Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-09-26

red lines the cables under the ocean.
You see what opportunity this Is going
to give for the final movements Of
Christianity. A fortress may be months
or years in building, but after it is con-
structed it may do all its work in 30
minutes. Christianity has been planting
its batteries for 10 centuries and may
go On in the work through other centu-
ries, but when those batteries are thor
oughly planted those fortresses are fully
built They may all do their work In ID
hours. The world sometimes derides the
church for slowness Of movement. 1s
science any quicker? Did it not take
science 5, $50 years to find out SO simple
thing as the circulation Of the human
blood2 With the earth and the sky full
of electricity, science took $500 years
before it even guessed that there was
any practical use that might be made Of
this subtle and mighty element. When
good men take possession Of all these
scientific forces and all these agencies
of invention, I do not know that the re-
demption of the world will be more
than the work Of half day. Do we not
read the queen g speech at the prorogu-
ing of parliament the day before In
London? If that be so, is 1t anything
marvellous to believe that in "a hours
divine communication can reach the
whole Garth? Suppose Christ should de-
scend on the nations-many expect that
Christ will como among the nations
personally. Suppose that tomorrow
morning the Son Of God from hover
ing cloud should descend upon these
cities. Would not that fact be known all
the world over in "a hoursf Suppose he
should present his gospel in few
words, saying: II am the Son of God.
I came to pardon all your sins and to
heal all your sorrow. To prove that am
a supernatural being, 1 have just de-
scended from the clouds. De you believe
me, and do you believe me now?" Why,
all the telegraph stations Of the earth
would be crowded as none of them were
ever crowded just after a shipwreck.
I tell you all these things to show you
1t is not among the impossibilities or
even the improbabilities that Christ
will conquer the whole earth, and do it
instanter, when the time comes. There
arc foretokenings in the air. Something
great is going to happen. I do not think
that Jupiter is going to run us down, or
that the axle Of the world is going to
break, but mean something great for
the worlds blessing and not for the
worlds damage is going to happen. I
think tho world has had it hard enough.
Enough the famines and plaques.
Enough the Asiatio oholerss. Enough
the wars. Enough the shipwrecks.
Enough the CONGREGATIONS I think our
world could stand right well process
sion of properties and triumphs. Bet
ter be on the lookout. Better have your
observatories open toward the heavens
and the lenses Of your most powerful
telescopes we'll polished. Better have all
your Loyden jars ready for some new
pulsation Of might influence. Better
have now fonts of type in your printing
Offices to set up some astounding good
news. Better have some new banner
that has never been carried ready for
sudden professions. Better have the
bells in your church towers well hung
and rope within reach, that you may
ring out tho marriage OF the Sing 8
Son. Cleanse all your courthouses, for
the Judge Of all the earth may appear.
let all your legislative halls be gilded
.or the Great Lawgiver may be about to
come. Drive off the thrones Of despotism
all the occupants, for the King of heay-
en- and earth may be about to reign. The
darkness Of the night is blooming and
whitening into the lilies Of morning
cloud and the lilies reddening into the
roses of stronger day-fit garlands,
whether white or red, for him on whose
head are many crowns. 1.-The day is at
hand.
From Desert to Garden
One more ray of the dawn see In
facts chronological and mathematical.
Come now, do not let US do another
stroke of work until we hive settled one
matter. What is going to be the final
issue of this great contest between sin
and righteousness! Which is going to
prove himself the stronger. God or
Diabolus? Is this world going to be all
garden or all desert? Now, let us have
that matter settled. If we believe Isaiah
and Ezekiel and Hosea and Micah and
Malachi and John and Peter and Paul
and the Lord himself, we believe that it
is going to be oil garden. But let US
have it settled. Let US know whether
we arc working on toward success or
toward dead failure. If there is
,hild in your house sick and you are
lure he is going to get well, you SYM.
tathize with present pains, but all the
toreboding is gone. If you are in cy-
clone off the Florida coast and the cap
tain assures you the vessel is stanch,
and the winds are changing for better
quarter, and he is sure be will bring