Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-01-19

weed. and every living creature that
eiea about us will be hornet thrust
ing a sting, and every sunbeam VIII
have a blasting heat, and every WIND
will be a sIrocco Kissing and moaning
over a desert Of sand. Jonah was NOT
angry with the withered leaf. He was
not angry with his own obstinate, SIN
ful selfish self. He was out OF tune
with the divine nature, and therefore
he was out Of harmony with everybody
and everything.
Out of Harmony.
My friend, you know exactly WHAT l
am driving at. You know when you
get out of harmony with God every
thing that is about you irritates you
WHY. only last week you had an Illus
tration of this fact. The supper was
ended You were in the midst OF tne
cbildren's frolic and fun. No one was
having a happier time than yourself.
Suddenly the doorbell rang. AN oiu
friend came In and said: Harry,
have a fine financial scheme. II you
will 20 In with me, we can make So'ooo
,niece." but, CHARLIE" you say, ls
that square" "Bosh! answers your
friend. Business is not made up Oh
Sunday school ideals. II we 90 not uo
tbis. some other fellow will" wen,
Won answer, "all right; go ahead.
will stand by you" Your friend nur'
rIes out of the house saying: "All right:
Coodby. I must clinch the bargain.
He is gone In a fash. You went PACK
70 the sitting room. Everything was
now different. The frolic was now dis-
cordant to your nerves. You TOOK ou.
vour watch and snapped 1t shut ana
said sharply: children, stop that rack
et 1t Is time to go to bed" Your VIE
said something, and you answered her
Grossly. All night long you tossed ana
tumbled. or when you did sleep II was
a troubled sleep.
The next morning when you arose
the sun was shining just as brightly as
over for others, but not for you. There
was a dense fog around you. Inc
breokfast left bad taste In your
mouth. When you got into the car you
erumbled because fat man hau tne
imnudence to sit down beside you anu
did not give you room enough tc
stretch out your elbows. when you
entered the store you began to hno
fault right and left Nothing seemed tC
please vow Everything seemed 10 rul
YOU the wrong way. "Oh," the employ
ees whispered, better look out TO-DAY
Tho wind IS from the east. The governor
Is ON the warpath." And this CONDITION
went on for days. What was the mat
ter with you, my brother? Why wa
everything wrong in the home ana OF
the street car and in the storel Wn!
wore the blue heavens black for you
Need I tell you why? You know do'
fold YOU to 20 to Nlneveh, and yo'
went to Tarshlsh. God showed you
Main. simple Christian duty, and yo'
refused to do 1t.
How to Get Right.
] Nv brother, do you want to see III
sun shine again7 Do you want 10 al
socIate with loving, gentle, kind PEI
ple? Would you have your pathwa
strewn with flowers and your heave
melodIous with songsf Then get rigi
with God. Get right with your Dett'
- and truer self. Undo at once u
wrongs YOU have done your neighDor
), When the Russian engineers were pia
!, ming the railroad line between 81. I
= tersburg and Moscow, for personai al
\ selfish reasons they planned TO MAJ
: the track bend this way and Una
- When they brought their plans TO III
e neror Nicholas, he looked at them
n moment. Then he laid ruler up'
- tho man and drew a straight line Q
IS tween the two cities as he answer
~ "you will construct the line So" IN
" Cod draws for us q straight line
h. duty. and until we are willing 10 II
m low that straight line Of our own
o. cord we will never be In harmony WI
~ | the divine Will.
" Rut we must not halt here. Jonal
to anger stands as the symbol OF
small souled Christian that we
sometimes on a throne or In Disnol
h. chair who says: "If the world cam
1" he saved through me, then l shall
ou all In nv power to destroy 1t. II CT
ls- not make all Christians surround
ell chancel or study my catechsm or
lie fen to my preaching, then l VIII 90
IL erythlng in my power TO oeoar .h
wv from entering any other churcn
ut studying any other catechism or hst
lis Ing to any other preaching. What
sw want in religious work Is gr
lat church trust And the man whom
oul want at the head Of that great chu
W. trust Is a man Of our own denoml
)re tion or selection. In other words,
)h- and mine are not going to get
lfy credit for saving the world, then
ell. mine will do all In our power 10 X
wn the world from being saved" Is
7as that exactly the position OF Jol
nn- when he got angry with God Deca
len God had repented Of the evil that
ac- had said he would do unto the n
'er- yltes and he did it not?
W Jonah DispIeased.
,nu "There," can hear Jonah say,
lns knew 1t. I knew 1t. Here was,
va VA greatest prophet in all the east
" crowds everywhere ran after
Ian Whenever lifted up my voice G
lne WV. see mems cheeks pale and their III
e.- tremble. They were afraid to nave
.on sneak one word lest I might hui
aue divine thunderbolt at them. glo
In my power. When I went to fs
Nlneyeh, even there the people
'ne, .r heard Of my fame. And when el
hich ed into that city and began to
he Yet forty days and Nlneveh sha
,urd destroyed pandemonium reigned
n to erywhere. The people got as fris
D to ed as a lot Of fawns being chase
who the falcons which are trying to
Z of ont their eyes. They Immediately