Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-01-05

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But we must not stop here in the dis
cussion of this remarkable theme. we
would try to I'll up some OF the blank
pages of that divine life after his full
mission had been revealed to him at
the Jordanc baptism We would
speak about the parallels which CHRIST
uttered. but which were not written
down. and Of the miracles he did or
which there is no record given, and OF
the gentle words Of love and sympathy
which he uttered to those about nm
of which there Is no mention. On,
what volumes Of spiritual truths there
would be If we could only have them
at hand! I wonder II some time in the
dim future the records Of some OF these
unrevealed wondrous deeds of Jesus
will not yet be eXhumed from some or
the eastern tombs for man to ponder
over and to study and to translate IN
his human life.
Mr.. Beecher thus bewails the loss OF
thn unrevealed words and deeds or
Christs life: "When / see how muc1
has been written Of those who nave
lived. how the Greeks preserved every
saving Of Plato's, how Boswell fol-
lowed Johnson, gathering up every lear
that fell from that rugged old oak and
pasted it away, l almost regret that
one of the disciples had not been re-
cording angel, to preserve the odor ana
richness Of every word Of Christ.
When John says, And there are also
many other things which Jesus did, the
which, If they should be written every
one. l suppose that even the world IL
self could not contain the books that
should be written it affects me more
profoundly than when I think OF the
destruction Of the AleXandrlan library
or the perlshing Of the Grecian art IN
Athens or Byzantium. The creations
of Phidias were cold stones overlaid by
warm thought, but Christ described his
own creation when he said, The words
that | speak unto you, they are Ire
The leaving out of these things from
the New Testament, though diyinely
wise. seems to my yearning not so
much the unaccomplishment OF noble
things as the destruction Of great treas
ures which had already had oral life,
but failed Of incarnation in literature.
But though these unreyealed deeds and
savings of Jesus Christ did not have
their incarnation in literature were
their lives purely evanescent? Like
the dewdrops tumbling upon the finger
of a leaf were they soon to pass away
Nay. The unwritten words and deeds
of Jesus found their incarnation in the
lives of the men and the women and
the children by whom he was sur
rounded. These people to whom he
spoke not only heard, but they also be
lieved. and they lived his teachings.
Not Spoken In Vain.
Take that night which Jesus spent In
Jericho, in the house Of Zacchaeus, the
publican. There is not a word writer
about his evening conversation. From
the gospel Of Luke we know that Jesu:
called Zacchaeus down from the syca
more tree and went to the home OF The
publican. But not one word is writer
| about what happened when he was a
that house. After the multitudes haC
gone to their homes and Jesus sa
down to meat with Zacchaeus and hi:
wife and his children, what do you sup
pose he did? DO you suppose Chris
quickly in silence ate his supper anC
then turned and said, "Zacchaeus,
am tired and want to go to bed" TheI
do you suppose he took his lamp anC
went off and shut his bedroom dool
and went to sleep, or do you supDos
that Jesus acted in that home like
true. warm hearted friend? At first,
think. the family were a little shy
Then the ice Of bashful reserve gradu
ally wore away. Then as soon as tn
supper was ended think Jesus took
couple of the youngest children upol
his knee and strolled their hair ant
told them some sweet stories. Yes,
think I can hear Jesus telling thes
children some simple parallels like tha
of the sheep that was lost up in III
mountains or a story like the prodiga
son. You see the children's eyes groN
bigger and bigger. They are so inter
ested that the youngest little girl, VIII
had been sucking her thumb for a
hour. has not once wanted to squirr
out of his lap. The two boys, leanin
on his knee. have not once attempte
TO pull each others hair. Then, a
Christ talks on, | think he brings In
spiritual lessons so near home tina
tears are rolling down the fathers an
mothers cheeks. Then the little ran
ilv llnelt for the good night prayer, an
the family altar was started. Wel
all those words of Jesus lost words
We're all those sentences which 1
smoke only short lived sentences an
eDhemeral in their influence? II yo
think thus then you must say that a
the prayers which the visiting paste
utters by the sickbed, all the qui'
talks the Christian mother has vii
her boy after the rest Of the famll
have gone to bed, all the words OF a.
vice the Sunday school teacher give
to her scholars are ephemeral wore
and short lived words. No. The III
written words and deeds Of Jesus liv
They never died. They lived and the
, continue to live in the lives of the me
, and the women and the children
T whom he spake.
, Turn to the gospel Of John and res
, there the account of the conyersati(
Jesus had with the woman of Samar
7 by Jacobs well. Christ was a-wearie
I He sat down to rest by this famo'
= well while his disciples went into 5
char to buy bread. This well is aDo
~ two miles from Sychar, as rememD
f it Alright Now, while Christ was the
Y woman of Samaria, a social outca'
q came to draw water While she w