Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-10

Such was Benjamin F. Butler, attorne,
general of New York In the time o.
your fathers; such was John McLear
Of the supreme court Of the United
States; such was George Briggs of Mas
sachusetts; such was Theodore Freling
huysen Of New Jersey-men faithful t.
the state. at the same time faithful Il
God. 1t Is absurd to expect that mer
who have been Immersed In political
wickedness for 30 or 40 years shall
come to reformation. and our hope Is
In the young men who are coming up
that they have patriotic principle and
Christian principle side by side when
they come to the ballot box and cast
their first vote and that they swear al
legiance to the government Of heaven
Us we'll as to the government Of the
United States. We would have Bun
ker Hill mean less TO them than Cal
vary. and Lexington mean less to them
than Bethlehem. But because there
are bad men around the ballot box Is
no reason why Christian men should
retreat from the arena The last time
you ought to give up your child or for
sake your child Is when 1t is surround
ed by a company Of Choctaws. and the
last time to surrender the ballot box Is
when 1t is surrounded by impurity and
dishonesty and all sorts Of wickedness.
Daniel stood on most unpopular
platform. He stood firmly. though the
demagOgues Of the day hissed at him
and tried to overthrow him. We must
carry our religion into our politics. But
there are great many men who are
in favor Of taking religion into nation
al politics who do not see the impor-
tance Of taking 1t into city politics. as
though man were intelligent about
the welfare Of his nelghborhood an.
bad no concern about his own home.
Honors of Heaven.
My subject also lmpresses me with
the fact that lions cannot hurt a good
man. No man ever got into worse
company than Daniel got into when he
was thrown into the den. What rare
morsel that fair young man would
have been for the hungry monsters! II
they had plunged at him. he could not
have climbed into q niche beyond the |
reach Of their paw or the snatch of
their tooth. They came pleased all |
around about him. as hunters hounds |
at the well known whistle come bound |
ing to his feet. You need not 20 to |
Numidia to get many lions You all |
financial distress. the lion Of sickness,
the lion Of persecution. You saw that
lion Of financial panic putting his
mouth down to the earth, and he roar
ed until all the banks and all the insur-
ance companies quaked. With his nos
tril he scattered the ashes on the do
mestic hearth. You have had trial aft.
er trial. misfortune after misfortune,
lion after lion. and yet they have never
hurt you If you put your trust In God,
and they never will hurt you. They
did not hurt Daniel, and they cannot
hurt you. The Persians used to think
that spring rain falling into seashells
would turn into pearls. and | have to
ell you that the tears of sorrow turn
nto precious gems when they drop into
Gods bottle You need he afraid of
nothing putting your trust In Cod
Even death. that monster lion whose
len Is the worlds sepulcher and who
,uts his paw down amid thousands of
Millions Of the dead. cannot alright
'ou. When in olden times man was
o get the honors of knighthood. he was
ompelled to go fully armed the night
'efore among the tombs of the dead
arrying sort Of spear. and then when
he day broke he would come forth,
nd amid the sound Of cornet and great
arade be would get the honors of
nighthood. And so il will be with the
In the night before heaven as
ully armed with spear and helmet of
Aviation be will walt and watch
hrough the darkness until the morn.
lg dawns. and then he will take the
onors Of heaven amid that great
lrong with snowy robes streaming
yer seas OF sapphire.
copyright. 1900, Louis Klopsch. n. ~