Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-01-27

IN snowy white. Centuries gave hin
not a pain. The sun that rose on hin
never set. His dominlons could not b,
enlarged. for they had no boundaries
and uncOntcsted was his reign. Upol
all that luster and renown and en-
virOnment OF splendors he turned hi
back and put down his crown at tn,
foot of his throne and on bleak De
cember night trod his way down to {
stone house In Bethlehem Of our world
Wrapped In what plain shawl anC
pursued with what enemies on swift
camels. and howled at with what
brigands. and thrust with what sharI
lances. and hidden In what sepulchra
crypt until the subsequent centuries
have tried in vain TO tell the story by
sculpturcd cross. and painted canvas
and resOundlnS dOXolOgles. and dOmed
cathedral, and redeemed nations.
He could not see woman doubled
up with rheumatism. but he touched
her. and inhamed muscles relaxed. and
she stood straight up. lie could nOt
meet funeral Of n young man. but he
broke up the procession and gave him
back TO his widowed mother With
spIttle on the tip Of his finger he turn.
ed the midnight Of total blindness into
the mldnoon Of perfect sight He could
not see man down on his mattress
helpless with palsy without calling
him up 10 health and telling him ia
shoulder the mattress and walk off
He could not find a man tongue tied.
but he gave him immediate artlcula.
ton. He could not see man with
the puzzled and inqulrlng look Of the
deaf without giving him capacity to
hear the march of life beating on the
drum of the ear. He could not see a
crowd Of hungry people. but he made
enough good bread and a surplus that
required all the baskets.
He scolded only twice that remem-
ber, once at the hypocrites with elon-
,s,,ted visage and the other time when
: sinfnf crowd had arraigned an un-
fortunate woman. and the Lord with
he most superb sarc4 asm that was ever
uttered gave permissi ION to any one
who felt himself entlreNAy commenda-
Dle to hurl the first mlssifAe. All for
others. His birth for others dis min
stry for others. His death for others.
His ascension for others. HiSS en-
thronement for others.
And now my words are to the invisiA,
bic multitudes | reach week by week,
but yet will never see In this world,
but whom | expect to meet at the bar
Of God and hope to see In the blessed
heaven. The last word that Dwight l..
Moody, the great evangelist. said to
me at Plainfield, n. j.. and be repeated
the message for me to others, was.
Never be tempted under any clrcum-
stances to give up your weekly pub
lication Of sermons throughout the
world" That solemn charge will
heed as long as have strength to give
them and the newspaper types desire
to take them. Oh. ye people back there
In the Sheffield mines OF England. and
ye in the sheep pastures OF Australia,
and ye amid the pictured terraces OF
New Zealand. and ye among the Gin
namon and color Inhamed groves Of
Ceylon, and ye Armenians weeping
over the graves Of murdered house
holds In Asia Minor. and ye amid the
idolatrles OF Benares on the Ganges,
and ye dwellers on the banks of the
Androscoggin. and the Alabama. and
the Mississippi. and the Oregon. and
the Shannon. and the Rhine, and the
Tiber, and the Danube. and the Nile.
and the Euphrates. and the Caspian
and Yellow seas; ye Of the four corners
of the ear(h who have greeted me
again and again. accept this point
blank offer OF everything for nothing.
of everything of pardon and comfort
and illumination and safety and heav-
en-. without money and without
price" What a gospel for all lands.
all zones, all ages Gospel Of sympa-
thy Gospel Of hope. Gospel Of eman-
cipationl Gospel of sunlight! Gospel
of enthroncment. Gospel OF eternal
victory! Take It. all ye people. until
your sins are all pardOned. and your
sorrows all solaced. and your wrongs
all righted. and your dying pillow be
spread at the foot Of ladder which.
though like the one that was let down
to Bethel. may be thronged with de-
scenGing and ascending immortals,
shall nevertheless have room enough |
for you to climb. foot over foot on
rungs of light till you 90 clear up out
of sight Of all earthly perturbation In
to the realm where 1.-The wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at
rest"