Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-12-17

iisferslS come along. Tney look, aE The poor
fellow, but do not help him. A traveller
comes along Samaritan He says
hoa! z, to the beast: he is riding and
dism cunts. He examines the :wodnds;.
stakes out some wine, and with it
WASHES the wounds, and then he takes
sJms oil and puts in TO make the
wound s:stop Ssmaf tin s. and then he tears
OF ia piece IF. : bis owns garment fora
bsnda stbe sMoll ded9
nian upon tlie: beast and alli s.
side E0ltling;; him: % I'll they colnesto;
al ttaver sthe Jand lord.
g sslioAe sto paS nan board
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more SIC and q;
wi pay Good Sa7
our hlos.n *
1 sGop's NonHERLY LOVE. g, - -.
;3EDoes God, our Mother, want to set.
Isff0fhwhat a foolish thing it, togo
from tIerie ard how. lad sdi-:,
n ercy is to. aEa!back the @anlcrsr?
lsfHIgsw is.its5donc? sBy''i picture. good
father. Large farln with. fit: sheep and
logon. Fine house with exquisite ward
robe. Discontinued boy. Goes away.
::sS,iaiGrpcrs fleece him. Feeds hogs. Gets
i5h6mesic1. Starts back. Sees an old
niln running. is father The hand,
.totn of tho hlslss, gets a ring: The foot,
in1aned ana bleeding, gets q sandal.
/ The bare shoulder, showing through the
tarters, gets q robe. The stomach.
ginwing itself with hunger, gets u ft.il
platter smoking with meat. The father
Cannot cat for looking at the returned
adyenturcr. Tears running down the
face until they come 10 s.nilc-thc.
night dew melting into the morning.
10 work on the farm that day, for
when. Il bad boy repents and cones
ckSpron.ising to do better, God knows
that is crough for one day. And they
began tc I've merry" Picture" Prodigal
Son Returned from the Wilderness" So
| God, our Mother, teaches us everything
By pictures. Tho sinner is lost sheep.
Jesus is the bridegroom. The useless
man a barren Gig tree. The Gospel is a
great supper. Satan. a sower of tares.
Truth, mustard seed. That which we
colld not have understood in the alb
stract statement God, our Mother, pre-
sents TO us in this Bible album of pic
lures, God engraved. Is not the divine
maternity ever thus teaching us?
81 remark again that Cod has u moth
.3er's fayoritisia. a father sometimes
shows sort Of favoritism. Here is a
1boy-strong, well, of high forehead and
quick intellect. The father says, 81
VIII take that boy into my firm yet, or,
E"sE.will give him the very best possible
Ecd1c;.lion." There are instances where,
for the culture Of the one boy, all the
1others have been robbed. A sad favor
itism, but TINT is not the mothers favor
lite. will tell yon her fayorite.
There is y Child who at two years of
Fage had Il fail. lie has never got over
iffs, The scarlet fever muffled his hear
]ing. EIe is not what he once-was. That
.EEchild has caused the mother more anz-
d1ioSlu1s nights than all the other children.
'isf ihc coughs in the night she springs
LOUD of - sound sleep and goes to him.
Tee last thing she does when going out
Ioff Sae} house is to give q charge in regard
sl,s.S sIsiin regard to hin. =
Why, the children of the family all
knowsthat he is tho fuyorite and say:
'EIother, you let him do just as he
pleases, and you give him great many
things which you DO not give us. He is
your favorire. The mother smiles; she
knows it is so. So he ought TO be, for if
there is any ono in the world that needs
sympathy more than another it is an in
valid child, weary Oh the first mile Of
life's journey-clrrying an aching head,
a weak side, all irritatel lung So the
mother ought to make him favorite.
God, cur Mother. has fayorites. "Whom
the Lord lovetl ne chasteneth" that
is, che whom he especially loves he chas-
teneth.
Cod loves us all, but is there one
weak and sick AID sore and wounded
anil suffering and fsinta That is the
one who lies nearest and more perpetual
~ on tic great loving heart of God.
Why, it never coughs but our Mother
Cod-hears it. 1t never stirs a weary
limb in tie bed but our Mother-God-
knows OF it. There is no such a watcher
as God. The best nurse may be over
borne by fatigue and fall asleep in the
chair; but God, our Mother, after being
up year of nights with suffering
| Ia .c1a
II THE FURNACE OF AFFL1CTIoN.
"Ch," says one, II cannot understand
all that about afliction" A refiner of
silver once explained it to a Christian
lady, 81 put the silver in the fire. and i
keep refining it and trying it till I can
sec my face in it, and then take it out. :
Just so it is that God keeps his dear
children in the furnace till the divine
image may be seen in them; then they
are taken out Of the fire. "Well," says
come one, "if that is the way that God
treats his favorites, do not want to lie
& favorite."
There is barren field on an autumn
Gay just wanting to be let alone. There
is q bang at Ike bars and rattle of
whifletrees and cleviscs. The field says,
"Wbat is the farmer going to do with
me now?" Tho Turner pu.s the pillow in
the ground. shouts 10 the horses, the
Golfer gUes tearing through the sod,
and the furrow reaches from fence TO
fences. Next day there is bang at the
bars and q rattle Of whiGietrees again.
The field Gays, II wonderwhat the farm
5er is going to do now" The farmer
bitches the horses to the harrow, and it
goes bounding, and tearing across the
field.
Next day there is a rattle at the bars
again, and tie field sEys, WHAT IS the
farmer going TO do nows" he walks
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