Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-01-13

that before spring all the real estate
you will really possess will be piece
OF ground about six feet long and three
feet wide. Your insomnia Is the voice
Of nature. the voice OF God. saying
"Better slow upw Stop that long
swift train. the wheels OF which are
taking fire from the velocity and smOk-
ing with the hot box. Do not burn the
candle at both ends. Do not under 100
many burdens sweat like camel
trudglng from AlcppO to Damascus.
DO not commit suicide.
The Inst SLEEP.
kcmark the eighth: All the victims
of insomnia ought to be cOnSOled with
the fact that they will have good,
long sleep after awhile. Sacred and
prOfane literature again and again
speak Of thai last sleep. God knew
J that the human race would be disposed
to make II great ado about exit from
/ this world and so he inspires Job and
David and Daniel and John and Paul
to call that condition sleep" When
at Bethany the brother who was the
support of Ls sisters after their ia
ther and mother were gone had bim-
self expired. Christ cried out In regard
to him. "ue Is not dead. but sleepeth."
Cheering thought to all poor sleepers
for that will be a pleasant sleep. in
duced by no narcotic, disturbed by no
frightful dream. interrupted by no
harsh sound. Better than any sleep
you ever took. o child Of God, will be
the last sleep. In your other slumbers
your home may be invaded by bur
glars and your treasures carried off,
but while here and there, In one case
out Of millions, the resurrectiOnist may
disturb the pillow Of dust the last
sleep Is almost sure to be kept from
invasion. There will be no burglary
of the tomb. And II will be q refresh
ing sleep. You have sometimes risen
In the morning more weary than when
you laid down at night, but waking
from the sleep Of which | speak the
last fatigue, the last ache, the last wOr
rlment, will be forever gone. Oh, what
a refreshing sleep!
Most people are tired. The nights
do not repair the day. Scientists, by
minute calculation, say that every
night comes n little short Of restoring
the body to where 1t was the day be-
fore, and so every seventh day was
put in for entire rest to make up in
reparation for what the nights could
not do. But so restful will be the last
sleep that you will rise from it without
one sore nerve. without one tired limb
rested, forever rested. as only God
can rest you. o ye tired folks all up
and down the world-tired with work,
or tired with prosecutions, or tired
with ailments, or tired with bereave-
ments. or tired In the struggle against
temptation-clap your hands with eter-
nal glee In expectation Of that sleep
from which you will wake up so rest
ed that you will never need another
sleep or even another night. There
shall be no night there" because there
will be no need Of its quieting infu- |
ences. No lengthenlng of the shadows
Of tower and wall and gate. No even
ing mist rising from the river. No
sundown. '"Thy sun shall no more go |
down. neither shall thy moon with
draw itself. for the Lord shall be
thine everlasting light. and the days |
of thy mourning shall be ended"
So. my hearer, my reader. Good
nightw May God give you such sleep
tonight as Is best for you. and II you
wake too soon may he ill your soul
with "reminiscences and expectations
that will be better than slumber Good
night! Having in prayer, kneeling at
the bedside, committed yourself and all
yours to the keeping OF the slumber-
less God, fear nothing. The pestilence
that walketh in darkness will not cross
your doorsill and you need not be
afraid Of evil tidings. Good night!
May you have no such experience as
Job had when he said. Thou scarest
me with dreams and terrifiest me
through visions" II you dream at all.
may il he vision Of reunions and con-
and. waking. may you
find some of them true. Good night
And when you come to the best sleep.
the blisSfu sleep the last sleep. may
you be able to turn and say to all the
cares and fatigups and bereayements
and pangs Of lifetime. Good night"
and your kindred. standing around
your illumIned pillow. give you hope
full though sOrrowful farewell as you
move ont from their loving embrace
into the bosom Of welcoming Cod.
Good nicht. Coed rightl