Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-08-03

Y, AUGUST 3,
sBELIE1E AND DE SAVED.
SUBJECT OF SERMON BY REV. DR..
TTAlMAeE SUNDAY, JULY 2e.
tho Noted Brooklyn Divine P--sches in
sl;st. Paul. Mimi. Before an rn:r:cnse ,,nd
sApprecintve Congrc:ntion-EuH Text of
q NJ n,or.,ble and Interesting Discourse.
s ST PAUL, Mimi, July 2S.-The Rev.
TIDE Witt Talmagc, D. D., Of Brook
l lsysni N. y. preached in this city today.
Ellis subject was "Thc Earthquake,
and he took for his text: Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
EbS:saved. Acts@xyi, 81. The sermon
saNsgas as follows:
,Jails are dark, dull. damp, loath-
Esonie places even now; but they were
Eworseinthe apostolic times. Imagine
today wo are standing i'll the Philip
Ep ;isf dungeon. do you not feel the
EeIHf Do yof; net lear The groan OF
Ethose sincarcelnted ones who for ten
s YEATS Ii ave notseens the.sunlight. and
ssfaes al ep 81 gil OF. women whoremem-
soers lei fath cp's iouse and mourn
soser III 81 asestate jsteti,ng gain:
tie cougl of a colIsllnip tive, or;
the struggl e:of ono in the nightmare
Sof q great horror. You listen again
Eaid hear 4 culprit, his chains rafting
as die rolls over in his dreams, and
you say. God pity the prisoner. But
there is another sound il that prison.
It is a song of JOY and gladness.
What place to sing in! The-mnslc
comes winding through the corridors
of the prison, and in all tho dark
wards the whisper is heard: WHATS
.thats What's tlIatf'
THE soHG or PAUL AND sII,As.
II is the song Of Paul and Silas
They cannot sleep. They have been
whipped, very badly whipped. The
long gasles on their backs are bleed
ing yet They lie flat OH the cold
ground, their feet fast in wooden sock
cts, and of course they cannot sleep
But they can sing. Jailer, what nre
YOU doing with these people2 Why
have they been put in hcrea Oh, they
have been trying to make the world
better. Is that all2 That is all: a
pit for Joseph. A lions cave for Dan
iel. A blazing furnace for Shadracll.
Clubs for John Wesley. An anathc-
ma for Philip Mclancthoa. a dungeon
for Paul and Silas. But while VIC are
standing in the gloom Of the Philip
spian dungeon, and we hearthe ming
ling voices of sob and groan and bias
phemy and hallrlujah, suddenly IN
earthquake The iron bars of the
prison twist, the pillars crack
of, the solid masonry begins to heave
and alNthc doors swing open. The
iailer feeling himself responsible for
these prisoners, and believing. in his
pagan ignorance, suicide to be honor.
tabIe-since Blutus killed himself, and
Cato killed himself, and Cassus killed
himself-puts lis sword to his own
heart, proposing with one strong, keen
thrust to put an end To his excitement
and agitation. But Paul cries out:
stop! Stop! Do myself no harm.
We are all here" Then see the jailcr
running through the dust and amid
the ruin of Chat prison, and | see linn
throwing himself down at the feet of
these prisoners, crying out: What
shall Tdo1 What shall | dof" Did
Paul answer: Get out Of. this place
before there is another earthquake;
put handouts and topples on these
other prisoners, lest they get awaya"
No word ofstliat kind. His compact,
thrilling, tremendous answer, an
swcr memorable all through Garth
and heaven, was: Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved Well, we haye all read OF
the earthquake III Lisbon, in Lima, in
Alcppo and in Caracas, but wo live
in a latitude where severe volcanic
disturbances are rare. And yet we
have seen fifty earthquakes. Here is
man who has been building up q
large fortune His bid OH the money
market was felt III all the cities. Elc
thinks he has got beyond all annoying
riyalries in trade, and lie says to him:
self, Nov | am free and safe from all
possible perturbation. But i'll 1887,
or in 1857, or in 1873 national panic
strikes the foundations of the com:
mercial world, and crash goes ell
that magnificent business establish.
ment. Here is Il man who has built
up very beautiful homo. lis
daughters lave Just come from the
seminary with diplomas Of gradua-
ton. His sons lave started III life,
honest, temperate and pure. Wlen
the evening lights alc struck, there Is
a happy and unbrokcn family circle
But there las been an accident down
at Long Branch. The young man
venturel too far out i'll tho surf. The
telegraph hurled The terror up to the
city. An earthquake struck underline
foundations OF that beautiful home
The piano closed; the curtains dropped;
the laughter hushed. Crash! go all
those domestic hopes and prospects
and expectations. So, my friends, VIC
have all felt the shaking down OF some
great trouble, and there was time
when we were as much excited as this
man OF the text, and we cried out as
he did, 'What shall / do9 What shall
IdoY" The same reply that the apos-
tie made to him is appropriate 10 US:
.ssBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved.
There are some documents OF so
little Importance that you do not care
to put any more than your last name
under them, or even your initials;
but there are some documents of so
great Importance that you write out
your full name. So the Saviour in
some parts of the Bible is called
a., ~