Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-23
NU1BER 10

t,es away. The totterng gait is cnang-
od for the healthful stride. The IN
valid who was carried to the WOODS
ooes forth well and physically removal
cd Oh. why cannot the God OF the
hills be today the God of health! Gan
NOT he. will not he cure that old chronic
d,eaose OF sin which has been cursing
us for many years? Cannot, VIII not 10
do this II we only climb up to MIN on
the Mount of TRANSPORTATION anu
throw ourselves at his feet as we cry
"Jesus. my Saviour, my LordT
Rut I must not stop here, even III
would The love Of God is found In tne
strength Of the hills, but Gods limit OF
forgiveness and pardon are FOUND 'here
also Though God is ready to receive
us II we come to him now, the ngure
OF nv text distinctly proves that 'here
will come a time when he VIII say
"Not unto all who call LORD, Loru'
INTO me will I open unto them, ror
INFO many in that day l Will say
know YOU not" The future destruc-
ton of the hills symbolizes 1t.
There is a limit to Gods patience.
Did you ever stop to think that as niiis
have a time In which they were createu
they shall also have time III WHICH
thev shall die? Indeed, many OF tue
hills of the past have died already.
Once. says the legend, continent
r,dged with the highest Of mountain
chains stretched Itself between tue oiu
world and the new. The Azores anu
tba Canary islands are claimed to nave
hsen the tops Of these very mountains.
The Mayas, the original inhabitants Oh
Yucatan at the time Of the conquest Oh
Peru by Pizarro, were supposed u
have been related to the ancient III
boh,tants Of this sunken continent
which was called Atlantis. Among
the Mayas the historian finds almost
. the same kind Of worship which was
nracticed among the inhabitants OF the
Nile. Yucatan architecture Is very
similar TO the Egyptian architecture.
Every student knows how characters
rio Egyptian architecture was ana is
today Some OF the ancient writer's
make mention of this strange islahd
continent. Sir Thomas More foundeu
his Utopia there Yet the student OIL
:. deep sea soundings finds that tne reg
endarv continent Of Atlantis, with all
: its mighty hills, was at last sunk III
. the mighty deep.
q Opportunity May BE Lost.
9 In lava. a few years ago, the grea'
4 Exrakatoa volcano, after erupting Tor
% few days. suddenly exploded. Inc Is
land Of Java was literally split Il
=. +wsin. Sixty thousand corpses noate'
10 unon the surface Of the sea. A grea
70 tidal wave forty feet high arose ah'
I'd swept on and lifted German nan-oi
~ war and carried it twenty miles inlan'
10 and there left 1t stranded. Java
n. today over 200 miles from India. Iner
IN are many reasons to believe that 'ni
g. leland was once connected with th
,h mainland. The inhabitants OF lndl
no and lava have the same customs. Inc
he sneak almost the same Language. Inc
ol worship the same gods. In their io'
n. .ests they hunt the same kinds OF vii
m beasts as are found in India. ~
GO all of that connecting belt ofe y
,s miles of land with It's mountains ne
he entirely disappeared. As the God
m. the hills is some day going to destro
mn his mountains. some day he Is goii
Dir 70 destroy our rejected opportunity
leo for salvation. Thus, my friends, as v
". look off unto the hills, as dld u
IN. psalmist, from whence cometn o.
strength. do you not find in the futu
+od destruction Of these hills the foresha
los owed rejection of souls that have
an fused year after year to come anu ~
ION AZ the foot OF the cross which was Oh
ch planted upon the top OF small "oO
,ile tain called Calvary!
yer How many people are huggihs
the their hearts the false hope that [
taff mountains of Gods pardon VIII
do main Arm for them to climb, even frc
his the weakness and helplessness OF
,,ve deathbedl Do not procrastlnate'
,,,s have read of travellers lost on the q
,ch ert. without drop OF water W
i,ui swollen fps and thick tongues u
hv staggered on until they dropped %
oh,s denly off In the distance they sa"
,..s heautiful mountain. There the strea
wore flowing and the rustling lea
ine' and the singing brooks were CAL
ILL., tbem to come and drink and live. !
u' diving men were aroused. They rusi
nol9 on toward this beautiful mountain
Jee" III in moment, it disappeared
nen was nothing but a mountain OF opt
Il q illusions. a mountain of mists, mo
piru tain of false hopes, a mountain WI
no" wss a mirage. So will 1t be
they those who are forever putting on u
deer onportunities for salvation. May
cKe' lead us. one and all, not to follow
ia delusive hope that In some future
my we can seek pardon. He promises
ench pardon not tomorrow, but today. -
In to into the mountains Of Salvation. -
the into the mountains OF his forgiven
,phet Of his strength, of his love. Come
: the stand upon the mountain OF CAV
gold. with all its pardon, with all It's at
the mont There you shall find peace
has ioy. This Calvary is mountain J"
, the is not a mirage. 1t shall never
the away.
aves. rconvriRh., 1906, by Louis Klopscf
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