Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-04
toontb chapter of Acts. When Paul

teenth chapter Of Acts. When PAU
and Sllas went TO Philppi this woman,
who was disciple Of Jesus Christ, met
them LYDIA took them TO her nome,
cared for them and looked after anu
rosnected them because they were
Gods ambassadors. And so our Chris
tion mothers and grandmothers not
only looked after us, but were always
the friends of our pastors. They used
70 say TO us, "My child, you cannot
rasnect Gods house unless you respect
h,s messengers" Don't you remember
how. during all the church troubles oL
vour childhood and young manhoou'
vour Christian mothers were always
the friends of Gods ministersr Don't
Won remember how, when the visiting
ministers used to come to your natlVe
village, they were always entertained
at your mothers home? Don't you
remember how reprovingly your motn-
or smoke at the dinner table when
rour older brother one Sunday made
,, finn Of the morning sermon? Ana
, though YOU are an old man today, yet
, through the example of her early lai'n-
i, fitness TO her village pastor, you nave
ALWAYS been a stanch friend Oh your
| pastors.
o In this day, when ministers are TOO
4 ofton estimated from the commercial
standpoint. it is a blessed sight to nno
4 our Lydas. The church OF the Loru
a Jesus Christ loses spiritual power
q wben she looks upon Gods ambassa-
/ doris simply from a mercenary stand
q noint as when a man buys a house OF
4 \ niece of land Thank God tor tne
,e Philippian woman who EXTENDED Tue
"a bosnitality of her home to tired faul'
ia Thank God today for the multitude OF
Is women who are so true 10 tnei'
q churches and their pastors all over th'
" land Are not the Lydias, who arr
to spreading Gods tidings, great hoS'
at The Duties Of Martha.
ly Rut there is still another name upol
er that New England tombstone,
Ill Martha to her guests" we all know
by who Martha was. We can all see ne
bustling about the kitchen. we Sc
en- her hot. flushed face and her anxiou
llt look We hear her mutter, "On' VIVA
en- shall I do with so many guests comm
ch - d,nror and nothing yet prepared?
lr- Because Christ rebuked her Tor lace
ing zone thing" we are apt to forge
how desirous she was to put all he
m friends at ease and make her home
nd haven Of rest for Jesus and his friend
by, And vet as Martha bustles aroun
a does she not remind you of your Cnrl
ou. tian mother working in the old nome
aer Can Won not see her striving to put II
ia friends of your father and the frienC
as of her children at their ease ana
ch, make the home haven Of rest for
the associates Of her dear ones?
her And then your mother was Dorc
an TO the poor. All, yes, you did not re'
her ize how much she was doing for e
Gus moor and the helpless until after S
she died, When you turn to the MN
the chapter of Acts and read now an
to Dorcas' death. the women gathered
hat the outer room and began to show
n| Garments she had made and TO |
the about the many errands OF mercy :
leps had gore on it seems as though Lu
the were writing about the obsequies
lone vonr own mother. Your mother v
hem a nloin woman and lived In SIN
# a snbere. as some people might suppo
usly hut no house would have been lal
her, enouqh TO hold that throng. And
nple beautiful part of that gathering
the that not only the rich came, but
the moor rs we'll. Those who attended y
chill mothers funeral were all mournt
fees They did not come perfunctorliy; u
came because they wanted to col
In Can you not see those mourners no
r al Can you not see that old man hoppl
re- along on his cane whom she had
the ed from going to the poorhouseE
the there was the aged woman whom y
upon mother persuaded to take her dau
au- TOR hack home after that scandal,
inner her daughter IS there by her side.
Dung there was the weeping vasnerwol
lkled whose children she had so often cl
ir of cd And there was that poor
.ened sumntlve girl grateful for the del
: up, cies your mother gave her, VINO CT
The from her sickbed to look at the
Id of of her dear benefactor once m
The your father sometimes used to get
m is crv because your mother did so II
exer- for the moor. He would say: Mot
limo # doesn't pay. Stay home and lei
even on that extra work" But at
uence mothers funeral your father kne'
ce OF did pay. For the first time ne
can the children began to eaten a gllr
If the Of how much your mother had
moth for others. Thank God that
mother was a Dorcas. Thank
that the women who publish the
large ings of great Joy among the poor
in the the helpless and the suffering a
acu'- great host
til far Would YOU not like to be Sara
ingers rorr husband a Eunice to your
d her dren. a Lois to your gra1dchildr'
es all rvdia 70 Gods ministers, Martl
e ana vour guests, a Dorcas to the poor
after an Anna to your God? In other "
young would you not like to expend your
as sne In Christian service for Others as
OF the mother did. rather than live Sc
jour worldly life: Happiness Is not l
others IN the frivolous life and the trln
ties at the social world, where so many
si it is found. &c
differ would you not thank God IL
W gen. day the epitaph found in the old
be SO England graveyard could De W
Dies lS upon your tombstone ana tnat
len her the psalmist of old it might be 81
OF the YOU "She hath Joined the women
fill up ,,I,,;sh Gods tidings. who are a
Don't hostY' God grant it for his dear
of this rconvrirht 1907, by Louis Klopsc
do it." ----.s.. s..- y
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