Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-06-25
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an old lnnn to travel' Ig.tcF lie 64j CcCn
whipped and crippled with naltreat-
ment. But they soon get to the place Of
execution-Acqup Snlvia - and he is
fastened to tho pillar Of martyriom. 1t
does not take any strength to tie him
fast. He makes no resistance.
O Paul! why not now strike for your
lifel You have q great many friends
hero. With that witherCd hand just
launch the thuuderbolt u, the people
upon those infamous sollicrs, No! Paul
was not going to interfere with hts own
coronation. lie WAS too glad to go. sec
him looking mp In the fIce Of bis cyeeu-
toner. antl, rs the grim official draws
the sword; pnul calmly says, Il mn now
ready TO be offered. aud the time of ,ny
departure Is W hand" But put my
hand over my eyes, want not TO see
that last struggle Oi,e sharp, keen
stsoku. and paul does goto the banquet.
andaPaul does dine with the king.
a GLORIOUS TRANSITION
What. a transition it wasl From the
malaria Of Rome to the finest climate In
oil the uniycrso-the zone VI eternal
beauty and health. Ills nshes wcre put
In the catacombs OF Roane. but ia oae
moment the air Of heaven tathcd from
bis soul the last ache. from shipwreck,
from dungeon; from the biting pain Of
tho elmwood rods, from the sharp sword
OF the headsmen. he goes into tho most
brilliant esse,nblase Of heaven. king
among kings. lnultltudes VI tho saint
hood rushing out aud stretching forth
hnnds OF welcome. for 10 really think
that rs Oh the right haze Of God IS
Christ, SO on the right hand OF Christ Is
Paul. the second great in heaven.
He changed kings likewise. Before
the hour Of death. and up 70 the last
moment, he was under Nero, the thick
neoked. the cruel eyed. the filthy Tipped.
tho sculptur@i features OF that man
bringing down to us this very day the
horrible possibilities Of hia nature
seated rs he was amid pictured mar
bles Of Egypt. un<ler root atisaed
with 1rother-of-peari. in q dining room
which by machinery WEE kept whir!ing
day and night with most bewitching
magniHcence. his horses standing In
stalls OF solid gold. an,l tho grounds
around bis palace lighted Gs night by
its victims, who had been betia1isHl
with ter and pitch ard then set on fire
to il!umine the darkness. Tint was
Paul's king.
But the next moment he goes into the
realm OF him whose reign Is love. and
whose courts are paved with love, and
whose throne Is set on pillars 0s love,
ind whose sceptcr Is adorned with Jew
els Of love. and whose palace Ii lighted
with love, and whose lifetime Ia nn eter
nifty N love. When Paul was leaving
so much on this side the pillar Of mag
tyrdcm to gain 50 much on the other
side. do you wonder ut the cheerful vale
dictory OF the texI, ''rhe Time Of my
departure Is az handf"
Now, why cannot I'LL the old people
have tho salne holy CLEO es that aged
man had2 Charles ]. VIXEN hs was comb
ing his head. found 4 gray llair, md he
sentrit to tho queen Us great Joke; bTt
old ago is really no joke at oil For the
last forty years you have been drcading
that which ought TO have been Gn cx-
hilaration- You say yon most feaS the
struggle at the moment the soul and
body part But millions bsye endured
that moment. and mny not we Us weli2
They got through with It and 80 can VIC.
Besides this, all medical men agres IN
saying that there is probably no struggle
ct the last momcnt-rot 80 much pain
as the prick of pin, The seeming signs
Ct distress being altogether involuntary.
But you say. at Is tho uncertainty of
the future Now. child OF God. do not
play the infdol After God has filed
The Di6le till it can hold no more with
stories OF the good things ahead, better
not t,li about uncertainties,
TIE GLORIOUS COMPANY
Dat you say, 81 cannot bear to think
Of parting from friends hero" II you
ore Oh, you have moro friends in heaven
than here just take the census Take
some Large sheet Of paper and begin 10
record tho names of those who have emf.
grated to Che other shore, the ooanpan.
ions Of your school days. your carly
business associates. the friends Of mid
life, and those who moro recently went
swsy. Can 1t b chat they have been
gune SO long Jon do not cese any morc
about the,n. Snd you d" net want their
society: Oh. no. There ha7e been days
when you have folt thas you could not
endure another moment away from their
blessed co,npanionship, They have gone,
Yoa say you would not like to swing
them back to this world Of trouble. even
il yon bud tho power. Is would not do
to trust yen. God would not give you
resurrection power.
Before tomorrow morning YOU would
be rattling as the gates OF the cemetery
Crying to the departed: "Coms back to
tie cradle where you slept! Como back
to the hall where yoa used to play!
Come back to the table where yoa used
to STIR and there would DO great bur
glary 10 heaven. No, no. God Will not
trust you with resurrection power: but
Lo compromises the matter and says.
"you cannot bring them where you orc.
but you can so wherc they are" They
are more lovely now than ever. Were
they beautiful hero, thoy are moro bcan-
tiful there.
Besides tha1. 1t is moro healthy there
for you than here, aged man; better
climate there than those hot summers
and cold winters and late springs; bet
tor hearing, better eyesight, moro tonic
In tho air, mort pcrfums In the bloom,
more sweetness In Che song Do ycu
not feel. aged 'nan, sometimes as though
you would like to get Your ar1n and foot
fresg Do you not feel as though you