Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-08-10

giles of life and the storms and the bit
ter trials. Then that merry compan-
lon of your youth changed She stood
by your side in the crisis She stood
near you In the sickroom. When
death invaded your home her hand
Joined yours in placing the flowers
about the open casket. She literally
poured out her life for you.
Real Lovers Now.
Now in the evening twilight OK
life. It is not so much the beau
tiful face that you love, or the mer-
ry laugh, or the golden curls, but
II Is the tender true, faithful heart or
that woman by your side who has
shared your troubles as well as
doubled your joys. Though she may
not talk Of love as much now as she
! did when a girl, yet you are never
happy unless she is in touch with you.
When evening comes and you are Sit
ting by the library table, the book Is
never interesting nor does the lire III
the hearth burn brightly enough, nor
do the children play right, unless she
ia On the other side Of that table. You
| who have been married for quarter
of a century, you know what 1t Is 10
have a devoted, unselfish companion
by your side. You know what 1t Is to
have that love pour out Its lifes Dlood
for YOU. Like the aged poet, you can
sing this sweet love song In your OLD
age:
oh. no, not even when first we loved
| Vert thou as dear as now thou art;
Thy beauty then my senses moved
But now thy virtues bind my heart.
Although my heart in earlier youth
Might kindle with more wild desire,
Believe me- It has gained In truth
Much more than It has lost in fire.
The fame now warns my inmost core,
That then but sparkled Ger my brow
And. though | seemed to love thee more
| Yet, oh, l love thee better now!
Real Love For Christ.
Well. that IS my idea of the Chris
tian life. In the beginning we accepted
Christ from selfish motives. Perhaps
we were in some great religious meet
ing. and the evangelist was picturine
the tortures of the lost. We became
so frightened that we gripped the
church new for fear we should fal
over the preclpice Of eternal doom
But after we accepted Christ witt
such n low motive the Christ love be
gan to grow upon us. We see how h'
has been protecting us and how Ut
has been leading US. We see III an
other place how he has clothed anc
fed us. When death came into oul
home we saw his great tears OF com
, passion and love. Even In our financia
| distress or social persecution he wa!
always bv our side. Then we began u
, realize how good and kind and loYln:
he is. AS we grow in grace we arr
, never happy unless we feel his pres
ence near. We talk to him as we do L
q dear friend. We find ourselves say
, Ing: Jesus, thou knowest best Iho'
art leading me. o Master, tiny loV
nasseth all understanding. Keep m
close TO thy heart. Let me never stra'
AWAY from thy touch" Church mem
, bers, are you strangers to the raptui
|, ous 10y of the close companlonsnlp D
: this divine association? Then you hav
!, never reached the higher development
:, Of the Christian life. Believe ms
. there is something yet for you to pra
for and struggle for in your Christia
experlence. Do not think today o
. Christ as an enemy. Think of Jesu
y as an ever present personal, tendel
loving friend That can be one q
. vour greatest joys of the Christia
n life. He can be a friend VINO WI
4 never leave your side.
- But the true Christian finds In IN
a higher spiritual life more than thl
divine companionship. No sooner q
= we truly become one with Christ tina
we enter into the eleyating associ;
II tions of the best and purest men an
p women living upon the face OF ID
- earth today. We enter into & molly al
Il sociation with those who have felt ID
- divine touch and who have been n
r. created and made over and bee
II stamped with the divine image. Thes
children of God are different from q
other men and women, for they al
radiating with the power Of the spir
filed life.
Fun and Religion.
"But," says some church membe
T do not want to live in a pray'
meeting all the time. | do not wal
to be singing psalm tunes mornin
,e noon and night. Sanctifed peop
@. NAV be all right in their places, but
,e steady diet of angels food nauseat'