Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-20

what he does instead Of grumbling for
what he does not. God arranges all
the weather In this world-the spiritual
weather. the moral weather as well as
the natural weather. what kind OF
weather will it be today?" said some
one to a farmer. The farmer replied
"It will be such weather as ! like"
what do you mean by thatF' ASKED
the other. "Well." said the farmer,
at will be such weather as pleases the
Lord, and what pleases the Lord pleas
es me-"
oh. the sunshine. the sunshine OF
Christian explanation! Here Is some
one bending over the grave OF the deau.
What Is going to be the consoiationf
The flowers you strew upon the tomb
oh. no! The services read at the gravel
oh. no! The chief consolation on that
grave Is what falls from the throne OF
God. Sunshine. glorious sunshine
resurrection sunshine!
Supernatural Vision.
Again. find a great deal Of the sun
shine of this Bible and Of our religion
I'm the climacteric joys that are to come
A man who gets up and goes out from
a concert right after the opening volun'
tary has been played and before the
prima donna sings or before the or
chestra begins has better Idea OF tha'
concert than that man has who sup
noses that the chief joys OF religion
are In this world. We here have only
the first note Of the eternal orchestra
We shall In that world have the JOY OF
discovery. We will in FIVE minutes
catch up with the astronomers, the &C.
ologists. the scientists, the philosophers
of all ages, who so far surpassed US III
this world. We can afford to adjourn
astronomy and geology and many OF
the sciences to the next world. because
we shall there have better apparatus
and better opportunity. | must study
these sciences SO far as to help me 10
nv work, but beyond that ! must give
myself to saving my own soul and saw
ing the souls of others. knowing that
IN one fash Of eternity we Will eaten II
all Oh. what an observatory In which
TO study astronomy heaven VIII De-
not by power Of telescope. but by su-
nernatural vision, and. II there be some
thing doubtful 100000 miles away,
by one stroke Of the wing you are
there. by another stroke OF the wlng
Won are back again. and all In less time
than | tell you. catching 1t all In one
fash OF eternity. -,
And geology! What place that VIII
be to study geology when the world Is
being picked to pieces as easily as
schoolgirl In botanical lessons pulls th'
loaf from the corolla What place tC
study architecture. amid the thrones
and the palaces and the cathedrals-St
Marks and St. Paul's rookeries In com
; parison.
Sometimes you wish you could maxi
! the tour OF the whole earth, COINS
) harouud as others have gone. hut yo'
Y have not the time. you have not th
0 means. You will make the tour ye
/. during one musical pause In the eter
+ nal anthem. | say these things 10
: the comfort of those people who ar
q abridged in their opportunities-thos
!. neople to whom life Is humdrum, wh
e foil and work and toll and work On
n aspire after knowledge. but have n
It time to get It and say. "lf ! had I'D
opportunities which other people nave
how | would fill my mind ana sol
Il with grand thoughtsr Be not di'
s. couraged. my friends. You are go'n
n 70 the university yet. Death Will ohl
10 matriculate you into the royal colleg
e of the universe.
le Peace Sublime.
sr What a sublime thing it was ths
IS Dr. Thornwell Of South Carolir
le uttered in his last dying moment
IN AS he looked up he said. ut opens
Is expands, it expands" Or as Mr' 10
* lady. the author Of Rock OF Ages
s. his last moment or during his Ia
is hours looked up and said. as thoul
ne no saw something supernatur'
Mt "Iiehtr and then as he came on nea
ey er the dying moment, his countenan
Il, more luminous. he cried. Light! Ill
ut Of the very moment of his departu
re I,fted both hands, something supt
m. natural in his couutenance as he cri
,m "IJebtw Only another name for su
IS, shine. IN q,
nd Resides that, we shall have all
,ss Measures OF association. We VIII
BE- right up in the front OF God witho
to any fright. All our sins gone the
he will be nothing to be frightened aDo
ok There our old Christian friends "
nd troop around u.s. Just as now one
ay vour sick friends goes away to Flori'
In the land Of lowers or to the soulE
er. France and you do not see hiin TOT
on. long while. and after awhile you ni'
of. him and the hollows under the q!
ant ore all filed. and the appetite has co
er. hack and the crutch has been thro'
ion away. and he Is so changed you har'
hat know him. You say. why. ne'
but saw you look so we'll" He says:
the couldn't help but he well. ] have Dt
In sailing these rivers and climbing tn
Ter. mountains, and that's how got
ted elasticity. never was so we'll.
un' nv friends, your departed loved o
ow' are only away for their health IN
'em ter climate, and when you meet u
erf they will be so changed you WI mar
nat know them, they will be s. yey IN
hat changed, and after awhile, when
Ut are assured that they are your Iriei
se's your departed friends, you VIII
ana "Why. where is that cough! Wher
'ere that paralysis? Where is that pl
not monia? Where is that consumptio
ter And he will say: "Oh, | am enti
han we'll! There are no sick ones in
you country. | have been ranging u
ears hills and hence this elasticity.
lila been hire now 20 years, and not
sick one have l seen. We are oil
In this climate"
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