Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-02


J John Calvin and Arlninius, if they
were not too busy, would come out on
! the battlenents and SEQ Us.
Sometimes in our prayer meetings I
have heard brethren use tie phrases of
q beautiful Liturgy. and we know where
they came from; and in the same pray
er meetings I have heard brethren
! make audible ejaculation, "Alncn"
/ praise yc tho Lord" and we did not
! have to guess twice where they came
from. When man knocks ct our
church door, if lie comes from q sect
whore they will not give lin certif-
cate, VIC say, Como in by confession
of faith While Adoniram Judson
tho Baptist, and John Wesley the
j Methodist. and John Knox tie glo-
rious old Scotch Pres5ytcrianEaro shak-
! ing hands in heaven, all churches on
/ earth can AFFORD to como into close
communication. lone Lord, one faith,
one baptism.
Oh, my brethren, VIC have had
enough Of Big Bothclfisllts-tlie Four
steenth New York regiment q Citing
ithe. sfHtceIitll EIasssd chuset ts eiIncnt:
Now let al those who arc for Christ,
and stand on tile SANE side got shout
der to shoulder, and this church. in
stead of having spsinl.linS of the
! divine blessing, 80 clear under the
wave in one glorious immersion in the
namc Of the Father. and of the Son,
and OF the Holy Ghost.
saw q little child once in its dying
hour put one ar:.i around lis fathers
neck and Tie other arm around its
mothers neck, and bring theu close
down to IFS dying lips and give n lSst kiss.
Oh, said, those two persons will stand
very near TO each other always after
suc!l cn iaterloc!iing. The dying Christ
! puts ono arm around this denomination
of Christians. and the other arm around
that denomination of Christians, and
he brings them down to his dying
lips while he gives them this parting
kiss: My peace leave with you. My
peace give unto you"
How swift tho heavenly course they run
Whose hearts and fniili anti hopes aro one.
ALL ARE ON: r. CHRIST.
heard !, Baptist minister once say
that he thought in the millennium it
would be all one great Baptist church;
and / heard a Methodist minister say
that he thought in the great millcnnial
, day it would be all one great Methodist.
| church; and lave known Presby-
terian minister who thought that in tho
| IpI!iennial day it would be all one great
Presbyterian church. Now l think
they arc all mistaken. | think the
1nil!ennial church will be composite
church; and just rs you may take the
best parts of five or six tunes. and IN
der The skillful hands CT a Handel, Mo-
Fart or Beethoven cntwne them into
one grand and empowering symphony, I
SO, I suppose, in the latter days of the
| world, God will take the best parts Of
all denominations of Christians and
| weave them into enc great ecclesiastical
harmony, broad as the earth and
high as the heavens, and that will be the
church of the future. Or, as mosaic is
made up of jasper and agate and many
| precious stones ceinented together
| mosaic thousand feet square in st.
| Marks, or mosaic hoisted in colossal
seraphim in ST. Soplna-so suppose
! God will make. after awhile. one great
| blending of all crcecls, and all faiths,
| and all Christian sentiments, the anne
thyst, and the jasper. and the chal-
ccdony of al different experiences and
belief, cclncntcd side By side il the
great mosaic OF the ages; and while
tic nations look upon tie columns
| and architraves OF that stu.>cndous
church of the future, and cry out,
What mean We by these stonesr
there shall be innuu.crablc voices to
| respond, I'VE Acin the Lord God
| ornnipotent reigneth.
Still further you mean by these stones
the salvation of the people. we did
not build >tiiis church for mere worldly
reforms, or for an educational institu
ton, or as platform on which to read
essays and philosophical dispositions,
but place for the tremendous work of
soul saving. Oh,1 had rather be the
means in this Church of having one
| soul prepared for joyful eternity
than five thousaud souls prepared for
| mcro worldly success. All churches
arc in two classes, all communities IN
| two classes all the race in two classes
believers and unbclievers.
To augment tho number of the ono
! and substract from the number of the
other we built this church; .and toward
that supreme and eternal idea we dedi-
cate all our sermons, all our songs. ell
our prayers, ull our Sabbath hand
shakings. we want to throw DETECTION
into tho encmy's ranks. We want to
mako them either surrender uncon-
| ditionally to Christ or else fly in rout,
scattering the way with cantcens, blan-
kets and knapsDc!is. We want to
| porulsrize Christ. We would like to
! tell tlM. story Of Ills love here until men
would feel that they hal rather die
than live another hour without his SYM
patty and love aud mercy. We want
to rouse up an enthusiasm, for him
greater than was felt for Nathaniel
Lyon when lie rode along the ranks;
greater tllan.was exhibited for Yelling
ton when he came back from Waterloo;
greater than was expressed for Ma
pc!ocn when lie stepped ashore from
Elba =,
We really believe in this place Christ
will enact the same scenes that were
enacted by him when lie landed in the
orient; and there will be such an open
ing of blind eyes, and unstoppinS OF