Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-01-21
sl,A3 RETURN TO THEocaAcY.
lit is sometimes the case that

] a RETURN TO THEocaAcY.
III it is sometimes the case that this
Is Is sweeps through century or
& Eeugh many centuries. The world
fsaTtsd with q theocracy for government
lsbat is, God was the president and
5eyl So ,Aorld. People got tired
III s neocracy They said, We don't
n asnt God directly interfering with the
fsAirs of the world; give us mon
The world had a monarchy
SSEpn a monarchy it is going to have a
g limited monarchy. After awhile the linn
asds monarchy will be- given up, and
arepublican form Of government will
3333isseyerylyhere dominant and recognized
the world viii get tired OF the re-
1ican form Of government, and it will
hsHs an anarchy which is no govern:
sAsnta I'll. AMI then all nations, find
\ out that mau il not capable OF
lsteonsly governing man. will cry out
d theooracy and say. Lot God come
isnack end conduct the affairs of The
!sSssorld
Every step-monarchy limited mon
ssIsttssehy. republicailis,u anarchy-only diff
stareut steps between tho first theocracy
issaltl 1.-The last theocracy. or seglrents Of
.lhss1t be great circle of the earth on which
s 5seSod sits But do not become impatient
,lSbacause you cannot see the curve OF
tseyents, and therefore conclude that Gods
fSs.gorernlnentis going to break down. Ills
i tory tells lis that i'll the making Of thu
ssSpyrainids it took 1900 men two years tn
drag one great stone from, the quarry
San1 pat it into the pyramids.
l Well, now. if mon short lived can afford
TO work so slowly rs that cannot God
I'm tho building of the cternities afford
ito wait; What though God should take
100000 years to draw circle? Shall we
ttake our little watch, which we have to
ssSswind up every night lest it run down.
land hold it mp beside the clock of eter-
Email ages? If. according to the Bible. n
:sthousand years are in Gods sight az one
day. then. according to that calculation.
lsthe 6 LOCO years Of the worlds existence
Ishave been only to God as from Monday
| to Saturday
/ GOOD nETuREs AFTER MANY DAYS
L But it is often the case that the re-
bound is quicker and the circle is sooner
completed You resolve thnt you will
isdo what good you can. In one week
you put word of counsel in the heart
CT u Sabbath school child During that
same week you give Il letter OF introdrc-
ton to young man struggling in bust
ness. During tho same week you make
an exhorta.ion in prayer meeting. It
is all gone; you will Mayer hear Of it.
perhaps. you think.
A few years after man comes UP to
you and says. You don't know ME, do
your" You say, mo. don't remainder
ever to have seen you" WHY" he says.
Il was in the Sabbath school class over
which you were the teacher One Sun
day you invited Mo to Christ. Iaccepted
the offer. You see that church witt! two
towers yonder?" Yes" you say. Ho
says, THAT is where i preach" or, "Do
you see that governors houseI That is
.where live" One day man
comes to you and says, Good morn
sing You look Mt him and say,
:sstWhy, you have the advantage OF
me-. NC; cannot place you. BE says
AsDon't Lyon remember thirty years ago
lnetieato
man, q letter Of mTTuuTcIIUH To Tfc,5ca{
A. Grinnell?" Yes, yes, do" he
says: II Mn tho nan; that was my first
step toward u fortune, but have re-
tired from husiness now and am giving
lny time 10 philauthropies nnd public in
torcsts Come up and see NO.
Or MAN comes to you and says: Il
want to Introduce myself to you. l
went into prayer meeting in Atlanta
come years ago; sat hacl: by the door;
you arose to make an exborta5ion; that
talk changed the course Of my life. and
Il ever get TO heaven. under God will
owe my salvation to you" In only ten,
twenty or thirty years the circle swept
out and swept back again to your oyva
grateful heart
But sometimes it is wider circle and
does not return for q great while. saw
a bill Of expenses for burning Latilner
and Ridley. The bill of expenses says:
Ono load OF Ar fneots. .................... 8s. ID
Carriage for four loaGs of wood. Is.
Item. post. Is I'd.
Item, tTo chains. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS III.
Item. two staples. Observation-Disclosures. Cd
;tcrn four lahorors. Observation-Disclosures s 3D.
That was cheap fire, considering ali
the circumstances but it kindled light
that shone all around the world and
aroused the martyr spirit. and out from
t,,f l>,,,-1 Nc ~,
.olled the circle wider and wider, start
ing other circles, convolutirg. overrun.
ming. circunlscribing overarching all
circle.
CIRCLE OF EVIL SPEAKING.
But what is true of the good is Just AZ
rue Of the bad You utter = SANDER
against your neighbor. 1t hGs gone forth
rom your teeth: it will never CONE
back. you think. You have done the
nan all tine mischief you can You re
dice to see him vince. You say Didn't
give it to himw That word has gont
mt, that slanderous word, on its poison
,us and blasted way. You think it will
lever do you any harm. But an
watching that word, and see it begin.
ling to cure. and it curves around, anG
{ is aiming at your heart. You had bet
er dodge it. You cannot dodge it. l:
oils into your bosom and after it rolls
q word Of an old book. which says
with what measure ye mote. it shal,
e measured to you again.
You maltreat an aged parent. Yor
egrudged him the room in your house
,ou are impatient of his whimsicalitiet
nd garruhty. 1t makes you mad t.
eur him tell the Same story twice. Yor
i've him food he cannot masticate. Yor
7ish he was away. You wonder if he j.
Ding to live forever. He will be gona