Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-05-21

hemisphere and the overthrow of that
government, which will soon drop to
pieces if it does not go down under
bombardment of insulted nations.
There was danger that the long con-
tinuod oppression of our neighbors in
Cuba might be continued from genera
tion to generation without sufficient pro-
test on our part and the pronounced exc
Grafton Of people on both sides of the
Atlantic, but that bursting volcano OF
destruction in the harbor of Havana fired
the nation and shocked the whole civil
liZed world. All nations will learn that
such an act cannot be repeated without
the anathema of all Christendom. AS
individual criminals must be punished
for the public good and we have for
them courts of oyer and terminer and
penitentiaries and electric chairs and
hangman's gallows, SO governments COM
uniting high crimes against God and
humanity must be scourged and hung uE
for the worlds indignation. When in
Spanish waters our battleship, looking
after our commercial interests and IL
tending nothing but quietude, was hurl,
cd into demolition and the men on
board without time to utter one word
of prayer, were dashed into the eternal
world, the doom of the reigning house
of Spain was pronounced in tones louder
than tho thunder which that night roll.
cd out over the sea.
Our Hope In God.
Another alienation is the fact that
we have God to 90 to in behalf of al
those of our countrymon who may be in
especial exposure at the front, for we
must admit the perils. 1t is no trifling
thing for 100. 600 young men to be put
outside of homo restraints and sometime:
into evil companionship. Many of the
brave of the earth arc not the good Of
the earth. To be in the same tent with
those who have no regard for God OF
home, to hear their holy religion some
times slurred at, to be placed under in,
fluences calculated to make one reckless,
as in most encampmonts amounts to nc
Sabbath at all, to go out from homos
where all sanitary laws arc observed
into surroundings where questions OF
health arc never discussed, to invade
chimes where pestilence holds possession,
to make long marches under blistering
skies, to stand on deck and in the fields
under fire, at the mercy Of shot and
shell, we must admit that those thus ex-
posed need especial care, and to the
omniprcsent God we have a right tc
commend them and will commend them.
Postal communication may be interrupt
ed, and letters started from camps OF
homes may not arrive at the right desti-
nation, but, however far away our loved
ones may be from us and however wide
and deep the seas that separate us, we
may hold communication with them via
the throne of God.
\ shipwrecked sailor was found float
ing on raft near the coast of Califor-
mia. While in hospital he told his expe.
rience and said that he had compan-
ion OH the same raft for some time.
While that companion was dying Of
thirst he said to him, George, where
are you going?" and the dying sailor
said, IT hope l am going to God. " "I1
YOU do" said the rescued sailor, will
you ask him to send some water?'' After
the death of his companion, the survivor
said the rain came in torrents and slak'
ed his thirst and kept him alive until he
was taken to safety. The survivor al
ways thought it was in answer to the
message he had sent to heaven asking
for water. Thank God we may have di
rect and instantaneous communication
with the Lord Almighty through Jesus
Christ, his only begotten Son, and IL
that faith we may secure the rescue Of
our imperiled kindred Is not that
mighty alienation?
Until this conflict is ended let us be
much in prayer for our beloved coun'
try. Do not lot US depend upon the
friendship of foreign nations. Our hope
is in God. Out of every misfortune he
has brought this nation to better NOR.
al and financial condition, and SO lei
us pray that be will lift US out of thi:
valley of trouble into higher noun
tain of blessing.
1t is mystery that just as this coun
try was recovering from long season
of hard times SO many of our industrie:
should now be halted; that business
men who thought they could sec theil
way to pay their debts and build NJ
more prosperous enterprises and endow
their homes with moro advantages
should have to halt and wait until the
perfdious oppressor of Cuba shall be
turned back. But individual and nation.
nj life is always clothed with mysteries,
pud we may make ourselves miserable
by stabbing ourselves with sharp inter
rogation points and plying the everlast-
ing questions of "Why?" and How
md WHAT and "Wheu?" While we
must, of course, try to be intelligent on
III public affairs it is q glorious thing
10 do our duty and then fully and con-
llently trust all in the hands of God,
Tho has proved himself the friend Of
our country from the time when the
Spanish government fitted out an ezpe
dition to discover it to this time wheI
Spaniards would like to destroy it.
Butchery Must Be Ended.
Morning, noon and night let US com
mend this beloved land to the caro- of
gracious God. That he answers praye'
is so certain that your religion is
hallucination if he does not answer it
Pray that in reply to such supplicatior
the farmers boys may get home again
in time to reap the harvest of next Ju
", that our business men may return
in time to prepare for fall trade sucE
as has never yet filled the stores ant
factories with customers, and that al
the homes in this country now saddenet
by the departure of father or brother O
son may months before the Thanksglv
ing and Christmas holidays be full o
10Y at the arrival of those who will TO
the rest of their lives have stories t.
tell of double quick march, and marrow
escapes, and charges up the parapets
and nights set on fire with lombard
ment, and our flag hauled up to place
from which other flags were haule'