Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-03-01

and In the first divine gallery, as
shall call IT, sits our King. one Jesus.
On his head are many crowns. The
Roman emperor got his place by cold
blooded conquests. but our King hath
come to his place by the broken hearts
healed and the tears wiped away and
the souls redeemed. The Roman en-
peror sat. with folded arms, indiffer-
ent as 10 whether the swordsman or
the lion beat. but our Kings sympa-
thies are all with us--nay. unheard Of
condescension! see him come down
from the gallery into the arena to help
us In the fight. shouting until all up
and down his voice Is heard: Fear
not! ] will help thee! | will strength
en- thee by the right hand Of my pow
err rs
They gave to the men In the arena In
the olden time food to thicken their
blood. 30 that it would flow slowly and
that for n longer time the people might
glont over the scene. But our King
has no pleasure In our wounds. for we
are bone OF his bone. flesh Of his flesh,
blood OF his blood.
In all the anguish Of our heart
The Man OF Sorrows bore a part.
Once I'm the ancient amphltheater a
lion with one paw caught the combat
ants sword and with his other paw
caught his shield. The man took his
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The king. sitting I'm the gallery. said:
Tint was not fair. The lion must be
slain by Il sword" Other lions were
turped out. and the poor victim fell.
You cry. Shame! shame" at such
meanness. But the King in this case
Is our brother. and he will see that we
have fair play. He will forbid the
rushing out of more lions than we can
meet. He will not suffer us TO be
tempted above that we are able. Thank
God, The King is In the gallery! His
eyes are on us. His heart Is with us.
His hand will deliver us. BLESSED are
they who put their trust in him"
The Angels In the Gallery.
| look again. and see the angelic
gallery. There they are-the angel
that swung the sword at the gate Of
Eden. the same that Ezekiel saw up
holding the throne Of God. and from
which | look away. for the splendOr Is
insufferable Here are the guardian
angels. That one watched patriarch;
this one protected child; that one has
been pulling a soul out Of temptation!
All these are messengers Of light!
Those drove the Spanish armada on
the rocks This turned Sennacherib's
living host into heap OF $4,000
corpses. Those yonder chanted the
Christmas carol over Bethlehem until
the chant awoke the shepherds. These
at creation stood in the balcony OF
heaven and serenaded the newborn
world wrapped I'm swaddling clothes of
light And there holier and mighter
than all, is Michael, the archangel.
TO command an earthly host gives dig
nifty. but this one is leader Of the 10000
chariots Of God and Of the ten thou
| sand times ten thousand angels.
think God gives command to the arch
angel. and the archangel to the sera-
phim, and the seraphlm to the cher.
ubim. until all the lower orders of
heaven hear the command and go forth
on the high behest
Now. bring on your lions! Who can
fear? All the spectators In the angelic
gallery are our friends. HE shall give
his angels charge over thee. to keep
thee in an thy ways They shall bear
thee up In their hands lest thou dash
thy foot against n stone. Thou shalt
tread upon the lion and adder; the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou
trample under foot"
Though the arena be crowded with
temptations. we shall. with the angelic
help. strike them down In the name OF
our God and leap on their fallen car
casses! o bending throng of bright
angelic faces and swift wings and
lightning foot, | hail you today from
the dust and struggle OF the arena!
| look again. and see the gallery OF
the prophets and apostles. Who are
those mighty oues up yOnderf Hosea
and jeremiah and Daniel and Isaiah
and Paul and Peter and John and
James. There sits Noah. waiting fol
all the world to come into the ark, and
Moses. waiting till the last Red sea
shall divide. and jeremiah. waiting fol
the Jews TO return. and John Of the
apocalypse. waiting for the swearing
of the angel that time shall be nc
longer. Glorious spirits! Ye were
howled Mt. We were stoned, ye were SPIT
upon! They have been in this fight
themselves. and they are all with US
Daniel knows all about lions. Pau
fought with beasts at Ephesus.
Help From the Prophets.
In the ancient amphitheater the peo
pie got so excited that they would
shout from the galleries to men in th'
arena: AT it again. Forward
zone more strokew Look outp' "Fal
backr "Huzza! Huzzaw So in tha
gallery. prophetic and apostolic. they
cannot keep their peace. Daniel criei
out, Thy God will deliver thee from
the mouth of the lions" David ex
claims. "He will not suffer thy foot Il
be moved! Isaiah calls out: "Fea
not! am with thee! Be not dis
mayedw Paul exclaims, "Victor.
through our Lord Jesus Christ" Tha
throng of prophets and apostles canno
keep still. They make the welkin RIM
with shouting and halleluiahs.
look again. and see the gallery o
the martyrs. Who Is that? Hugh Lat
inner, sure enough! He would not aPol
egize for the truth he preached, and 81
he died, the night before swingini
from the bedpost in perfect glee at tn
thought Of emancipation. Who is tha
army Of 0.G6G? They are the The
ban legion who died for the faith
Here is larger host in magnifieen
array, $500 who perished for Chris
in the prosecutions of DiOcletian. Yon
der is family group. Felicitas o
Rome and her children. While the.