Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-25

and no distinctive, SupeIclllOuS, "iS'o
cratic blood, because there we shall all
'h0erbeen washed in the royal blood or
Jesus. IISeans that in heaven no
wealthy maffs Wsa.u.tvi be able to
eucl, out the life of poor ee"ng girl
Smerely because she is poor1 ID no en-
N Mover will be able t'grind his EN-
pIS.ovees down uul it means physical
ar,b,d mentahnd often spiritual death.
1t means n0~vGaaet.:a blood feud; 1t
also means no financial vendetta or
money feud.
Roaming again through the dark, mar
row. crowded streets Of eastern PaleS-
tine. | surmise, from the words of my
text. that heaven is to be place OF
honored and jublant occupations. III IS
to be place where the words me
niaI' and "servile," 'scavenger' ana
"sculIion," "hireling" and "depene. 'nt'
"lackey" and "underling" will be un-
known. All words signlfying degrad-
ed work will forever disappear When
the lexicons of earth shall be forever
consumed upon the funeral pyre Oh
burning world. 1t does not mean that
heaven is to be place Of lnanition ana
stagnation and stupidity. But 1t does
mean that heaven is to be place
where all workmen shall be honored
alike and where the duties Of one I'M
mortal shall be respected as much as
are the occupations Of other immor-
tails.
Why do | make these two astounding
statements? First, because | ma re-
corded in the eighth chapter Of Revela-
tion the startling fact that there was
silence in heaven about the space or
half an hour" If heaven was always
a still place would St John have writ
ten that sentence in reference to the
day of Judgment. If you would inter
pret that passage in common sense
way would you not practically say
"Why. heaven Is such a busy place that
all the angels and archangels and re-
deemed immortals are working, and
working all the time? But when st
John saw the books Of the judgment
opened then there was an awful stlll
ness. Every winged messenger kept
still. every work ceased, every occupa
ton was suspended" AS Albert Barnes
interpreted this passage, "Then there
was an awful stiffness, as II all HEAVIER
was reverently waiting for the develop
ment" Oh, yes, heaven is to be busy
place. 1t has been very busy during
all the years and the millenniums tha
are past. 1t will be very busy during
all the eternities that are to come, VIII
the exception of one cessation Of worl
for a short time, when there shall b'
"sllence in heaven for about the space
of half an hour"
Dogs of the East Were Scavengers
Following my first premise tina
heaven is to be n busy place my sec
ond premise is likewise true. How d.
know that the busy occupations o
) heaven will never offer despised worl
for the redeemed immOrtals? Tn
words Of my text prove that. The dog
: of the east were the scavengers. Th
!, eastern people had no wonderful sys
u TENS of sewerage as have we. The
) had no means Of carrying away b.
subterranean pipes the Offaland refus
: Of their large towns. But all the refus
o of the kitchens and the homes and til
o barns were and are thrown into tn
> streets, where the dogs devour then
In heaven, however, we shall nav
II none of the repulsiye and abhorren
occupations with which earth has bee
cursed. Do you wonder that when
rode into Damascus and saw lying /
d the streets the dead body of horse
ei over which the dogs were fighting an
d gormandizing, | should catch glimps
e of a heavenly vision, where there sha
e be no loathsome occupations as Is TN
t. one of the canine scayengers OF tn
n east? Heaven is to be place of col
1t tinual work. Heaven is, however
De be place of glorious, happy, jubilan
)f honOred occupations.
;e Roaming again through the marrow
If crowded streets of eastern Palestine
rs know from the simile of my text tn;
ID the Christians earthly translation
IL not TO be horror, tragedy, terrlfl
VI repulsive and a terror inspiring q
le mise. When the Christian dies he doc
ir not die like a dog, but he ascends
IS. did the Saviour. He does not grow
to and whine with fear, but he noun
from joy to joy, from sublimity to su
no Unity, from exultati0n to eXultatlo
III from glory to glory.
IN As the Dog Dies.
of The eastern dogs death is gloon
ce picture He dies the death of all wi
n. beasts, and that death is TRACED
or Some years ago the author of a histo
". Of the beasts of the African fores
he made this statement, which will lol
IS live in my memory: mo beast or bi
wv or reptile in all the dark continent Oil
,r. a natural death. No sooner does |
vn physical strength weaken than the
,ss are some bestial or serpentine cannDa
ry or some enemy Of his species ready
rl 1900, b;c d,-inO hOdv and still (