Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-01-21

I,obt kindled during life in their souis'
will shed Its rays on their path 10 tue
heavenly haven.
A Guiding Beacon.
Our divine light Is quickenins ana
transforming light. 1t is also guid'
inc I,ybt II not only calls Into spir-
Itual activity those human SEEDS Durieu
in the auagmires Of sin: 1t guides 10
Christ those wandering souls WHICH,
like mariner who has lost his reck-
oning. are drifting toward the rockS o,
destruction. How many weary soui
tossed In the storm. Win nope III.
courage falling. may find strength anu
on,rIt revive as It sees the divine hgn'
,indled by the grace Of God In your
ooul shining out clear and true. as tue
soiIor Is cheered by the sight OF the
D,omond shoal light. which signals year
in and year out fifteen miles 10 seu-
ward of Cape Hatteras or tne Oape
charles light burns upon the water
front Of old Virginia. or the Hog lsianu
sbooI lighthouse burns of Rhode Is
land. or the Braddock point lightnouse
stands sentinel upon the BANKS oi haAe
Ontario! ..,
How necessary that the Christian
ucht should be always bright ana shln'
Inc, How many souls there may pe
looking to it for guidance through Tue
, storms of life If 1t failed 10 purn'
those souls might lose their way as
were the Barnegat light snuned out
.or,e noble ship freighted with precious
, Ivos might in the darkness go crasnins
> ., tho reefs. Near Michigan CITY
pnter lighthouse established tnere
= many years ago by the United STATES
government. see there an OLD WON
- an. over eighty years Of age OF Tue
= name of Miss Harriet f. CoItaA' ~.
:. FORTY vears she has cared Tor 'na'
\ precious light say to her; 'Colne'
~ let us take night OF and go see SOU.
:; ,r,ends You have been a faitnlui
- servant to our government long enough
- Toke inst one night to yourself in torty
." veors" "Oh. no." she would answer
20 ~ 81 cannot go. Tonight there mien'
=. come ND a storm. A ship driven Detoi'
q" the wind might head toward these oan
=. oerous rocks. The captain. standins
% mon the bridge would peer out inI'
" the darkness saying: Where am
~ ~ Michigan City lighthouse must be nea
y. 10 at hand. Harriet Colfax mas ne.e
~, ~ failed me in the past If faiieo niI
~ tonight. perhaps that captain anu d.
n, ne h,s crew might find a watery grave.
IN cannot 70 tonight. must attend
lo' the LIGHT | cannot go tonight.
~. ps Careful of false Lights
Would YOU have simlle of Miss 20
,ox,a answer? AS l. seaman Sd
.,. over the sea Of life find | have Dee
'.o 9n watching certain spiritual lights
~ Lake Ontario captains watcn Aichis"
orc City lighthouse. II these spili'u
no I,ghts had failed me | know tna'
would have been lost. II was
w. W.. mothers prayers. my fathers gui
~. orce. II was certain Christian ieadei
Nv ~. hands which led my right AS l y"
'her dependent upon the spiritual ilgnts
,,nn others I know that others are watcnil
~, vorr spiritual lights and mine
-, ~. man q woman. be careful and q
t ~ Give out false lights to your teiic
a, christians. Be careful that you 90
, ai saw one word which might LEAD Sol
,',.. one TO leave the right course. IL W
IN iust q sentence. II do not believe ID
". e1c,tements OF revivals." uttered
,s % the president Of Princeton college, u
80, 49, gent Aaron Burr from becoming
gu. christian and a man Of God instead
nieo ,nonster OF iniuuity. Watch well y
lives lest your inconsistency eau
some weak soul to stumble. AS =
NJ ooid no would eat no meat wnile
, world endured II meat caused
nonn brother TO offend. so do you Dew
'nine Iost your Indulgence dim the IL
.hOt which you should be giving ie
Ia tbe light of the world. Ye are
iuo.o Iohthouses standing sentinels over
ene,, I,., rocks Of sin upon which many Cn
= lie t,on craft will be wrecked II your II
~ a,I - GOES out. Burn brightly. Burn I
No ot Ye are a guiding light.
= no. Rut I find the divine light IN
: ho- looks after Gods weaklings IN
.,.,,o, norol os we'll as In q spiritual sc
nd in 1t strives 10 I'LL .'i' nv -, +ho /
,c,s II Iobors to prevent injustice
crime and evil temptations or all
.,. from walking unchallenged tnr.
'p orr streets to be menace to the
dens? or our Oc!s anu 'm not be aI,o
-, " "a ouench this fiendish thirst TOT
Nth blood Of another's arteries DarA
hovo is the symbol Of sin. Light Is tne
!. .s ho, of the gospel. The one missio
:, tho .he GOSPEL light Is to develop mel
Christ The other mission IS 10
out Gin wherever found. in the liz
49, Tho gosnel we. rs Christian men
am women. must go forth 10 pie"o
oo,,,nc Christ with men In spirituai
r,,ore with the white slip OF paper u
,,,oid ballot box we also must place the
le you ,scting guards about them In
rdy 10 sense.
Z their sunoe""' .,,,,,a,oo
,,u,ora The sunbeams can cure physlca
a com ease. The gospel light, II Chr
given people will only perform their
Garden tIan duties at the ballot box. VII
Dig II governmental dise"oe, ,,,uos,,
lnbeam Neils Flnsen ny oo'e"' go,
ills can found that certain 'n'v.V yvo
r roses. under certain co'o'eu 49, =
ke veg. that all governmental injustices a
st have cial crimes anu ci'' '.p
All men disappear under the bright rays
:, t,on nay be flashed from the gospei
,'.oas.. on Thus 1t is every Christians duty
d. But 10 !. .na' ID 90 c.u,St,on ornervist
ght. II snalI na.e a,n,or council
- 60 CO Christian mayor and Chrisua