Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-10-17

Which ii hath sent. which nothing was
born of nothing, and which nothing
was dead and buried and descended
into nothing. and arose from nothing,
and assembled TO nothing. and now
sittetl at tile right hand Of nothing;
from which it will come to Judge moth
ing.
believe in tl,e holy agnost;c church
and mtle communion norliinSariats,
and in the forgiveness Of motliiils. and
tile resurrection Of nothing and in tile
life that never shall be- A.iIrll!" That
is tIecree,i of tens vi thousands OF In.n
plrm this elny II you lave mind t,
adopt slrl theory | will not Il he
Il..ve III tio, the Father Almighty.
maker Of heaven md earth. and III
Jesus Christ. and in the holy catholic
church. aud il the communion. oil
saints. u,ni in the life everlasting.
Amen" Oh when see Epizer talk.
ing such stout grip Of the sword III
the battle against sin and. for right
: eousness, Lc,llnrs to tile conclusion that
wesougIit Ia. take n stouter grip ol
tiod'sSeternaItfrlit!i.a tlle:sWortls fright
,couslicss.s 49,
Z ABSOLUTE DEVOTION To5TRiT.I.
AS look at Eltazrr's hand also
notice his spirit OF SELF forgpttiflness.
lie did not notice that the liit Of tlie
sword was -enting through tile palm OF
lis hand He did not know it hurt
him rs he went out into the conflict
lie wis so anxious for the victory lie
forgot himself, and thai hill might 20
never so deeply into the palm of his
hand. it could not disturb him. Ills
hand clave unto the sword oh. my
brothers md sisters. let US gn into
Christian coutlict with the spirit OF self
abnegation WHO cares whether the
world praises us or denounces usl
What do we care for niisreprsentl
ton or abuse or persecution IN II con
ilirt like tliis2 Let ny forget olrselve
That man who is afraid Of getting his
hand hurt will never kill n Philistine
Who cares whether you get hurt or
not if yoil get the victoryf oh. how
many Christians there are who are all
the time worrying about the way the
world treats them They ara so tired.
AMI they are SO abused. and they are
so tempted. Wien Eleazar did not think
whether he had hand OF aii arm OF a
foot All lie wanted was victory.
We see how men forget themselves
in worldly achievements. We have
often seen men WHO il order to achieve
worldly success will forget all physical
fatigue and all annoyance and all OBJ
stacle. Just after the battle OF York.
town. in the American Revolution. a
musician. wound,'l. was told he must
lave his limbs alnplitated. and they
were about to fasten him to the sur
geoli's t;lbip-for it WIS long before tile
luercilul discovery OF ;liiHStlrtcs. lie
said. No. don't fasten lie to that tn
bile; get me a violin" A violin WAS
brought to him and lie said Now go
to work as | begin to play" and for
forty minutes during the awful pangs
OF alnputation he moved moi II muscle
nor dropped note. while he played
,soillt. sweet tune. 9TH. is il. not strange
flint with the music OF the tiospel Of
Jesus Christ, and with this grand
march of the church militant on tile
way to become the church triumphant,
we. cannot forget ourselves and forget
all pang. and all sorrowamd all persecu-
ton and all perturbation?
We know what men accomplish I'M
der worldly opposition. Men do not
shrink back for antagonisln or for hard
ship. You lave admired Prescotts
Conquest OF Mexico" as brilliant and
beautiful history as was ever written;
but some OF you may not know under
What disadvantages it was written
that Conquest OF Mexico" for Pres
colt was totally blind and he lad two
pieces OF wood parallel TO each other
fastened. and totally blind. with his
pen between those pieces OF wood. lie
wrote. the stroke against one piece OF
wood telling how far the pen must go
in one Way the stroke against the
other piece OF wool telling how far the
pen MUST go in tile other way. Oh.
how mitch men will endure for worldly
knowledge and for worldly success. and
yet how little we endure for Jesus
Christ. How many Christians there
are that go around saying. "oh, my
hand. my hand, my hurt hand; don't
you see there is blood on the hand and
there is blood OH the swordr while
Eeazar. with the hilt imbedded in the
flesh of his right hand. does not know it.
Must he carried to the skies
On aowery hrds nf ease
While others fought TO win the prize
Or s,liiea through bloody seasf
DEvOTEp SUFFEREKs FOR TRUTH.
What have we suffered in colIlp;tri.
son with those who expired with sllffo
cation. or were burned. or were chopped
to pieces for the truths sakef We talk
Of the persecution of olden times.
There is just as much persecution going
on now in various ways. In lS49. in
madagascar, eighteen men were put to
death for Clrist's sake. They were TO
be hurled over the rocks. and before
they were hurled over the rocks. in or
der TO make their death the more dread
full in anticipation. they were put in
baskets and swung to and fro over the
prrcipice that tlley might see how nlany
hundred feet they would have 20 be
dashed down, and willie they were
xwinglngin these baskets over the rocks
they sang
Jesus. lovcr.of ms soul.
Isl me To- Thy hnSf,m fly.
Wbirilip billnws near me roll.
While the TEMPEST rtilli- high.
Then they were dashed down to