Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-10-05

70 n wee little bit Of face. As VI.
r,rso loft You bent over and lookeo
IntentIy at the child. Then s'rane.
divine personality seemed to mover
oround that crib. A loving voice seeln-
ed to say: "Man, | have appearea un.o
thee before, but never with sucn ear
nest supplication as now. hho"ss ss
thou not that this little one Is a sn.
from me to thee? He Is bone OK my
hone flesh of thy flesh. Thou art re
snonslble for his physical, mentai, mor
al. spiritual and eternal weifare. WA
tbou art he shall become. He Is tnine
TO mold and to fashion as thou VIII
wit thou renew thy pledge ana give
thvself and thy little one to meT ANU
standing by that new crib, you saio,
20 Christ I WILL I will, WIFI, IL
was q glorious revelation from U"'
II was a holy pledge made to Goo.
Have you kept that pledge? Can you
NOT feel Jesus is by your side ASKING
YOU if you have kept it? VIII you Keep
| Il now?
think you have had one other reve-
lation. In your home you had SAINT
Iv nresence that was a benediction 10
Won and your family. Your Widowed
mother whom you reverenced as AZ
most more than mortal, whose geh'ie
words. like the message Of an angel
calmed you In angry moments ana con-
soled YOU in trouble, was called away.
WHY were you so rapt as you sat Dy
her casket that day Of her funeraIf
Were you caught up then into another
scene? When | arose to speak by her
casket you did not see ME. You oio
not hear me. You looked too dis-
traught for that, for while was
speaking you could imagine mat sue
had risen from her casket Then she
seemed TO soar to the celestial gates.
Then from the far off distance you saw
YOUR father and your sister come OUT
/ to greet her. You witnessed the rap
, t,,re of their welcome. Then you
J heard your mother say: "Yes, harry
/ and Sarah have the farm. They are
: CARRYING on the work OF the oio
: church" But" asked your father
8 and sister. ''how about JohnnyF'
|. ooh" your mother answered, with
= heavenly smile, che has not been Nv
q ing as he ought, but he Is all righ.
d now, Just before / left my last BED
s of sickness-he said to me: 'Motner' TEL
g father and Elizabeth that I will cease
e TO live my old life Of selfshness ano
It sin. Tell them to be waiting Tor m'
IS at the beautiful gate, for l shall sooI
he there Yes" your mother crleo
"Johnny, our dear Johnny, Is comlh'
,s too Friend, was 1t dreamf wa
.. It simply a visionary promisef wa
"a II not rather a glorious revelation 0
a YOUR heavenly home comingf Frieno
N will YOU keep your promise to NEE
10 YOUR dear ones at the trysting place 0
st the beautiful gate!
70 But after all, why speak ioDge
h. about these divine manifestations
Ia Gods glory in the past? Cannot d
o. give us glorious revelation Of his ioV
1s and pardon now? Why, do you know
- as I have been speaking to you toda
- Jesus seems nearer to me than ne 'na
- ever felt before. He seems nearer
a. me than he has ever felt before. ID
ar seems SO near that can almost 81
his hand touching you. He is SO ne'
-. that can hear him whispering, $50
daughter, my child, wilt thou, like Il
,ot returning prodigal, come home to
nd "a loyeYo Do you not see him? Can yt
~ ~ not hear him? Can you not touch hin
Will you not as a repentant sinn
10 gladly accept this glorious reyelati'
-Mr and answer him, Yea, Master, COZ
,ro and come now?'
vnaI copyright. 1907, by Louis klopsch''