Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-07-21

erhOOd of Misericordia places all its
members upon the same level. There
IS n fraternal organization, Brother
hood of Misericordia, In the banquet
hall Of the Kings Son. There we shall
find the rich and the poor man, the in
tellectual man and the humble man,
the master and the servant. There
shall be all social classes sitting side
by side, attired In the wedding gar
ments that the King provided. Re
member ye not the command, go ye,
therefore, into the highways, and as
many as ye shall find bid to the mar
riageT
Enter the Homes Too.
But while we follow the Kings mes
senger down the highways or the pub
lie streets and hear him say to men on
the right and to men on the left,
"Come, come, come to the marriage
of the Kings Son." see him dart off
to the side. He is about TO disappear
in the doorway of an adjoining house.
"Where are you going, messenger !
cry. "The King did not bid thee go into
any homes. Thy command reads, Go
We. therefore, into the highways That
is private home That is not the pub
lie street Every mans home As his
castle, and you have no right to enter
there" -Ne rightp answers the guide.
"Why, If l did not enter some homes
there would be thousands of invalids
who would never be invited to come to
the Kings banquet Did you not see
the pale check of that tired sick WON
an at the window? | am going to tell
her to come to the marriage banquet Of
the Kings SON.
We enter the house and 60 into the
sickrOOm The nurse meets Us at the
door and says: Hush. Don't make q
noise. She is very sick today. She Is
failing very rapidly. She has been an
invalid in this room for five, ten or
even twenty years. Her time Of de-
parture is now not far Off" Il know
it," says the Kings messenger. Il know
it. She has had too many pains here.
She has suffered enough. She must get
up out of this bed and put on the bloom
of eternal youth. She must renew her
strength. She shall mount up with
wings as eagles. She shall run and not
be weary. ShO shall walk and not
faint" But" says the nurse, "she
cannot even move limb. See, she is
paralyzed" II know il" says the mes
Senger, "but remember have not come
to bid her crawl around on a crutch.
Remember | have come to ask her to
attend the banquet Of the Kings Son.
If my Lord is willing to ask her to
come. surely he will give to her the
needful strength with which to walk to
his banquet hall and attend His Sons
feast" Would you like to come, suf-
fering invalidY asks the messenger.
well, rise up and come now"
For Invalids Too.
What blessed and glorious time
that will be when all the sick and the
helpless who for months and years
have been counted among the shut
ins" Shall attend the banquet of the
Kings Son. When one Of the greatest
ministers of the world few years ago
was dying in the cast his poor sick suf-
fering grandchild, lifelong Invalid.
was sObbing in the hall. AS a friend
sickroom she stopped and spoke to the
invalid child. rs grandpa betterT
the little girl asked. mo; he Is dying,
was the answer. "Oh." she said, "why
did not God take me and leave him
am Of so little use in the world, and
he Is of so much use" Aye, when the
Kings banquet is TO be spread Gods
messenger will come and get thee,
weak. invalid grandchild, as well as
grandmother. You have been praying
enough in that dark room. God has
heard your prayer. Gods messenger
will come soon, and when he comes
you will not have to go into the banquet
hall on n crutch. You shall not have
TO be carried there on a litter. You
will walk there; you will leap there
even as the lame man whom Peter
smoke to at the beautiful gate went in
to the temple leaping and singing and
praising God. The banquet, the ban
quet of the King, IS spread for God
suffering ones of the sick chambers
But as we come out into the sunligh'
from the sick chamber the messenger
Of the King turns down into a DARK
street I clutch him by the arm as
say: Don't 60 there. You are evil
IDENTIFY not acquainted with this city
1t may be all right to ask the poor tc
the Kings banquet. Poor people may
be lust as honorable as the rich. Bu'
do not ask the criminals. Why, those
people living here belong to what are
called the Outcast classes. You arc
now going into the dcprayed districts
Of our city. You would not have
harlot or a thief Or a drunkard OF Il
libertlne attend the marriage of the
Kings Son" Yes, | would, If they
repent of their sins" answers the mes
senger do you not remember tho