Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-08-29

our baby, grow in.o strong manhood
and consecrate himself as Il lab0rer In
the vineyard Of the Lord Jesus Christ"
As with my grandmother, the regret
which ncarly all Christians have Is
that in an earthly sense we shall not
live long enough TO see the harvestlngs
of our gospel seed planting. We shall
not live long enough TO see our boys
and girls. for whom we have shaved
and worked and prayed, grow up into
Christian men and women and see
them as teachers In Christian Sunday
schools and leaders in evangelistic
meetings and perhaps elders and minis
ters about the communion table OF the
Lords supper. But in heaven we shall
know about the glorious results of our
Christian labors. In heaven the re-
deemed mother shall not only see her
children. but her chlldren's children,
who have been saved through her
prayers and conservation. In heaven
there shall be rejoicing everywhere, be
cause we shall there know that through
tDt results VI Oul isADOiS tAAN Wv uN az
alive again and the lost are found"
with the SANITY Men of Old.
And. oh, how many redeemed I'm
mortals we shall have TO thank in that
heavenly kingdom. John Todd. yoL
were dead thirty years before wa
born. but | shall in heaven thank thee
for the yellow leaves Of that old book
found in my fathers library OF
which you were the author. That book
was one of the means used by the
Holy Spirit of turning my thoughts to-
ward the Christian ministry. William
II. Milburn, twenty years blind chap
lain of the United States senate. thou
didst not, in all probability, ever hear
of my name With thy sightlcSs eyea
thou dist make me turn many CRATE
full glance toward the Christ who in
heaven is today watching thy raptur-
Gus and holy face. | wish to thank
thee. o redeemed spirit, thou WHO
years ago as Sunday school teacher
in the old Brooklyn tabernacle didst
shed many an anxious tear over thy
scholars. would tell thee that today
in the sacred ministry | feel the touch
of thy sainted hand and hear the ear
nest tone of thy pleading voice. Yes
there are many spirits In heaven we
would thank for what they did for us
when upon the earth. We would thank
them that they may rejoice. as we all
rejoice. and that their hosannas of graf
itude might be augmented with our
halleuiahS.
But If heaven Is to be place OF
manifested gratitude it is also to be
q place of glorious "reminiscences. Al
the camp fires of the Grand Army re-
unions we have heard the old veterans
talking over the struggles. the defeats
and trlumphs of the civil war. We
have heard what comrades at Shiloh
did. and what comrades at Atlanta did,
and what comrades at Petersburg did.
To the old veterans the struggle OF the
civil war is never an old story. So IN
the heavenly reunions the gospel vet
Grams will love to talk over the Chris
tan struggles Of the past.
As Christian comrades one will say:
do you remember that time when we
started those cottage prayer meetings.
As a result of those prayer meetings
what a glorious revival we had - g
hundred and twenty souls for Christi!
Yes" says another, that reminds me
of what a hard time we had in starting
that mission school down in the slums
| Cynics said II would do no good, but II
| did. II did" eyes" will answer many
voices. I'VE were converted and saved
through those little meetings" Then
The pastors and the different congrega-
tons will get together, and they Will
have their "reminiscences. And the
parents and the children will get TO-
gether, and they will talk over again
the blessings which came from their
affairs. And the Bible distributors will
tell how they were scoffed at and yet
| blessed as they distributed their tracts
| and sacred leaves. And Francis K.
| Clark and the Christian Endeavorers
will have their separate reunions. We
shall be in that better land living
over and over again the Christian joys
which we passed through when serving
Christ upon the earth. Oh, my friends,
| if this idea is true, that heaven Is to
| be a place of glorious "reminiscences,
ought we not all to double and treble
our energies in the service of Jesus
Christ? Shall we not II the power of
the Holy Spirit do more and more for
our Saviour, who has done so much for
u.s. in order to be able to drink deep out
Of this golden chalice of celestial pleas
ure?
Face to Face with Christ.
But the greatest celestial JOY OF all