Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-01-11
ACC0MAC G H. VA SATURDAY, JANUARY 1902.


heavens as well as the earth In struggle
as to who Dhall win this world for
blessedncss or woe. and, as the armies
Of God are mightler than the armies
diabollc, we know who will triumph
and we have n right to shout the vic
tory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The King Of Kings, the Lord Of Hosts,
the God of Joshua and Havelock, leads
I'm the conflict. | have no fear about
the tremendous issue. My only fear Is
that we will not be found In the ranks
and fully armed to do our part In this
campaign of the eternities.
Again, remark that the month Oh
January has seen many Of the most
stupendous events in the worlds his
tory and a rocking of cradles and the
digging of graves that have affected
nations. In this month American In
dependence was declared, followed by
Lexington and Bunker Hill and Mon
mouth and Valley Forge and York
town. January saw the proclamation
that abolished American slavery.
Though at the time there were two
mighty opinions and they were exact
" opposed-those who liked the docu-
ment and those who disliked ft-there
is but one opinion now, and If 1t were
NM TO vote in all the states of the
south, "Shall slavery be relnstatedF z
there would be an overwhelming vote
of "Now The pen with which the doc
ument was signed and the inkstand
that contained the Ink are relics as sa'
cred and valuable as the original Dec
laration Of independence, with all It's
ensures and interlineations. The In
stitution which for seventy or eighty
wears kept the nation in angry contro
versy has disappeared. and nothing Is
left to fight about. The north ana thC
south today are in as complete accorc
rs ever were flute and cornet In the
same orchestra. The north has bull
fits factories on the banks Of the Chat
tahoOchee and the Roanoke, ana tn'
south has sent many Of its ablest at
torneys into our northern courthouses
its most sl,llful physicians into ou
siclrooms. IT'S wiscst bankers into OIL
exchanges. It's most cOnsccrated minis
tors into our pulpitS-all this the re
snlt of the proclamation Of Jan. l
! 1868.
BIrtbdnyn CT Great Men.
Furthermore I notice that JalUar.
has been ho-orcd wI.h the nativity o
some of the rrcg.rst among the M
tIons Edmund Turkc was born thi
month the marvel and glory of I'll
legal world: Fcneon Of the religion
world. BENJAMIN Franklin Of the phIlC
sophic world. william II. Prescott o
the historic world. Sir John More o
the military world. Robert Burns OF tn
poetic world. Polycarp Of the marty
world. Peter the Great Of the kingl
world. Chrysostom Of the sacred rhe
eric world. Daniel Webster Of th
statesman world.
In this month at Hampton cour
1Go1. n new translation Of the Hoi
Bible was ordered. There were bibi'
Of all kinds abroad. some OF thel
translations from Hebrew and tee
bv incompetent men. and the churc
and the world cried out for a BID
translated by n group of the good an
the learned. King James disliked II
Bibles abroad and appointed comm
: sion of ffty-four men. afterward r.
duced to forty-seven. Those men pr
sented the world with Bible that hel
= mighty sway among the nations Il
more than $50 years. the revision
, the Bible thirty years ago being foun'
ed on that revision, which began und'
King James of 1904. The old transI
, tion. made more than two and ma
centuries ago, sustained the martyrs
] the fire. illumined the homesteads
= many generations. was the book th
= WAS read aloud at the embarkation
s the forefathers from Delft Have
= cheered the weary voyagers on u
), Mav1ower. comforted them In q
= vilds of America. was the book
y which the first American congress-
4 well as the last, took the oath and WI
f which all the presidents of the Unit
k States have solemnzed their entran
Il into office. Is the book that has adyan
g ed the worlds civilization as no 9th
n influence ever could and which no
It lies on the table Of more homes th'
s. any book that was ever printed sin
d Johann Gutenberg borrowed mon
It of Martin Brether and John Faust
J, complete the art of printing. what
v January in the worlds history-t
d January that gave the ages book Il
lr that!
e Time of Sadness.
y But January. like all the other mont