Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-29
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ELAND OF NO PARTING.

Oh, if we could all die togetherl If
we could keep all the sheep and the
lambs of the family fold together until
some bright spring day, the birds
a-chant, and the waters a-glitter, and
then we could altogether hear the voice
Of the good Shepherd and hand in hand
pass through the foodI No, no, no, no!
Oh, if we only had notice that we are all
to depart together, and we could say to
our families: 1.-The time has come. The
Lord bids us away" And then we could
take our little children to their beds and
straighten out their limbs and say:
"Now, sleep the last sleep. Good night
until it is good morning." And then we
could go to our own couches and say:
"Now, altogether we are ready to go.
Our children are gone; now let us de-
part"
No, no! It is one by one. It may be
in tho midnight 1t may be in the will
ter and in the snow coming down 20
inches deep over our grave. It may be
in tho strange hotel and our arm too
weak to pull the bell for help. 1t may
be SO suddenly we have no time even to
say goodby. Death is a bitter, crushing.
tremendous curse.
play you three tunes on the gospel
harp of comfort. weeping may endure
for night, but joy cometh in the morn
ing" That is one. Cali things work
together for good to those who love
God" That is the second. "And the
Lamb which is in the midst of the throne
shall lead them to living fountains of
water, and God shall wipe all tears from
their eyes," That is the third. During
these "a years have tried as far as /
could by argument, by illustration and
by caricature to fill you with disgust
with much of this modern religion which
people are trying now to substitute for
the religion of Jesus Christ and the re-
ligion Of the apostles.
have tried to persuade you that the
worst of all can't is the can't of sliepti-
cisrn, and instead Of your apologizing for
Christianity it was high time that those
who do not believe in Christianity should
apologize to you, and 1 havetried to show
that the biggest villains in the universe
are those who would try to rob US of this
Bible, and that the grandest mission Of
the church of Jesus Christ is that OF
bringing souls to the Lord-a soul saving
church
But now those years are gone. fyou
have neglected your duty, if I have neg
lected my duty, it is neglected forever.
Each year has its work. If the work is
performed within the 10 months, it is
done forever. If neglected, it is neg
lected forever.
When woman was dying, she said,
Gall them back" They did not know
what she meant. She had been disciple
Of the world. She said, "Oh, call them
backr They said, "Who do you want
us to call backg ooh" she said, "call
them back, the days, the months, the
years have wasted. Call them back!'
But you cannot call them back; you can.
not call year back, or month back, OF
week back, or an hour back, or second
back. Conc once, it is gone forever.
When great battle was raging, o mes
senger came up and said to the general
:s@sndwas ssFtaldng e
eral, we have taken q standard from the
enemy" The general kept right on con-
versing with his fellow officer, and the
messenger said again, General, we have
taken standard from the enemy" Still
the general kept right on, and the mes
senger lost his patience, not having his
message seemingly appreciated, and said
again, General, we have taken a stand
ard from the enemy" The general then
looked at him and said, "Take another.
Ali, forgetting the things that are be-
hind, let us look to those that are before.
Win another castle; take another stand
ard; gain another victory.
Roll on, sweet day of the worlds eman-
cipation, when "the mountains and the
hills shall break forth into singing, and
all the trees Of the wood shall clap their
hands, and instead of the thorn shall
come up the fir tree, and instead of the
brier Will come up the myrtle tree, and
1t shall be unto the Lord for name, for
an everlasting sign that cannot be cut
off"