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

BY Rec.
Frank De HOhf
Tain a &c. ID. ID.


learned The text is Luke xXiy, 81 4
"And their eyes were opened, and tney
knew him. and he vanished out OF
their sight"
Familiar truths become Impressive
when presented in an unfamiliar way
It Is therefore necessary lot lhe
preacher to find a new setting for tne
gospel camera. "Whenever wisn
some lesson to be clearly remempereu'
7 would wing It," once said Thomas
Guthrie, the great Edinburgh puipiteer.
"By gratifying the legitimate play OIL
the imagination salient truth finds lts
way more readily to the heart anu
makes a deeper impression on tne
memory. The suggestive iliustration'
like a float, keeps it from sinking; ike
nail. fastens 1t In the mind; IKE tne
feathers of an arrow, makes 1t strlKe'
and like the bark, makes 1t SUCK.
"Windows For Sermons" is the pointed
canton of a book of sermonic illustra-
tion. Yes; we all need new windows
as well as clear windows through
which we can learn the great lessons
of gospel truth. -
This is Easter day. The lessons with
which the anniversary is fr9lght are
at the very foundation OF our Ial'n'
! rhev oro so momentous that the I'M
oglnation Is overwhelmed by their I'M
mort The facts are few, but how vltai'
how significant they are. Let US try
to look Mt them from a different stand
point from that TO which we are accus-
toned Transporting ourselves IN
thought to the city Of Jerusalem on
that eventful day we hear rumors
about the sitting of the sanhedrin aI
which the humble NaZarene was con-
demned, but we pay no attention "
them listen not to the excited re-
ports flylng everywhere that the hlgn
priest and his hirelings ana the ON
cers of the law, led by the Apostate
Judas. had captured Christ in the gar
den of Gethsemane. | mingle not Wltn
the multitudes that are crowdihg Tue
courtroom. in which plate is the Judge
and Jesus the prisoner. gaze not al
tho awful scene when Christ hune
unon the cross and his dying lips part
ed in their last agony. | go not WIFI
Mary down among the lilies TO the
tomb on the first Easter morn. bu'
when the sunglow Of Easter AFTERNOON
bas bathed the Jud@an hills in grea
waves Of light would point you TO
couple of pedestrians vending thei
way from the Jerusalem capital 10
. ward the little village Of Emmaus. Al
these two ordinarily dressed men wall
on I see them accosted by third trav
eler. who appeared over the hills. Ant
now. as these three come nigh 10 IN
village. l would see them enter mum
HE home. Then, while they are a
supper. l would show you why IN
stranger revealed himself to these tw
disciples as the risen Christ
Casters Revelation.
Easter afternoons revelation, In th
first place, comes as a welcome Ell
couragement to all those who are eal
nestly and prayerfully tryingt to increas
their faith by reaching out for NOR
light. It comes as divine demonsui
ton that the prayer of a broken hear
ed father once made to Christ, 'Lor'
I believe; help thou mine unbelief'"
one Of the most beautiful and yet hun
hle nrayers Of earnest beseechment.
IS a holy inspiration that though "
- sometimes in spiritual life have
walk as q blind man feels his VIZ
4 along, step by step, yet If we go
trustfully and prayerfully and mop
fully Christ, after awhile, Will reve
himself to us in all his glory.
Why do entertain this hope! III
ground for II in the fact that one
the earliest appearances Of Christ
this first Easter day was to the U
men who had doubted the fact OIL
resurrection. Christ, when upon ear'
dealt with men as we deal In our loV
with our kith and kin. Supposing tn
I was a young man and had gone
to q four years war. Supposing all
q long series Of adventures shot
come back to my native town. W
. would be the first person sho'
want TO see? Would I wish to go
call first upon my school friends
unon merchant in whose store US
n work as a clerk? Would care u
TO see my old society friends ana
boys with whom l used to play pa
III hall In the village lots? on, no!
was young man the person whon
would honor first with a visit wo
be my mother and then my father
my sisters. If l was married II
the first person l would honor al
nv return home would be my "
and then my children. When the
gram was handed to Abraham Line
-~ notifying him Of his nomination
the presidency by the Republican
ton convention assembled III Onic
the first move Abraham Lincoln N
was to put on his tall hat ana
"Well. boys. there Is little woman
the street who would like to hear
news. I guess I will go ana tell
what has happened"
ing Seek the Divine Light
ave After important absence we al"
seek first those whom we would DC
the most. Whom did Christ first
after his resurrection? Was 1t the
tie John, or the brave Luke or NJ
the widowed mother, or Matthew
NE sat at the seat of custom, or james
the steadfast Lazarus1 Oh. no.
can first person whom Christ honored a
as the resurrection was the sinful but
"a "a ot t repentant Mary. The next per'
70 .ua va whom he honored with his divine ?
ence on the first Easter day were
two disciples on the Emmaus r
who were honest doubters THESE
IhE +ho Cr,1oifVfnn Il