Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-06-03
ACgoMAC G. 4, VA SATURDAY. JUNE s. 1898


popular sentiment which. defames our
beloved city. Some people makeit apart
of their religion TO eIcoriate and bellttle
tho place Of their residence, and there has
been more damage. financial and moral,
dono to our city by this hypercriticism
than Gun ever be estimated. The course
of our city has bcun onward and upward.
We have citizenship made up of hun
dreds OF thousands Of as good men and
women us inhahit the earth, and ! feel
honored in being II citizen Of Brooklyn,
and propose to stay here until join the
population in the Silent City out yonder,
now all abloom with spring flowers
sweet types Of resurrectionl
My thanks must be first TO God and
then to all who have contributed BY
large gift or small to this emancipation.
Thanks to the men. women and children
who have helped. and sometimes helped
with self sacrifices that ! know must
have won the applause Of tho heavens.
II you could only ruad with me few OF
the thousands Of letters that have come
to my desk In The Christian Herald Of
fee, you. would know how deep their
sympathy, how large their sacrifice has
been. II have sold my bicycle and now
send you the money" is the language Of
one noble young man who wrote to The
Christian Herald. '.This is my dead
sons gift to me. and have been led to
send it to you writes mother In
Rhode Island.
A blind octogcnarian invalid In York,
Pa. sends his mite and his prayer.
Thanks to all the newspaper press.
Have you noticed how kind and sympar
thetic all the secular newspapers have
been. and Of course all the religious
newspapers, with two OF three nasty ex-
ceptions? You SHY that sometimes news
papers get things wrong. Yes, butwhich
OF us does not sometimes get things
wrons2 II you want to find man who
has nevor made mistake, do not waste
your ti1nc by looking In this pulpit
Thanks to the editors and reporters and
publishers. Gentlemen Of the Brooklyn
and New York printing press, II you
never report anything else that say,
please to report that. Yes, I see you are
getting it all down.
A NEW DEPARTURE.
Asa church we from this day make
new departure. We will preach more
instructive sermons. Wewill offer more
faithful prayers. We will do-.better
work in all departments. We will in
the autumn resume our lay college.
We will fill all the rooms Of this lnagnif-
cent pile with work for God and suffer
ing humanity. More prayers have been
offered for this church, and on both
sides the sea, than for any church that
has ever existed, and all those prayers
will be answered. Clear the track for
the Brooklyn Tabernaclel "Sing ye to
the Lord, for he hath triumphed glori-
ously; the horse and his rider hath he
thrown into the sea.
But do you not now really think that
the Miriam of my text rejoiced too soon!
Do you not think she ought to have
waited till the Israeitish host got clear
over to Canaan before she struck her
knuckles against the ti,nbrel or tam
BOURNE? Miriam! You do well to have
the tambourine ready. but wait little
before you play it. You are not yet
Through the journey from Egypt tosthe
lssPrpmised ssIsand. ::l on will yet haYeste
iS5frinS
o,3d 4,,,anv Gf ycj,1r ar.1ny.TilI eat SO heart
lily of the fallen quails that they Wilde
of colo, and you will at the tootof Sinai
be scared with the thunder, and there
will be fiery serpents In the way and
many battles to fight, and last of all the
muddy Jordan to Cross. Miriam! ! have
no objections to the tambourine, but dc
notjingle its bells or thumpits frightened
parchment until you are all through.
All, my friends, Miriam was right. II
we never shouted victory till we got
clear through the struggles Of this life,
we would never shout at all. Copy the
habit Of Miriam aud Moses. The mo-
ment you get victory celebrate it. The
time and place to hold a jubilee for the
safe crossing Of the Red sea is on its
beach and before you leave it. 1t is aw.
full the delayed hosannahs, the .belated
halleluiahs, the postponed doxologies,
the trains of thanksgiving coming in sc
long after they are due!
It is said, do not rejoice over revival
too soon, for the new members might moi
hold out. Do not thank God for the
money you made today, for tomorrow
YOU might lose it all and more. Do not
be too grateful for your good health to
day, for tomorrow you may get the
grip. Do not be too glad about youl
conversion, for you might fall from grace
Do not rejoice too soon over a church's
'deliyerance, because there might be dis
asters vet to come. Oh, let us have nc
more adjourned gratitude!
The time to thank God for rescue
from temptation is the moment after yor
have broken the wine flask. The time
to thank God for your salvation is the
moment after the first fash of pardon
The time to be grateful for the comfort
of your bereft soul is the first moment o.
Christ's appearance at the mausoleum o.
Lazarus. The time for Miriam's tam
BOURNE to sound its most jubilant mote
is the moment the last Israelite puts hi
foot on the sand on the parted INLAND
ocean. Alas, that when Gods merciel
have such swift wings our praises should
have such leaden feetl
MIRIAM's SONG.
Notice that Miriam's song In my tex
had for its burden the overthrown cav
airy. It was not SO much the infantr,
Or the men on foot over whose defeat sh'
reioiced with ringing timbtel, but owe
the men on horseback-the mounted
troopsl 1.-The horse and his rider hatl
he thrown into thes sea-" There is some
thing terrible In cavalry charge. Yo1
sec it is not like soldier afoot, thrustin|
O bayonet or striking witha sword. usire
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