Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-06-21


If any crayeGigger on his way to ex-
hume n Yoricll's skull should stop and |
drive his pick into that wheatheld and |
examine those seeds, he might think |
they were as dead as the kings jester.
But when spring comes those wheat !
seeds which have lain dormant so long I
are reused by the blast Of the springs |
resurrection. And Il wonderful fact !
about natures laws is that the deeper
the SHOWS. the longer the winter and
the longer those wheat seeds lie dor
mant the stronger and more virile Is
the grain when it begins to grow.
SO some Of the tares or the sins of the
flesh which we have sOwn in the past
may seem to take a very long time in
developing. We may think because
we have sinned and never yet been
punished and have kept on SHINING five
hundred. thousand. ten thousand
times that we never will be punished
that we never shall have to gather our
harvests Of corruption. But we Will.
AS the Lord God OmnipOtent liyeth
we will Christ in the parable OF the
tares explicitly states this fact. AS
the householder he babe his servants
let the tares continue to grow by tie
side Of the wheat. but when the reap
ers come they will first gather the
tares into bundles and destroy them
Sinner. DO not deceive yourself. God IS
not mocked. DO not think because the
day of retribution has been postponed
that the seeds Of the flesh are dead
when they are merely dormant. AS the
long delayed wheat harvest is the
strongest harvest, so the longer the
punishment Of the sins of the flesh IS
postponed the greater and the more
awful will be the haryests of corrup-
ton.
Mothers Rcnping.
once saw n woman reaping her har-
vest Of the flesh which she had planted
a fifth of century before. 1t was III
orr old Brooklyn home. The doofbell
rang. | went to tine door and ushercd
into the parlor lady dressed in deep
mourning. Her face revealed the
marks OF intense suffering. When my
father came down IN answer TO my
summons. the lady began TO plead with
/ him TO ir.crcctc W.il tAc governor for
the life cf h.r Log. Tie was a Toune
I man under sentence o. i.a,h. i-r was
70 be and WAS clc,ro-U,".i wi..in SIS
weeks. "Ur Ialml.c. sic s3.4. 81
want you 20 plead N,ah tLo governor
because my boys l.o Is aI t.o re.u.
of my past si.s. NGra ho Was i'tr
child. hc WAS ye~r .ics. The doctors
gave him up and said le had 10 c-e
Then | knclt by my sons bed and de-
fed God. said: % COD, vii not LEI
him die! Ee shall not die. You can Go
stroy his soul. you caa destroy miAa
but I VIII not ald shall not give h'n
up.' Then strange TO say. DR.. Tai.
mage. the hoy l.ll Il sudden change to-
ward physical recovery. In spite OF all
the doctors said. he got well. But, sir,
from that Minute my life was changed
toward Gel. AID now must reap the
results of my past sias in my boys
execution. oh. sir. will you not plead
with the governor to pardon my boy
-on account Of his mothers sinsE That
woman reaped the harvest of her cor
rapsiOa t,gei Wy fFso years asteFss't4e
seedof Sin was sown.~ so wien We SOW
TO the flesh sooner or laicr we shall
all reap our earthly and eternal har-
vest of agony.
The seeds of the flesh always pro.
duce such great haryests that many
pairs Of hands Instead Of one pain
must be employed in the reaping. One
man can plant in a day what it will
take a score Of men the same time to
reap. The sOwer would be helpless II
he himself had to gather in all the re-
suits Of his sowing SO every farmer
has to look ahead to prepare for the
harvest time And if he is the owner
of q large farm he rides around the
country engaging extra laborers fol
the reaDing. When the wheat is ripe
it must be cut and carried into the
barns right away. else the grain vii
fall off and the farmer will have nc
results from his planting but straw
which he uses for stall bedding. SIX
geyen. eight months Of the year yor
NAV find unemployed men in the coun
try. But during harvest time every
healthy man can lind work and bls
WAGES. if he is only willing to Worf
and knows how 20 WELD a scythe ol
how to tie up the shcaves Of grain.
Who are the rcapers engaged be
forchand to help the sower to the flesi
gather in his greatest harvest, Whicl
is TO be sarnercd at the brink Of th'
open grave? They are the demonla'
rcapers. They are Satan and all hi
evil spirits. They are the demons tina
live in the impenctrable darkness OF
a lower world. They are the demons
who will gather only the most corrup
! Of haryosts 1t is said that the weel
r before Mazarin. the sinful French car
r diral. died he hobblcd through his ar
t galleries crying and meaning: Mus
I leave you. oh. my beautiful pic
, ,uros? Must give you up| And th'
day before he died he had Lliiis'4
l reused and painted. and his servant
passed before him and bowed an
kissed bis hand and mOckinGly tol
e him how well he looked. And when tn
l French statesman died be was DO
stored up in bed. playing game
+ cards. But wien the Satanic reaper
! came to gather that mans harvest
G corruption they did not take alon
t Mazarin's pictures or his cardinal
G hat. which he had disgraccd. The
$ only took away Lis sinful and depraye
t. heart. Mazarin sowed to the hosl
@ The Satanic reapers garnered the co
; ruption.
T The Way of Escape.
ID well" says some discouraged sou
convicted Of his past sins, what am
to do? l fully realize my evil pas
Nrrst die an eternal death! Is tnel