Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-07-20
AcooMAc G. II. VA SATURDAY.. JULY TO- 1889

bono DrcaKnlg Juggernautsl DefIng
the war of 1872 there was a slip set
on fire just above Niagara Falls, and
then, cut loose FROM its mornings, it
CAME on down through The night and
tossed over the falls. 1t was said to
have been a scene brilliuntbcyond oil
description. We'll. there arc tliou-
sands of men on fire of evil habit,
coming down through the rapids and
through the awful might OF tenlpta-
ton toward tho eternal plunge. Oh!
how hard it is lo arrest them. God
only call arrest them.
Suppose IL man after five, or ten, or
twenty years OF evil doing, resolves to
10 right2 Why, all the forces Of dark
s are allied against him. He can
ION nIeep nights. He gets down on
R RE-. I'VE, in the midnight and cries,
God hes , mel" Hebites his lip. He
grintls his teetll. He clcnchcs his fist
IN his determination to keep his pur'
pose. He dare not lopk at the bottles
in the window of wine store. 1t was
one long, bitter. exhaustive, hand te
hand fight, with inilamed. tantalizine
and meciless habit. Whonhe thinks
he is entirely free, the old inclinations
pouncc uponhini Ike a pack OF hounds
with their muzzles tearing away attic
TANKS or one poor reindeer. LII Paris
there is n sculptured. representation Of
Bacchus, the god of revelry. He is
riding on panther atfull lenp. Oh,
how suggestive! Let every one who
is speeding on bad ways understand
he is not riding a docile and well
broken steed, but lle is riding q mon
ster. wild and bloodthirsty, going ut
death leap.
WHEN SHALL AwAKES"
How many there are who resolve on
better life and say. when shall
awaken But, seized on by their old
habits. cry, 81 will try it once more;
! will seek it yet againl' Years ago
there were some Princeton students
who were skating, and tho ice was
very thin, and some one warned the
company buck from the air hole, and
finally warned them entirely to leave
the place. But one young man with
bravado, after all the rest had stopped,
cried out: "Onc round morol" He
swept around and went down, and
was brought out Il corpse. My friends,
there are thousands and Tens of thou.
sands OF men losing their souls in that
way. It is the one~round moro.
l have also to say that if man
wants 10 return from evil practices so
cicty REFUSES him. Desiring to re.
form, he says: Now will shake of
my old associates, and l will find
Christian companionship." And lie ap-
pears at. the church door some Sabbath
day, and tho usher greets him with q
look, as much as to say: why, you
hcrc2 You arc the last man ] over OK.
pectcd to see ct church! Come, take
this seat right down-by the door!" In.
stead of saying: Good morning; !
EN- glad YOU arc here. Conc; | will
give you d first rate scat, right up BY
tho pulpit" Well. the prodigal, moi
yet discouraged, enters the prayer
meeting, and some Christian man, with
more zeal than common sense, says
Glad to SEQ you. The dying Thief
was saved, and I suppose there ismercy
for you'll" The young man, disgusted
chilled, throws himself back on his
dignity, resolved lie mover Will enter
the house of God again Perhaps moi
quite fully discouraged about reforma
ton, he sides up by some highly re
spectacle man he used TO know going
iownsthc street. and Immediately Tho
respectable man has all crraiid dowr
some other street, Well, the proaigul
wishing 10 return, takes some mon, bel
of Christian association by tho hand
or tries TO. Tile Christian young man
looks at him, looks ut the faded APP
parel and tho marks of dissipation
and instead of giving him a warm
grip of tho hand offers him the tip END
OF the long fingers of the left hand,
which is equal to striking man in
the face.
Oh, how few Christian people under
stand how much force and Gospel
there is in II good, honest hanlshak.
ingl Sometimes when you have felt
the need Of encouragement, and some
Christian man has tatcn you heartily
by the hand. have you not felt that
thrilling through every fiber OF your
body, mind and soul, an encourage
ment that was just what YOU needed
You do not know anything at all about
this unless you know when man
tries to return from evil courses OF
conduct, he runs against repulsons
innunerablc. We sayof sono mall, NE
lives block or two from the church,
or half u mile from the church. There
arc peopleinourerowded cities wholiyc
a thousand miles from the church.
Vast deserts of Indifference between
them and the house of God. The fact
is, we must keep our responsibility.
though thousands and tens Of thou.
sands perish. Christ sat with publi.
cans and sinners. But if there comes
to the house OF God man with marks
of dissipation upon him, people throw
up their hands in horror, as much rs
to say, Isn't it slocking2" How
tIlSSc CHILLY iuoliliiOOo Viz i''4"S'o 49,
all our churches are going 10 get into
heaven don't know, unless they have
an especial train OF cars. cushioned
and upholstered, each one a car to
llimselfl They cannot 60 with the
great herd. OF publicans aud sin,
hers. Oh, We, who curl your lip Of
scorn at the fallen, tell you plainly,
if you had been surrounded by the
same influences, instead Of sitting to,
day amid The cultured and the refined
and the Christian, you would have
been crouching wretch i'll stable o.
ditch, covered with filth and abomi,
nation! 1t is not because you arc nat,
ulally any beAer, but because tile
mercy of God has protected you. who
arc you, that brought up in Christian
circles, and watched by Christian pa.
rentagc, you should be so hard on the
fallcn2
think men also are often hinderee
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