Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-11-19


nant You answer me sharply and say:
'I do not know that you have right
to give me such advice. l am looking
after myself. / am paying my piils
and owe no man anything" Il know
1t, JONES'" l reply, but you are not
saving anything for the future. You
are not preparing for future sickness
or old age or even death. You are iiv-
ing up to every cent Of your income.
II you should die tomorrow your fami-
" would not have a cent" At once
your face becomes earnest. You say:
"That is so. l have not a cent laid
ND for the future. Last week my little
girl found gray hair in my head,
and it was a warning for me to pre-
pare for old age" But you go away
from me, and your new resolve Is
soon forgotten. A couple OF years later
l read in the newspaper that you were
in q railroad wreck. Your leg was
crushed and had to be amputated. Or
I hear from some one that you are In
hard financial straits on account or
long typhoid sickness. l go TO your
late home and find that you have
moved. Your house is now a very
humble one. After calling a short time
7 say. "Well, Jones, how are you get
ting along financially" You hesitate
q moment. Then you gulp down big
lump in your throat as you answer: Il
have not a cent left. My doctors bills
and the loss Of my position have swept
away everything. Alas, l know now
what you meant when you said, Jones,
Law I'D for the future But l did not
think the rainy day would come SO
soon."
That is the figure Of my parable.
The duty that was always being post
poned was postponed too long. The
oil that those foolish virgins should
have had was not there when 1t was
needed. While the Bridegroom tar
RED they all slumbered and slept. And
at midnight there was a cry, Behold
the Bridegroom comethP' That means,
when the last call for repentance came,
It came suddenly. The Bridegroom al
ways comes suddenly. Then what hap
pened? Why, the five foolish virgins,
who In the near future expected 10
have the spiritual oil prepared, were
found without the necessary prepara-
ton. Those that were prepared went
TO the wedding. The door was shut.
Those who were not prepared had to
STAY out. The five foolish virgins be-
came spiritual bankrupts forever. Oh,
nv friends, are you and going TO
make the awful mistake Of putting Oh
and putting off and putting on the
day necessary for the conservation OF
our hearts and lives for the coming OF
the Divine Bridegroom?
Coming of the Bridegroom.
The coming Of the Bridegroom may
be expected at any moment. The Bi
BILE distinctly says so. When Chris'
comes as the Bridegroom he will come
as Unexpectedly as thief In the nigh'
at a place and at an hour when lee II
least expected. Rev. DR.. Wallace, late
American consul to Jerusalem, once
told me that nearly all the American
Christian residents Of the Davidic cap
ital were living there in the belief tina
when Christ should first appear upoI
earth he would be seen standing among
the Judaean hills, and therefore the!
wore there waiting to welcome him
Rut Christ when he comes will appeal
INTO us in America as well as though
we were in Europe or Asia or Africa
Therefore, like old Robert McCheyne
cry: Prepare! Prepare! Prepar
for the coming Of the Redeemer, 10
the Son of Man cometh at an hou
when We think not" VIII you nov
prepare for the most momentous CT.
of the ages: Behold the Bridegroom
cometh! Go ye out to meet him
Will you be prepared so that at hi
glorious coming he can greet you an
take YOU into his banquet house an
lift over you the banner Of lover
,, He 4, faithful that hath promised, ar
he'll surely come again;
He'll keep his tryst WI me, al "hat hou
| dinna ken,
But he bids me still to walt an read
aye to be
TO gang at any moment to my ain cour
l trie.
|, So I'm watching aye and singing m
hame as I walt
t For the soun'ing o. his footfa' this SIC
the gowden gate.
For his bluid hath made me white, an
his hand shall dry my e'e,
s When he brings me hame at last 10 10
e ain countrie.
|. rCopytight, 1904, by Louis Klopsch1