Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-10-21

proportion TO your great achievements.
The best and the mightiest Being the
world ever saw had set after him all
the hounds, terrestrial and diaboiic,
and they Tapped his blood after the
Calvarean massacre. The world paid
nothing to It's Redeemer hut bram-
BILE, four spikes and cross.
Pursuing Dogs.
Many who have done their best to
make the world better have had such
q rough time Of 1t that all their pleas
ure Is In anticipation Of the next world.
and they would. If they could. express
their own feelings In the words OF the
Baroness of Nairn. at tho close OF ner
long life, when asked IL she would like
to live her life over again:
Would you be young againf
So would not !.
One tear OF memory given
Onward I'll HE
Lifo's dark wave fordcd Ger.
All but at rost on nhoyc,
Say. would you plunge once rnorc,
With homo 80 night
II you might. would you now
Retrace your way.
Wander through stormy wilda,
Faint and astray2
Nights gloomy watches aed
Morning, all beaming red;
Hopes smile around US shed.
Hsnyenward. Rwayl
Yes, for some people In this world
there seems no let up. They are pur-
sued from youth to manhood and from
manhood Into old age. Very distin-
guished are Lord Staffords hounds
and the Ea.'I of Yarborough's hounds
and the Duke of Rutland's hounds, but
all of them put together do not equal.
In number or speed or power to hunt
down, the great kennel Of hounds Oh
which Sin and Trouble are owner and
master.
But whit is a relief for all those pur-
sued Of trouble and annoyance and
pain and bereavement? My text gives
it to you In word of three letters. but
each letter Is chariot II you would
triumph. or throne If you want to
be crowned. or n lake If you would
Stake your thirst-yea, chain of three
lakes-G-o-d, the one for whom David
longcd AMI the one whom David found.
You might as well meet stag which,
after its sixth mile Of running at the
topmost speed through thicket and
gorge and with the breath of the dogs
on its heels. has come In full sight OF
Schroon lake and try to cool its pro-
iectlng and blIstered tongue with
drop of dew from blade of grass as to
attempt to satisfy an immortal SOUL
when flying from trouble and sin. with
anything less deep and high and broad
and immense and Infinite and eternal
than God. His comfortably. 1t en-
bosoms all distress. His arm-it
wrenches off all bondage. Els hand
1t wipes away ell tears. His Christly
atonement-it makes US all right with
the past, and all right with the future,
and all right with God. all right with
man, and all right forever.
Lamartine tells US that King MINI
rod said to his three sons: Here are
three vases, and one Is Of clay. another
of amber and another Of gold. Choose
now which you will have" The eldest
son, having the first choice. chose the
vase of gold. on which was written the
word Empire" and when opened 1t
was found TO contain human blood.
The second son. making the next
choice. ,chose the var, of amber. in
scrlbed with the we'd GLORY" and
when opened it contained the ashes OF
those who were once called great. The
third son took the vase of clay and,
opening 1t. found It empty. but on the
bottom Of It was inscribed the name
Of God. King Nimrod asked LIS court
Iers which vase they thought y Ighed
the most. The avaricioIs men of bis
court said the vase of gold, the poets
said the one of amber, but the wisest
men said the empty vase, because one
letter Of the name of God outwelghed
q universe.
For him thirst. for his grace beg.
on his promise | build my all. With
out him | cannot be happy. have
tried the world. and 1t does we'll
enough as far as II goes. but 1t Is too
uncertain world. too eyaneScent q
world | um not prejudiced wit
ness have nothing against this
world. hive been one Of the most
fortunate or to use more Christian
word. one of the most blessed OF men
blessed In my parents. blessed In the
place Of my nativity. blessed ln my
health. blessed in my fields Of work,
blessed In my natural temperament,
blessed in my family, blessed in my
opportunities. blessed in comfortable
livelihood, blessed In the hope that
NV ,oul will go TO heaven through the
pardoning mercy Of God, and my body,
unless it be lost at sea or cremated ID
some conflagration, will lie down
among my kindred and friends, some
already gone and others to come after
me. Life to many has been IL disap--
pontment, but to me 1t has been 4
pleasant surprise, and yet l declare
that if / did not feel that Cod was
now my friend and ever present help
| should be wretched and terror struck.
But wslt more Of him. | have
thought over this text and preached
this sermon to myself until with all
the aroused energies Of my body, mind
and soul / can cry out, las the hart
panteth after the water brooks, 80
panteth my soul after thee, O God!
Through Jesus Christ make this Coo
your God, and you can withstand any
thing and everything, and that which
afrlghts others will inspire you-ns IN
time of earthquake, when an old
Christian woman. asked whether she
was scared. answered. mo; am GLAD
that l have q God who can shake the
world" or as In financial panic, when
Christian merchant, asked II he
did not fear be would break, answered,
Eyes, | shall break when the Fiftieth
Psalm breaks In the fifteenth verse,