Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-11-09


murdcress. .Impossiblev' the people
said. That will never happen" Who
Is that being flung out Of the palace
window? Jezebel. A few hours after
they came around. hoping to bury her.
They find only the palms Of the hands
and the skull The dogs that devoured
Jezebel and the dogs that devoured Ma
both. Oh, what a swift, what an awful
circuit!
But 1t Is sometimes the case that this
circle sweeps through century or
through many centuries. The world
started with a theocracy for govern
ment--that is. God was the president
and emperor of the world. People got
tired of theocracy. They said: I'VE
don't want God directly interfering
with the affairs of the world. Give us
monarchy" The world had a mon
.archy. From a monarchy 1t Is going to
have a limited monarchy. After awhile
the limited monarchy will be given up
and the republican form Of government
VIII be Everywhere dominant and rec
ognized. Then the world will get tired
Of the republican form Of government,
and 1t will have an anarchy, which Is
no government at all. And then all ma
tions, finding out that man is not capa-
BILE of rghteously governing man, Will
cry out again for theocracy and say,
LET God come back and conduct the
affairs of the word" Every step
monarchy, limited monarchy, republic
anism, anarchy-only different steps be-
tween the first theocracy and the last
theocracy or segments Of the great cir
Gle of the earth on which God sits.
Resolve to Do Good.
But do not become impatient because
you cannot see the curve Of events and
therefore conclude that Gods govern
ment is going to break down. History
tells us that In the making Of the pyra-
mids 1t took 1000 men two years to
drag one great stone from the quarry
and put 1t into the pyramids. II men
short lived can afford to work SO slowly
as that, cannot God In the building OF
eternlties afford to wait?
What though God should take 10000
years to draw circle? Shall we take
our little watch which we have TO wind
up every night lest 1t run down and
hold 1t up beside the clock OF eternal
ages? If, according to the Bible.
thousand years are in Gods sight as
one day. then. according TO that calcu-
lation the 5000 years of the worlds ex-
istence has been Only to God as from
Monday to Saturday..
But 1t is often the case that the re-
bound Is quicker. the return Is much
quicker, than that. The circle Is sooner
completed. You resolve that you Will do
what good you can. In one week you
put word Of counsel In the heart Oh q
Sabbath school child. During that same
week you give letter Of introduction
to a young man struggling In business.
During the same week you make an ex-
hortation In n prayer meeting. 1t Is ali
gone. You will never hear of 1t perhaps,
you think. A few years after man
comes up to you and says, You don't
know me, do your You say. mo;
don't remember ever to have seen you."
"Why," he says. 81 was in the Sabbath
school class over which you were the
teacher. One Sunday you Invited me to
Christ; accepted the offer. You see
that church with two towers yonderT
eyes," you say. He says, THAT Is
where preach" or: "Do you see that
governors house? That Is where l
live"
SANDERS Foul Poison.
One day a man comes to you and
says. Good morning." You look at him
and say, why, you have the advan-
tage Of me; cannot place you" be
says, Don't you remember thirty years
ago giving letter of introduction to
young mana letter Of introduction to
William e. DodgeY "Yes, yes, | DO.
He saws: 81 am the man. That was my
first step toward fortune. But have
retired from business now and am CIV
ing my time to philanthropies and pub
lie interests. Come up to my house and
see me-"
Or a man comes to you and says: u
want to introduce myself to you. went
into a prayer meeting some years ago.
sat back by the door. You arose to
make an exhortation. That talk chang
ed the course of my life, and If l ever
get TO heaven under God ] will owe my
salvation to YOU" In only ten, twenty
or thirty years the circle swept out and
swept back again to your own grateful
heart.
But sometimes 1t Is wider circle and
does not return for great while. saw
a bill Of expenses for burning Latimer
and Ridley. The bill of expenses mas
these Items among others:
Shillings. Pence.
One load Of FIRE fagots.
Carriage for four loads Of wood. ..........
Item, a post
Item, two chains. ................'''.'''
Item, two staples. es.................'..'''
Item four laborcrs. crs......................
making IN all 25s. Sd. That was cheap
fire. considering all the circumstances,
but 1t kindled light which ,shone all
around the world and aroused the mar
tyr spirit, aud out from that burning OF
Latimer and Ridley rolled the circle
wider and wider, starting other circles
convoluting, overrunning. circumscriD-
ing. overarching all heaven-a circle.
But what Is true OF the good Is just
as true Of the bad. You utter SIAN
der against your ncighbor 1t has
gone forth from your teeth. 1t Will
never come back. you think. You
have done the man all the mischief
you can. You rejoice to see him vince
You say. Didn't give 1t to him"
That word has gone out, that SANDER
Gus word. on Its poisonous and blasted