Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-11-04
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may be likened unto the stout snip
struggling to round the Cape Of Good
Hope the spiritual catastrophes OF
that past time when we were in enmi-
J ty with God were like ship which
has been wrecked. What a scene OF
terror is that storm! The masts have
| been cut down or snapped by the
wrenchings of the wind like dry twigs
snapped in the fingers Of little child.
| The lifeboats have been stove In or
pulled off from their derricks by the
angry waves. The rudder chains no
longer can be used, for the rudder has
long ago been battered away. The an
chors are not able to retard the doom
ed ship onrushing toward the rocks.
Soon the deathknell Of the surf Is
heard. The ship comes nearer and
nearer to its grave. All the demons III
! the cayerns of the cliffs above shrek
In pandemonium of joy. Then the
waves come together in one last effort.
They put their broad arms under the
doomed ship. Together they lift 1t
with one mighty heave. They drop 1t
with one sudden, shattering jolt upon
the rocks. For now the rocks crush
through the hulps bottom as easily as
pile driver could mash an eggshell.
Such is the figure Of the awful spiritu-
al catastrophe Of our past life. 1t was
bombardment Of sin after sin. 1t was
yielding to temptation after tempta-
ton. At last we were morally wreck
ed. We were spiritually doomed. We
were shattered upon the awful rocks
Of despair and eternal death. Then we
did not need protector nearly so
much as we needed q divine recreator,
q redeemer. We needed divine chart,
not so much to save US from future
sins as one who would blot out the
awful record of our past sins. This
obliteration Of the past is just what
the Lord God Almighty will do If we
will let him. Through the atoning
blood of Jesus Christ all this can he
do. Read the third chapter of Acts.
"Repent We therefore and be convert
ed that your sins may be blotted out"
Yes. we have been crushed upon the
rocks of eternal death, but Christ can
lift us up and place US upon the rocks
of eternal life. Halleluiah! For the
Lord God omnipotert saith 1t.
A Peaceful Scene.
Let US return to the peaceful scene OF
nv text. AS we climb the Judaean Mills
where sits the shepherd poet watching
his sheep we see a transcendent beau
ty shining from the face Of the psalm
ist. David is not looking down to
earth, but away Off Far, far away Is
his vision. He seems to be watching
his dear ones. He looks as though all
the treasures of the hills and all the
wealth of the seas were about to be
given him. He seems to hear music
sweeter than any human being ever
heard before. We look at his raptured
face a moment Then we ask: What
is It. David? What do you see? What
do you hear? What treasure Is yoursT
He looks about at first dazed. Then ne
comes back to earth as he answers:
"Why. l was softly singing to myself
that Fortieth Psalm. l composed 1t
many years ago. did not then realize
all wrote. When | came to the
words, The Lord thinketh upon me-
[ began to summarize all the care God
has taken of me in this world. Then
I began to see visions of the glories OF
the land which he is preparing for me
beyond. God Is thinking Of me. Yes,
he is preparing them all for me when
the right time comes for me TO possess
them. Look, cannot you see those glo-
rIes nowY AS David talks his inter-
pretatlon Of my text seems very plain
and very simple. God is again dealing
with us as a father would deal with his
child.
God says. Nothing IS too good for
his children when the right time comes"
so he thinks ahead and plans ahead
for US. When the right time comes
and come it will-God is going to give
us a great mansion in heaven. Yes;
you can picture t-a white marble pal
ace with mosaic floors and rainbowed
fountains. It may have terraced gar
dens surrounding IT, Our palace will
be as good as that There is nothing
too good for Gods heavenly children.
There he is going to give us health-im-
mortal health. No pain, no suffering,
no heartache, is to be there. Nothing
is. then. too good for us when the right
time comes. Then he is going to give
us back our loved ones. Some OF US
are very lonely now. We will not be
lonely then. Nothing will then be too
good for US In celestial companionship.
Then God will give us a crown. Then
we shall have endless communion with
his own dear self. Oh, my friends, will
you not let God go on planning for you
and thinking for you? Was 1t to be
wondered at that the radiant face we
saw as we climbed the Judaean hills
and looked at the shepherd poet OF Is
rael was celestial in its reflection when
we realize that David was catching
glimpse about what the Lord was
planning for him beyond the grave?
VIII you let God plan for you such a
future?
copyright, 1905. by Louis Klopsch.l
The Lutheran Church.
mt. 10 of that