Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-11-23
ACcOMAC C. H.. VA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1901.

the roll OF them make them any the
less blunders? Look ahead in all mat
tiers of usefulness. However much you
may have accomplished for God and
the worlds betterment your greatest
usefulness Is to come. NO." says some
one, my health is gone" NO" says
some one; my money Is gone" NO
says some one; "the most Of my years
are gone and therefore my usefulness. y
Why, you talk like an lnfidel. DO you
suppose that all your capacity to dc
good Is fenced In by this life? Are you
going to be a Iounger and do nothing
after you have quit this world? 1t is
my business to tell you that your fac.
ultIes are to be enlarged and intensified
and your qualifications for usefulness
multiplied tenfold. hundredfold, a
thousandfold.
Is your health gomez Then that Is a
sign that you are to enjoy n celestial
health compared with which the most
jocund and hilarious vitality Of earth
is lnvalldism. Are your fortunes spent
Remember, you are to be kings and
queens unto God. And how much more
wealth you will have when you reign
forever and ever! want to see you
when you get your heavenly work dress
on. This little bit of speck Of s world
we call the earth Is only the place
where we get ready to work. We are
only journeymen here, but will be mas
ter workmen there. Heaven will have
no loafers hanging around. The book
says Of the inhabitants, They rest not
day nor night" Why rest when they
work without fatigue? Why seek a
pillow when there is no night there7 |
want to see you after the pedestrisnlsm
of earth has been exchanged for power
of fight and velocities infinite and en-
terprlses interstellar, interworld.
l suspect that the telescope OF that
observatory brings In sight constella-
tlons that may comprise ruined worlds
which need looking after and need help
sanity and missionary. There may be
worlds that. like ours. have slnned and
need to be rescued, perhaps saved by
our Christ or by some plan that God
has thought out for other worlds as
wise, as potent. as lovely as tie atone
ment is for our world. The lazlness
which has cursed us In this world will
not gain the land Ct eternal activities
so much tonic in the air. so much In
spiraton in the society. so much
achievement after we get tie shackles
of the flesh forever Off. DO not dwell
so much on opportunities past. but put
your emphasis on opportunities to come
Our Real Beginning.
Am l not right In saying that eterni-
ty can do more for US than can time?
What will we nct be able to do when
our powers of locomotlon shall be
quickened into the immortal spirits
speed? Why should bird have
swlftness of wing when It Is Of no I'm
portance how long 1t shall take TO
make Its aerial way from forest to for
est and we, who have so much more
important errand in the world, get on
so slowly? The roebuck outruns US.
the hounds are quicker In the chase,
but wait until Cod tets rs loose from
all limitations and indictments. Then
we will fairly begin. The starting post
will be the tombstone. Leaving the
world will be graduation day before
the chief work of our mental and splr-
itual career. Hope sees the doors open
ing, the ylctor's foot In stirrup for the
mounting. The day breaks-frst flush
Of the horizon. The mission Of hope
will be an everla sting mission, as much
of 1t In the heavenly hereafter as In
the earthly now. Shall we have gained
all as soon as we enter realms celestial
- nothing more to learn, no other
heights to climb, no new anthems to
raise. monotony Of existence, the
same thing over and over again for
endless years? No. More progress In
that world than we ever made In this.
Hope will stand on the hills Of heaven
and look FOR ever Frightening land
scapes, other transngurations Of color,
new glorles rolling over the scene, new
celebrations Of victories In other
worlds. heaven rising into grander
heavens. seas Of glass mingled with
fire, becoming more brilliant glass
mlngllng with a more flaming fire.
(which hope"
Now. let me introduce this feeling
into the lives Of some who are at times
hopeless. There Is family whose son
has gone wrong. Father and mother
have about given him up. he seems so
headlong. so ungrateful. so dissipated,
and the old folks do not know half the
story Of moral precipitation. He has
ceased writing home, but they hear OF
him through people who like to carry
bad news. and every time the report Is
more deplorable. He swears. he gam
bles. he drinks. he goes Into all the
shambles of sin. His former employer
says there Is no hope for him. and all
outside the family agree ln thinking he
will never reform. The father and
mother have not quite given hiE' up,
and these words are to strengthen their
hope. That boy Is going TO come back.
You have n hold on him that you must
not relax. Through prayer you may
win the eternal God for your side Of
the struggle. You must enlist all the
heavenly dominions. cherubim and
seraphim and archangel. In the move
ment to save your son. Some day or
some night he will call halt to his In
famous practices. Something will hap
pen to him, as happened In New York
hotel to a son Of one Of the most dis
clergymen Of Scotland and
one Of the queens chaplains. when
,an I see your said distinguished
looking young man at the close Of one
Of my services In Brooklyn tabernacle.
| said, "You can see me now" He
said: mo; | want private conversa-