Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-01-03

NledIlSs ITOuOic. anu tic WCFlu Hal ll;lu
troiblesenough. Why not u Shaft of
lightning quivering and flashing md
striking down to the sacred birthplace3
Lightning means destruction, shat
teringH and consuming power, and tho
worIdswanted no more destruction.
1TuE STAR OF TUE EAST.
BUTT was a st:.r, and that means
JOY, that means hope, that means good
c'leerItaat means asccndancy A star!
Thafmeans creative power, for did not
the morning stars sing together when
the portfolio of the worlds was openedi
A star!s That means defense, for did
not THE stars fight in their courses
againstSisera and for the Lords pcoplci
A star That means brilliant continu-
ance,sfor are not the righteous to shine
as tiSesstars forever. and cveE2 A star I
ThaEmeans lie: openin of eternal joy
The day S. morn
ing sssslr ofathes Red Gmer 's 80
Tie. unusual appearance that night
may:have been u strange conjunction
of worlds. AS the transit of Venus in
our time was foretold many years ago
by astronomers, and astronomers can
tell what will be the conjunction of
worlds n thousand years from now, so
thcycan calculate backward; and even
inldel astronomers have been COM
PEELED to testify that about tile year
there was Il very unusual appear
ance in the heavens The Chinese
record, of course entirely Independent
of the Word of God, gives as a matter
of history that about the year there
was a strange and unaccoulltable ap-
pearance in tie heavens
But it may have been meteor such
as you. and have seen flash to the
horizon. saw u few years ago in the
northern SLY IL star shoot and fall with
such; brilliancy and precision that if l
had been on hill as high us that of
Bethlehem, on which the shepherds
stood, l could have marked within d
short distance the place of the alight-
ing The University of Iowa and the
British Museum have specimens of
meteoric stones picked up in rlle lields,
fragments flung OF from other worlds.
leaving u fiery trail on tile sky. SO
that it is not to Inc at all improbable
the stellar or the mcteoric appearance
on that night of which we speak.
only care to know that it WAS bright,
that it was silvery, that it flashed and
swayed and swung and hailed with JOY
celestial. as though Christ in haste tc
save our world had rushed down With
out LIS coronct, and the angels of God
had hurled it after him.
GLORIOUS CHRISTIANITY.
Not black cloud OF threat. but
cleaning star Of hope. is our glorious
Christianity. One glimpse of that stel
lar appearance kindlad up lie soul of
the sick and dying college student I'M
til the words flashed from his pale Fin
gers and the star seemed to pour its
light;fron his white lips as kirke. White
wrote these immortal words:
When lnarshaiei on the nightly plain
The Glittcring hosts bestud the s.y,
One star alone of NIL tho train
Can fix the sinners wan,!cr!ng eye.
Hawk bark to God. tie chorus hr axis
Fro:a every host, from every gem;
But one alone, the Saviu;ir. speaks
,.l,I.,.
Once on the raging seas rode.
The storm was loud tho night was dark,
And rudely blew the winds that tossed my
laundering bark.
Deep horror t.ien my vitals fro1e,
Death struck. ceased tho tide to stcm
When suddenly Il star arose
1t was the star OF Bethlehem.
Notice also in this scene that other
worlds seemed to honor our Lord and
master. Bright star of the night, wheel
on in thine orbit No" said the star,
II must come nearer, and | must bend
and l must watch and soc what you do
with my Jesus" Another world that
night joined our world in worship.
That star made u bow Of obeisance.
hear people talk of Christ's
dominion US though itwere to be mere
" the few thousand miles of the worlds /
but believe the mill
ions and the billions and the quadrill- !,
ions of worlds arc all inhabited-if not |
by such creatures as we are, still such I
creatures Us God designed to make,
and that all these worlds are q part of
Christ's dominion. Isaac Newton and
Kepler and lcrschcl only went on
Columbus voyage to find these CONT
nents Of our Kings domain.
ONLY ONE DIscoRD.
l think all worlds were loyal but
this. The great organ of the universe,
its pedals, and its pipes, and its keys all
one great harmony save one injured
pedal, save one broken stop-the vox
llumana Of the human race, the dis
loyal world. Now you know that, how
ever grand the instrument may be. if
there be one key out Of order it spoils
the harmony. And Christ must mend
this key. Hemust restore this broken
stop. You know with what bleeding
hand, and with what pierced side, and
with what crushed foot lie did the
work. But the world shall be attuned
and all worlds will yet be accordant.
Isle OF Wight, larger in comparison
with the British empire than our
i.Iaad of world as compared with
Christ's vast domain. II not, why that
celestial escort9 If not, why that SEN
tinel with blazing badge above the car
avans,4ryl If not, why that midnight
watchlnan in the balcony Of heaven2
Astronomy surrendered that night to
Christ. This planet for Christ. The