Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-12

ID c5dp gull OF sn0WuT1It, o1o
he noted the very features of the per-
sons and the look of their particular
dress" Well, to shorten a long story,
Cantain Yount the following day told
one of his friends about this urean'
and he described the scenery OF the
place where the emigrants were I'M
nrisoned in the snow. The friend salu'
"Yount. I know where that place Is you
describe. 1t is in the Carson Naiey
mass of the Sierras. l have seen III
that valley the scenery just as you
have described It," What did captain
Yount do? He realized that this was
vision sent by God. 1t was summons
TO rescue. Although his friends iaugh'
cd at his superstition, he collected
Marty of men and went long journey
~ 15O miles in midwlnter to Carson
Valley pass, and there they fouhu
company of perishing emigrants IN eA'
actly the position the vision had PIC
tured them. AS he did with Peter, anu
"a no did with Captain Yount, God Is
bidding you to go forth to spirltuaiiy
saye this man and that man, TO DO tnis
pospel work and that gospel WORK
Within you today you may near Tue
call With your wide open eyes IN
broad daylight you may see the divine
vision.
Call For Practical Work.
This gospel call for practical work ID
the more impressive and immanent De
cause Gods visions are never nap-
hazard: they are never purposeless OF
meaningless. dreams. They always
have n very practical Interpretation.
when Peter looked OF from simon :
.hanses tefs he saw a great snesI ,.s a0,s ly,
down from the heavens, filed WIN .nn
manner Of four footed beasts Oh the
oarth. and wild beasts, and creeping
things, and fowls Of the air" mat
v,s,on WAS a symbol Of the fact that
Jesus died to save the gentle as wen
az the Jew. the despised barbarian az
we'll as the Jewish high priest, the un'
c,rcumcised as we'll as the circumcised'
Hardly had the vision ended when
Peter heard loud rapping at the
lower gate. "Who is theref VINO ls
tbereY, was asked. Il am messenger
from Cornelius" is the answer. i am
mt a Jew. but a gentle, sent Dy
ho,v angel 70 thee. Wilt thou come
and tell him about Jesus Chris''
Tho vision and the knock at the door
wore one summons. Then 1t was tha'
Peter knew his vision was divine ano
that he was called to a duty when Ut
might have shrunk from II he hao MOI
seen the preparatory vision. NO Longer
was the offer Of salvation to be mau'
to the Jews only; no longer were th'
= messengers of Christ to regard th'
qentiles as common or uncieah' 0'
: mucb the vision had taught him, ano
so Peter went with the men an'
nreached Christ to the gentle centu
rion. and he found that the gospel wa
the power of God unto saiya'ion y
: the GENTLE as we'll as to the Jew.
coa,s visions Not Haphazard'
Code visions are never haphazard II
;, congruities. When the good Anania
> one day in the city of Damascus ha
the command in vision that he shoul
a nlace the hands Of holy ordination vi
: on the bitterest enemy of the Chrlstla
!. disciples he at first doubted the ulVih
y authenticity of the vision. Ananla
;. looked up at first into the heavens an
r in surprise said: Lord, l have near
!. nv many OF this man, how much ev
. he hath done TO the saints at Jerus'
% lem. Not him. Not Saul! l cann'
n ordain Saul Of Tarsus." But hardl
a had the good Ananias entered u
=. house 10 which God had directed hi
% when they brought him staggerin
ar stumbling blind man. 1t was Sau
Y II was the arch enemy Saul! Inc
n Ananias knew that his vision was
n vine. Wher Simeon had the visl'
,e that he shou not die before he ha
m seen the Lords Christ, he knew Il
a vision was divine, when Mary the "
o. gin placed In his arms the 1nfa
n. Christ. So. o man and woman, u
d. divine vision comes to you for pra
% teal gospel work. You feel 1t. u
r. know it. Why2 Because while
sneak there arises before your mil
M some one man, some one woman, sol
=, one child, you can save. You are IL
" Peter standing upon the house top. \
. are listening to the messenger Of q
~ nelius calling you to carry the news
- salvation to some waiting soul.
40 But there is still another fact abe
81 Gods visions which it would be W
" for us to dwell upon. The divine
- lepathy comes to the despised ma
y, home ae frequently as it does to I
- rulers palace. Who was Peters n'
at the house where he had this dlvl
=, vision? He was Simon the tanner.
- was In all probability the most desl
-. ed man In all the coast capital at Il
- time. Among the Jews the dealer
~ cured hides Of animals was looked
o on as a social outcast. The harlot
49, murderer. the insurrectionist, W
on more respected than he. The c
"a. demned criminal might be pardon
~ of his crimes even though he was
20 thief who waylaid the poor man on
no road to Jericho, but the tanners c
nd ing was never forgiven. AS men shrs
a, from contact with the leper, VIII
to touch might communicate his los
ca. some disease to the healthy person