Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-01-19
same terms. Saved by grace"


. and to suit preferences. as an army
must be divided into regiments. vel
one army; as a neghborhood must be
IL divided into families. though one neigh
q. porhood. But there is no need for such
!. divisions In heaven. and therefore ali
belong to one denomination Of saint.
hood. Christ said in one of his ser.
y mons that there would be laughter In
e heaven. BLESSED are ye that weep
g now, for ye shall laugh" And what
III could cause more merriment among the
{: glorified than rehearsal of the earth.
a ~ differences between Christians. diff.
lerences once seeming Of such vast i'm
portance. but differences unknown
q amid the heavenly worshipersf What
VIII be the bigots amazement when he
sees seated side by side on the banks OF
the river of life Calvin and Arminius.
Archbishop Cranmer and some dissent.
r Ing preacher Of the gospel who never
graduated, one who on earth was
robed and surpliced ecclesiastlc. and
f1ckwoods minister who In the log cab
IN meeting house preached In n linen
duster? Among the great surprises Of
heaven for the bigot will be the celes.
tial friendliness of those who on earth
opposed each other In wrathiest polem.
les. He will get through the gate. for
he has a spark Of divine grace in his
heart. but there will not be an inch Of
room to spare on either side of him. II
1 wi ,nf fol- lNr.r O..
cate him into a glorious big hearted.
ness.
Mcanness ColdIy Welcomed.
Again the penurious Christian will
not have an abundant entrance. Per-
haps he was not converted until all his
habits Of tight fistedness were fixed be.
yond recovery. The people who are
generous were taught to be generous In
childhood. You can tell from the way
that boy divides the apple what his
characteristics for generosity or mean.
ness will be for the next so years IL he
lives so long. If he eat II all himself
{ while others look wistfully on. he will
be Shylock. If he give half Of II to
some one who has no apple, he will be
an ordinarily generous man. II he give
three-fourths OF it to another, he will
be a Baron Hlrsch or a George Pea
body.
For 30 years this man has been
practicing an economy which prlded
itself on never passing pin without
picking 1t up. and IL he responded at
all in church would put on the collec-
tion plate so Insignificant a coin that
he held his hand over it so that no one
could discover the smallness OF the
denomination. Somewhere In the fif-
ties or sixties of his life. during a re-
viyal of religion. he became q Chris.
tan. He is very much changed In '
most respects, but his all absorbing ac-
qulsitiyeness still influences him. To u
extract from him a gift for an orphan II
age or a church or a poor woman who
has just been burnt out Is an achieve
ment. You and l know very good e
men, their Christian character beyond +
dispute, and yet they are pronounced o.
by all as penurious, and they know it d
themselves and pray against II. We lf
III have our bad habits and yet expect y
o get TO heaven, and this skinflint has v
lis mighty temptation. The passion u
# avarice well illustrated its strength OF
yhen in one of the houses of exhumed 81
oompei was found the skeleton of a ia
nan who was trying to escape with 60 u
oins and a silver saucepan. For those ne
he dared the ashes and scoria Oh
( Vesuvius which overwhelmed him, eo
nd many a good man has been held nc
lightily by avarice. But the day is 20
oming for that penurious Christians io'
eparture from the world. He has an up
wful struggle In giving up his gov ne
rnment securities. The attorney who s'i
rev his last will and testament saw ap
ow hard It was for him to leave his al
lrm or bis storehouse or investments. an
specially those that In the markets are Gu
llled gilt edged. Those that yield hu
lily per cent he easily resigns to the III
Ire Of his executors. but those that WI
cid or or 10 nor cent how can ou
! give them up while the market Is SUI
Ill rising? Bolstered up In bed. know tue
G he has got to sign 1t. be reads the MS
,cument over and over again. and 10
en-, with a manner that seems 70 10
Y "yyeu ifI must mnstr no sions fail
5 name to that surrender of his last ID
rthing Of earthly possessions. He
ters heaven. but he has not an abun. B
Mt entrance. hay
Glorious Admission. SHi
But that brings me to the other ol''
ought of my text, that there are uuc
)se who will when they leave this iie'
, bound into heaven amid salutatlons 'Vu YOU
mite. For so An entrance shall be yin
minlstered unto you abundantly." ~
ch exultant admission will await 70
,se who enter heaven after on earth sue
ing a life for others and without ref. ne
nee to conspiculty. On the banks as
the Ohio or the Tuscaloosa or the 'ne
droscoggin Is a large family. all Of w,
ON have been carefully and reli anu
usly reared. In the earlier stages Of tnre
t family there were many prIva- anu
IS. The mother Of the household geut
or had anv amusements perhans righ
e In year a poor theatrical play tifne
J enacted in the nelghboring school her
se or a squawking concert In the stay
n hall. and that was all the diver Iath
! afforded for the winter season. iuii.
ed the manager of an insane asy Ar
in Kentucky Prom what class Of part
sons do you get most Of your pa. the
tsT and he said. From farmers daue
es." | asked the same question OF but
manager OF an insane asylum In rade'
and the same question of their
manager of an insane asylum in grace
sachusetts and got the same reply. ana
: have on our rolls for treatment unga
e farmers wives than persons COM my