Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-09-12
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are feeling just; such q pang as that 4
want to tell them there is perfect en-
cliantment in the promises of this Cos
pei. and come to them and T offer
them my arm, or l take their arm, and
| bring them to this Gospel we'll. Sit
down, father or mother, sit down. See
if there is anything at the well for you.
Come. David, the psalmist, have you
anything encouraging to offer them?
Yes says the psalmist. ''They shall
still bring forth fruit in old age: they
shall be fat and ilourisling, to show
that the Lord is upright. lie is my rock.
and there isno unrigllteollsnessin lie.
Come. Isaiah. have you anything to
say out of your prophecies for these
aged people2 Yes. says Isaiah;
Down to old age am with thee. and
to hoary; LARS will carry.thee:." Well,
1.-THE Lord IS going to- carry you, you
ought not to .worryynincle about your:
E-faifing eyesigllt and falling limbs. You
get n little worried for fear sometime
you will come to want, do you2 Your
children and grandchildren some times
sspeak.alittle sharp at you because of
yonr ailments. The Lord will not
speak sharp. Do you think you will
come to want? Who do you think the
Lord is? Are his granares eIupty9 VIII
lie feed the raven and the rabbit, and
the lion in the desert. and forget you?
Why. naturalistS tell US that the por-
poisc will not forsalie it's wounded and
sick mate. And do you suppose the
Lord of heaven and earth has not as
much sympathy as the fish of the sea?
But you say, Il am so near worn
out, and | am of no use to God any
more" think the Lord knows whether
you are OF any more use or not. IF you
were of no more use he would have
taken you before this. Do you think
God has forgotten you because lie has
taken care of you seventy or eighty
years2 He thinks more of you today
than he ever did, because you think
more of him. May the God of Abra-
liam, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Paul,
the aged, be your God forever
DRIVE TIE FLoCKs TO TIE WE'LL.
But gather all the promises today
in group. and ask the shepherds to
drive their tIocks of lambs and sheep
up to tlie sparkling supply. behold,
happy is the man whom God correct
eth" Though he cause grief, yet
will he have compassion. Many are
the Affections Of the righteous, but the
Lord delivereth hir, out Of them all"
Weeping may endure for night, but
Joy colnetl in the morning." am de-
ternined today that no one shall go
away uiiiiG2eslforted.
Yonder is tilnid and shrinking soul
who seems to hide away from the con-
solutions ali uttering, as child with
n sore hand hides away from the ply
sican lest he touch the wound too
roughly. and the mother has to go and
compel the little patient to come out
and see the physician. So ] come to
your tilnid and shrinking soul today,
and compel you to come out in the
presence of tue Divine Physician. He
will not hurt you. lie has been heal.
Ing wounds for many years, and he
will give you gentle and. olnnipotent
n.edicament. But people, when they
ilaTc trouble, go anywhere rather than
to God.
De Quincy took opium to get rid OF
his troubles. Charles Lamb took to
punch. Theodore Hook took to some
thing stronger Edwin Forrest took to
theatrical dissipation. And mcn have
run all around the earth, hoping in the
quick transit to get away FROM their
1t has been dead fail
lire. There is only one well that can
Stake the thirst of an afflicted spirit,
and that is the deep and ineXlaustible
well of the gospel.
But some one says in the audience,
Notwithstanding all you lave said
this morning. l find no alienation for
my troubles Well. am not through
get. have left the most potent con-
si1eration for the last. am going to
.ootlle you with the thought OF heaven.
However talkative we may be, there
will come time when the stoutest and
nost emphatic Interrogation will evoke
from ns no answer.
As soon rs we have closed our lips
for the tiaal silence, no power on earth
san break that taciturnity. But where,
Oh, Christian, will be your spirit? Ina
scene of infinite gIadneSs. The spring
morning of heaven waving its blossoms
in the bright air. yictoss fresh from
battle showing their scars. The rain of
earthly sorrow struck through with tie
rainbow of eternal Joy. In one group,
God and angels and the redeemed Paul
and Silas, Latilner and Ridley, lsaiali
and jeremiah, Payson and John Milton,
Gabriel md Michael the arcliangel.
Long line of choristers reaching across
the hills Seas Of Joy dashing to the
white beach. Conquerors marching
from gate to gate You among them.
AROUND THE CELESTIAL WELL.
Oh, what a great flock of sheep God
will gather around the celestial well. No
stone on the wells mouth. while the
shepherd waters the sheep. There
Jacob will recognize Rachel the stlep-
hertless. And standing on one side of
the we'll of eternal rapture Your chill
dren. and standing on the other side of
the we'll of eternal rapture your Chris
tan ancestry, you will be bounded on
all sides by JOY so keen and grand
that no other world has ever been per-
mitted to experience it.
Out of that one deep we'll of heaven
the shepherd will dip reunion for the
bercaved. wealth for the POOR, health
for the sick. rest for the weary. And
then all the flock of the Lords sheep
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