Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-09-01
and the shortest life an eternity.

and the shortest life an eternity.
1t took Paxton to build for Chats.
! worth a covering for the wonderful
flower Victoria regia. five feet In diam
etcr. But our lily Of the valley shall
: need no shelter from the blast. and in
the open gardens Of God shall put forth
its full bloom. and all heaven shall
come to look at it, and its aroma shall
be as though the cherubim had swung
before the throne thousand censers.
have not seen it yet. am In a
foreign land But my Father Is wait
Ing for me TO come home. | have
brothers and sisters there In the
Bible have letters from there, telling
me what fine place it is. 1t matters
not much 10 me whether | am rich or
poor. or whether the world hates me
or loves me, or whether go by land
or by sea. II only may lift my eyes
Mt last on the family mansion. 1t Is
not frail house. built In month,
soon to crumble. but an old mansion,
which Is as firm as the day II was
built. Its walls are covered with the
Ivy of many ages, and the urns at the
gateway are a-blOOm with the century
plants Of eternity. The queen Of She
ba hath walked its halls, and Esther,
and Marie AntOnette. and Lady Hunt
ingdOn. and Cecil. and Jeremy Taylor,
and Samuel Rutherford and John Mil
ton, and the widow who gave two
mites, and the poor men from the
hospital-these last two perhaps out
shining all the kings and queens Of
eternity.
Celestial Reunion.
family mansion means reunion.
Some Of your families are very much
scattered. The children married, and
went off to st. Louis, or Chicago, or
Charleston; but perhaps once year
you come together at the old place.
How you wake up the old piano that !
has been silent for years! Father and
mother do not play on it, How you
bring out the old relies, and rummage
the garret. and open old scrapbooks, |
and shout and laugh, and cry, and |
talk over old times. and, though you
may be 45 years of age, act as though |
you were 1G. Yet soon it is gOodby at
the car window, and gOodby at the
steamboat wharf. But how will we act
at the reunion In the old family mansion
Of heaven? 1t Is good while since
you parted at the door of the grave.
There will be Grace. and Mary, and
Martha. and Charlie and Lizzie. and
all the darlngs of your hOusehold-not
pale, and sick. and gaspng for breath,
as when you saw them last. but their
eye bright with the luster of heaven.
and their cheek roseate with the flush
of celestial summer.
What clasplng Of hands What en-
braclngs. What coming together Of
lip to lip. What tears of joy! You say,
tfeafyn Tnae must be, Tor the Bible
says that God shall wipe them
awnr."' (" and u. there. were no tears
there, how could he wipe them away? Z
They cannot be tears of grief or tears
Of disappointment They must be
tears Of gladness. Christ will come and
say: What Child of heaven. is 1t too
much for thee? Dost thou break down
under the gladness of this reunion?
Then will help thee" And, with his
one arm around us and the other arm
around our loved ones, he shall hold
us up In the eternal jubilee.
ProdiRals at Home.
While | speak. some Of you with
broken hearts can hardly hold your
peace. You feel as If you would speak |
out and say: "Oh. blessed day! speed
on. Toward thee | press with blister
ed feet over the desert way. My eyes
fail for their weeping. faint from
listening for feet that will not come,
and the sound of voices that will not
speak. Speed on. oh day of reunion!
And then, Lord Jesus. be not angry |
with me If after | have kissed thy {
blessed feet. | turn around to gather
up the long lost treasures of my heart.
Oh! be not angry with me. One look {
at thee were heaven. But all these re-
unions are heaven enclrcling heaven,
heaven overtopping heaven, heaven
with heaven
| was at Mount Vernon. and went in
to the dining room In which our first
president entertained the prominent
men of this and other lands. 1t was a
very interesting spot But, oh. the ban
quoting hall Of the family mansion Of
which | speak Spread the table,
spread it wide; for a great multitude
are to sit at it. From the tree by the
river gather the II manner Of fruits
for that table. Take the clusters from
the heavenly vineyards. and press
them into the golden tankards for that
table. On baskets carry in the bread
of which. If n man eat he shall never
hunger. Take all the shot torn flags
Of earthly conquest. and entwine them
among the arches. Let David come
with his harp. and Gabriel with his
and Miriam with the timbrel;
for the prodigals are at home. and the
captives are free. and the Father hath
invited the mighty Of heaven and the
redeemed of earth to come and dlne|
n,opyrght 1900. by Louis Klopschl
Why He Is Third.
Not few readers of the newspapers
must have been puzzled by the fact
that the new king of Italy calls himself