Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-04-12

half hour Il day for helping others or
blasting others, the half hour before
you go to business and the half hour
after you return from business-that
makes the difference between the schol-
or and the ignoramus. between the
Christian and the infdel, between the
saint and the demon, between triumph
and catastrophe, between heaven and
hell. The most tremendous things or
your life and mine were certain half
hours. The half hour when In the par
sonage OF country minister | re-
solved to become a Christian then aud
there, the half hour when decided to
become n preacher OF the gospel, the
half hour when | first realized that my
son was dead. the half hour when l
stood on the top Of my house In OK
ford street aud saw our church burn,
the half hour In which | entered Je-
rusalem, the half hour in which | stop
ped on Mount Calvary, the half hour
in which stood on Mars hill and
about ten or fifteen other half hours
are the chief times Of my life. You
may forget the name of the exact years
or most Of the important events or
your existence, but those half hours,
like the half hour Of my text, will be
immortal. do not query what you
will do with the twentieth century.
do not query what you will do with
this year, but what Will you do with
the next half hour1 Upon that hinges
your destiny, and during that some Of
you will receive the gospel and make
complete surrender, and during that
others Of you will make final and IA.
tai rejection Of the full and free and
urgent and impassioned offer Of life
eternal Oh. that the next half hour
might be the most glorious thirty min
utes Of your earthly existencel
Far back In history a great geogra-
pher stood with sailor looking at q
globe that represented our planet, and
he pointed to place on the globe
where he thought there was an undis-
covered continent The undiscovered
continent WAS America. The geogra-
pher who pointed where he thought
there was Il new world was Martin
Behaim and the sailor to whom he
showed 1t WIS Columbus This last
was not satisfied till he had picked
that gem out Of the sen and set 1t In
the crown Of the worlds geography
o ye who have been sailing up and
down the rough seas Of sorrow ana SIN.
let me point ont to You another con
tinent-yea. another wOrld-that you
may yourself find. rapturous world.
and that is the world half hour or
which we now study! Oh. set sail
for IT, Here Is the ship and here are
the compasses. In other words. make
this half hour the grandest half hour
of your life and become Christian
Pray for a regenerated spirit Louis
XIV, while walking in the garden at
Versailles. met Mansard. the great ar
chitect and the architect took of his
hat before the king "Put on your
hat" said the king, "for the evening is
damp and cold" And Mansard. the
architect. the rest of the evening kept
on his hat The dukes and marluises.
/ standing with bare heads before the
king, expressed their surprise at Man
sard. but the king said. 81 can make
duke or a marquis, but only God can
make Mansard." And say to you
ay hearers. only God by his convict
ing and converting grace can make a
Christian. but he is ready this very
half hour to accomplish It
"Forever and Ever"
Again, my text suggests a way OF
studying heaven SO that we can better
understand 1t. The word eternity
that we can handle so much Is an I'M
measurable world Knowing that we
could not understand that word the
Bible uses it only once. We say FOR
ever and ever" But how long Is FOR
ever and everT | am glad that my
text puts under our eye heaven foi
thirty minutes. AS when you see
great picture, you put a sheet OF paper
into a scroll and look through 1t or join
YOUR forefnger TO your thumb and looB
through the circle between. and the
picture becomes more intense, so this
masterpiece Of heaven by ST. John Is
more impressive when we take only
thirty minutes of 1t at time. Now
we have something that we can come
nearer to grasping. and 1t Is quie
heaven When we discourse about the
multitudes Of heaven. 1t must be almos
n nervous shock TO those who have al
their lives been crowded by many peo
ple and who want quiet heaven. Fol
the last thlrty-fve years | have beer
much of the time ln crowds and undel
public scrutiny and amid excitements
and | have sometimes thought for
few weeks after | reach heaven
would like TO 20 down in some qule
mart OF the realm. with few friends
and for n little while try comparative
solitude. Then there are those who's
: hearing Is so delicate that they get NJ
satisfaction when you describe tn
crash Of the eternal orchestra. and the.
feel like saying, as a good woman IL
Hudson, n. Y, said after hearing M
speak Of the mighty chorus Of heaven
THAT must be a great heaven. bu
what will become Of my poor head
Yes, this half hour Of my text Is SUI
experience. There was silence i
heaven for half an hour"
A Glimpse of the Kings Palace.
You will find the inhabitants all a
, home. Enter the Kings palace AM
, take only a glimpse, for we ha" onl
. thirty minutes for all heaven. rs tina
: JesusT "Yes." Just under the hal
along his forehead is the mark OF
I wound made by bunch OF twlste
brambles, and his foot on the throh
+ has on the round Of his instep anothe
e. aark Of wound made by spike an
: q scar on the palm Of the right nan
] and a scar on the palm OF the lei
] hand. But what countenance! VIVA
= q smile! What a grandeur! What
j Iovelinessl What an overwhelmln
t look Of kindness and grace! Why, 4
= looks as If he had redeemed worlC
II | D,,+ oor,o on FOR our time Is short, II