Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-11-23

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WASHINGTON. Nov. l7.-In this dis
tourse DR.. Talmage would lift people
out Of dependency and bring some
thing of future Joy into earthly depres-
sion. The text is Hebrews vi. 10.
(which hope"
There Is an Atlantic ocean Of depth
and fullncss In the verse from which
my text is taken. and | only wade Into
| he wave at the beach and take two
words We all have favorlte words ex-
pressIve OF delight or adherence,
words that easily find their way from
brain to lip. words that have In them
mornings and mldnights. laughter and
tears. thunderbots and dpwdrops. In
all the lexicons and vOcabularies there
are few words that have for me the at
fractions of the last word Of my text,
Which hope"
There have In the course Of our life
been many angels OF God that have
looked over our shoulders. or met US
on the road. or cbanted the darkness
away. or lifted the curtains Of the
great future. or pulled us back from
the precIpces, or rolled down upon us
the rapturous music OF the heavens,
but there Is one Of these angels who
has done so much for us that we wish
throughout oil time and eternity to
celebrate 1.-THE angel Of Hope. st.
Paul makes 1t the center OF group OF
three. saying. Now abldeth faith,
hope. charity" And. though he says
that charity Is the greatest Of the
three, he does not take one plume from
the wing. or one ray of luster from the
brow. or one aurora from the cheek, or
one melody from the voice OF the angel
of my text. (which hope"
That was a great night for our world
when In a Bethlehem caravansary the
Infant Royal was born. and that will
be great night in the darkness OF
your soul when Christian hope Is born.
There will be chanting in the skies and
a stnr pointing to the Nativity. ! Will
not bother you with the busk Of def
milton and tell you what hope is. When
we sit down hungry at table. we do
not want an analytical discourse as to
what bread Is. Hand II on; pass II
round; give us a slice Of 1t. John
speaks Of hope MS pure hope;;" Peter
calls 1t q 'lvely hope:" Paul styles II
a good hope" sure hope" a re
joIcing hope" And all up and down
the Bible It Is spoken Of as an anchor.
as a harbor. as helmet, as door.
Power of Hope.
When we draw n check on a bank,
we must have reference to the amount
Of money I'VE have deposited. but Hope
snakes draft ON a bank in which for
her benefit all heaven mas been depos-
tied. Hopel May It light up every
dungeon, stand by every sickbed, lend
helping hand to every orphanage,
loosen every chain. caress every forlorn
soul and turn the unplctured room OF
the almshouse into the yestlbule OF
heaven! How suggestive that mythol-
ogy declares that when all other deities
fed the earth the goddess Hope re-
mained.
1t was hope that revived John Knox
when on shlpboard near the coast Of
Scotland he was fearfully III, and he
was requested to look shoreward and
asked II he knew the village near the
coast, and he answered. 81 know 1t
well. for see the steeple of that place
where God first opened my mouth In
public to his glory. and am fully per-
suaded how weak that ever | now ap-
pear shall not depart this life till my
tongue shall glorify his holy name in
the same place" His hope was reward
ed, and for twenty-five more years he
preached. That Is the hope which sus-
talned Mr. Morrell Of Norwich when
departing this life at twenty-four years
OF age be declared. 81 should like to
understand the secrets Of eternity be-
fore tomorrow morning" That was the
kind of hope that the corporal had In
the battle when, after several standard
bearers had fallen. he seized the hag
and turned to a lieutenant colonel and
said. III I fall. tell my dear wife that
die with a good hope In Christ and that
am glad TO give my life for my coun-
try" That was the good hope that DR..
Goodwin had In his last hour when he
said: "Ah, Is this deathi How have !
dreaded as an enemy this smiling
friend"
No better medicine did man ever
take than hope. 1t ls a stimulant.
febrifuge. a tonic. a catbolicon. Thou
sands OF people long ago departed this
life would have been living today but
for the reason they let hope slip their
grasp. | have known people to live on
hope after one lung was gone and dis
ease had seemed to lay hold OF every
nerve and muscle and artery and bone.
Alexander the Great. starting for the
wars in Persia. divided his property
among the Maccdonians. He gave
village to one. port to another. held
10 another and all his estate to his
friends Then Perdiccas asked. What
have you kept for yourselfT He an-
swered trfumphantly. Hope" And,
whatever els, you and ! give away. we
must keep for ourselves hope all COM
fortng. all cheering hope In the heart
OF every man. woman and child that
hears or reads this sermon may God
implant this principle right now!
Usefulness so Come.
MANY have full assurance that all is
right with the soul. They are as sure
Of heaven as II they had passed the
pearly panels Of the gate. as though
they were already seated In the temple
Of God unrollIng the llbretto Of the
heavenly chorlster. congratulate all
such. I wish had II. too-full assur-
ance-but with me II IL hopo. Which
hone.r Sinful II expects forgiveness;