Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-29

place of thunder Is not clfcumScflDeu.
There are many secret places Of thun-
der. Just as mountains seem to over
top mountains, so for man there should
always be higher secret places or thun-
der. to which he should always De
striving to 60 This fact also Is most
beautifully illustrated among the hills.
While | was on my way tramping
looked I'D and saw where storm was
raging in Little Bear valley. on"
said to myself, "if / could only climb
up there and sit by the cradle OF that
Storm Time passed on, and L was
able to climb up to where the storm
was born. I'VE had an awful electric
storm here a few days ago." said
lady to NE after l had climbed into
Pioneer camp. Did you see it in the
valley belowY "Yes," | answered;
1--WE saw It," Then | was In secret
plce Of thunder. Then | went to OBJ
servation point, at Skyland, and looked
off upon the valley. How far below
me that valley appeared! Far, far be-
low | could see the trees laid out In
rows. could see the ranch houses
dottng the horizon here and there. l
could see the cities and villages
through which we had passed. Then,
from watching the earth under my
feet. | began to look up. | saw the
greater mountain peaks rising just as
high above me as the valley was be-
low. There were mighty Grayback
and San Jacinto peak and old Cuca-
monga. There they lifted their snow
capped heights thousands upon thou
sands of feet higher than was. Then
/ said, as | saw the valleys below ana
the mountain heights above, There
are secret places of thunder where
| God talks TO us near to the valleys"
| But the Christian who stays In one
secret place of thunder must surely die
in a spiritual sense. Higher than his
present spiritual life he must see VI
sions. God keeps saying TO him al
ways this one sentence: "Child, CLIMB,
keep climbing higher and higher into
the spiritual realms. Way off among
| the cloudlands of the mountains L
have for thee other secret places OF
| thunder. where thou canst commune
with me. Thou must climb and keep
] on climbing until at last thou shalt
dwell with me in the eternal secret
places of heaven" AS one of Gods
chosen ones are you continuing to
climb higher and higher into his spir-
itual realms?
The Beautiful Valleys.
And oh, how beautiful the valleys
look after we have dwelt for little
while among the hills. A man as
rule cannot appreciate the lowlands
and the valleys when he is climbing up
the mountain sides. Then his breath
comes quick and short Then he, like
Bunyans hero, Christian, is tugging at
his>load. He stops every little while
TO put his mouth to the waters to
quench his thirst, for his lips are fever
ish and his brow Is an oyerheated fore
head. But after he has climbed the
mountains and rested his tired limbs
among the cool shades Of the trees and
slept for little while upon the softest
of couches made up ,of pine needles,
everything is changed Then when he
starts down into the valleys the world
looks so different. Every brook sings
to him. Every tree rustles with glad
ness. Every step seems buoyant
with perpetual youth. A supernatural
strength and a supernatural joy are his.
Oh, tired and weary soul, working In
life's lowlands, would you enjoy your
life? Would you feel that every deed
that you do is a joyful deed Of gospel
opportunities? Then for a little while
HE away from the deep valleys Of sell
flshness. Climb. Keep on climbing.
Climb up into the secret places Of thun-
der and listen to Gods voice talking to
you. Then god will send you back to
your work strong In a physical and
mental and spiritual sense. Then he
will make you say, Next to the blessed
opportunity of singing the song of
Moses and the Lamb before the great
/ white throne Of God is the blessing OF
working for him in his vineyards In the
lowlands of earth"
o God, may we hear thee speaking
to us today In the secret places Of thun-
der, that we may 90 forth as joyful
reapers to gather thy sheaves from the
great harvest fields Of the world into
the gospel granares. Dost thou not
hear God speaking to thee in the secret
place of thunder?
copyright, 1906. by Louis Klopsch.l