Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-09-12

than all the other prayers put together
Lord Jesus, receive my spiritP'
One of our congregation, when asked
in the closing moments of his life, "Dc
you know us?" said: "Oh, yes, 1 know
you. God bless you. Goodby! Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit :" And he was
gone. Oh. yes, in the closing moments of
our life we must have q Christ to call
upon. If Jacobs sons had gone up to-
ward Egypt and had gone with the very
finest equipago and had not taken Ben
ja.nin along with them, and to the
question they should have been obliged
to answer "Sir, we didn't bring him
as father could not Let him go; we
didn't want to be bothered with him, !"
q voice from within would have said (:
"Go away from u.s. You shall not have
any of this supply. You shall not see
my face because your brother is not
with you" And if we come up toward
the door of heaven at last, though we
.comefron all Iuxuriauce and brilliancy
of surroundings and knock for admit
lance and it is found that Christ is not
with US, the police of heaven will beat
US back from the breadhouse, saying
depart. never knew you :"
The Key to Success.
If jacob sGns, coming toward Egypt,
had lost everything on the way, If they
had expended their last shekel, if they
had come up utterly exhausted to the
corncribs of Egypt and it had been
found that Benjamin was with them,
all the storehouses would have swung
open before them. And SO, though by
fatal casualty we may be ushered into
the eternal world; though we may be
weak and exhausted by protracted sick
ness-if, in that last moment, we can
only just stagger and faint and fall into
the gate of heaven--it seems that all the
corncribs CT heaven will open for. our
need and all the palaces will open for
our reception, and the Lord Of that
place, seated at his table, and all the
angels of God seated at their table, and
the martyrs seated at their table, and
all our glorified kindred seated at our
table, the King shall pass portion from
his table to ours, and then, while we
think of the fact that it was Jesus who
started us on the road, and Jesus who
kept US on the way, and Jesus who at
last gained admittance for our soul, we
shall be glad if he has seen of the travail
Of his soul and been satisfied, and not
be at all jealous if it be found that our
divine Benjamin's mess is five times
larger than all the rest Hail, anointed
Of the Lord! Thou art worthy.
My friends, you see it is either Christ
or famine. II there were two banquets
spread, and to one Of them only you
might 60, you might stand and think
for good while Us to which invitation
you had better accept, but here it is
feasting or starvation. If there were
two mansions offered and you might
have only one, you might think for a
long while, saying, Perhaps 1 had bet
ter accept this gift, and perhaps 1 had
better accept that gift" but here it is a
choice between palaces of light and
novels of despair. If it were choice
between oratorios, you might say, u
prefer the Creation, or, 81 prefer
the Messiah. " But here it is q choice
between eternal harmony and everlast-
ing discord Oh, will you live OF die:
Will you sail into the harbor or drive
on the rocks? Will you start for the
Egyptian corncrib, or will you perish
amid the empty barns of the Canaanitish
famine?