Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-25

awful physical ana mental curse WHICH
Is racklng your whole organism to
pieces. You remind me Of a little child
who goes to bed and is frightened
with foolish dream. You put your
little boy to bed and kiss him good
night, and he rolls over and goes 10
sleep. But In the middle Of the night
YOU are awakened by a heartrending
cry, "Oh, mammal You call out:
YES. my dear. Come into bed with
mamma" And your baby crawls into
bed and you say, "Did my baby have
bad dreamsT and he answers, Yes,
mamma: a great big bear was running
after me and almost caught me up
Then you say. Never mind. my dar-
ling: Just lie close to mamma. and she
will not let the bear touch you" Then
your boy nestles down by your side
and goes quietly to sleep.
Frightened by Dream.
Now. my brother, that is the trouble
with you. You have whole herd or
bears running after you. One of those
big bears is going to eat up your busi-
ness, and another one OF those Dig
bears Is going to swallow down your
good name. and another Is going to
steal your child. and another steal
your home. You are frightened with
foolish dreams. These dreams, called
worry, are racklng your whole body to
pieces. You cannot sleep by night, and
YOU cannot rest by day. and you can
not properly digest your food. what
YOU should do is what your little baby
does when he has bad dreams. lie
knows you will take care of him and
let no harm come to him. What you
need TO do Is to nestle close up to GODS
heart. He will take care Of you. He
will never fail you. Then if you can
only grasp this infinite truth all this
useless worrying will leave you. And
| in nowise will the value of the gospel
be shown quicker than in the benefit
to your physical health.
But there is another fact | want you
! to learn about these gospel paths or
peace The longer you travel them the
more beautiful they become, the more
YOU will be stimulated by their fra
GRANGE and the more they will reveal to
Won the messages Of Gods love. They
will be to you just what the paths OF
the woods are to the lover Of nature.
| The farther he travels over them the
more fascinating and beautiful he finds
| them.
| God Is Love.
| | might appeal for confirmation 10
the experience of any aged Christian
You. with your white hair and trem'
bling limbs; you, who are lear On
your staff, you have been following
the gospel paths of peace now for over
half a century. Tell me, you with
your fourscore years, is not Jesus more
precious to you than he was when as
ruddy checked lad you first surrender
ed your heart to him? "Oh, yes" an
swers the aged Christian. "As | look
back over my long life like the psalm
ist can say. 4 have been young, bu
am now old, yet have never seen th'
righteous forsaken nor his seed beg
glnc bread My journey has been
zig, hard journey. Sometimes 1t was
away in the mountains. Sometimes /
was down in the valleys Of despond
Sometimes my feet have stumbled
Sometimes | have had to look into the
gaping mouths of opened graves. Bu
Christ has never forsaken me. Eacl
month and each year he has beef
drawing closer to me. And now he Il
so much a part of my being that nev
er breathe the fragrance Of a flower
I never hear bird sing. ! never SCI
n star twinkle | never see mans o.
q woman's or a childs face but | hea
voice singing in my heart: Coo 1
love. God is love. God is love- "
Come. aged mother in Israel. Wha
is your testimony? In the kitchen ant
parlor and nursery and Home you hav'
had your trials. Is Jesus Christ neare
and dearer to you as the years roll o.
, and the time draws nigh when yo'
will see them face to face? "Yes, yes,
answers the beautiful faced saint "a
I think of what Christ is to me nov
and what he always has been truly
, can say there is one name above ever
name and one love above every love
Oh. truly. Christ is dearer to me ma
ever before. Like all Christians. ca
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of the righteous is as the dawnln
light that shineth more and more unit
! the perfect day."
A Triumphant Peace.
And then the terminus Of the gosp'
paths of peace-oh what glorious,
triumphant peace they have! AS a
, roads during Caesars reign were sal
to lead to Rome, so all the gosp'
p paths of peace ultimately converge
B. one great central destination. They a
: meet at the foot of the great Wnll
throne of God. And all those who tra'
. el them shall assemble there. In th
. many paths of the dense woods
! ,arth you can pass within a re-
q Yards Of your friends and miss theF
s entirely. but there is no danger OF eve
y losing those who travel the gospt
e paths of peace. You see, we cannc
D miss each other We are all headin
s to the same destination. We are a
g going to assemble in the one plac'
Y where we shall sing the same songs an
e look upon the face Of the same CHRIS
i and live there through all eternity
t the same mansions. Oh, is it not glor
e GUS news that those who have gor
= before us and our dear children WI
n are coming behind us shall yet be OF
1 with us in glory?
q While | was writing this sermon
o seemed to see q most wonderful '
r sion. | saw beautiful picture.
e apocalyptic vision saw the memDe
! of my church travelling those paths
+ peace and all meeting there at Il