Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-12-21
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In what direction he was going, but
r.yer did the impress of the sandal or
any one of them show that he had re-
turned We are all facing eternity to
come. There is no retreat. Alcrtness
and fidelity would not be so important
IL we could truthfully say: 81 Will be
back here again. The things neglect
now | will do the next time ! come.
will be rcincarnated and will resume
nv earthly obligations. Having then
more knowledge than have now, l
will discharge my earthly duties better
than can now discharge them. do
not give solemn farewell to these oOll-
cations and opportunities. but smll-
ing and CHEEKY goodby until ! see them
again" No, we cannot say that. There
will be no new and corrected edition or
the volume Of our earthly life. After
we make exit from the stage at the
close of the fifth act we cannot re-en-
ter. How many millions Of people have
lived and died know not. but OF all
the human race who have gone only
seven persons that | now think OF have
returned, the son of the widow at
Zarephath, the young man Of Main. the
rulers daughter. Tabltha, Eutychus.
Lazarus and Christ. Among all the
ages to come do not suppose there
will be one more who will return TO
this life, having once left It
Put Your Trust In God.
At this point | ask you to notice the
fact that my text does not call atten-
ton TO the crossing of the Jordan. but
to the way leading thereto. We all
think much Of our crossing of the Jor-
dan when the march of our life Is end
ed, but put too little emphasis on the
way that leads to the crossing. What
you and need most to care about is
the direction Of the road we are tray-
cling. We need have no fear of the
crossing II we come to 1t In the right
way. In other words. we need not
care about death If our life has been
what It ought to be. We will die right
IL we live right
What an a5Surdty IT would have
been for Joshua and lis men 10 lave
asked each other questions like these:
"How can we cross the Jordan If we
get there? VIII not the water be too
deep to allow us to wade? VIII we not
all be so saturated that we may lose
our lives by exposure? How many Of
us can swim? Had we better not wait
until the annual freshet has subsidcdT
No such folly did they commit. They
were chiefly anxious about the way
that they had mot passed before and
were ignorant of and to keep their eyes
on the golden covered acacia box, wing
mounted, which was the ark OF the
covenant
O hearer, stop bothering about your
exit from sublunary scenes! By the
grace Of God get your heart right and
then go ahead. n the Lord takes care
of you clear Oh 10 the bank on this
side of the river. think you can trust
him to take you from bank TO bank.
from the willows on this side the
stream to the palms on the other side,
from the last kiss of sorrowing ones
on this, side TO the welcome, sanity
cherast. sefstpiac asIi;e oo tHs sfsss
side. Keep your eye on the ark, and,
whatever betides. you Will go through
all right
One Easter morning Massena, the
marshal of France. appeared with 49,
OOO armed apn o. the heights above
the town of rell,:irch. There were no
arms to defend the town. and the In
habitants were wild with terror. Then
the old dean Of the church cried out:
my brothers this Is Easter day. We
have been depending on our own
strength. and that fails Let us turn
to God. Ring the bells and have serv-
ice as usual" Then the bells rang ont
sweetly and nightly from the church
towers Of Feldklrch. and the people
thronged to the houses Of prayer for
worship. The sound of the bells made
I the enemy think that the Austrian
army had come In TO save tie place.
and Massena and his $4,000 soldiers re-
treated. By the time the bells had
stopped ringing there was not one SOL
dler In sight SO put your trust IN
Cod and when hos Of troubles and
temptations march for your overthrow
ring all the bells Of hope and faith and
| Christian triumph. and the threatening
perils of your life will fall back. and
your deliyerance will be celebrated all
up and down the skies. The God who
led you through the way you never
passed before will be with you at all
the crossings.
copyright 1901. Louis KlOpsch. y. ~