Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-10

those parental tears upon your head |
and heart Discouraged man, today |
wearied Of the sinful world, as you sit |
there with the tears running down /
your cheeks you think they are your
tears They are not. They are the
tears OF your dead and redeemed IA
ther and mother, which God has long |
been preserving In. his sacred bottle |
They are the tears Of JOY which your
father and mother are now shedding
In heaven. because the white winged
angels have already flown to the Celes-
tlal City to announce to them that their
boy is awearlcd Of sin; that their boy
Is now ready to cast himself upon the
love of Jesus and be saved Oh, today
the sacred band OF Christian worship
ers about me can hardly keep from
ciapplng their hands in Joy. Truly
this is not only for u.s. but also for
your repentIng soul, happy, happy
new year day.
Your Mothers Memory.
This ought to be especially n happy
new year for you, repenting, sinful
man. because now the good works or
your dead father and mother are about
to be perpotuated through the coming
centuries When your mother died,
you said: Il do not want for her any
EXPENSIVE funeral or useless show. 1
do not want any trained choir to sing
any classical music by her casket. | do
not want for her a public funeral. l
do not even want her body to be taken
TO the church. Let her sleep as long as
possible in the bed where she died.
Let her funeral be by her own 1reside.
Let q few friends gather here who
loved her. Let some young girl who Is
friend Of my sister sing a simple
song like
safe in the arms Of Jesus,
Safe on his gentle breast.
"Mother was not fond of society. She
was home body She lived mostly for
father and us children" Well, my
brother, II your mother was a home
body and lived mostly for her children,
do you not see that if you refused to
repent. refused to consccrate your life
to the cross, refused to be a good
man and live a pure life, your sinful
acts would be damming back a great
part Of her prayers and the good results
of her life? When your mother died,
you gathered up all the kind, sympa-
thetic letters which were written TO you
about her past kindnesses. You also
had the officiating minister write down
his funeral address. Then you had those
letters and that address all printed and
bound together into a booklet, which
/ you called MY Mothers Memorial"
But man, the mightlest and most tri-
unpaaut memorial you could ever
make Of your mothers life Is your own
/ life consecrated to the service or Jesus.
She put her blood and her life into
YOUR life. So, man, this ought to be n
happy year for you. 1t ought to be
happy because by your own consecra-
tion to the service Of the Lord Jesus
YOU are here and now ready to let your
mothers prayers echo and re-echo and
resound in your prayers. Her good
deeds will find true continuance IN
your good deeds. Her Christ shall here
after be worshlped with a swceter look
because he is also now her boys Christ
The holy endeavor TO fulfill the past
pledges which you have made to God
shall be another desire inspiring you
during this ensuing happy new year
All your past days have not been
bright and happy days. The meadow
larks do not sing when they hear the
merciless growl Of the destroying cy
clone. The red roses Of June do moi
Ike to rest their blushins cheeks
against a January snovbank. Nou
NAV have welcomed the many congrat
ulations which your friends showereC
upon you in your younger days of tri
umphs. But you have also had youl
defeats and heartaches and dlsappoint
ments. You have also had your days
when you lay upon bed of sick
ness. You have had days when YOU
life was hanging by a slender thread
ready to be snapped by death at an!
moment. Your wife and mother nurs
ing YOU at the time did not think tha
you fully realized how sick you were
You did. You knew it by the anxious
way the doctor watched. You knew
bv the care the nurses took in giyini
the proper medicines at the exact time
Then-oh. then in that dark hour yo'
felt az did the poor fellow whom
buried some weeks ago. One Saturda.
he was at work in seemingly full
: health. The next Mond' he lay upol
the operating table as last resort TO
his life. After the operation they toll
him he had to die He looked up in
pathetic way and said: Il do not wan
to die. I am afraid to die. Oh. do no
: let me dler' What did you do in tia
hour OF your dangerous sickness!
In the Dark H'nr.
What did you do in that dark hour O
!, trouble, when you knew that no NJ
+, man aid could rescue you? DID 20
2 not practically say at that tilne'
!, God, If you Will make me well an
. come to my rescue I will give up
> my life to thee and thy serviceT fe'
sinful man, God made you we'll Go
q rescued you. Have you kept you
, pledges to him? Have you given Il
q your sinful heart to De purgcd from II
o mast sins? These broken VOWS are I
r day driving into yoIr bleeding, repen
a ant heart the sharp keen dagger OF r
n morse. AS man Of honor and chara
Y ter. by the grace Of God, you tods
d are going to be true to those pa
h pledges. | feel 1t. know 1t. ca
q see new and holy purpose nakii
u your cheeks flush and your eyes na'
n with a coDsecrated enthusiasm. II
e would not break a pledge with al
3. man to whom you gave your wor
- Vour hos st heretofore has always De'