Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-17

to the four footed. unclean, nllny
beasts. Is not more pathetic than the
mourning parent, waiting and watch
ing for his youngest boy to come back
home. Yes. yes; sin brings the famines
which aflict the good and the bad, the
innocent and the guilty alike. The eviI
deeds Of an Ahab and a Jezebel caused
the poor widow Of Zarephath ana her
only son to starve.
Cannot you find any direct connec-
zion between the sins Of Ahab's palace
md the hunger gnawing Mt TINS poor
widows vltals.? We ascend the beautl-
full hills of Samarla. We find there
heather temple. We find there the
kings palace. a place Of RIGHTEOUSNESS
and immoral filth and drunken carous-
als. Then we hear the prophet say
"Abab and JeZebel OH account or your
sins | will send drought upon the
land. For three long years not a drop
M rain shall fall" "Aha," laughed the
sinful monarch, 81 am not AFRAID!
Such q beautiful country and such rlch
farm land as ours will never be turned
into desert Threatening prophet,
defv theer But day after day the not
sun burned. Day after day, week after
weck month after month"; no rain OF
dew. Two long years Of drought had
nosspd over the land. The vineyards
,vorn gone. The harvests were gone
Tho orchards were gone. God was starv-
lro Ahab and Jezebel But while he was
starving the king and queen the poor
widow and her only son were also SUI
ferinc in the Zarephath hut. The SINS
NJ the fathers are visited upon the cllI'
dron oven INTO the third and the fourth
conoratious. The good and the innocent
suffer for the evil deeds Of the corrupt
and the bpfouled. O man, be not an
Ahabl o woman, do not become a
Jezcbel Avoid the sin which VIII
hiring n curse and blight on the hearts
Of the innocent ones by your side as
well az on your own lives.
Lesson of the Famine.
This eastern famine teaches US an
, otbor lesson. Cod always honors the
, mon and the women who honor his
, messengers. He honored this poor
! starving widow of Zarephath. why
! She was ready to care for and houS'
his ambassador. Elijah the TishDlte
, lie honored Rahab the harlot. She Sc
), cretcd the spies that Joshua sent u
o Jericho. lie hOnored Abraham AOra
), ham welcomed to his table the thre'
q ANGELS who came to his tent Oh tn
= nloins Of Mamre. He hOnored Naa
. man Naaman was ready to obey I'd
= commands of Elisha. He honoreo ia
vid David wept before Nathan. ii
o bonored Uezekiah. Hezekiah honore
4 Isaiah. All through the Bible you ca
find This mighty and far reaching LAY
- onunciated and illustrated whereof
- Cod blcsses those who honor his repr'
> sentatives and denounces those WI
- dnsniso or turn their backs upon d.
,o ambassadors.
% The teachings of the Old and Ne
ID Testament in this respect are one
4 the Psalms we read, Touch not NIL
= anoiuted aud do my prophets no harin
q ,rhen. as an Endorsement, we ma u
=. following in Matthew in reference
~ Christs missionaries, spoken by Jes'
- himself. And whosoever shall not 7
p. ceive YOU. nor hear your words wh'
l. We depart out Of that house you snS
an shake off the dust OF your feet vel
IA " 7 say unto you, 1t shall be more te
- rIhle for the land of Sodom and u
49, morrab in the day Of judgment th'
"a for that CITY" But though God bids
Ia. honor his representatives,, as the Aal
= rbotr woman honored and cared I
an Elijah. yet today there seems 10 Dc
tendency abroad to critlcise ana
nonnce Gods ministers and to patrc
- Izlnglv ridcule them q great u'
~ more than you would any other cla
10 10 of men. The result is that scores d
"y hundreds of young men who ought
a5 no nreachng in the pulpit have De
l. turned aside because of the way sol
.o' CONGREGATIONS treat their ministers.
90 what They Wanted.
:, In the first place many churches
,,,a - simnlv starving their preachers
'no death while they themselves dema
ne all the excellencles of earth and be-
ann on in their pastors. Rev. DR.. nav
,oa ~, some time ago told about letter WI
49, Virginia parish sent to PROBES
ow Rice. requesting a minister. 1ne :
", nle this letter declared, want
20 man of first class endowments' II
5oWT ~ wanted a literary preacher for SO
hn+ Of the young people were ltera
Thev wanted minister who Wo
~ ~ visit a good deal, for their former I
80 tor had neglected to do as mucn
~, that as they could have wished. l
'nI wanted a man of winsome and ia
~ w. Mating social personality, for the
nle thought a good deal OF that'
NV NV wanted good organizer as well a
,'oo w fine orator. After they had gone
- 10 describing the kind Of perfect I
~ lister they wished, they ended the ie
in tbis wise: 1--WE have been paying
no last minister $3.50 year, but II
an -, could send us just the kind Of
5o1 orT we want we think we can raise his
Oou. Oors ary $50 more and give to him $4l
.itor t year" With that, DR.. Rice sat d
~ 49, and wrote the following ironical le
aht TO this exacting congregation:
nov, Dear Friends-Your letter received
NV ,ontents carefully noted l know JUS
ran minister you need, if you can get
resi- Make out a call to DR.. Timothy DIV
his late president of Yale college who Is
, 20 in heaven. He is the only being
! VI who can meet all your requirements
noes as DR.. Dwight has been living SO loi
April heaven on spiritual food perhaps ne
I'm. not need any material food and
va therefore easily exist on your salar
$4CO per year.
y,.ifo Then study how some ministers
o- m treated in other ways in some
$50 NIFF In