Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25

% end how God has aided his children
IN the voice Of the windsT Wnat apou'
the snanisb armada under the golden
auke" Admiral Sidonia, with lts 10
sh,ns defeated from invading Brltlsh
horbors not by the English cannon
hut hv the tornado which swept the
English channel In loSSF Wha' aDous
the storm which prevented Napoieon
attacking Wellington at Waterloo III
tho aarly morning and which delay
was great factor In the triumph oi
the English? What about the dense
and impenetrable fog which settied III
New York harbor in the early morning
of the day on which Washington anu
hIs troons escaped from Long lsland
ond made it possible for the American
boats to row to safety under the very
orns Of the British fleet, which couiu
hoye annihilated themf Wnat apou'
the frost which came In answer ~
Americas prayer just at the right time
ofter thaw which destroyed the 10
custs bv the millions few years ago
IN orr western states, where tney "ere
d.strovInr the crops everywneref
Were not those storms and those Aro'''
the voice Of God In answer to prayer
oomipg 70 the aid Of his children!
toll Won we have to realize that there
are atmospheric answers TO prayer do
weIl 40 astronomical answers 10 pray
orr God speaks to US in times Oh
drought when we pray as ne ans" e.eu
ElIiah's prayer Of old when Ahap neu
n Iezreel to escape the deluge-"Hath
NOT the rain n fatherT Gods rescu-
inc voice is heard In the growl OF tne
atorro. Gods smile Is seen In the In
, cubating sunshine, and II II Is peS'
for us Gods storm and Gods sunshine
ore seen and felt in answer 10 our pe
] lieving prayers.
4 But I find the mighty forces not oniy
q satronomical and atmospheric, but also
D socialIstlc. subscribing Gods chiiuren'
2 noe the word socialistic not IN lts
q narrow sense. | allude to IL IN lts
!. broad sense Of mans relationship 10
n man. In the trlumphs and deiealS Vi
d nations In the supremacy ana ilie
Y overthrow of thrones, l find that the
' great onward movements OF the WORM
v have been employed for the rescue ana
n soIvation of Gods peoples for all ume'
E. I'm the FuIIness of Time.
t. What "a the meaning Of that verse
le Galatians iv, 4, when the tuilness VI
lie time was come. God sent forth his son.
se made of a woman, under the law 10 re
o, doorn them that were under the la"
rs that we might receive the adoption ol
le .onsw Was not one time In the Sign
in Of God just as favorable as any otnel
or time? Oh, no. There were cer'a,i
- nronhetic conditions which had TO d
n fulalled Not the least of these wal
n thot Jesus had to be born In Bethienen
ey Of Judaea. How was this TO De accom-
nlished? After the whole clviiize'
ur world was brought under the domail
ms Of the Roman scepter Coo pronp'
ne Caesar to order that Jewish censu
nd ho taken What was the resultF
nd order TO obey that command, JOSEPH
nd the carpenter. who was married
cd Mary. had to take trip to Betnienen
he ue was one Of the descendants
in David. and all his family had TO .
70 counted in the village where the roy'
his shenberd boy once lived. Then throug
,er Iosenh through Caesar through 10
NV eipn command, Jesus was porn "nei
no nronhecv said Christ should be Dor
nts 1t is folly for you and l to say Go ".
or. might have fulfilled prophecy IN a " "
~ ferent way" Yes, he might b'
the Gods way was a true way. Ana
MD order TO accomplish that way Caes'
nm must conquer and Rome must ruie'
ION Can we not In the same way see u
,ro enrer Of God in the discovery of Anne
ans ica. in the birth Of our constituuon'
her the awful tragedy Of the civil war,
gbt the strange acquisitions of Porto III
nua and Of the Sandwich and Philippine
our lands? Can we not feel that the pooi
tho Guns at Port Arthur and the 81
cess of one political party over anotn
ore the voice Of God heard In the sai
, ~, words that Paul spake when ne 50
'no that God Is working out his pla
" through the movements Of the naton
los BECAUSE with our nearsighted vision
7ith becau'e ~ ,5 sro,,, tho heginni
s'n that does not lessen the workings
ioi Gods movements for the salvation
nci- 1ou iNo'
+bot nations.
T,1 Mans throne is higher than the sta
Cod has made him a little lower I'd
nj
.oo Jesus sacrifice for us God has sent
49, angels to reinforce us In the a"
49,, struggle against sin and temptat
ond in the battle for the worlds
' a, demption. He has sent them, not d
ono and there one. "The chariots
osos God are twenty thousand, even ID
49, sands of angels The Lord Is am'
w Them as In Sinai, as In the holy pla'
e rbese angels are everywhere, Willing
CNa minister unto us and care for US.
low Re-enforced by Angels.
I,to. Mighty angels for our protect
tors Oh. my brother, in the struggle OF
thia eon YOU afford to be downhearteo
lloch slothful, Have I not said enough
q be- encourage you to do anything ana
ciety erything In Gods manner Wnen
that king of Syria sent his horsemen
actly charioteers to capture Elisha
elites prophets servant was sore All
One Elisha was not. Why? He saw
blow. endorsements the frightened eyes Of
bit 1t servants could not see. At last
ships prophet cried to his servant: IL
lchor man: look! Look at the re-enrC
7ered ments God is sending to us to
ough against these men of flesh and bio
Then the young man looked. In
over the account Of the Bible: And
over Lord opened the eyes OF the y
o..o. nnd hnh0ld