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

CHIEF river Of heaven - so bright, so
wide so deep. But you ask. Where
are the asylums for the old" | an
swer. "The inhabitants are all young"
"Where are the hospitals for the
lame?' They are all agile" where
are the intirmaries for the blind and
deafY "They all see and hear"
where are the almshouses for the
poorY' "They are all multlmillion-
aires" "Where are the 'inebriate asy-
lums% "Why. there are no saloons"
"Where are the grayeyards" "Why,
they never die" Pass down those
bOuevards Of gold and amber and sap
phire and see those internllnable streets
built by the Architect of the universe
into homes, over the threshold Of
which sorrow never steps and out Of
whose windows faces. once pale with
earthly sickness, now look rubicund
with immortal health.
"Oh, let me go in and see. themw you
say. No, you cannot 90 In, There are
those who would never consent to let
you come out again. You say, Let me
stay here in this place where they nev-
er sin, where they never suffer, where
they never part" No, no. Our time
is short, our thirty minutes are almost
gone. Come on. We must get back to
earth before this half hour Of heavenly
silence breaks up. for in your mortal
state you cannot endure the pOmp and
splendOr and resonance when this half
hour Of silence is ended. The day will
come when you can see heaven In full
blast. but no; now. | am now only
showing you heaven at the dullest half
hour Of all the eternltles. Come on!
There is something In the celestial ap-
pearance which makes me think that
the half hour of silence will soon be
over. Yonder are. the white horses be-
ing hltched TO chariOts. and yOnder are
seraphs lingering harps as If about to
strike them into symphony. aud yonder
are cOnQuerOrs taking down from the
blue halls Of heaven the trumpets OF
victory Remember we are mortal yet
and cannot endure the full roll of heay-
enly harmonies and cannot endure even
the silent heaven for more than half
an hour. Hark! The clock in the tower
Of heaven begins to strike, and the half
hour is ended. Descend! Come back!
Come down till your work is done.
Shoulder a little longer your burdens.
Fight little longer your battles. Weep
a little longer your griefs And then
take heaven not in its dullest half hour,
but in its mightlest pomp, and, instead
Of taking 1t for thirty minutes, take II
world without end. ~
Entering Into Heavenly Citizenship.
But how will you spend the first half
hour of your heavenly citizenship after
you have gone in to stay? After your
prostration before the throne In wor-
ship of him who made 1t possible for
you to get there at all | think the rest
Of your first half hour in heaven will
be passed In receiving your reward If
you have been faithful. | have q
strangely beautiful book containing the
pictures of the medals struck by the
English government in honor of.great
battles. These medals are pinned over
the heart of the returned -herops of-the
army on great occasions. the royal
family present and the royal bands
playing-the Crimean medal. the med
al Of the mutiny. the Victoria cross
the Waterloo medal. In your first halt
hour In heaven in some way you Will
be honored for the earthly struggles
In which you won the day. Stand uI
before all the royal house Of heaven
and receive the insignia while you are
announced as victor over the drafts
and freShets Of the farm field. victor
over the temptations of the Stock Ex
change. victor over professional allure
ments. victor over domestic infelici
ties. victor over mechanics shop. vic
tor over the storehouse, victor oveI
home worriments, victor over physica
distresses. victor over hereditary de
pressions. victor over sin and deatf
and hell. Take the badge that cele
brates those victories through our Lore
Jesus Christ. Take 1t In the presence
Of all the galleries, sanity. angelic
and divine. while all heaven chants
These are they who came out of grea
tribulation and had their robes washed
md made white In the blood Of th'
Lamb"
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die;
They see the triumph from afar
And seize 1t with their eye.
(Copyright. 1902. by Louis Klopsch.l