Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-12-24

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plenty large enough for the enactment
Of the tragedy. Enter ON the stage sin
followed by murder, pain, theft, fraud
impurity, falsehood, massacre, war and
all the denominations and horrors and
agonies of centuries. Although we know
comparatively little about the other
worlds lest we become completely dis
! satisfied with our own, no doubt the
other worlds have heard and are now
hearing all about this world in the aw-
full experiment of sin which the human
race has been making.
In some way interstellar communica-
ton is open, and al worlds, either 10y
wing Of flying spirits or by direct COM
murication from God, are learning that
disloyalty and disobedience doom and
damn everything they touch, and The
spectacle practically says to all other
worlds: obey God. keep holy and stay
III the orbit where you were intended to
swing, or You will suffer that which that
recreanU world out yonder has been sur
fering for thousands of years" 1t is no
| longer to Inc a mystery why so small a
worhl as ours was chosen for the trag-
edy. A chemist can demonstrate all the
laws Of earth and heaven in a small
laboratory, ten feet by five, and our
world was not too small to demonstrate
to the universe the awful chemistry of
unrightcousness, its explosive ard irving
and consuming power.
Go not believe that there is a world
that has been i'll existence from the
time when Copernicus the -astronom er
knocked on the door of heaven, to the
world that last week came within sight
CT the observatory at Greenwich, but
has heard Of our terrific terrestrial exper
iment, and the awful object lesson has
thrilled the multimillions of stellar pop
ulation, especially when they heard that
in order to arrest the disaster of centuries
the World ldakcr and the World Starter
and the World Upholder must give up
his only Son to assassination TO expiate
and restore and save the victims OF the
planetary shipwrcck.
TIE TOWER OF PHAEoS.
On the tower of Pharos, Egypt, q me-
tallic mirror was raised which reflected
all that occurred both on land and sea
for distance OF three hundred miles.
and SO Egypt was Informed of the COM
ing of her enemies long before their ar
rival. By what process | know not, but
il some way this ship of a struggling
earth, think, is lnirrored to distant
worlds. Surely this one experiment of
IL world unloosing itself from God will
be enough for all worlds and all cter-
mites.
But notice that as other worlds rolled
into the first book OF the Bible, the
book of Genesis, they also appear in
tbs last book Of tie Bible, the book of
Revelation. They will take part in tie
scenes Of that occasion, which shall be
the earth's winding up and Il tremen-
dous occasion for you aud me person
ally. My father was on the turnpike
road between Trenton and Bound
Brook, New jersey. He was coming
through the night from tho legislative
halls, where lie was serving his state, to
his Tome, where there was sickness.
often heard him tell about it. 1t was
the night of the 18th and the morning Of
-.z,irisn.,sf.vzSyas Cl0ntT!essf ;fild ttne+ eli
clear. Suddenly the whole heavens be-
came Il scene never to be forgotten.
From the constellation Leo meteors be-
gan to Shoot out in all directions. For
the two hours between four and six i'll
the morning it was estimated that Il
thousand m"teors u minute flashed and
expired. 1t grew lighter than MONDAY.
Arrows of fire. Ballsof fire. Trails OF
fire. Showers of fire. Some of the ap-
pearances were larger than the full
moon. All around the heavens explo-
sion followed explosion. Sounds us well
us sights. The air filled with uproar.
All the luminaries of the sky seemed to
have received marching orders. The
heavens ribbed and interlaced and gar
landed with meteoric display. From
horizon TO horizon everything in COM
bustion and confagration.
Many Il brain that night gave way. 1t
was an awful strain on strongest nerves.
Millions Of people fell on their knees in
prayer. Was the world ending, or was
there some great event for which all
heaven was illuminated? For eight mo-
mentous hours the phenomenon lasted.
East, west, north, soulful looked as
though the heavens were i'll maniac dis
order. Astronomers watching that night
said that those mcteors started from
200 miles above the earth's surface aud
moved with ten times the speed of
cannon ball.
The owner of q plantation in SOUTH
Carolina says of that night SCENE: was
suddenly awakened by the most distress
ing cries that ever fell on my ears.
Shrieks of horror and cries of mercy /
could hear from most Of the negroes on
three plantations, amount ting in all to
about six or eight hundred. While ear
nestly listening for the cause l heard
faint voice near the door calling my
name. | arose, and taking my sword
stood at the door. At this moment l
beard the same voice still beseeching me
to rise, and saying, oh, my God! the
world is on tirer Len opened the door,
and it is difficult to say which excited
me most, the awfnlness of the scene OF
the distressed cries of the negroes. Up
ward Of one hundred lay PROSTATE on
the ground-some speeches. and some
uttering the bitterest cries, but most
with their hands raised imploring God to
save the world and them. The scene
was truly awful, for never did rain fall
much thicker than the meteors fell to-
ward the earth" But the excitement
thus described by the southern planter
ran among the whites as well as the
blacks: among the intelligent as well Us
the superstitious.