Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-07-04

and tho Hospital for the Sick. So tho
Gospel Is for All the Sinful. That Is
for ALI Mankind
BROOKLYN, June 2S.-Dr Talmage's
sermon today is of SO decidedly evan
gelical q character as to prove conclu-
sively tln,t while so many eminent
preachers OF the da: are drifting away
from the old fashioned Gospel he re-
mains firm In the paths of orthodoxy.
Ills subject Is "Astray, but Recovered, y
and his text, Isaiah lii, 6: 'All we like
sheep lave gone astray: and
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity
of tis ALL
Within ninety years at the longest
all who hear or read this sermon will be
In eternity During the next fifty years
you will nearly all be gone. The next
ten years will cut wide swatll among
the peo2le.. The yeare1Sal will to some
: be the tinaIity Such considerations
make tlIis occasion absorbing and mo-
mentons The first half Of. my text is
an indictment, "Al we like sheep have
gone astray' Solne one says, Can
you not drop the first word2 that is too
general; tiiatsweel,s too great circle. >
Some man rises in the audience and he
looks over on the opposite side Of the
house, and he says; There is a bias
plener and understand how he has
gone ustray And there in another
part of the house is defrauder. and lie
las gone astriy And there is all i'm
pure person and he has gone astray.
Sit down, my brother. and look at
hoine My text takes US all in. 1t
starts behind the pulpit, sweeps the
circuit of the room and CONES back to
the point where it started. when it says:
"All We like sheep have gone ;stray.'
can very easily understand why Mar.
tin Luther threw up his hands after lie
had found the Bible and cried out,
OH my sins, my SINS and why the
publican, according to the custom to
this day in the east, when they have
any great grief, began to beat himself
and cry as lie srnote upon his breast,
God be merciful TO ne a sinner.
FOR FRIGHT OR FOR wANToNNEss.
was like many Of you, brought up
in the country. and know some OF the
habits of sheep, and how they get
astray, and what my text means when it
says, "All we like sheep have gone
astray" Sheep get astray in two ways;
either by trying to get into other pas
ture, or from being scared by the dogs.
In the former way some OF us got
astray We thought the religion of
Jesus Christ short commons. We
thought there was better pasturage
somewhere else. We thought if we
could only lie down on the banks Of
distant streams, or under great oaks on
the other side of some hill, We might
be better fed.
We wanted other pasturage than that
which God through Jesus Christ gave
our soul, and we wandered OH and we
wandered on, and we were lost. We
wanted bread. and we found garbage.
The further we wandered, instead OF
finding rich pasturage, we found blasted
heath and sharper rocks and more
singing nettles. No pasture How
was it in the worldly groups when you
lost your child9 Did they come around
and console you very lnuch9 Did not
the plain Christian man who came into
your house and sat mp with your dar
ling child give you more comfort than
all worldly associations2 Did all the
convivial songs you ever heard comfort
you in that day of bereavement 30
much as the song they sang to you,
perhaps the very song that was sung by
your little child the last Sabbath after
noon of her life2
There is happy land, far far away.
Where saints immortal reign, bright. bright
as day.
Did your business associates In that
day of darkness and trouble give you
any especial condolencef Business ex-
asperated you, business wore you out,
business left you limp as rag. business
made you mad. You got dollars, but
you got no peace. God have mercy on
the man who has nothing but business
to comfort him. The world afforded
you no luxuriant pasturage. A famous
English actor stood on the stage i1nper-
sonating. and thunders Of applause
came down from the galleries, and
many thought it was the proudest mo-
ment of all his life; but there was aman
asleep just in front of him, and the fact
that that man was Indifferent and
solnnolent spoiled all the occasion for
him. and he cried, Wake upl wake
upl"
So one little annoyance in life has
been more pervading to your mind
than all the brilliant congratulations
and successes. Poor pasturage for
your soul you found in this world. The
world has cheated you. the world has
beIied you, the world has nlisinterpreted
you, the world has prosecuted you. 1t
never comforted you. OH this world is
good rack from which horse may
pick his hays it is good trough from
Which the swine may crunch their mess;
but it gives but little food to a soul
blood bought and immortal. What is
a soul2 1t is hope high as the throne
of God What is q man2 You say,
at is only man. 1t is only a man
gone overheard in sin. 1t is only a
man gone overheard in business life.
THE vALUE OF oNE MANS SOUL
What is MANI The battle ground
of three worlds, with bis hands taking
hold of destinies OF light or darkness.
A mani No line can measure him. No
limit can bound him The arcllangel
before the throne cannot outlive him.
The stars shall die but he will watch
their extinguishment. The world will