Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-12-17
The Divine HIND.


Notice, first of all, who closed the
door so that they could not get out.
Noah did not do it, nor bis son Shem,
nor did Ham, nor did Japheth, nor did
either Of the four married women who
were On sbipboard, nor did desperadoes
who had scoffed at thu idea of peril
which Noah had been preaching close
that door. They had turned their backs
on the ark and had in disgust gone
away. l will tell you how twas done.
A hand was stretched down from heaven
to close that door. 1t was divine hand
Rs well as kind hand 1.-The Lord shut
him in.''
And the same kind and sympathetic
being has Shut you in, my reader or my
nearer You thought it was an acct
dent, ascribable to the carelessness or
misdoings of Others or mere "happen
so. )" No, moi God had gracious design
for your betterment, for the cultivation
Of your patience. for the strengthening
f your faith, for the advantage you
Is .ght gain by seolusion, for your eter.
FL salvation. He put you in a school
nm where you could learn in six
roc rs or year more than you could
moi earned anywhere else in life
have he turned the lattice or pulled
time. blinds Of the sickroom, or put
down theen foot on an ottoman. or
your swollid the pillows of q couch
held you ansAS~ rot leave. for some
which you could not now under
reason that you u.s., promised he
stand, but which he rctorily, if not
will explain to you satisae world to
in this world, then in 1t do thou
come, for he has said. "Wtslt know
knowest not now, but thou
hereafter y 90 to the
number Of invalids. The pn. the
know something about it, anyho
apotbecaries and the pastors, bus,
can tell us the number of blind ~
and deaf ears, and diseased lungs, an
oopgested livers, and tangled nerves
and neuralgia temples aud rheumS1f;
feet, or how many took no foor w..
morning because they bad nc app ~" -
to eat, or digestive organs t. ,, oanno
or have lungs SO delicr'o .net ~. oa - ~
% forth when the wsad is ID the east
o there is fog Ring from the river
, ~ ~ there there is a darlness on the ground {. Q
oe 'loAo sa.ause of the frost comas
pnss If Iw,did be easy to count thepe 80
o .,o,,h,<every day go through aeeiee.,
p 10 number of passengers ce1'eu -. ~
" ettrailroad company in ye.r' OF 'Hs
number of those who cross ne ocean :.
ships, but who can give W the statis'io'
of the great multitudes 1ho are shus ~
I call the attention of all such 70 Ihei'
superior opportunities Of dong gooo'
Those Of us who are we'll and can se
clearly, and hear distinctly, and par
take of food Of all sorts, and question
of digestion never occur to us, ana W
can wade the snowbanks and take fi
equinox in our faces, and endure 4
Thermometer at zero, and every ~
oe sir is a tonic and stimp = J
sound sleep meets US WlInin aesion /,
utes after our head touches t .;ans u
do not make SO much of aI 49,,
when we talk about the cbnoyanol ,
religion. The world sa uoy WI '
II guess that man nsiI %a. neve Q
of natural spirits re mas 81, new avg a
does be know abop one goes Out al, an a
L soe., ~ 800 ), pnt chat that mornln c
reports to the vsss he s called k 10 sf
o Von n and Sf fssu y months, ohesrfrI tt
YOU YOUR al roond that you had !, not . on r'
anu .ld 1o aggaSd rejoiced in the success it
s @o.u friends. although yoUi al
e es.. sginess had almost come to X
orsfill through your absence frol| tt
e or Office or shop. and tna' We IL