Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-11-20

Luke's bad boy come home to his fa-
theirs house Worldly Joy killed Leo X
when he heard that Milan was captured.
Talva died Of JOY when the Roman sen
ate honored him Diagora- died Of Joy
because his three sons were crowned at
the Olympian games Sophocles died OF
JOY over his literary successes, and re-
ligious JOY has been too much for many
Christian, and his soul has sped away
on the wing of hosarnas
An old and poor musician played
so we'll one night before his king that
the next morning when the musician
awolle he found his table covered with
golden cups and plates and princely
robe lying across the back Of a chair,
and richly cllarisoncd horses were paw
ing at the doorway to take him through
the street III imposing equipage 1t was
only touch of what comes to every
man who makes the Lord his portion,
for he has waiting for him, direct from
his King. robes. banquets chariots, man
sions. triunphs, and it is only cues
tion of time when he shall wear them,
drink them ride i'll them, live III them
and celebrate them.
Religion For All Times.
You think religion is good thing
for n funeral Oh. yes But Solomon s
orchard means more Religion is q
good thing nav. when you are III health
and prosperity and the appetite is good
for citrons and apples and apricots
and pomegranates Come in without
wasting any time i'll talking about them
and take the Injuries of religion. Hap
py yourself. then you can make others
happy Make Just one person happy ev-
cry day, and in 20 years you will have
made 1900 people happy like what
Wellington said after the battle OF Wa
terloo, and when he was in pursuit OF
the French with his advance guard, and
Colonel Harvey said to him, General,
you had better not go any farther, for
you may be shot at by some straggler
from the bushes And Wellington re-
Piled Let them fire away The battle
is won and my life is of no value now. -
My friends, we ought never to be reck-
less but if, through the pardoning and
rescuing grace of Christ, you have gain
ed the victory over sin and death and
hell you need fear nothing on the earth
or under the earth. Let all the sharp
shooters of perdition blaze away You
may ride on in joy triumphant. Reli-
gion for the funeral Oh, yes, but re-
ligion for the wedding breakfast re-
ligion for. the brightest spring morni; g
and autumn's most gorgeous sunset.
Religion for the day when the stocks
are up just as much as when stocks are
down. Religion when respiration is
easy as well as for the last gasp; when
the temperature is normal as well as
when it reaches l04
1t may be bold thing to say, but
risk it, that if all people, without re-
spect to belief or character. at death
passed into everlasting happiness, re-
ligion for this world is such luxury
that no man or woman could afford to
do without it. Why was it that in the
parable of the prodigal son the finger
ring was ordered put upon the returned
wanderers hand before the shoes were
ordered for his tired feet? Are not shoes
more important for our comfort than
finger rings? Oh. yes, but it was to i'm
press the world with the fact that reli-
gion is luxury as we'll as necessity
"Put ring on his hand and shoes on
his feet. !" If III sermonic or EXPLORATORY
or social recommendations OF religion
we put the chief emphasis on the fact
that for our safety we must have it
when the door of the next world is
opened. poor human nature will take
the risk and say. II will wait until the
door begins to open But show them
the radiant truth. that the table Of God S
love and pardon is now laid with all
the fruits which the orchards of Gods
love and pardon and helpfulness can
supply. and they will come i'll and sit
down with all the other banqueters,
terrestrial and celestial Oh fetch on
the citrons. and the apples. and the
walnuts. aud the pomegranates OF Solo,
mon s orchard.
In Pilates Orchard.
But having introduced you to Adams
orchard and carried you awhile through
Solomon orchard, want to take a
walk with you through PLATE orchard
of three trees OIL a hill ~ feet high, ten
minutes walk from tile gate OF .Jerusa-
lem After had read that our great
grandfather and great grandmother had
been driven out of the first orchard,
made up my mind that the Lord would
not be defeated III that way | said to
myself that when they had been pol
soned by the fruit of that one tree, some
where. somehow. there would be pro-
vided all antldote for the poison. said:
Where is the other tree that will undo
the work OF that tree? Where is the
other orchard that will repair the dam
age received Ill the first orchard?' And
| read Oh until found the orchard and
it's center tree as mighty for cure as this
one had been for ruin. aud as the one
tree in Adam orchard had its branches
laden with the red fruit Of carnage and
the pale fruit of suffering, and the spot
ted fruit of decay, and the bitter fruit
of disappointment | found IN PLATE 8
orchard tree which, though stripped
of all it's leaves and struck through by
an iron bolt as long as your arm, never
theless bore the richest fruit that was
ever gathered Like the trees of the first
orchard, this WIS planted, blossomed
and bore fruit all in che day.
Paul was impulsive and vehement of
nature, and he laid hold of that tree
with both arms and shook it till the
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