Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-22

with his little son. He placed him In a
certain seat and said: "Now wait here,
nv boy. until come back. have
verv important errand | wish to do,
and then will come and get you.
After the errand the duke forgot all
ahout his son. But late in the after
noon he remembered what he had done
and the promise he had made. Inc
anxious father hurried back to the
bridge. and there he found his boy.
'Were you tired, my sonf Why did
you wait so patientlyP "Well." SAID
The boy. ~ got tired, father, but walt
ed because knew you would come |
You have never yet broken promise !
vou made with me-" The duke may
have forgotten his promise that he
would return to his son, but our Christ
will never break the promise ne mas
made to his children. He Is coming.
He is surely coming He has promised
that he will come to claim bis own.
"As the lightning cometh out OF the
east and shlneth even unto the west.
so shall the coming of the Son OF man
be-"
But as I see Christ coming to claim
his own by the fash Of the lightning
know he Is also coming on that day
to separate the goats from the sheep.
I know that as the electricity OF the
atmosphere is an agency Of life SO IT Is
also an agency of death and OF destruc-
ton. Did you know that in the year
1000 nearly 800 people were killed by
lightning In the United States aloneE
One of my brother ministers of Chi
caQo had son struck down In that
wear lust a few miles from his home
Did you know In the United States III
the seven years between 1885 and 1877,
from known records, there were at
least 3,518 fires from lightning and
nearly S13.OOO,OO0 worth Of property
was thereby destroyed2 see Christ
In the symbol Of the lightning coming
TO save. also see Christ In the sym
Dol of the lightning coming to destroy.
And the saddest part about this sym
Dol IS the lightning Of Gods wrath, as
his second coming will not separate
nations. but communities and families
and closest friends and business asso-
ciates. Listen to the record. Two par
ents shall be bending over the crib; the
one shall be taken and the other LETT.
There shall be two In the field; the
one shall be taken and the other left.
Two women shall be grinding at the
mill: the one shall be taken and the
other left" o man, Is your mother
or your wife or your daughter or your
son or your loved one to be taken and
you to be left? Families split Homes
split. Marriage altars split.
"Here Am I, Lord"
Christ will surely come. There Is
, no doubt about that. He may come
any minute Of any hour Of any day
There is also no doubt about that
Christ said It. He Is not only coming
suddenly, but also at the most unex
pected time. In Matthew we read
Christ's own words, Watch, there
fore, for We know not what hour your
: Lord doth come, "for "as the days oi
: Noah were. so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be-" Therefore thii
Is, the aFo4q!t 'aTHei' achrfsr does COME
shall we be prepared to meet him
When he does come, where do yo'
think Christ wants to find usf III
e NillerItes went forth TO greet Chris
$ some wears ago They were clothed II
d white linen and stood upon the noun
!. tain tops when they expected him I
u come. Shall we go forth like the Mi
Il leritesl Hundreds Of people nav
Il crossed the seas and are now hvih
L near the city Of Jerusalem Dccaus
70 there. as the American consul ID
IA Edwin &. Wallace, told me. they e'
u pected Christ first to appear. Sha
q we HE to the Jerusalem hillsF ! q
L. not believe Christ at his coming want
le to find you and me on the hilltop
III white linen or on Mount Olivet or nei
Or TO the beautiful gate. When Chri
e. comes. as come he may at any NIL
10 ute I think he would like TO find
g. in our ordinary working apparel doll
Is the Christian work he has given us
10 do.
ar Would that we were as faithrul
~ the tasks Christ has given 10 uS
on was that noble Christian statesman
at many years ago. II WAS duriE3 I
us fine when mMLy men were pr)pEc-
he ing the speedy termination 81 |
worlI. The Connecticut legislature y"
Ibt IN session. of which this Christian W
tut q member Suddenly in the broad da
Let light the sun became overcast, a
ist there was darkness upon the race
30 rho Garth like that awful black trld
| when Christ was crucihed. Some
)ty the members were greatly alarmed a
See moved to adjourn. With that this
wn hle Puritan arose and spoke as
am lows: "NIr. Chairman. we are told u
os- orr duties are always imminent
lst' obligatory. Some in this house
TO afraid that the last day OF the VIC
)m- ,s come. 1t may be they are right L
the as orr duties never cease, insteau
ess moving that we adjourn | move |
the the candles be brought in and that
our proceed with the order of the Day
sal Christ is to come today | want MN
find NE at my post Of duty" II On
his comes today will be find us at
US ! post II duty2 Are we faithful u
cuie tan disciples of many homesf Are
: as true christian business men ana
rus. Chris ian church members? On fri'
OF If Christ comes today he wants 10
'neo us doing the Christian work Tor WI
VI we we're sent Are we at our posi-
KIN Christian duty and prepared TO ans
@naa @ sHere am l, Lord" when he comes
,uu copyright. 1905. by Louis Kiopsch
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