Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-12-10
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you could only jjust; look in for an hours
visit. to her, yon would rouse up i'll the
aged one Il whole world Of blissful mem.
cries. What if she docs sit without S
talking much? She watched You for
many months when yotl knew not how
/; to talk at all. What if she has many
ailments 10 tell about? During fifteen
years yor r2n tosher with every little
scratch ard bruise, and she doctorel
your little finger as carefullyas u sur
geon would bind the worst fracture.
Yon say she is childish now; 1 wonder
if she ever saw you when you were
childish. You have no patience 70 walls.
with her. on the street, she moves SO
slowly; Iwondersif she remembers fLe
time when Jon were glad enough to so
slowly. You complain ct the expense Of
providing for her now; i wonder what
your financial income WIS from one ear
to ten years of age. Do not begrudga
what you do for the old folks. Il ca.,..
not .howmuch you did for them; they
lave done more, - s
But from This weird text ct THE morn
ing comes rushing in upon my soul u
thought that overpowers me- This
watching by Rizpali was IN after dear,
watching. wonder if now there is an
after death watching. Think there is.
There are Rizpahs who have passed.
death and are still watching They look
down from their supernal and gloriticd
state upon rs, and is not that an after
death watching: l cannot believe that
thoseswho before their death We're inter
lested in us have since their death become
Indifferent us to what happens to MS.
Not one hour of the six months during
which Ri2pah watched, seated upon the
rocks, was she more alert or diligent or
armed for us than our mother, if glori-
fed, is alert aud diligent and armed for
us. It is not-now RizpaL on Il rock, bit
Rispah on throne How long has yonr
mother beer. dead? Do you think she
has been dead long enough to forget
you? My mother has been dead twenty
nino years. l believe she knows more
about me now than she did when stood
in her presence, and am no Spiritualist
either. TIE Bible says, Are they moi
all ministering spirits selit forth to min
lister to them that shall be heirs of saliva
tion?'
Young man, better look out what
you do and where you go, for your glo-
rifed mother is looking at you. You
sometimes say to yourself, what would
mother say if she knew this:7 She does
know. You might cheat her once, but
you cannot cheat her now. Does it EN-
barrass US to think she knows all about
us now? If she had to put up with so
much when she was here, surely she
will not be Tie less patient or excusa-
tory now.
TIE WATCH AFTER DEATH.
Oh, this tremendous thought of my
text-this after death watching! What
en- uplifting consideration, al,d whata
comforting thought! Young mother.
you who have just lost your babe, and
who feel that need of nearer solaco
than that which comes from ordinary
sympathy, your mother knows all about
it. You cannot run in and talk it all
over with her as you would If she were
still terrestrial resident, but it will
comfort you some, l think-yea, it will
comfort you q good deal-to know that
she underGtandsi it all. You see that the
velocitics of the heavenly conditions are
so great that itwould not take her a half
second to come to your Lereft heat.
Oh, these mothers i'll heaven! They
can do more for Us now than before
they went away. The bridge between
this world and the next is not broken
down. They approach the bridge from
both ways, departing spirits and coming
spirits, disiinprisoned spirits and sym
pathizing spirits. And so let us walk as
to be worthy of the supernal companiol-
ships, and if-to any of y, life on earth is
{. ilard grind, let us understand thatif
we watch faithfully and trust fully our
blessed Lord there will be correspond
ing reward in the land of peace, and
that Rizpah, who once wept on a rock,
now reigns On IL throne.