Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-11-23
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escort and by unfailing memory Of the
guard at the gate. "And he carried mo
away In the spirit to great and high
mountain and showed me that great
city. the holy Jerusalem. descending
out of heaven from God, having the
glory Of God. and her light was like
unto stone most precious. even like
jasper stone. clear as crystal, and had
a wall great and high and had twelve
gates and at the gates twelve angels"
So you see there will be an angel
guarding each gate. AS you go In ask
the armed guard. He saw your loved
one pass through and will know the d.
rection to take and by what fountain
or In what street OF gold is the man.
sion prepared. The blessed Christ
knows where your departed loved one
is, and he will tell you If no one else
will. Fifty ways OF finding out the
whereabouts Of your ascended one.
But will surely know him when l
get there. for he will be so changedY
Yes. for you will be just as much
changed. and the old affinity will as.
sert Itself. The soul will be as easily
distinguished by soul there as on earth
the body is distinguished by the body.
Cultivate Hope.
Open that closed instrument Of mu-
sic in your parlor that has not been
played on since the hand of the depart
ed player forgot its cunning. Put up
before you on the music board the
notes Of the hymn Of Isaac Watts and
sing, "There Is a Land Of Pure De-
light" or James Montgomery's hymn,
"Who Are These In the Bright Arrayr
or Fillmore Benefits Sweet Bye and
Bye" or Jerusalem the Golden" Take
some tune 10 the major key-"Ariel' or
mount Pisgah." While you play and
sing the angel Of Hope will stand by
you and turn the leaves and join In the
rapturous rendering. Reunion with the
loved and lost. Everlasting reunioni
No farewell at the door Of any man.
sion! No goodby at any Of the twelve
gates! No more dark apparel Of mourn
ing, but white robe Of exultation!
Hope now Is on its knees with face up
lifted, but Hope there will be on tiptoe
or beckonlng you to follow, saying:
"Come and hear the choirs sing! Come
and see the procession march! Come
and see the river Of life roll! Come
with me over the bills that rise into
everlasting heights" Celestial Alps
and Hin:alayas hoistcd into other Alps
and Hlma,a-as!
From this hour cultivate hope. Do so
by reading all the Scriptural promises
Of the worlds coming Edenlzation, and
doubt IL you dare the veracity Of the
Almighty when he says he will make
the desert roseate. and the leopard and
kid will lie down In the same pasture
field, and the lion. ceasing to be car
nivorous. will become graminivorous.
eating straw like an OK" and reptillaa
venom shall change into harmlessness,
80 that the 'weaned child shall put his
hand on the cockatrlce's den, and there
shall be nothing to hurt or destroy In
all Gods holy mountain, for the earth
shall be full Of the knowledge of the
Lord, as the waters cover the sea-" So /.
much for the world at large. A.
Then cultivate hope In regard toyourn
own health. your own financial pros
perity. your own longevity u; BY seeing
how in other people God mercIfully re-
verses things and brings to pass the
unexpected, remembering that Wash
ington LOST more battles than he gain
ed, but triumphed at the last, and, fur
ther, by making sure of your eternal
safety through Christ Jesus, under
stand that you are on the way to pal
aces and thrones. This life span
long, ending I'm durations of bliss that
neither human nor archangelIc facul-
ties can measure or estimate - redo
lence Of a sprlngtime that never ends
and fountains tossing in the light Of
sun that never sets. May God thrill
us with anticipation Of this immortal
gleel (which hope"
I said in the opening Of this subject
that my text was only the wave on the
beach, while the whole verse from
which 1t is taken is an ocean. But the
ocean tides are coming In. and the sea
Is getting so deep must fall back,
wading out rs | waded in. for what
mortal can stand before the mighty
surges Of the full tide Of eternal glad
ness? Eye hath not seen nor ear
beard; neither hath entered into the
heart OF man the things which God
hath prepared for them that love him."
copyright. 1901. Louis Klopsch. y. ~