Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-05-12

upon rae pleIoruL I:a DIS cIia arm IN s
sling, and the other holds crutch AS av
mounts the platform, oh, the enthusiasm OF
the audiencel They say: .That man fought
for US, and imperiled his life for us;n and
how wild the huzza that follows huzai
When the Lord Jesus Christ shall at-last
stand out before tho niultitudes OF tho re-
deemed of heaven, aud We meet him fuce to
face, aud feel that lie was wounded In the
head, and wounded in the hands, and:
wounded in the feet, and wounded in theside
for US, nietlinks we will be overwhelmed
We will sit some time In silence. Until some
leader amidst the white rol,ed choir shall lift
the baton OF light, and give the signal chat it
Is time to wake the song Of jubilee; and all
heaven will then break forth into: "Ho
sannal losailnnl hosannal Worthy Is tho
Lamb that was Slain"
calculate further the valueo of the soul by
the price that has been paid for IL La st
Petersburg there is q diamond that the gov
eminent. paid saUU,OO0 for Well you
say, lit Iiust have been very valuable, or.
the government would not have paid S30u, go
for it, want to So what luy, soul is
worth, and what your soul is worth, by SEQ
ing what has been paid for il. For. that I'M.
mortal soul, the richest blood that was; ever
shed, the deepest groan that was ever ut
tered all the griefs Of earth comp into
one tear the sun erings OF earth nthereds
sintoso s aud struck tbroIg6
sstbis hot sliear sfiSni Jrmens
saous YaIuef
argyle; als0, value Of stbs soul from
the home: that has been lifted up for Tin the
future Ono would hive tboushtn street OF
adamant would hive done. No: it Is a street
OF gold One would have thought that
wall of 81 ante would have done. No; it Is
the fame of sardonyx niingling with the
green OF emerald One would have thought
that an occasional dox0logy worid have
done No, it s perpetual song II the
ages of heaven marched in straight line,
some day the last regiment, perhaps, might
pass out of sight. but no. the ages Of heaven
do not march in straight line but in cir
Gle around about the throne Of God; forever,
forever, tramp, tramp! A soul SO bought,
SO equipped, go provided Tor, must be price
less soul, majestic soul, tremendous soul
Now, you have seen the two properties
the world, the soul One perishable, the
other immortal One unsatisfying, the other
capable of ever increasing felicity Will
you trade event Remember, 1t is the only
investment you can make II man sell
bill OF goods worth S5.OU0, aud lie is cheated
out OF it, be may get ss5,uoU somewhere else;
but q man who invests his soul invests all
Losing that, he loses oil Saving that. he
saves all In the light of my text, it seems
to me as if you were this morning Offering
your soul to the highest bidder; and hear
you say what is bid for it. my deathless
spritf What is bid for tf Satan says:
an bid the world You say: "BesonoI
That is no equivalent Sell my soul for the
words Mol Begonel" But th,re is some
one else In the audience not SO wise as that.
He says; What il bid for my immortal
soulf Satan says: "I'lI bid tho world
The worldf Going at that. going at that,
goingi Gomez Gone foreverl
WIini IL the thing OF greatest price,
The whole creation rouudi
That which was lpst In paradise,
That which In Christ Is found.
nhax, la. ,,- -, th.r ro,,,d ~. ,,r,ro