Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-09-17

Though friends should all fail and foes all
unite,
Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide-
The Scriptures assure us tic Lord will provide
A PLEASANT ROAD.
Still further. tie road spoken of il
pleasant road. God gives u bond of i'll
delnnity against Eli evil TO every man
that treads it. IAN things work to-
gether for good to those who love God"
No weapon formed against them can
prosper. That is the bond. signed,
sealed and delivered by the President of
the universe What is the use of your
fretting, o child of God. about food:
Behold the fowls of the air, for they
sow not. neither Go they reap, nor gather
into barns, yet Your heavenly Father
feedeth thenl." And will he take care OF
the sparrow. will he take care of tho
hawk, and let yoy Gie? What is the use Of
your frettng. abort clothes? Consider
,s-the. lilies of tie field. Shall he not much
cfothe bye little faith!
hat IS Tear
something will happen to- your homer
..He blesseth the habitation Of the just
What is the use OF fretting lest you will
be overcome of temptations? "God IS
faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able, but will
with the temptation Also make way to
escape, that yc may he able to hear it"
Oh, this kings highway Trees of
!! life on either side lending over until
their branches interlock and drop mid
way their fruit and shade Houses Of
entertainment on either side the road
for poor pilgrims Tables spread with
a feast of good things and walls adorned
with apples of gold in pictures of silver.
start out on this kings highway. and !
/ find harper. ard say, "What is your
nslne:" The harper makes no response,
but leaves me to guess, as with his eyes
toward heaven aud his hand upon the
trembling strings this tune comes rip
pling out on the air: 1.-The Lord is my
light and my salvation. Whom shall |
fear? The Lord is the strength of my
life. Of whom shall be afraid!"
go little farther OIL the same road
and meet Il trrmreter of heaven, and !
say, Haven't you got sczne music for
tired Pilgrim And wiping his lip and
taking long breath, he puts his mouth
to the trumpet and pours forth this
strain: They shall hunger no more,
neither shall they thirst any more,
neither shall the sun light on them, nor
any heat, for the Lamb which is in tho
midst of the throne shall lead them to
living fountains of water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes,
go little distance farther on the
same road, and meet 4 maiden of Israel.
She has no harp, but she has cymbals.
They look as if they had rusted from
sell spray, and | say to the maiden Of
Israel, "Have yon no song for tired
Pilgrim" And like the clang of victors'
shields the cylnba!s clap as Miriam be-
gins to discourse, Sing We to the Lord,
fo- he hath triuniphed gloriously; the
horse and the rider hath he thrown into
the sea-" And then see white robed
group. They come bounding toward
me-. and say. "Who are they? The
happiest, and the brightest, and the fair
est in all heaver-who are they And
the answer comes. "These are they who
came out of great tribulations, and had
their robes washed and made white with
the blood of the Lamb"
THE TERMINUS.
pursue this subject only one step
further. What is the terminus? | do
not care how fine Il road you may put
&~ L.,
out. My text declares it. 1.-The re-
deemed of the Lord come to Zion.
You know what Zion was. That was3
the Kings palace. 1t was a mountain
fasrness. 1t wasimpregnable. And so I
heaven is the fastness of the universe.
No howitzer has long enough range to
shell those towers. Letall the batteries
of earth and hell blaze away; they can
not break in those gates. Gibraltar was
taken: Sebastopol was taken; Babylon
fell: but those wallis of heaven shall
never surrender either to human or sa-
tanic besiegement. The Lord God AL
mighty is the defense of it. Great cap
ital of the universe! Terminus of the
Kings highway
Dr.. Dick sail that, among other
things, he thought in heaven we should
study chemistry and geometry and comic
sections. Southey thought that in heaven
he would have the pleasure of seeing
Chaucer and Shakespeare. Now DR..
Dick may have his mathematics for all
eternity, and Southey his Shakespeare.
Give me Christ and my old friends
that is all the heaven want, that is
heaven enough for me. . garden of
light, whose leaves meyer wither, and
whose fruits never fail! 0 banquet Of
God, whose sweetness never pals the
taste, and whose guests are kings for
ever! o city of light, whose walls are
salvation, and whose gates are praisel
. palace of rest, where God is the mon
arch and everlasting ages the length of
his reignl y song louder than the surf
beat of many waters, yet scfI ,ht
whisper of cherubiln!
When my last, wound is healed. W.
the last heartbreak is ended, when the |
last tear of earthly sorrow is wiped |
away, and when the redeemed of the
Lord shall con.e 10 Zion, then let tile
harpers take down their larps; and al.
the trumpeters take down their trunl-
pets and all across heaven there be
chorus of morning stars, chorus of
white ROBBED victors. chorus of martyri
from under the throne, chorus of ages.
chorus of worlds and there be but one
song sung, and but one name spoken.
and but one throne honored-that of |
Jesus only.
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