Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-07-12

havoc with the nursery or where con-
sumption has made the young mother
cough her life away, he never fully ap-
prcciatcs the blessings Of having his
children aud wife by his side. If a
man has not tried to carry the gospel
to the outcasts and the vile, he has
never yet realized the blessing of being
born in a Christian cradle and sur
rounded by Christian childhood. All,
the Christian soWer who scatters the
good seed upon the troubled sea Of
restless humanity, while he may be
carrying a blessing to others he is also
planting in his own heart the seeds Of
gratitude to God and Of contentment
with his own sphere Of life.
My brother, you are unhappy. VIII
you let me end your dependency?
Well, then, 20 first and buy few flow
ers mt the nearest florists. "Oh," you
answer. 81 cannot afford to buy any
flowers" Yes, you can, my brother.
You can buy all the flowers | want for
the money you would spend upon ci-
gars during the next week. Then |
want you TO 90 with me for pastoral
call into the young mans room who
broke down physically and who IS go
ing TO die. DO you know what is the
matter with him? He broke down from
oycrwork. His lfes desire was to en-
ter the Christian ministry. He used
to clerk during the day and send most
Of his money home to help support his
fathers family. Then he used to study
mt night. His clothing was very poor,
his food was poor, and yet if you will
90 into that slckrOom and carry those
flowers you will find tears Of joy com
ing into his grateful eyes; you will
hear him say that, though the greatest
ambition of his life was to preach the
gospel, yet God knows best! Then he
will plead with you to take his place.
Ny brother. you had Il father to send
you through college; you had kind
friends to help; YOU have everything
for which 90 be thankful to God, yet
the greatest lesson Of contcntment you
Will ever learn is wiian you cast those
few flowers into the grateful fountain
Of that dying boys fears
My sister yot are fr"t,ne' On nc
count Of tie c,.l.rrn YoI s,y il Keeps
your needle .o. r.-at a.d cay 10 pW
dresses up.n thr s... Y.u cmulsin
that the boys rt.tr s.m TO care
whether or I'D taeg NHr as.rs IT, the
knees Of their ST c..a.s a.d pants.
Sister. ! want yol so make ZIP iuach
basket YoI need no. lX Up bundle
Of little dresses They viii rot be
needed now Bat as yoa take that
lunch basket. filed with delicacics, /
Will lead you 90 a home whore young
mother has just lost her baby. That
baby was am IDIOT. He had water up
ON the brain Yet, as You go into the
slclroom of the weak mother. you will
hear her say: "Ch. Nh Talmage. did
love him 50 much. The doctors said
he never w0IlI bo bright. But he was
all | had. | aid love my baby so much.
And after you have gone there with
NE You viii stop your complaining
and faultandlng and return TO your
home and love your little ones as you
have never loved them before. Yes
one OF the most precious shcaycs the
gospel reaper ever garncrs is the sheaf
Of contcntmcnt. the sheaf Of gratitude
to God for his many, many blessings.
Plant UnGying Seeds.
Another precious shcaf which is gar
ncrcd by The Christian sowcr is the
ioyful realization that the results Of his
seed planting viii never die as long as
the world lasts. rs we have before
said, one seed properly planted will
produce many seeds. Those seeds which
are produced by the one seed in turn
will produce many other seeds. And
these i'm their turn will produce many
seeds more. So a Christians earthly
influence does not cease ut the grave,
but viii multiply for good as long as
the world lasts. 1t will go on increas-
ing until tie seas have been licked up
and the mountains and the valleys
have been cramatcd in the last con1a-
grafton.
Or. Louis \. Banks tells how Rev.
Dr. Valpy wrote four simple lines for
his confession of faith. They went
thus:
In peace lot ne resign my breath
And thy salvation see;
Ny sins deserve eternal death,
But Jesus died for me-
Or. Yalpy gave a copy Of those lines
to Dr. Marsh the rector Of Beckenham,
who had them placed over his study
desk. The Earl of Rodcn was visiting
DR.. Marsh one day and asked him for
copy \ short time after this Gen
eral Taylor. hero OF Waterloo. was
visiting the Earl of Rodcn and he took
copy Of those lines and was by them
ted to Christ General Taylor in turn
gave a copy Of those lines to soldier
friend of his. and be also was con
vcrtcd. Thus the good seed which DR..
Yalpy soved many years ago has kept
ON through generation after generation,
multiplying fer good q hundredfold.
nd today perhaps by my repeating
those lines some one here may be con-
verted by them.
Ny father once told Of a chain Of in
fuence more wonderful to hear even
than the story Of DR.. Nalpy as show
ing the results Of gospel seed planting.
He started with Il poor woman giving
simple gospel tract to a passerby.
That tract brought this young man to
Christ This young man wrote Il book.
That book was blessed of the Holy
Spirit and brought thousands upon
thousands into the kingdom, among
others Richard Baxter, who wrote
Saints Rest" That book in turn
brought thousands upon thousands
into the kingdom Of God. Among other
converts were this man, that man and
the other man who in turn all wrote
books which had blessed results. So
there was developed a harvest Of thou
sands Of souls. all the direct results of
one simple seed planting, the result Of
one poor unknown woman giving a
gospel tract to a young man who was
passing by. So the results of the good