Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-09

nave spoken and then, beginning "at !
Moses and all the prophets, ne eA-
pounded unto them in all the Scrip
tures the things concerning himself
then they saw, then they knew, that II
had been foreseen that Jesus should
yIse from the dead.
FuIflIment of Prophecies.
Have there not been In our own lives
and I'm the lives of our dear ones proph-
ecies which on this Easter afternoon
find their ful6llment In the risen
Christ? How about that fulnlled
prophecy in your mothers llfef Years
ago she marked the favorite psalm OF |
Martin Luther as her special comfort. |
In the quiet of her own room she used
70 read over and over again these
words: "God is our refuge and Strength
n very present help in trouble. There
fore will not we fear, though the earth
be removed and though the mountains
be carried into the midst or the sea-
When your father was taken SICK anu
financial trouble came, and from an
earthly standpoint your mother had
nowhere to turn, did not that forly-
sixth Psalm come true? Was not the
qospel prophecy fulfilled in God being
her refuge and strength? When your
invalid sister died, what was the
strange peace that remained with her
on her way to the grave? Did she
want TO leave her young husband and
hobv boy? Did she turn a deaf ear 10
the sobs that were being sounded
about her dying bed? Oh, no! she
was as a Christian at peace because
thousands Of years ago God had prom
ised. "The mountains shall depart anu
the hills be removed, but my loving
Kindness shall not depart from thee'
mother shall the covenants or my
peace be removed, saith the Lord that
hath mercy or thee" How have Goa )
nromises been fulfilled in your own
life? Have not all your past troubles
been the means, through the influence
Of the Holy Spirit, of working together
for your good? Christ was the fulnil-
ment of prophecy in the Emmaus reVe,
Iotion. Christ is also the fulfillment OF
prophecy in our own lives.
Despair Changed to Hope.
Rut again | learn from these Easter
afternoon lessons that Christ only ap
neared unto his disciples when they
felt their own helplessness without hlS
divine presence and sustenance' II
, these men, walking along that bm
maus road, had said to themselves
"Well Jesus is dead; perhaps 1t Is JUS
, nc well that he is gone; we were loi
, lowing him too much anyhow; W.
. can get along now perhaps better VIII
| ont him than with him." Jesus woul'
= never have revealed himself uht'
! them But what did these two mel
practically say? They said: ION, VIVA
9 shall we do. what shall we do! III
n Christ upon whom we have leaheu
n the Christ whom we have followed
the Christ whose words have been ou
meat and strength by day and D
q night. is gone. What shall we doF VIVA
"a shall we do?" Let me read to you thel
9 very words. When this stranger az
4 costed the two disciples they told
y him their story. Then in q despairin
: tone they said, I'VE trusted that
had been he who should have r.
=. deemed Israel" Yes; I'VE trusted
,r but now all their hope was gone. The
m were hopeless without Christ. 81
G when Christ revealed himself tne
e. their despair was changed into triun
at phant hope.
NJ NV friend, on this hillside overlool
NJ ing the little Emmaus village do yc
,v feel helpless unless you have Chrls
,d Do you pin to him all your faith bo'
Il. for this world and the next? If you
90 Christ will reveal himself to you.
"A Won do not he will never reveal MI
h. self. In your Easter hopes | want "
~ TO feel the absolute dependence up'
~ the divine power which my pious a
~. cestor did many years ago. Rev. y
cI, than Birdseye was among the most l
nj nous New England divines OF his da
od He lived In Connecticut and was u
only very wealthy. but lived also
o+ the time when the people Of New h1
40 land owned slaves, and he also own
bow them. There came during his lifetll
70 q prolonged drought in that count
W. which threatened not only to destr
for the crops, but also the cattle and I
ov men and women of that region. |
or Nathan Birdseye one day gathered
,rv family and servants together and ma
on this simple yet earnest prayer:
for God, thou knowest that without II
10 we can do nothing. Save me and
,ile family and people. Save my cattle q
or my crops. Save us, o God, save
for Thou who didst rescue the children
or Israel In the wilderness, rescue
the nowT'
The Risen Christ.
rho "Then," so goes the letter written
- this good mans granddaughter to
,,t grandson, my grandfather stepl
1au out Of his home and stood as an
,,,. man leaning upon his staff. With
+ho cane he gently pushed the earth at
ont feet. AS he pushed it he saw the
Zoe grow darker Falling to bis knees,
mo old man began to dig the ground W
oft his bare fingers, at the same time c
ster ing for help. Spades were proue
lble and there, at his very doorstep
he dug a well which gave precious
orn- saving drink to his family and the
the nle of the surrounding hills. Thus,
city dear grandson, 1 write this that
eet- NAV know that our family at that Il
was saved by faith and by believ
prayer" Oh, my friends, Christ
me, refuge in every age. AS the two
pro- ciples listened to him and found G.
pies fort in their day, as my salnted
but cestor turned to him in his trlai
'cies was delivered, so may we In eV
ex- emergency Of our lives find heip
that peace in looking to him and prayih'