Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
NUMBER 4S

yOur race lacks. The beauty OF lIuo
soul IS there. II is not In your race.
You are not we'll developed; you are
not spiritually developed. You cannot
come to your true spiritual develop
ment and best moral and mental de-
velopment until you first seek Christ
and his righteousness, and then all
these thlngs-yea, all-will be added
unto you.
Lastly, the struggle for the necessi-
ties of life represents for some OF US
the great barriers between US and the
sweet scented gardens OF happiness
1t IS nearly always represented WIN
the workingman's overalls cast aside.
Inevitably we picture that time In the
dim future when we have amassed
enough money to retire from business.
Then we will buy home in some SUD-
urban town; then we will have this
large home always opened 10 QUE
friends and our dear ones; then we
will expect the children and the grand
children to come and visit us and stay
as long as they can Oh, yes; food ana
clothes and q free homestead represent
not only a peaceful old age, but hap
Nv youth. happy manhood. And why
should not this be so? Can you ma
any life happier than the Christian
life? Can you find any eXhilaratlon
and Joy more glorious and transcend.
ent than that of serving CHRISTI IL
YOU and I want true happiness we do
not have to seek it in a suburban via.
We truly can find it In Jesus. seek
We first the kingdom Of God and MS
Righteousness, and all this happiness
will be added unto you"
Bishop Ken's Courage.
We should be ready to seek this d.
vine happiness at any cost, as was Dr.
Ken. who afterward became the blsh'
on of Bath and Wells. DR.. Ken at the
time was living in Winchester. To
that town came the lcentious Charles
IL of England. with his sinful court
In this court he brought along the no.
torious and yet beautiful Rahab, Nell
GWvn. The king bade her occupy tne
village rectory while he was there. In
reply DR.. Ken said, "Neyer shall per-
son of the character Of Nell Gwyn
lodge under my roof" The court was
Mortified. The church leaders declared
that this Episcopalian priest had sign
ed his ecclesiastical death warrant"
But a short time after the bishopric
of Bath and Wells became vacant.
The English premier had a long list
of prominent clergymen which he pre-
sented to the king for the appoint
ment. Charles brushed these names
aside as he said: NO. none Of them
shall have It. What Is the name OF
that little man at Winchester who
would not let Nell Gwyn lodge In his
house? Well, DR.. Ken shall have 1t.
have resolved that any man VINO
could be as true to God as he should
have the next bishopric which fell va
cant If it had been Canterbury itself"
So as DR.. Ken won his promotion by
his willingness to commit ecclesiastical
sulcide for rights sake God promotes
us when we are willing to surrender
all for him.
If we will first seek him and his
, righteousness ne promises all things.
Yea. all good things will be added
unto us. Then we shall have the tenn
moral necessities supplied. Then we
/, shall have the Holy Spirits power
Then we shall have true mental, phys
ical. moral and spiritual development
Then we shall have the peace WHICH
5 passeth all understanding. Then we
shall have heaven this side OF the
] grave and heaven beyond. Anxious
I men and women, will you seek Christ
e and his righteousness and have all
e these things added unto your
downright. 1905. by Louis Klopsehl