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

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restless. No sooner is the evening /
meal ended than he says: This Is stu |
pid. No need of sitting around here.
Let us 90 to the theater." Or he says, =,
Come. let us go to Mrs. So-and-so's
card party" Or: 81 must do some |
thing. Let us go to the club and have |
n game of billiards." Or when sum- /
mer comes he hies away to the fash
ionable hotel where he can turn night |
into day and day into night. And be
Is never happy unless he Is intoXicat-
ed with some kind Of excitement 70
such man | would say: My brother
what you need Is change OF heart
What you need Is to get close to God.
What you need IS to have so much
divine grace that you will think it a
sufficient amusement when you can
play a childhood game With your i've
ycar-od daughter and when you can
enjoy an entertainment Of magic IAN
tern show made out of an old sheet
hung up in7your parlor. with the magic
lantern slides being run by your little
boy. Il never pick lily out of the gar
den." said a poor dressmaker in my
home some time ago. but 1t says to me,
See how happy ! am on account OF
Gods goodness to me-" WhyF Be
cause like Enoch, she was walking
with God. And so, my brother and
sister If you once get your hearts
right with Christ the smallest and the
most insignificant things of life, like
the prattle of child the sight of two
little kittens tumbling upon the floor.
the merrymakings of lot of boys play
ing baseball in the back lots, will offer
TO you an endless variety of amuse-
ment. Oh. that you and ] could be
like Phillips Brooks and never out
grow our love of simple, innocent
pleasure. The ways Of heavenly wis
dom "are ways of pleasantness, and
all her paths are peace"
WAYS of PIeasantness.
The Christians ways are pleasant
also because they are full of peace. As
he treads the path of life he has that
wonderful peace which passeth all un-
derstanding. and he says: There is
divine power guiding me and mine.
Wherever 90 and whatever ! do his
hand IS leading me and his arm IS de-
Tending me. My path of life may ap-
near checkered. but God will never let
me or mine get beyond the reach OF
his protecting love. All things work
together for good to those that love
Cod" Oh, my brother, can you not
feel what n glorious peace comes over
the wayfarcr in the journey of life
when he fully realizes that God Is lead
ing him and protecting him? He Is on
the highway Of wisdom. and all her
ways are ways of pleasantness. ana all
her paths are peace"
Some Of us have been travellers, ana
we know only too well the disquietude
/ and the anxiety which come over us
when we realize that we have strayed
from the right path. And, oh, the JOY
! shat wells up In the heart when we rec
1 ON q some familiar place from which
we can find our way back home. Some
time ago was camping in the wild
regions of Humboldt county. Cal we
left the beaten paths and struck into
n side road and went to the end OF the
road. and there we pitched camp for
| deer hunting. One morning about 8
O'Clock we arose and started after
game. After awhile it began to rain III
torrents. but still we kept on. Then.
after we had hunted for some six or
eight hours. we decided to make a
short cut over the mountains and get
hock TO camp. We climbed the noun
tain and pushed our way on for an
! hour or two. Then the whole topogra-
phv Of the country seemed to change.
We were lost! With no food and no
means to build a campfire. with drip
ping clothes and empty stOmachs. the
situation was anything but inviting
How TO get back to camp we did moi
know unless we retraced our steps tC
the place whence we started for the
short cut. SO back we went Yet as
we tramped along everything was SC
strange. At last, after long pull and
tug. we cried. Safe at last for VIC
had sighted some familiar landmarks
And though we had still miles upon
miles to travel and though the ram
I was falling in torrents we cared not
For we knew each step we were TAX
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happy feeling. after one has beer
lost for hours in the woods. 10 fine
the familiar patl, that leads him bach
to fire and food and blessed sleep.
Christ as Guide.
We'll. the same feeling | had whel
lest among the mountains of Hum
boldt county and then striking TIT
trail for home is the feeling the Chris
tian has when Christ becomes hi
guide. In the first place be is com
pletelv lost. He is lost on the noun
tains of sin. Every step he takes Is
, | steD in the dark and seems to be lead
inc him farther and farther away IRON
his Fathers house. AS he tramp
: along in the lonely mountains OF sll
the fierce eyed monsters Of troubl
leap out of the thickets and assail hin
! and tie loved ones he carries in hi
/ arms and it is dark and growln
darker every minute. But suddenl,
out of the darkness there comes tn
figure of a man. He has a Oeautifu
, face. 1t is the face of a man. and ye
: It has on it the signs Of divinity. IL
? reaches out his hands to the lost tray
eler and says: "What. Lost? Lost 1
the mountains Of sin? Follow me, an'
| will lead thee back to thy Father
housew And as soon as that gent
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