Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-05-19
ACCOMAC.C f. VA SATURDAY. NAY -. 1883

society. 11la one lneu sue uaaD tTriiT'-
ises and intldels most haze, rs tho idea OF ie
tributiou Take away thu idea Of lrtribu-
tien ard punishment from soclesy, and it
will begin very seon To disintcGrats: and
tallc away from the MAIDS of men tho fear
Of bell, and there arc u greet many OF them
who would very SOON turn thls world into
hell Tho majority OF those who are ind!s-
mint against the Bible because OF the idea OF
punishment arc men whose lives IRE bad or
whose iearti ars impure, and who heso the
S;blo Lo>anse Of the ktoa Of future fsasisa-
ment for tho same rcosou thst criminals hate
the pcntentiary. Oh, have; heard this bravo
talk about people fearing nothing OF the
consequences Of sin In. the next world, and
have made up my mind it Is merely
cowards whistling to keep lis courage up. /
have seen men lallnt their iuinoralitics in
the face of tho community, ind haye heard
them defy tho Judgment day and scoY ut tho
idea OF any future consequence Of their sin;
--s b.. r.hc,, they came TO die they shrickcd
until yoa coIId the. II Tor nearly two
blocks and III tho summer. night tho neigh
Z bors got up TO- put che windowedown because,
!, theyicould not endure the norrcr. - 1, ~
1 would;no tSwant to see a rail train with.
Ave hundred Christi am people oar board co.
down through dr;aSy brid Into atery
Il grave |, Eyyould not syalt tosae; i've hundred
Christian people 90 INTO such caissister,
tell you plainly that could moro easily SEQ
that.than could for any. protcuc;ed timo5
stand and see an inf1dcl die, though bis pillow
wero of cider down and under a canopy Of
vesmilion have never been ablo to brace
ND nv nerves for such spectacle. There is
something OF such q time 50 indescriba5lc III
tho countcnance. just looked in upon it for
u minute OF two, but the clutch OF his fist
was SO diabolic, and the strength of voice
was so unnatural, I could not endure it.
"Thero is no hell, there is no he'll, thoie is no
hellr' tho lnan had said for sixty years; but
that night when looked in the dying room
OF my infdel reighbor there WIS something
on his countenanco which seemed to say:
There is. there is, there Is, there isl'
Tic nigl,tiest restraints today against
theft against immortality, against libortn-
ism, against crime OF ell sorts-tho migiltiest
restraints AFRO tho rctributious Of eternity.
Efcn know that they can escape tho law, but
down in Tire offenders soul there Is the reali-
Zatlou Of the fact TINT they cannot escape
Cod. He stands st tho end of the road OF
DTO!lISUCl, 1C w All ilO1 C1S~t Viz 6uti"J
Take oil idea OF rctribution and runishnlcnt
out of the hearts and minds Of IEen, end it
would not be long before Brooklyn and Now
York and Boston and Charleston ard Chi
cago became SodoIns The only restraints
against the evil passions OF the word today
arc Bible restraints
Suppose now these generals Of atheism
and inGdelity got the victory, apd suppose
they lnalshaled great army made up Of the
majority of the world. They are in com
panics, in regiments, i'll biigadcs-the whole
army. Forward march! ye hosts Of infide!s
and atheists, banners flying before, banners
fzing behind, banners inscribed with the
words: $40 God no Christ! no punish
r,eutI No restraints! Down with tic Biblel
Do as you pleased" Inc sun tSrned lnto dark
ness
Forward, march, SO greet orrny of isildeh
and atheists! And (irst OF al you viii a5rack
the churches Away with chcss ho,,ecs OF
wolshipl They have hceu standing there 50
long and deluhng the people with cezss'.;.-
ticu In their hereavensonts end soiIOssa al
thes, churches oagnt 10 he extiiIertss2; they
haee doao SO much 10 relieve tse idEsc ana
bring ho:ne ito waadcdag. and she,- flssToso
lc:ss held up the idsa pe osSrTM Fsss szssRa Tho
pare1ysl,a Of this IT'D ss-oNer. Turn fhe So
Peters aad 81 Pn,.fs ed tss teiupses'aad
tabernaciss into clzb houses. Away vita
those charchcsi
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