Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-10-03


abstinence. he hurls all P:lpdeinoniuli
down the rocks. suggestive of how Ii,
can hurl into lielplessness all our temp
tations
And now we climb right after him VI
tile tough sides Of the Mount OF BE
attitudes" and on the highest pulpit o
rocks, the Valley of Hatin before him
the Lake of tialilee tathe right of him
the Mediterranean sra to the left o
linn, and liz breaches Il Serllioi, that yer
will Transform tile world with it's ;.p
piled sentiment. Now we follow oul
ChieItlin on Lake tillilne We nlisl
keep 10 the beach. for orr feet are not
sliod with tile supernatural. and we re
iueiml,rr what poor wnrI, Peter made
of if When lit. tried to walk the water.
Christ our leader is OF the top OF the
tossing waves and it is about half past
tllreein tile morning and il is the darkest
tiln. just before d;lybre;,k Bit by tile
Haslesof lightning we seq. him putting
Ibis feet On thescrast Of tll;. 4y,lve. step
szpirs froniS;s rest ySsll King 5as
white sl:rt. solid as thong IL ls.:4ff
frozen SNOW. The &lilorstlIiilk aig ll.,st
is Striding tile tempest. but lie cheers
them into placidity. showing himself to
be n great Christ for Slilors And lie
walks the Atl;lntie ;lni Pacific and
Mediterranean aad Adriatic now. aud
if exhausted and alTri;,!ited voYagrrs
will listen for his voice ut lialf-p:x three
O'clock in tile morning ON any sell. in
deed at any hour, they will hear his
voice OF compassion and encourage
lrent
We continue to FOLLOW our CEieft:liIi.
and here is !, blind nial by tlie wayside.
1t is not from cataract of tile eye or
from oplitiallna. the eye extiiiguiSlier
of tie east. but lie was born blind. BE
opened" he cries. and first there is Il
slnarting Of tile cyeli,ls. and then II twi-
light. and tliena ulidnoon. ;ln,l then a
shout. Il see! | sect" Tell it to all
the blind. and they ut least can appre-
ciate it. And here is the widows dead
son. and here is tie expired d:linsel,
and here is I.nnrus 'l.ivel" our
Clieftain cries and they live. Tell it
through I'LL the bereft households; tell
it among the graves
And here around him gather y, deaf,
and the dumb. and the sick. ami ut his
word they turn OF their coiiclIes and
blush from awful pallor OF helpless i'll
ness to rllbicun,l health. and tlie swoll
en- foot of the droE,sical sufferer be
comes fleet ;ls IL roe on the mountains.
The music of the grove and household
wakens the deaf ear. and lunatic and
maniac return into bright intelligence.
and the leper's breath becomes us
sweet aus the breath OF child. and the
flesh as rose;,te. Tell it to I'LL tln, sick,
through all the homes. through I'LL the
hospitals. Tell it at twelve o'clock at
night: tell it at two o'clock III the
morning; tell it at llalf-past three, aud
in the last watch Of tile night, that
Jesus walks the tempest
THE KISS UF BETRAYAL.
Still we follow our Chieft;,in until the
government that gave him no protec-.
ton insists that lie pay tax. ;lld too
=no9rte-raise tile requisite two dollars
and scventy-livp cents, Ire -ornerS refer
to catcll Il fish that Ii;.s i'll its mouth a
Roman state. which is II bright coin
land you know that fish naturally bite
Mt anything bright. but it was Il mira
Gle that Peter should have caught it ut
the first haul.
Now we follow our Chieftain until
for the paltry sum of fifteen dollars
Judas sells him to his purSHers. Tell
it to all the betrayed If for ten thou
sand dollars, or for five hundred dol
lars. or for one hundred dollars your
interests were sold out. consider for
how much cheaper sum the Lord OF
earth and heaven was surrendered to
humiliation and death. But here, While
following him ON Il spring night be,
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, we
see the flash of torches and lanterns
and we lle;lr the cry Of mob of nihil.
lists. They are breaking in ol the
ouietude Of 1etllserlane with clubs
like Il mob with sticks chasing mad
dog.
It lisa herd OF Jerusalem ''roughs
led on by Judas to arrest Christ and
punish him for being tue lovcliest and
best being that ever lived. But rioters
are liable to assail the wrong man.
How were they to be sure Which one
was .Jesus1 II will kiss him." says
Judas, land by that signal you will
know on whom to lay your hands Of
arrest" So the kiss which throughout
the human race and for all time God
intended us the most sacred demon.
stration OF affection. for Paul writes to
tile Romans and the Corinthians and
the Tliessalonians concerning the holy
kiss" and Peter celebrates tile kiss Of
charity and with tlmt conjunction Of
lips Laban met jacob, and Joseph
met his brethren. and Aaron
met Moses, and Samuel met
Saul, and Jonathan met David, and
Orpall departed from Naomi, and Paul
separated from his friends at Ephesus.
and the father in the parable greeted
the returning prodigal, and when the
millennium shall come we are told
righteousness and peace will kiss each
other. and all tile world is invited to
greet Christ as inspiration cries out.
kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye
perish from the way"-that most sa-
cred demonstration vi reunion and af-
fection was ,]esecr,ted as the filthy lips
of Judas n,uched tile pure cheek OF
Christ. and the Ilorrid slnack of that
kiss has its echo in the treachery and
debaselnent and Hypocrisy cf all ages.
AS. in December, 1889, walked on