Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-22

Wien you are SICK One wave OF his
hand and the storm will drop, and an
other wave of his hand and midnight
shall break into midnoon, and another
wave of his hand and the chamberlains
of God will come down from the treas
ure houses of heaven with robes lus-
trous, blood washed and heaven glinted,
in which you will array yourself for the
marriage supper of the Lamb. And then
with Miriam, who struck the timbrel Of
the Red sea, and with Deborah, who
led the Lords host into the fight, and
with Hannah, who gave her Samuel to
the Lord, and with Mary, who rocked
Jesus to sleep while there were angels
singing in the air, and with sisters of
charity, who bound up the battle wounds
of the Crimea, you will, from the chal-
ice of God, drink to the souls eternal
rescue.
Your dominion is home, o wom-
an! What a brave fight for home the
women of Ohio made some 10 or Is
years ago, when they banded together
and in many of the towns and cities of
that state marched in procession, and
by prayer and Christian songs shut up
more places of dissipation than were
ever counted! Were they opened again?
Oh, yes But is it not a good thing to
shut up the gates of hell for two or
three months? 1t seemed that men en-
gagged in the business of destroying 9TH
ers did not know how to cope with this
kind of warfare. They knew how to
fight the Maine liquor law, and they
knew how to fight the National Temper
ance society, and they knew how to
fight the Sons of Temperance and Good
Samaritans, but when Deborah appeared
upon the scene Sisera took to his feet
and got to the mountains. 1t seems that
they did not know how to contend
against Coronation" and "Old Hun
dred'' and "Brattle Street" and "Beth-
any," they were SO very intangible.
These men found that they could not
accomplish much against that kind of
warfare, and in one of the cities regi-
ment was brought out all armed to dis
perse the women. They came down in
battle array, but, oh, what poor success
for that regiment was made up Of gen.
tlemen, and gentlemen do not like to
shoot women with hymnbooks in their
hands Oh, they found that cunning
for female prayer meetings was very
poor business. No real damage was
done, although there was threat Of yio-
lence after threat of violence all over
the land. I really think if the women
of the east had as much faith in God
as their sisters of the west had and the
same recklessness of human criticism, l
really believe that in ono month three
fourths of the grogshops Of our cities
would be closed, and there would be
running through the cutters of the
streets burgundy and cognac and held
sick and old port and schiedam schnapps
and lager beer, and you would save
your fathers and your husbands and
your sons first from drunkard's grave
and secondly from a drunkard's hell.
To this battle for home let all women
rouse themselves. Thank God for our
early home. Thank God for our present
home. Thank God for the coming home
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One twilight, after I had been play
ing with the children for some time,
lay down on the lounge to rest. The
children said play more Children al
ways want to play more. And, half
asleep and half awake, I seemed to
dream this dream: 1t seemed tom me that
| was in far distant land-not Persia,
although more than oriental luxuri-
ance crowned the cities; nor the tropics,
although more than tropical fruitful
ness filled the gardens; nor Italy, al
though more than Italian softness filled
the air. And wandered around looking
for thorns and nettles, but found none
Of them grew there. And I walked forth,
and I saw the sun rise, and said,
"When will it set again?" and the sun
sank not. And I saw all the people in
holiday apparel, and said, "When do
they put on workingman' garb again
and delve in the mine and swelter at
the forge?" But neither the garments
nor the robes did they put off. And l
wandered i'll the suburbs, and 1 said,
"Where do they bury the dead of this
great city," And l looked along by the
hills where it would be most beautiful for
the dead to sleep, and l saw castles and
towns and battlements, but not MAUI
solemn nor monument nor white slab
could I see And 1 went into the great
chapel of the town, and I said: Where
do the poor worship? Where are the
benches on which they sit?" And voice
answered, ave have no poor in this
great city"
And I wandered out, seeking to find
the place where were the novels of the
destitute, and I found mansions Of am
Der and ivory and gold, but no tear did
1 see or sigh hear. was bewildered,
and sat under the shadow OF a great
tree and said, "Whst am 1 and whence
comes all this?" And ut that moment
there came from among the leaves, skip
ping up the f1oweFy paths and across
the sparkling waters, very bright aud
sparkling group, and when saw their
step knew it, and when heard their
voices thought knew them, but their
apparel was SO different from anything
I had ever seen 1 bowed stranger to
strangers But after awhile, when they
clapped their hands and shouted, "Wel-
come! welcomed" the mystery was
solved, and saw that time had passed
and that eternity had come, and that
God had gathered US up into higher
home, and 1 said, Are we all here!"
and the voices of innumerable genera
lions answered, Gall here, and while
tears of gladness were raining down our
cheeks, and the branches of Lebanon &C.
dars were claiming their hands, and tho