Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-08-13

Zama. I'm 2O2? The reason Carthage
hated Rome and Rome hated Carthage
was because they were separated by a
.sea of hate" called the Mediterra-
moan two thousand miles long ana
seven hundred miles wide. The sea
of separation" became, like the Deao
sea sea Of blood" Do you sup
pose England would ever have treated
the American colonies as she did our
ing the eighteenth century had she not
been separated from them by an Az
lantic ocean three thousand miles WIDER
Why, the American colonists were Oh
the same blood a. those who hved on
English shores. The children OF the
Virginia planters and OF the massn-
chusetts aristocrats were all sent over
70 the English schools to be educatsu.
But no. England would not treat her
American subjects as she ola thoss
who were earning their bread on INC
London Strand. The "sea or separa-
t,on" became the ''sea OF hate. ana
the bloody Revolutionary war was
merely the echo Of the Atlantic's moan
ing waves tapping Plymouth rock anu
Dover Gins.
Do you suppose Rome would nave
ever placed her iron heel OF tyranny
nnon the neck Of the PROSTATE Hepre"
had Jerusalem not been separated rronn
the capital of the Caesars by the sano
waves which separated Rome Irohi
Carthage? OF course certain ha'ion'
have been and are separated from oth-
or nations by the barriers OF mishV
maintain ranges. The Pyrenees sepa-
rate France from Spain and the mighty
Aims form the northern boundary OF
italy and the western boundary VI
Austria and the southern boundary or
Germany. and shut up Switzerland
90 with Chinese wall. But. AFTER ALL
the greatest separators Of nations al
wavx have been the mighty seas. mus
when st. John looked of upon the wa
tors Of the Mediterranean and said'
| "And there was no more sea- hs
meant practically this: In heaven there
shall be no hate, no bitterness. no fauit
findings, 10 bloodshed, no Jew mating
Roman. no Roman hating Greek, no
Japan fighting Russia and no SPAIN
smoking the lifeblood Of prostrate
Cuha Then love and kindness ana
svmnatby and mutual self sacrifice VIII
bind the human family together' pe-
cause the "sea of hate" shall forever
disappear.
Rut as the "sea Of separation Is
sometines the "sea Of hate" 30 1t may
be also the impossible barrier which
separates friend from friend. Napo-
leon. fretting life away In st. Helena
or CAPTAIN Dreyfus, suffering on Dew
IFS island, or Victor Hugo, in exile Oh
the island Of Guernsey, were no more
senoroted from their friends than was
ST John. on Patmos, separated from
bis friends. Legend tells us iI?t lie
was sent TO work in the Patmos mines
as the Russian exiles are put 10 VOTE
in the Siberian mines. But wheh tne
davis work was done st. John was al
lowed TO freely roam over the fatnos
rocks. No prison walls were more Be
cure than this prison OF the aposlon'
oyile And now, methinks, L can sex
him. his white hair being tossed DS
tho winds He strains his eyes as III
looks over the Mediterranean waters u
Asia Minor. where he knows his Chrls
tion colaborers are working among I'M
churches Of Asia. "Ah, says the oi'
notriarcb. Gin heaven l shall never u
!, senarated from those l love. lsnai
never have to part agaiNAe caushos'
who have lahnrq6st tho mumm' IN III
aosne, virssed to a frien9ever be com
pelled toMr. W. shver cords Oh al
: lection snapped at the grave. Ines
waves of separation shall forever ah
ever be licked up. There shall be nj
more sea-" -,
e Ia not this reunion vision OF the isi
l. of Potmos TO you a transcenden
d thought? Is it not an uplifting hop
g that those who were once snatche
d AWAY from us by death shall be give
l. back In all the beauty and love OF III
It redemption? Not long ago the grea
's battleship Of the United States nav
e named after the state Of Missouri wa
s. threatened with humiliation. BY
t. certain mishap the powder chargers o
lie the decks were ignlted and exploded
h In An instant a spark might ny int
N the magazine room, and then the "ho'
= shin would be destroyed and six hui
Vi dred men might be hurled into eternlt!
u At once a gunner's mate who stoo
es near Jumped through the open door
re tho magazine room and slammed shl
a the iron door. The magazine room Wa
In flooded and the ship was saved; no
IN however. before the brave gunner
as mate was nearly drowned In that ma
ne azine room as rat might be browne
In i'm his hole. AS with that gunner
as mate. sometimes 1t is our duty 10 la
or dangers. Sometimes we must as
On were turn our backs upon our frien(
and slam shut an iron door. called u
d. door of the tomb, which separates
SO from our dear ones. Sometimes v
IL. must be separated from those We NV
p even as st. John on the island OF ia
a nos was separated from his friends
IS Asia Minor. But in heaven God W
i'd give us back our loved ones. Yes the
ca will be no separations, no pertin
es there. For In heaven, according TO u
'e- inspired Apocalypse, "there is no mo
re sea-"
ot Inward Spiritual Strife.
IN But the Mediterranean waves DeS
ls- ing against the Patmos rocks were n
only symbolic Of external troubles, 0
no also of an inward spiritual stril
an When st. John gave his heart
Ike Christ, In one sense he was emancip'
do cd from sin. But Satan never for
ON instant, this side of the grave, leav
I'd. off his struggle to capture gosl
rrbo pihla declares a CDT