Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-12-10

was ended Paganini passed his nat
around the crowd and then emptied
into the boys pocket the gold and the
silver he had collected, saying, "Inere,
nv lad, take that home to your SICK
mother and buy her the medicine she
needs" During the coming Christmas
holidays will our new song be help-
ful one. In a temporal sense, as Paga-
MINIS was blessing to the vienna
street arab? When you buy presents
for YOUR father and mother, wife or
husband and child, brother and sister
and friend, will your new song inspire
you also to buy bread for the hungry
and clothing for the naked and medi-
cine for the sick?
When we sing our new song shall we
bring spiritual blessings to others also!
The great hosts which shall enter
heaven may be augmented II we sing
our new song as we ought to sing 1t.
Charles H. Spurgeon, the famous Lon
don preacher, once had a wonderful
dream. He saw a great throng pass
ing through the gates of the new Jeru-
salem. "Who are these, ana whence
came theyY he asked. These" said
his guide. "are the apostles and mar
tyrs. These are they who have LAID
down their lives for Christ But
answered spurgeon, Il never was an
enostle or a martyr l cannot walk
with that throng." Soon, however, ne
saw another multitude, greater than
the flrst, crOwding through the same
celestial gates. who are these, ana
whence came they" he again asked.
"These are the sinners. These are the
Zacchaeuses and the Mary Magdaienes
and the women of Samaria, who came
from the lowest depths Of SIM" "Ah,"
said Mr.. Spurgeon, III those are the
great sinners, then l can go In among
them" AS you and l begin to JOIN
the redeemed multi,udes are we gong
with our friends? Shall not our new
song of gospel love first be sung by
some invalids bed to bring that sicB
man to Christi Shall 1t not be SUNG
among the spiritual outcasts VINO
never have bowed the knee at the
cross? Yes, my friends, our new sons
should be a cheerful song on account o.
our salvation. 1t should also be
helpful song, which will lead people Z
surrender their lives to the work Oh I'M
Divine Master.
A Song of Captivity.
"Well," says one, how can sing
.ong of cheerfuness and Of gospel hop'
for myself or for others when every
thing seems to be going wrong IN IN.
own life? I feel just as did the write
of the One Hundred and Thlrty-seV
enth Psalm. Then all was sadness ant
gloom to him. He seems to see III
= Jews huddled together In captivity
{ There he seems to gather them togeth
or. as the Jews today are gathered a
the foot Of Mount Moriah, at the wal
T ing place" under the walls OF the OIL
temple. Their captors come to ther
and cry: "Sing, sing! Sing as you use
TO sing in Jerusalemw But they al
j swer. How shall we sing the LORD
: song in a strange land?" Then you sa
l N me: This coming Christmas WI
: find me In q strange land. Why" 20
l saw. everything in my life Is so difre
: ent from what II used to be. So man
4 Of nv loved ones are gone. My daugl
y fer was here last Christmas; she
: gone now forever. Is it mothers VI
o cant chair. or q fathers or a wife's
d n husbands? Yes, have been goo
j. giver to the grave, and that grave III
II taken the best l have. 1t Is not u
t time for me to sing; It Is the time II
g sobs. Then l cannot give financially
Fl I used to give. 1 have had many nna'
d cial reverses during the past te
d months Then l cannot do as l used
Il do for Others. My own health is gra
IT TALLY breaking. How can sing ne
song? I am like Rubini and Bordo
and Cuzzoni and Pasta and Malibra
o After their voices once went they we
q gone forever" Ah, my friends, you CT
Il sing the new song Of hope and salv
ton il you will. The great trouble
:, YOUR life is not that you have hi
h great troubles, but that you have n
a waded way down knee deep, hip dee
70 shoulder deep, lip deep, into Goc
70 promises and comforts to get sui
+o BILE inspiration for your new song
re The great trouble with you is tn
6. when trouble comes, instead OF thro
ing yourselves more and more upon I
- divine strength, you have let go
- Gods strong hand and only depend
on your own strength. After Jen
a I,ind's name had become famous as
,g singer her voice began to fall. "ol
no said she to herself, "if l could only
- and see Garcia, know he would NJ
- me" Manuel Garcia was at that I'll
- the greatest musical developer
:, nrIma donnas. She left Stockholm q
ho went to Paris. As soon as she enter
ho his studio and sang Garcia said' =
~ good girl. you have no voice, or, rath
~ I should say you had a voice, but y
are now on the verge OF losing
-. Your organ is strained and worn o
"a The only advice can offer is to reco
~ mend you not to sing a note Tor thi
n. months. At the end Of that time col
~ m to me and l will see what I can do
no you" That was good advice for MI
uel Garcia to give to Jenny Lind,
~ 1t is not good advice for Christi
re- teacher to give you in reference to "
~. learning how to sing the new song
~. Christ What you need is not rest
-. retirement, not seclusion; you need
ic' practice your gospel throat. You nj
% to learn how to sing the new song
b;s delving deep in the promises OF u
and then by singing Gods promises
I'm your own life and to the lives OF
he around you. Sing! Sing! Keep
en- singing! Sing forth the promises
AS God! Sing what he has done
nd others. Sing about what he has q
we and will continue to do for you!
ca A Triumphant Song.