Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-06


II you have not such Il letter of credit
you are ill prepared, you' are lost In
deed. even though In this world yol
/ had all the wealth Of a ROthschild, {
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller or an .Astor
even though you once on earth lived
in as magnificent mansion as die
Dives Of old, at whose gate the dogs
were licking the sores of dying beg
gar. Shrouds have no pockets, and q
skeletons bony fingers Fcan) hold nc
gold, and all your worldly riches will
then be but dross, which you cannot
carry with you on that last journey
But, If you have the letter Of credit OF
divine grace and the passport stamped
with the crimson seal Of Calvary, then
the long journey will be accomplished
safely, and the gates of the New Je-
rusalem will be opened unto you, no
matter how financially poor you may
have been on earth, because you are
pleading there for admlttance In
Christs name.
Henry Clews tells US that when old
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the richest man
of his day, lay dying, turning his back
upon his $90,000,000 as though he had
been the poorest outcast in the street,
lie had to ask his Christian wife to
pray for him and sing one Of the old
Christian hymns which she had learned
I'm her fathers house. May we, one
and all, never make the mistake the
aged millionaire made in trying to fix
up our divine passport at the last mo-
ment. May we. long before our earthly
demise, apply at the Bank of Grace
for letter of credit which will sue
cessfully carry US through the dark
days when we are dying and be sufli-
cient for us until we realize the bright
and triumphant advent of heavenly
welcome.
The Long, Long journey.
The smile Of death as a long jour
ney away from the family fireside is
very striking When a man takes a
long earthly Journey, lie is very apt to
gather his family about him aud say,
III | should take this journey, In all
probability will return home at such
and such a time" or if the father is
going into new country to establish
another home he says to bis children:
after | am settled there and find ev-
erything all right you can sell the
goods and pack up and come to me.
will be in such and such a place at
such and such a time" Or perhaps the
man who is about to take long jour
ney will do as my father and myself
did when we started on our journey
around the world. We were to set
sail from San Francisco and so by the
way of the Sandwich Islands, Samoa,
Australia and India. 1t was a long,
hard Journey. and mother was phys
ically unable to undertake it. So IA
ther said; Mother. you take the two
girls and 30 to Europe and meet
Frank and myself as we come around
tl ctorld. Meet lis either at Brindisi
d in Paris or LONDON" SO mother ]
set sail from New York and went east
Father and myself N't sail from San
Francisco. going west We were MI
to meet by-a preconcer;rd plan at the
French capital.
My DrO:h2r. rs you iIust take this
long journey thrGu Il the valley of the
shadow of Gcath with ,:ir diyiar pass.
port in your hands how can you ever
expect to rejoii yuf l5rrd ic:.ca unless
you make preVU;:; ;,rr.:i:.-,.'.aca,s with
hem where so meet! Having Il letter |
IF credit at the ia@k Af Grace, you |
say you expect to JJ.gi@y . thc"Celes
-ial City. lIavc yOl v,G tod your |
owed ones about th..t city? Have you |
ever told them how to get to that cen |
er Of tbc universe? Have you ever |
old them there is only one way to |
each your destination, and that is for |
hem to obtain forgiveness Of their sins |
,y the blood Of the I.anl!. so chat their
advent shall be made pos
iible? If II is important for you to
make spiritual preparations for the
Quincy OF Death by being washed in
he SaviOur's blood. is il not just as
for your loved oues to be
leansed by the same blood? You
hould tell your loved ones how they |
an be cleanscd from sin as surely as
he guide, many years ago told the
raveier how his body could be clcansed
s he became covered over with a
warm of leeches when he was ford
ng a shallow river in Burma In hor-
or the foreigner began to pull them
Il. for the vampires were draining
way his life's strength. But the guide
ade him cease or he would destroy
imself. Then the guide prepared a
ath in which he diluted some herbs,
be juices Of which were fatal to the
fe of the leech Then he directed the
'aveler to lie down In the prepared
'aters. and Immediately his body was
reed from the vile aquatic worms.
lave you ever told your loved ones
nat the only way they can meet you
] heaven is by bathing themselves in
10 blood Of the Lamb. so that the ia
II worm of sin which Is sucking at
ieir hearts snail fall off and die?
1 would plead with you, men and
who are trying to set your
Ouse In order, to look after the spir- ,
tual welfare of your loved ones as
,ell as your own, because do not un- ,
erstand how heaven can ever be
ruly and entirely happy place for any /
lan who has neglected to look after {
ne spiritual interests OF those who on
arth were near and dear to him. /
now that the Bible distinctly declares
nat heaven is to be bright and a {
Apply place; but, for one, | think that I
ven celestial happiness would be mar. I
ed II, when we are safely there, we I
ere conscious that our loved ones /
ad missed their opportunity Of COM e
lg in through our own neglect to tell b
lem the way to the great white e
lrone well remember In our Jour- q
ey around the world how the heart /
ched when in faroff Australia father 4
nj I racaivad a cahlaOratn that moth | G