Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-05-14

VanCGu; luWs OIL 0calln llOrO lnOLUuRu1y
adopted; dentistry continuing for lon
ger time successful mastication; homes
aud churches and cOurtrooms and places
of business better ventilated-all these
have prolonged life, and men and wom-
ell in the close Of this century ought not
to retire until at least 10 years later
than in the opening of the century. Do
not put the harness off until you have
fought few more battles. Think Of
Moses starting out fer his chief work an
octosenarian; 40 years of wilderness life
after 10 years of palace life, yet just be-
ginning
There lies dying at Hawartlen, Eng
land, one Of Tie most wonderful men
that ever lived since the ages of time
began their roll lie is the chief citizen
of the whole world. Three times has he
practically been king of Great britain.
Again and again coming from the house
Of commons, which nc had thrilled and
overawed By his eloquence, on Satur-
day, Oh Sunday morning reading pray
ers for the people with illumined coun.
tenance and Drumming eyes and re-
sounding voice, saying: 81 believe III
God the Father Almighty, Maker OF
heaven aud earth, and in Jesus Christ,
his only Son, Cur Lord
The world has 10 other s1ch man to
lose as Gladstone; TIC church has no
other such champion to mourn over. l
shall never cease to thank God chat Oh
Mr.. Gladstone's invitation 1 visited
him at Hawardcn and heard from his
own lips his belief il the authenticity
of the Holy Scriptures, the divinity Of
Jesus Christ and the grandeurs of tho
world to come. At his table and in the
walk through his grounds 1 was i'm
pressed as l was never before, and prob
ably will never be again, with the maj
esty of nature all consecrated to God
and the worlds betterment IN tho
presence of such man what have those
TO say who profess to think that our re-
ligion is a pusillanimous and weak and
cowardly and unreasonable affair?
Matchlcss William E. Gladstone
Still further, watch this spectacle of
genuine courage. No wonder when
Moses scattered the rude shepherds he
won Zipporah's heart. What mattered
it to Moses whether the cattle or the
seven daughters of Jcthro were driven
from the troughs by the rude herdsmen?
a sense Of justice fired his courage, and
the world wants more Of the spirit that
will dare almost anything to see others
righted. All the time at wells of COM
fort, atwells of joy, at wells of religion
and at wells of literature there are out
RACES practiced. the wrong herds get
ting the first water. Those who have
the previous right come in last if they
come in at all. Thank God we have
here and there strong man to set
things right! am go glad that when
God has an especial work to do he has
some one ready to accomplish it. Is
there a Bible to translate, there is
Wyclif to translate it; if there is a
literature to be energized, there is
Shakespeare to energize it; if there is
an error to smite, there is Luther to
smite it; if there is to be nation freed,
there is Moses to free f5.- But courage
is needed in religion, in liteiat11rre, IL
craftsmanship, in all spheres; heroics
to defend Jethro's seven daughters and
their flocks and put to flight the lnsolent
invaders. And those who do the brave
work will win somewhere high reward.
The loudest cheer of heaven is to be
given "to him that overcometh. E"
How God Calls.
Still further see in this call Of Moses
that if God has any especial work for
you to do lie will find you. There was
Egypt and Arabia and Palestine with
their crowded population, but the man
the Lord waited was at the southern
point of the triangle Of Arabia, and he
picks him right out tie shepherd who
kept the flcck of Je,hro, his father-in-
law, the priest AID Sheil. SO God will
not find it hard 10 take you out from
the 600, 900, GEO of the human race If
he wants you for anything especial
There WAS only just one man qualified.
Other men had courage like Moses; 9th
er men had some of the talents of
Moses; other men had romance in their
history, as had Moses; other men were
impetuous like Moses, but no other man
had these different qualities il the exact
proportion as had Noses, and God, who
makes 10 mistake, found the right man
for the right place. Do not fear you
will be overlooked or that when you
are wanted God cannot find you. He
knows your naE:e, your features, your
temperament and your characteristics,
and in what land, or city, or ward, or
neighborhood, or house you live. He
will not have to send out scouts or cx-
plorers to find your residence or place
of stopping, and when he wants you he
will make itas plain that he means you
as he made it plain that he needed
Moses. He called his name twice, as
afterward when be called the great
apostle of the gentiles be called twice,
saying, "Saul, Saul, :" and when be
called the troubled housekeeper he call
ed her twice, saying, Martha, Mar
tha, and when he called the prophet
to his mission be called him twice, say
ing, Samuel, Samuel, and now when
he wants deliverer he calls twice, say
ing, "Moses, Noses" Yes, if God has
anything for us to do he will call US
twice by name. AT the first announce
ment of our name we may think it pos
sible that we misunderstood the sound,
but after he calls US twice by name we
know he means US as certainly as when
he twice spoke the names of Saul or
Martha or Samuel or Moses.
You see, religion is tremendous
personality. We all have the general
call of salvation We hear it in songs,
in sermons, in prayers; We hear it year
after year. But after awhile, through
our own sudden and alarming illness
or the death of playmate or a school
mate or a college mate or the decease
of business partner or the demise OF
povt dnor moi o n hOr we oct the eSDeclal