Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-03-24

j. can establish some such institution
IL you may thunder away against eyi
q amusements until the last minute o.
e the last hour of the last day of TN,
c worlds existence and without any
q avail
e We want this institution independ
ent OF the church and independent OF
e the theater. The church tries to com.
promise this matter, and In MANY
churches there are dramatic exhibl.
tions. Sometimes they call them
charades. sometimes they call them
magic lantern exhlbltons-entertain
ments for which you pay so cents. the
% cents to go for the support Of some
charitable institution. An extemporiz-
ed stage Is put up In the church or In
the lecture room. and there you 90 and
see David and the giant and Joseph
sold Into Egypt and little Samuel
J awoke. the chief difference between
the exhibition In the church and the
exhibition In the theater being that
the exhibition In the thcater is more
skillful
Now let us have a new institution
with expurgated drama and with the
surroundings have spoken Of an in.
stitution which we can without sophIs-
try and without self deception support
ana patrOnze an institution so uncom. |
promisingly good that we can attend II |
without any shock to our religious |
GpnGihiliffaG fhnnnl tIo C.,Ll
Tore we sat at the holy sacrament
Beware of Contamination.
The amusements Of life are beauti-
full, and they are valuable. but they
cannot pay you for the loss of your
soul. could not tell your character:
could not tell your prospects for this
world or the next by the particular
church you attend, but If you will tell
me where you were last night and
where you were the night before and
where you have been the nights of
the last month | think / could guess
where you will spend eternity.
AS to the drama Of your life and
mine 1t Will soon end. There will be
no encore to bring US back At the be-
ginning of that drama of life stood a
cradle; at the end Of 1t will stand a
grave. The first act, welcome. The
last act, farewell The intermediate
acts, banquet and battle, professions
bridal and funeral, songs and tears, I
aughter and groans. q
1t was not original with Shake. G
'peare when he said. "All the worlds o
stage and all the men and women I
merely players" He got II from st. q
Paul, who 10 centuries before that had q
written, I'VE are made a spectacle un- q
the world and to angels and to y
len." spectacle In coliseum ID
ghting with wild beasts in an am d
hitheater the galleries full. looking te
own. Here we destroy a lion. Here al
'e grapple with a gladiator. When
'e fall. devils shout When we rise. IL
ngels sing spectacle before gallery q
bove gallery. gallery above gallery. 4
allery Of our departed kindred look 10
q q down ICY n,, 70 see 4 we are faithful and 81
8 garland. glorlfied children and
lrents with cheer ON cheer urging us ~
4. Gallery of the martyrs looking Id
)wn-the POlycarps, and the Ridleys, III
I'd the McKails, and the Theban le- ui
on, and the Scotch COvenanters. and
ey Of the Brussels market place, and
PiedmOnt-crying down from the
llleries, "GOd gave us the victory III
I'd he will give it you" Gallery of
lgels looking down-cherubic Sc.
phic, archangelic - clapping their &c
ings at every advantage we gain. A.
lllery of the King from which there Tel
aves Scared hand and from which OF
ere comes a sympathetic voice. say. en-
g, "Be thou faithful unto death, and ~
will give thee a crown of life" Oh. tht
e spectacle in which you and | are
e actors. Oh. the piled up galleries ira
,king down, all
Scene: The last day. Stage: The tne
ckins earth. Enter: Dukes. lords,
ngS. bcggars. clowns. No sword. OF
, tinsel Nh CROWN For footIiobts. alt
10 kindIing flames Of world. For
'hcStra: The t:umppts that wake the pei
ad. For applause: The clapping u
OILS of the sea. For curtain: The an'
ivens rolled together as scroll the
r tragedy: THE Doom Of the ait.
Otiigatc." For the last scene Of the yea
h act: The tramp Gf nations across
; siagP-some to the right. others to pen
) left. Then the bell Of the last nou
lnder will ring. and the curtain will ~
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fCopyright 1900 bV Louis Klonschl ~