Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-06-01
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initiating catalogue: .Uut ct the heart
of men proceed evil thoughts, adulter-
les, fornication, murders, thcfts, BIAS
phemy." There is a text for your
rationalists 10 preach from! Oh, the
dignity of human naturol There 10
an clement of. your science Of man
that the anthropologist never has had
the courage yet to touch; end the
Bible, in allthc ms and outs Of the
most forceful style, sets forth our nat
ural pollution, and represents iniquity
as frightful thing. SO an eXllausting
thing, as q loathsomc thing. ltisn not
alncre bcmiring Of The feet, it is not
mere befouling of the hands it's
going down, head and carr; under, III
a ditch, until our clothes abhor>us.
WE BUST RISE ABOVE sIN.
Ny brethren, shall we ctay down
where sin tllrusts us2 I shall not if
you.do We cannot afford to. lsliaye
today to tell youthat there is some
thing purcr than SHOW water, some
thing more 4pungent than allSali, ard
stllat>is the sbloodlof Jesus Christ tliatT5
c,eansetl fron lie river
sof .ssal yatioh ssbria ID rSstal 1ilies end
enough rs Wasl iIs rcorapl
and forever away cSrs, let thcE
dam tllatsliold sit back nov break, and. I.
the floods Of salvation cll7ovcrSus
Let The water aud the blood,
From, thy side O healing flood,
Boof sit, the doube care,
Save from wrath and male Ito pure.
Let US Gct down on both knees and
baltic in that flood sof mercy. AY,
strike ont with both hands and try to
swim 10 the other shore of this river
of Gods grace. Toyou is the word of
this salvation sent Take this largcss
of the divine bounty. Though you
have gone down il. tie deepest ditch
of libidinous desire and. corrupt be-
havior, though you have sworn ell
blasplemics until there is not one sill
full word left for you TO speak, though
you have Gcen submerged by the
transgressions OF lifetime, though
you arc SO far down in your sin that
no earthly help can touch your case
the Lord Jesus Christ bends over you
today, and offers you his right hand,
proposing TO lift you up, first making
you whittier than snow, and then raising
you to glories that never die. Billy"
said a Christian bcotblack to another,
"whcn VIC como up to heaven it won't
make any difference that we've been
bootblacks here, for we shall get in.
not somehow or other, but, Billy, we
shall get straight through the gate.
Oh, if you only knew how full and
free and tender is the offer OF Christ.
THIS day, you would all take him with
out one single exception; and if all
The doors of this house were locked
save one, and you were compelled to
make cgrcss by only one door, and
stood there and questioned you, and
the Gospel Of Christ had made the
right impression upon your heart TO.
day, yon would answer inc as you
went out one and all: Jesus is mine,
and am llis!' Oh, that this might
be the hour when You would receive
himl 1t is not a Gospel merely for
footpads and Migrants and buc-
cancers; it is for the highly
polished and the educated and
tie refined Us well. Except 4 man
be born again. lie cannot sec the king
dom of God" Whatever may be your
associations, and whatever your. :
wGi1tIy refinen,cnts, must tell you,
as before God expect to answer il
the last day. that il you are not
changed BY the grace Of God, you are
still down in the. ditch OF sin. in the
ditch Of sorrow, in the ditch Of coa-
densuasion; a ditch tAst empGcs into q
deeper ditch. tho ditch t,f Me lost. BIT
blessed be God for the lifting. cleans
ing, Illustrating power Of lis Gospel.
The voice OF free grace cries. Escape to the NOM.
tain
For ell that lrlicve, Christ las opened fountain
!iniienjnhl to the Lamb who has bought iH OR
pardon;
We'll praise him again when we pass over Jordan.