Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-11-17

whelms the students OF eschatoiosJ I"
the fact that man Is an immortal De-
ing. Though we may open the bipie
and write up the family records ana
say nv father was born Jan. 7, 1887,
we have no right to say that ne aieo
April 12. 1902. We may speak OF
child as having been born Into tnis
world on a certain hour OF certain
day: but. once born, that child VIII
never die. He may die to our slgnt
but he Is not really dead. but Is trans
lated 10 another life He will never
die He will live on. as the monarchy |
of a European throne lives on NO
aooner did Queen Victoria OF England
breathe her last than the Prince OF
Wales became king. Aye, man snaii
live on longer than that. He VIII i've
ON through the centuries and the NH
lennIums and the ages. He VIII h'e
ON until the consultations OF the heaV-
ons shall be snuffed out. He Will i've
on until the very rocks under our rees
crumble into dust with age and tne
mountaIns above US are inclnerateu
and scattered to the four corners OF
snace Still man will live on. He VIII
live forever and ever. He VIII never
die. When God created man ne maoe
him immortal, as he Is Immortal.
A Wonderful Fact.
This Immortality of man Is the most
wonderful fact to me about man, lor
when l try to fully grasp what tnat
one word immortality" means reei
os though mighty mountain ranges
we're towering one above another INTO
endless space. When try TO conceive
that man. with all bis powers OF ioV"
and hate, Joy and suffering VIII i've
on and on forever, then l say. NOW
realIze why the salvation OF man was
90 ,nnortant that Christ came here 70
srfrer and die to achieve It." lmmor-
.oI,tv, oh what word! As Diro IL
con Av swifter than the light, YET i.s
wings never tire. Those wings wiz
continue to fly on forever and ever.
~rbe wandering Jew" that Eugene oue
nIctures was condemned on account oi
nost sin 10 live on until he outilVeu
all his generation. He lived on su,
ferIng the agonies Of remorse, un'ii Nc
hoooed God to let him die. But man
does not live on as did the great char-
octer OF the French novelist. II man
.,rg and ia condemned for bis SINS ne
r,ret suffer an eternal punishment. he
NAV plead with God to let him ois' o.
tho wounded soldier sometimes pieaas
nth his comrades to shoot MIN 'e
end his agony but man by his innersn'
nature can never die. Man Is Immortal
I IT, will live on and on forever.
To prove to you that man Is iiunho,'. =. :
we do not have to turn the leaves y
.ho p,bIe alone. We find that this III
en,te truth is inborn In every hunia'
hoart We wander among the tomo
~ the ancient Greeks, and what 90 W
and? A piece Of coin placed IN u. 'n
mouths OF the dead to pay tneir wa
! ovar the river styx, for the ferry a
y ~ the river Of Death was supposed
e he maid. like every other ferryman. W
i on among the ancient Arabs, ana VIVA
a. wa And? The mourners about Uni
q cornse are not saying, HE is dead, ou
10 "IIe "a alive" We pass to the innapl
:, ants of the islands Of the seas an
- 20 tbe Aztecs Of ancient Mexico. ana
y tho old mound builders OF Americ'
C. and everywhere we find the uniVer''
!, hel,ef that the grave does not emo a
u Now. nv friends, do you believe th'
u th,s universal belief Of the human ra'
y, IN the immortality Of man Is a ihe'
~ srnarstition? Listen to these woros
20 Henry Ward Beecher; l wouia Id
10 ooch ono of them burn itself Into .yo'
a. sou,. "I never saw q man who did N
ne believe IN the Immortality Of love wn'
10 following the body. Of a loved one
ue tho grave. | have seen men under OF
va or circumstances that did not oeie
a. in II but never saw man who' WIZ
w. be stood looking upon the form OF 0
Ne that he really loved stretched OUT
burial did not revolt from saying:
has all come to that. The nours
S. sweet companionship, the wondrous
lid ter,oc,ng of congenial souls. the 20.
no tho homes. the trusts, the unuttera'
'as yearnlngs-there they oil le.' NO II,
ed can stand and look In CONN upon
ere body of a fellow creature ana RENE
lin her the flaming intelligence, the Dl
-ne som,ng love. the whole range OF olVl
eir faculties. which so lately amman
yer that cold clay, and say, These nave
ere collapsed and gone No person
MY witness the last sad ceremoniais WI
Oh ore performed over the remains OF
DIS human being, the sealing down OF
teo memorable lid, the following OF
Anu rumbling procession to the place
ma burial the letting Of the dust DO
,nu into the dust, the falling OF tne ca
tne mon the hollow coffin, with ID
.ne sounds which are worse than tnun'
na' and the placing Of the green 500 o
"a" the grave-no person, unless ne D'
DC beast. can witness these things
Gu then turn away and say, 1 have pul
Al" nv wife: | have buried my chilo
have buried my sister. my Drotner,
III love- No, no. No man can say I
lion Deem down In every heart there
aoe divine truth calling which cannot
can, stilled." At the brink OF the sr'
uou above all places, we know IT,
u I,t. God. Ia immortal. Suns may
ah and set. but man shall live. stars
.na flicker and go out, but man shaii II
'na' But man Is made after the imag
m un God In another respect. The g
rial. Creator Of the universe has made
the a ruler and a creator also. In his
, be- sphere man Is Ike king upon
.ath. throne. He is free agent. DE
,ges. rule his own domain as he Wills.
I is can do right or do wrong. He can
true. ern well or govern badly. He
SIM build or he can destroy. In ngurt
ex- sense, no one can say him nay:
I the me try to illustrate my though'
,rins soma of the ordinary happening