Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-06-30

eousness shall shine as The Stars Jorctcr an"
euer. n-Dan;el xii, ;.
Every man has thousand roots and
THOUSAND branches. His roofs reach down
through all tho earth; his branches spread
through nl the heavens He speaks with
voice, with eye, with hand. with foot. LIS
silence often is thur Ter, and his lie is an an
them or adoxo!ogy. There is no such thing as
negative influence. Wo are Gli positive i'll
the place we occupy. making the world better
or making it worse, on the Lords side or the
devils, making up reasons for our blessedness
IS. banishment: and we have already done Y
m ghty work in pcoplinS heaven or hell.
herr people tell of what they are going to.do..
A man who has burned down city might as
well talk of some good that he expects TO 40,
or man who has saved IN empire might as
we'll talk of some good that no expects to DO.
BY tho force Of your evil influence you have
already consumed infinite values, or You
have, by tho power Of o right influence, won
whole Kingdoms for Col.
IT woull be ab.urd for me to stand here
and, by elaborate argument, prove chat the
world is OIL the track. You might as well
stand ut the foot of an embankment, amid the
wreck of a capsized rail train, proving by
elaborate argument that something is ou5 OF
order Adam tumbled over the embankmrnt
sixty centuries ago end the whole race, in ono
same direction. crash Crash! The only
question now is, By what leverage can the
crush III thing be lift.d! by what hammer
may the fragments be reconstructed!
want to show you how we may turn many
to righteousness, and what will be our future
pay for so doing.
Frst-We may turn them by tho charm
of right example. a child, coming from u
filthy home, was taught Mt school to wash it's
faro 1t went home so nu.h improved IN ap-
pearance that it's mother washed her facc.
And when the father of the household came
home, and saw the improvement in domestic
appearance, he washed his face. The neigh
bors happening in, saw the change, and
tried the same experiment. until al that
street was purified, and the next street
copied its example, and the whole city felt
the result of ono schoo'6oy washing his
face That is n fable, by which we
sut forth that tho best way to get the world
washed of its sins aud pollution is 10 have
orr own heart and life cleansed and purified.
a man with grace in his heart, and Christian
cheerfnlness in his face, and holy consistency
in his behavior, is n perpetual sermon; and
the sermon differs from others in that it has
but ono head and the longer it runs the bet
ter There are honest men who walk down
chatter. There are happy men who
go into a sick room, and, by a ,ool,
hsp the broken bone to knit, and
the excited nerves drop to calm beating.
There nre pure men whose presence slences
tho ton. NC of uncleanness. Tho migiitiest
agent good on earth is n consistent Chris
tian. like tho Bible folded between ills OF
cloth, Of callSkin or morocco, but [ like it
better when in tho shape Of man, it g'es
Courage is beautiful to read about: but
rather would | SEQ mnn with NIL the world
against him confident rs though all the world
were for him. Patience is beautiful to read
about; but rather would see n huicted soul
calmly waiting for the tine OF tieliverance
Faith is beautiful to read about; butrather
would find man in the midnight walking
straight on MS though he saw everything.
Oh, how many souls have hccn turned to God
by the charm of bright eXainple
When, in tho Mcxi an war, tile troops were
wavering, General rose in his stirrups and
dashed into the encmy's lines, shout ng:
''Aten, follow!' They, seeing his courage
and disposition, dashed on after him and
gained the victory. What men want to rally
them for God is an example TO lead them.
All your commands to others to advance
amount to nothing so long rs yon stay he
hind. To affect them Alright you reed to
start for heaven yourself, looking back only
to give the stirring cry OF "Nlen, follow"
Again: We may turn many to righteous
ness by PRAYER There Is no such detective
as prayer, for 10 one can hide away from it.
It puts its hand on the shoulder OF n man ten
thousand miles eff 1t alightS ona ship mid
Atlantic The little child canispt understand
the law Of electricity, or how tlfp telegraphc
operator, by touching tlie instrument here,
may dart message untler the 5ta to anot her
continent; nor can we, with oYr small in tel
ect, understand how the tqhch ofa Chris
tian's prayer shall instantly Etriko 4 soul on
the other side OF the eayth You take
ship and go to some .other country,
and get there ut II o'clock in the MORN
ing. You telegraph to New York, AMI the
morning In other words, it seems to arrive
here five hours before it started. Like that
is prayer. God says Before they call l will
hear" To oyertakc O loved one on the road
YOU may spur mp lathcred stecd until he
Shall OUTRAGE tie ono that brought the nows
to Client; but prayer shall catch it at one
| gallop. A boy running away from home
may take the midnight train from the coun-
try village and reach the seaport in time to
gain the ship that sails OH the morrow; but a
| mothers prayer will be on the dock to meet
| him, ana in the hammock before lie swings
| into it. and at the cap;tan before 10 winds
| the rope around it. and OIL the sea, against
the sky, as the vessel plows OIL toward it.
| There is mightiness i'll prayer. George
| Muller PRAYED II company Of poor
boys together, and then he prayed
up an asylum in which they might be shell
tered He turneil his faco toward Edinburgh
and prayed, and there c'inc Il thousand
pounds. lie turned his fare toward London
| md prayed. AMI there came II Thousand
pounds. II. t1rncd his face towart dublin
and prayed. AID here came thousand
pounds. The breath Of ELI tbs prayer blew
all the clouds off the sky. and it was dry
weather The breath Of Eliiahs prayer blew
all the Clouds together, AMI it vas wet
weather Prayer. in Daniels time, walked
the cave as a lion tanner. 1t reached up and
| took the sun by its golden bit AMI stopped 1t:
| We have al yet to try the full power OF
PRAYER. The time will come when the
American church will pray with its face
| toward the west, and all the prairles and IN
| land cities will surrender to God; ana will
pray with face toward the sea, and all the
| isanis and slips will become Christian.
Parents who have Maynard sons Will get
down on their knees and say: Lord, send my
boy home," and the boy in Canton shall get
| right up from the gaming table, and 80 down
| to the wharf to find out which ship starts
| first To-: America.
Not one OF lis yet knows low to pray. All
we have doue ns yet has only been potterlng,
and guessing, and experimenting. A boy
r..ts hold of his fathers saw AMI hammer,
oni tries to make something. but it is Il poor
affair that he makes. The father comes and
takes the sam, saw and hammer, and builds
the house or TIL ship. III tic childhood OF our
Christian faith we make but poor work with
these weapons Of prayer, but when we come
to tie stature Of mon in Jesus Christ. then
under these implements, the temple OF sos
will rise and the worlds redemption will ht
launched. God cares not for the length
of our prayers, or the number OF our pray
ers, or the beauty OF our prayers. or t.t
place OF our prayers; but it is the faith II
them that tells. Believing prayer scars
higher than the lark ever sang; piun=e'
deeper than diving bell ever SINK; dart,
quicker than lightning ever flashed. Though
we have llse,l only the back of this wearoi
instead OF the edge. what marvc!s have bfer
wrought If saved we are all the captivos o.
some earnest prayer. Would God that. il
the desire for the rescue of souls we migh
in prayer lay hold of the resources OF th'
Lori Omnipotent. :.
We may turn many to Righteousness ~
Christian admonition. Do not wait unit
vol can make formal sncech. Address the
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