Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-05-13

He Would Arouse the Soul to Nemi-
uIxccucc of Dangers Escaped and
Sorrows Suffered - Old Memories
Have n Purifying Influence.
copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1891
WASHINGTON, May This sermon
of DR.. Talmage calls the roll of many
stirring memories and interprets the
meaning of life $ vicisaitudes The text
is Psalms xxx, 8, while / was mus
ing. the fire burned.
Here is David. the psalmist, with the
forefinger of his right hand against his
temple and the door shut against the
world, engaged in contemplation. And
it would be well for us to take the same
posture often. while we sit down IN
sweet solitude to contemplate.
In small island off the coast OF
Nova Scotia l once passed a Sabbath IN
delightful solitude. for had resolved
that | would have one day of entire
quiet before entered upon autumnal
work. l thought to have spent the day
in laying out plans for Christian work,
but instead of that it became day OF
tender reminiscence. | reviewed my
pastorate; | shook hands with an old
departed friend. whom | shall greet
again when the curtains of life are
lifted. The days OF my boyhood came
back, and | WAS 10 years of age, and
was s. and | was S. There was but one
house on the island. and yet from Sab
bath daybreall, when the bird chant
woke me- until the evening melted into
the bay of Fundy, from shore to shore
there were ten thousand memories and
the groves were ahum with voices that
had long ago ceased.
Youth is apt too much to spend all Its
time in locking forward. Old age is apt
too much to srcrl all its time in look
ing backward PEOPLE in midlifcand on
the apex luul, bath ways. 1t would he
well for rs. think however. to spend
more time in "Reminiscences. By the con-
stitution of onr natGrc we srcl"d most
of the time looking forward And the
vast majority of people I've not SC
much in the present as III the tntnre.
find that yon mean 10 iuake rcrnta'
ton. YOU mean to establish Yourself.
and the advantages that yon expect tc
achieve absorb Il great deal of your time
But see no harm in this If it does not
make you discoutentcd with the PRES
ent or disqualfy you for existing du'
ties. 1t is IL useful thing sometimes tc
look back. and to see the dangers we
have escaped. and TO see the sorrows we
have suffered. and the trials and wan
derings of our earthly pilgrimage, and
to sum up cur enjoyments | mean, sc
far as God may help me, to stir up your
memory of the past, so that IN the re-
view you may be encouraged and hum
bled and urged to pray
Precious Harvest.
There is chapel in Florence with 8
fresco ty Guido 1t was covered NJ
with two inches Of stucco until ON
American and European artists went
there, and after long toll removed the
covering and retraced the fresco. And
am aware that the memory of the past,
with many of you, is all covered NJ
with DELIBERATIONS. and l now propose,
so far as the Lord may help ME, to take
away the covering, that the old picture
may shine out again. want to bind IL
one sheaf all your past advantages, and
Iwant to bind in another sheaf all your
past adversities 1t is a precious har,
vest, and | must be cautious how
swing the scythe.
Among the greatest advantages Of
your past life were an early home anc
its surroundings The bad men of the
day, for the most part dip their heated
passions out of the boiling spring of al
unhappy home We are not surprised
to find that Byron's heart was con
centration Of sin when we hear biz
mother was abandoned and that she
made sport of his infrmity and Otter
called him "the lame brat He who
has vicious parents has to fight every
inch of his way if he would maintain
his integrity and mt last reach the home
Of the good in heaven. Perhaps your
early home was in city. 1t may have
been when Pennsylvania avenue, Wash
ington, was residential as now it i:
commercial, and Canal street, New
York. was far mp town. That old house
in the city nay have been demolished
or changed into stores, and it seemed
like sacrilege to you--f@r there WA
more meaning in that small house than
there is in granite mansion or tur
reted cathedral Looking back. you se'
it as though it were yesterday-the sit
ting room, where the loved one sat by
the plain lamp light. the mother at the
evening stand. the trothers and sisters
perhaps long ago gathered into TIM
skies, then plotting mischief on th'
floor or under the table; your father
with firm voice commanding a silence
that lasted half minute
Huppy Days Gone By.
Oh, those were good daysl If yor
had your foot hurt. your mother alway
1aQ SOOluIuo ndl'C w ACui ~ A. ; "
were wronged in the street, your father
was always ready to protect you. The
year was one round of frolic and mirth
Your greatest trouble was an Apri
shower more sunshine than shower
The heart had not been ransacked Dl
trouble, nor had sickness broken it, ant
no lamb had warmer sheepfold thar
the home in which your childhood
nestled
Perhaps you were brought up in tn
country. You stand now today in mem
ory under the old tree. You dubbed i
for fruit that was not quite ripe, be
cause you couldn't wait any longer
You hear the brook rumbling alohi
over the pebbles You step again int
the furrow where your father in hi
shirt sleeves shouted to the lazy oxen
You brighten the swallows from tn
rafters of the barn and take just on
egg and silence your conscience by say
ing they will not miss it. You take
drink again out of the very bucket tina
the old we'll fetched up. You go for tn
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