish yun had my
power Why. wllca | start they hai!
re by Storn signals Ill along the coast.
can twist oil :, ships ,,.:,St as easily us
n COWS iioof CRACKS .an alder. With
one sweep of NY wing lave stirwn
the ccas, from Newfoundland to key
West with parted ship timber. can
lift and have lifted Tie Atlantic ocean.
l;ii the terrier of all invalitlsi.l. and
10 fight lie back forests must be cut
Gown for fires. and the mines of con
ri.,ents are called on TO feed The fur
races. Under luy breati, the nations
crour.l into scpulcl,ers. Don't You
wish you had my powcrT said thc east
wind.
Tie west wind made 40 answer. bilt
started on It's mission. coming SOME
where ont OF the rosy bowers of tl.e
Sky. and I'LL the rivers and lakes anu
seas slnilp.l at lis coming. The gardens
hlooired. and tie orchards rip.med,
and the wheat fields turned their silver
into gold. and llealTh clappe,l it:;rrn,ls,
and joy shouted from the Liil!ops, and
the nations lifted their forci!eads into
tie light. and the earth had Il t,oNol
osy Cor the sky. and rlle sky an anthem
FOR tile earth. and tle warmth. and the
sparkle. and the Eladicss, and the
foliage. and the flowers. aud the frnitS.
and the beauty. and the life were the
only answer the west wind made TO
Size i:lsolpnce CT the east wi;id's inter
ro"atio:l.
JOHN HOWARD. FLORENCE NlGHTIN
G:.i.it AND IDA i.twIS
Kiidr">s to all, Surely If ought NOT
10 be IL difficult grace to culture when
we see towering above the centuries
si;ci al example that one glimpse OF it
,.igllt 70 melt and transform all ia
IONS. Kindness brought our Lord
from heaven. Kindness to miScreaurs
Kindness to prosecutors. kindness to the
crippled. and the blind. and the cara
Ia;tiy. and t:le leprous. aud the drop
s::ca. and the delnoniac;ll characterized
|.;;n all the WAY. and on the cross.
kindness to tile the bluditS suffering on
the side of him. and kindness 10 the
eyecurioners while yet they pushed the
pear. ami hammered the spikes. and
Iiuwle,l the biaSpllemies.
al tile stories of the John Towards
and tile Fl2rence Nightllyales, and tile
Grace DarIings. and tue Ida Lewses
pale before tile transcendent example
cf.lii.n whose birth and life and death
are ,lie greatest story that the world
,yer heard ;lnd the theme OF the
brightest llosa.na that heaven ever
lifted Yen. the very kindness that
allowed both hands to be nailed to the
horizontal timber Of the cross with that
cruel rllnnpl thulnp! now stretches
Gown from the skies those s;,ine hands
filled with balm for all our wounds,
forgiveness for nil our crimes. rescue
Tor I'LL our scrftloms.
And willie we take this nttclless
kindness from God. may it lw found
;llut we have uttered our last bitter
word. written our last cutting para.
graph. dole our last retaliatory action,
:elt orr last ravengeful heart t!irob.
Aud it would not be a bod epitap!l for
any of us il b. the grace of God frolu
this time forth we lived s,.c!l beneiicent
lives that the ro,ubStone's cliisel could
appropriately cut upon the plain SLAB
that marks our grave suggestion from
the text. lie showed us no little
kindness
But not until the last Child of God
Las got ashore from the earthly storms
that drove him on the rocks like Nledi
terra.e;,n f.uroclydnns. not until all
the thrones of heaven are mounted. and
all the conquerors crowned, and all the
harps and trulnpets and organs OF
heaven are thru.nmed or blown or
sounded. and the rnsolued of all
ciiues and ages are in full chorus
under the iulilant swing of angelic
baton. and we shall for thousands
Of years lave seen the river from
under the throne rolling into the
sea OF glass mingled with fire, " and
this world we now illllabit shall be so
far in the past that only a stretch of
celestial memory can recall that it ever
existed at ALL Not until then will we
understand What Nehemiah calls the
great kindness. and David calls THE
marvellous Kindness, and Isaiah calls
tile everlasting kindness" of GOdl