Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-08-11
clse's, and it was a sort of literary mongrcl-'
ism, and I wculd throw the garbled sheets

have noticed, suppose, that as soon
as q man begins to give up the Biole
lie is apt to preach i'll some hall, and
lie has an audience while he livoS, and when
he dies the church Ties. 1t L Thought that
my church III Brooklyn was built on quarter
OF Il Bib'e, or Il halfa Bible, or three quarters
OF Il Slide, CT nincty-nine one-hundredthS of
Bible | would expect it to die when
| die; but when l know it is built
on the entire Word IF God, know it wililast
two hundred years after you and l sleep the
last srep. Oh the Splrnlors of an ortho-
doNv. winch, with ten thousand hanis and
TIN thousand pulpitSa and ten thousand Chris
tiau churches, is trying to save the world!
In Music Hall. Boston, for many years
stood Theodore Parker battling orthodoxy,
giving it, rs some supposed at that time,
its death wound. He was the most faScinat-
ing man ever heard or ever expected TO hear,
AMI | came out from hearing him think
ins i'll my boyhood way: We'll, that's the
,'eath of the church, On that same street
and not far from being opposite, stood Para
Congregational Church, called h. its enelnle:
'Hel-tire Corner Theodore Parker died
aud his church lie,i with him; or if it is III
existence, it is SO small you canuot SIC il
with the nakcl eye Park Congregational
Church sli stands on "llul-iire Corner
laundering away the magnificent truths of
this glorionS orthodoxy Just us Though Theo-
dora Parker Ind never livefl. Ali that Bos-
ton. or Bro !,lyn. or New York, or the world
ever ;,ot that is worth having came through
the wide aqusluct OF orthodoxy from the
throne Of God.
Behold the sp'an !or; of character bnlt up
lv orthodoxy Who had the greatest human
intellect the world ever knew: Paul. In
physical stature insignificant; i'll mind, head
and shoulders above ali the giants OF the age.
Orthodox from scalp to heel. Who was tho
greatest poet the ages ever saw, acknowledged
10 he SO both by jnfidelS and Chris
tiaus: John Milton. seeing moro without
eyes than anybody else ever saw with eyes.
Orthodox from s:alp to heel. Who was the
greatest rerormer the world hls ever seen: 50
acknowledged by iufidels as we'll rs by Chris
tians. Martin Luther Orthodox from scalp
Co heel
Then look at the certitudes. o man. bo-
licv.ng i'll au entire Bible. where did You
come from? Answer: 81 descended from u
perfect parentage in Paradise. and Jehovah
breathed into my nostrils the breath of life.
! am a son of God. o man, believing ina half
and half Bible, believing in Bible i'll spots,
where did You come from! Answer: ut is
all uncertain: i'll my ancestral limo away
back there was an Orang-outanr and tadpole
and a poywog. and it took millions Of years
to get me evolutcd' Gilman, believing in Il
Bible in spots. where are you going to when
YOU quit this world? Answer: Going intoa
=
and then shall pass through on to the great
anywhere, AMI shall probably arrive in the
nowhere That is where thought you
would fetch up O man, believing il
an entire Bible, and believing with all your
heart. whore are you gong to when
leave this world: Answer: Il au Going to
my Fathers house; anu going into the
compnniorShip Of my loved ones who have
gone before: am going to leave all my
III, md | un oninsr hp with (,Ol fi,I like
Col forever and forever" Oh, the glorious
certitIdeS of orthodoxy!
Behold the >plendors of orthodoxy i'll its
announcements of two destinies.
Palace and penit"ntiary. falac, with
gates on ail sides through which all my
enter and live ON celestial luNuries word
without end. an | all FOR the knocking aii'i
the asking. y palace granler than il all the
AlhamhraS and the Versailles and the " ind
sor Css.leS anl the Winter Gardens ana tie
imperial aLoles Of al; earth were l;savel up
into one architectur al glory. AT the other
emil OF the universe pei t"ntiary where men
who waut their sins can have them. W ou!d
1t lie fair that you aud should have our
choice of Christ and the palace, AMI other
men lie rleniei their choice OF sin AMI
eternal degradation: Palace and penitentiary.
The first of no Use unless you have the last.
BROOKLYN and New York would be better
places to live in with Raymond Street Jail,
the Tombs and Sing Sing. and all the small
box hospitals emp,ied on them, than heaven
would be if there were no hell Palace and
penitentiary. If sec man with full bowl
OF sin. end be thrsts for il, AMI his whole
nature Graves it. and he takes no 4 with both
han Is and presses that bowl to his lips, and
then presses it hnr'l between his teeth,
and the drauglt begins to pour its sweet
ness down his throat: shall We snatch
away the bowl, and jerk the man up to tie
Of hon nd .I In in if ha tlO.aS
not want to go anil sit down AMI sing psalms
forever! No God has made YOU and me SO
completely fire.. that we need not 60 10
heaven unless We prefer it. Not more free
to soar than free 10 sink.
Nearly al the he!eroaox people know be-
lieve all are coming ONT at the S lmc destiny;
without regard to faith or character we are
all coming out at the shining gate. There
they are, ill in CORY together. Thorn
as Paine and George Whitc:ield, Jazebel
and Mary Lyon, Nero and Charles Wesley,
Charles Guiteau and James A. Garfield, John
Wilkes Booth and Abraham Linco-n-all III
glory together. AL ,lle Innocent men, wo-
men, and children who were maSsaered, sii ~,
by side with their murdererS. II We are all
coming out at the same destiny. without
regard to character, then it is true;
| turn away from such debaucheH
heaven. Against that caulclron OF piety and
blasphenv, philanthropy ane assassination.
selt-encrilice and leastlines;, place the TWO
destinies OF the Bible forever and forever
and forever apart.
Behold also the splendors of the Christian
Orthodox death beds.
Those who deny the Bible. or deny any
part Of it never die well! They either go
out in darkness or they go out in silence
portentoas. You mag gather up all the
biographies that have come forth since the
art of printing was invented, AMI challenge
n show tlIumnllut death oil q
man who rejected the Scriptures or rejected
any part OF them. Here | mike n great wide
avenue. On the one l put the death beds OF
those who believed in an entire Bible. On
the other side of that avenue put the
death beds Of those who rejected part
the Bible Now, take my arm and let US
pass through this dividing avenue. Look OF
upon the right side. Here are the deathbe1s
on the right side OF this avenue Vie.
tory through, our Lord Jesus Christ
Free grace" 'clory, gloryf' u! am
sweeping through the gait, wasns,l in ths
blooi of the Lar"b:n 1.-The CHI ,riots are
'They are coming for me.'' Peace, be
still" A'lre! cooxman's death-b.1. Richard
Calls Il ,ath a. TO nllo lore Foote'S death
bel Your fathers deaf b bed. your mothers
d.arh-bel, your sisters death-hel, your
childs death-hel Ten thousand radiant,
sonStul Il atl-he1s OF hose who believed an
entire Bil'le.
Now. take my arm and let us go through
that avenue. ana look OF upon the other
sid" NoslniIe of hope. No shout of triumph.
20 face systematically illumined. Those
who reject any part Of the Bible
Meier die well No reckoning for
angels to come No listening for the &C.
lestial escort Without any OK option they
90 out Of the world because they are pushed
out: willie OIL the other hind the
list OF those who believed i'll an entire
Bible and gone cut of the world in
triumph is LIST so long it seems intermna-
orthodoxy, which makes that which must
otherwise be the most 1rea1.ul hour of life
the last honr-po'iiively paral;sical!
Young mon. oil men, m,llie-aged men,
take sides in this contest between orthodoxy
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