Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-07-20

OF the sumo pook WIN MIN, though.
his designations shake the book, ne.
Numbering that he that convcrteth
sinner from the. error of his ways
shall save soul from death, and hide
multitude Of sins.
HOW THE sHACKLEs MAY BE LoosED.
Now. have shown you these OBJ
stacles because | want you TO under
stand know all tho difficulties in the
way; but am now TO tell you how
Hannibal may scale the Alps and how
the shac1lcs may be unrivcted and
how the paths Of virtue forsaxen may
be regained First of all. my brother,
throw yourself OH God. Go to him,
frankly and earnestly, and tell him
these habits you have, and ask him, #
there is any help in all the resources OF
omnipotcnt love, to give it to YOU. Do
not go with a long rigmarolc people call
prayer, mndc up OF ''ohs" and .ahs'
and forever and forever amens!''
Go to God and cry for helpl hclpl
/. help and if>you cannot cry for help,
Just look and live. remember in the
| ;;yar / was at>Aiitictanl, and Invent
| into tie hospitals after the battle,
and said man, Where
are you hurts" HefSadc no answer;
1.but held up ibis arm gollen and u.
I:spIintered. ! saw where lie .y.Sssa2 y n,
The simple. fnctis, when u man hasa
wounded soul, all he hes 10 dois to
hold it UP before sympathetic Lord
and get it healed. It does not take any
long prayer. Just hold up the wound.
Oh, it is no small thing when y manis
nervous and wenk and exhausted,
coming from hiscvil ways, to feel that
God puts two omnipotenturms around
about linn and says, Young man, l
| will stand by you'll The mountains
may depart and the hills be removed,
but ! will never fail you" And then,
as the soul thinks the news is too good
TO be true, AMI cannot believe it, and
looks up in Gods face, God lifts his
right hand and takes an oath. u, ALI
davit, saying, "As / live, saith the
Lord God, have no pleasure in tho
death of linn that dietl.
THANK GOD FOR THE GOSPEL
Blessed be God for such q Gospel as
thisi Cut tho slices thin, said the
wife to the husband. "or there will not
be enough to go all around for the
children; cut the slices thin" Blessed
be God, there is full loaf for every
one that wants il; bread enough and
TO spare. No thin slices at the Lords
table. remember when the Master
Street hospital. in Philadelphia, was
opened during tue war, telegram
came saying. There will be three
hundred wounded men tonight; be
ready to take care of them and from
my church there went in some twenty
or thirty men and women to look Of
ter these poor wounded fellows. AS
they came. some from one part Of the
land, some from another, NO one
asked whether this man was from Ore
gon, or from Massachusetts, or from
Minnesota, OF from New York. There
was wounded soldier. and the only
question was how to take off the rags
most gently, and put on the bandage,
and administer the cordial And when
soul comes to God he does not asl,
where you came from or what your
ancestry was. Healing for all your
wounds. Pardon, for all your guilt.
Comfort for all your troubles.
| Then, also, l counsel you, if you
want to get back, to quit all yoar bad
associations. One unholy intimacy
will ill your soul with moral distenl-
per. In all the ages of the church
there has not been an instance where
man kept ono evil associate and was
reformed AMONG the fourteen hum
dred million Of the race not one in
stance. Go home today. open your
desk, take out letter paper, stamp and
envelope, and then write a letter some
thing like this:
My old companions: start this
day for heaven. Until | am persuaded
you will join me III this. farewell
YOU MUST RENoUNcE ONE OR THE OTHER.
Then sign your name, and send the
lctter with tito first post. Give up
your bad companions, or give up
heaven. It's not ten bad companions
that destroy Il man, nor five bad con-
panions. nor tlrae bad companions,
but one. What chance is there for
that young man saw along the street,
four or five young men with him.
halting in. front Of grog shop, urrg-
ing him to go in. he resisting, VIC
lcntly resisting, until after a while
they forced him to go i'll. 1t was a
summer night. and the door was left
open, and l saw the process. They
held linn fast, and they put the cup to
his lips, and they forced down, the
strong drink. What chance is there
for such young mani
counsel you also seek Christian ad.
vice. Every Christian man is bound
to help you. First Of all, seek God;
then seek Christian counsel. Gather
up all tho energies of body, mind and
soul, and, appealing 10 God for sue
cess, declare this day everlasting war
against all drinking habits all gam
bling practices. all houses Of sin. Half
and-half work will amount TO nothing;
it must be Waterloo. Shrink back
now and you are lost. Push OF and
you arc saved. A Spartan general fell
at the very moment on 'lctorH, ottt NC
dipped his finger in his own blood and
wrote on rock near which lie was
,;:ring, Sparta has conquered.
Though, your struggle to get rid OF sin
may seem to be almost death strug-
Iglc. you can dip your finger in your
own blood and write on the Rock OF
Ages. Victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ. !"
Oh. what glorious news it would be
for some OF these young men to send
home TO their parents. They go TO
the postoifice every day or two to see
whether there are any letters from
you. How anxious they are to hear
SEND THE GOOD NEWS HONE. :.
Some one said to Grecian general.
"Whnt was the proudest moment i'll
your ife?" He thought 4 moment,