Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16


Swift as the Wind.
"put~ Won say. "the deer should not
mo afraid of the baying OF the uosS
he can only hear it in time MnH
Won saw. "just go out to any OF our
Geological gardens and study the moor
of the deer. Never was there looa
or n leg like it. Truly the speed oi
the deer is as swift as the wind. INC
dogs speed is as nothing compareu ~
,tn That is true, my friend, ID Que
sonse but false in another sense.
door 10 like a racing horse when mas
boon trained to run a quarter OIL
,uo For that distance he can traVei
as fast as an express tram Dut u9
20 RIM him two or three miles ana MS
wind will leave him, and he VIII DC
helpless. Now, the deer Is swllter INA"
tba hound in the short run, out 'ne
hound has the greater staying po"-
ors In the long race he VIII ou'lun
tho door Unless the deer's tracks are
DESTROYED. the pursuing dogs VIII Ger,
toinIv oyertake lnelr picy %iio ppn
dawn his proud antlers into the DUST
Now. what does the deer 90 10 ooiiV
crate those tracks? He runs as 'l~
Fugitive slave used to run when star
t,od Inv the hounds baylng upon HIS
trocks-he runs until the bulglng eyes
almost burst from their sockets lie
rms until the hemorrhaSe alll'os'
c,shes from his gaping mouth. lie
runs until he reaches the water DrooKs'
whore is his only hope of safety'
When the deer comes to the brook or
the creek he leaps into the center Oh II
and runs up or down stream; theh'
coming 70 the edge Of the river ne
. rms along a little farther; theh ne
| makes a great leap off into the WOODS
and Is gone. The dogs soon reach lh'
edge of that river or creek, but tnel
= voln in vain. They hunt this way ah'
| that but the scent has vanished. Oh
j my friends, have you and trieu u
8 mako tbe enemies of our souls helpless
5 Inv seeking the divine water DrooAS
d IVa cannot longer fight those tempt'
e tions and prosecutions. You ana
d l,now that they are coming nearer an
D. nearer to destroy us each day. w.
IT ,ve fee 70 Gods water brooksF WI
is we wade down into Gods great rl''
N Of mercy and be protected by his love
is Rut rs I see the strong, powerful ue'
~ heading toward the water brooks az
OF COO the moor wounded hind hmpl
IT. there. No one but hunter WIFI
lis boort of stone could find enjoyment
rs +bis almost helpless animals slaugn''
he Perhaps the bullet has cut ueep IL
ii. IN the side. out Of which the ploou
MS flowing Her tongue is hanging lro
ep her mouth; her strength is almost soi
is Rut off in the distance she sees
in voter She limps on to the bank; 5
wodes down: she dips her parcheu Il
nd into the cool stream; then she plun3
are ;r and swims out. Ahal She Is save
as she is saved! Yes, she Is saved. J
is as the poor, swounded, bleeding nun !,
lid. sorl can be saved by Gods love II q
cad soul will plunge just once III
we wafer brooks of divine mercy anu IL
HIS THE WOun0cU DttA'
to- "What," you say, can tiie =
ate; wounded deer be saved by the WI
.nly brooks as well as the strong det
Rus yos nv friend. He can be saved II
nan can only get to the water DrooAs' !.
rply thn same skeptcism which you Il
von- about the poor wounded deer escal
mes the dogs some people have ABOUT
s to roo- wounded human deer escaping
God, hounds of sin. We, as gospel teaCI
the r,rc+ proclaim the truth that u
beat water brooks are not only lor 'iio9o
and are socially respectable, but also
Iowy those who are social outcasts. Inc
The q beautiful story told how one
and night A London missionary was
the n,onod 70 90 TO one Of the worst nc
the of i'll repute in the English metrol
ering "ntarv is diving" cried the messel
Then "Come quick, Mary is dying.
and Iondon missionary hurried on MS
horse and started out. He reached liie
race and ascended the stairs ana can
not the room where this poor M"su
house was about to pass away Inel
o the fornd the room filed with girls
Olives. I,l,a herself. The dying girl ha'
mpta- baod pillowed upon one of her III
Y not -, ord +his fallen woman was
? Did alnn., hor IN words something like
n the "NIary. DEAR put your faith III
Don,t no afraid. He died for Jus'
moor women as you and me. Pu'
verty. faith in Jesus, dear, and he VIII
Z your LOT Won nerish." All, could any Ill
,alum- Of the gospel preach a truer
Of the than that? These divine water
;sailed are not for those who are sllhpl.
oubles ond strong. They are for the Wo
came door They are for those tn'
on the wounded by sin. Art thou not
,unded one. my brother and sister -" M
emem- thv flanks been torn and Dieeuin'
ovote's ooneict with the enemy in the
no for Como to the water brooks. Co
before. Gods water brooks now anu ue
?. We "As the hart panteth after the
ms on brooks, so panteth my soul al'e
ltion. o Cod"
1t is In n Circle
out in There are two other facts 10
on may x+ill want to call your attention
d utter first is that water brooks hC
My an saved the hunted deer by thro"
is the dogs off the trail, but also Dy
he cliffs n possible for the deer to ru
Well, 1 straight line away from the q
enly the was very much surprised TO
IS filed that these water brooks are TO
There what the compass is to huhte
yeirdest, woods-it keeps the deer from
mes the ing in a circle. J.
us arose The pursued deer unless ur
Of lost the scent of water always
like tue circle. No sooner has deer D.
rs of in at and the dogs been turned io
At times Of once the deer unless he has
and the ing scent of water seeiHs -, -
leprayed reasoning faculties lie Ia ~
not one the wind. He will run on ana
| found. ten, fifteen or even tWen'S -