Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-06-27
that divine lnedlcament, bring me Jesus

that divine lnedicament, bring me Jesus
Christ
MANS LOST AND UNDoEE CONDITION
T But says some one In the audience,
"How do you prove that we are in
ruined condition by SIM" Well, I can
prove it in two ways, and you may
have your choice. can prove 1t either
by the statements of men. or by the
statement of God. Which shaA it bel
You all say; Let us have the statement
Of God" Well. he says in one place,
1.-THE heart isdeceitful above oil things
and desperately wicked" He says IN
another place, What Is man that he
should be clean2 and he which is born
;; of woman, that lie should be right,
eous2' lie says in another place.
.srhere is none that doeth good; no,
not one. He says in. another paace,
"As; by one ulan sin entered into the
world; and death by sin; and 80
! death passed upon nil men, for that
! oil have sinned." well" yoa say. II
an willing to- acknowledge that, but
why should l take the particular res
cue that you .proposeY" This is the
reason, :. Except alnan be born 'agnin
The cannot:see tho kingdoms, Of Coz. :
This is the reason, There Is ono naane
given under heaven among n,en where
hv.tbev NAV he saved. I" Then there
are ia Thousand voices hero ready to
say: ",Vell, l am ready to accept this
help of the Gospel; would like TO
have this divine cure; how shall go to
work2" Let me say that mere within,
an underlined longing amounts TO moth
ing. You must have stout, tremen-
dous resolution like this young man OF
the text when he said. II will arise and
go to my father"
"Ohl" says some man. .'how do !
know my father wants nlea How do !
know, if go back. would DO re
ceivedY' "Ohl" says some man, you
don't know where I have been; you
don't know how far lave wandered; :
you wouldn't talk that way to me if
you knew all the iniquities have COM
mftted. What is that ilutter among
the angels Of God2 1t is news, it is
news Christ has found the lost
Nor angels can their Joy contain,
But kindle with new fire;
= The sinner lost, Is found, they sing.
-. And strike the sounding Tyre
When Napoleon talked of going into
Italy, they said: You can't get there;
If you knew what the Alps were you
wouldn't talk about it or think of it.
You can't get your ammunition wagons
over the Alps" Then Napoleon rose
In Ills stirrnps and waving his hand TO
ward the mountains, he said. There
shall lie no Alps" That wonderful pass
was. laid out which has been the Won
derlnent OF all the years STREET.-THE
wonderInent of all engineers. And you
tell me there ore such mountains OF gin
between your soul and God, there Is
no mercy. Then gee Christ waving
his hand toward the mountains; hear
him say, II will come over the noun
tains of thy sin and the hills Of thy In
iouity.r There shall be no Pyrenees;
there shall be no Alps.
A cody SORROW FOL, SIN.
Again, notice that this resolution OF
the, young man of the text was found
ed in sorrow at his misbehavior. 1t
was not mere physical plight. 1t was
grief that lie had 30 maltreated his
father. 1t Is sad thing after father
had done everything for child. to have
that child be ungrateful.
How sharper than q scrpcnt's tooth 1t is,
To have thankless child.
That Is Shakespeare. "a foolish son
is the heaviness of his mother" That
is the Bible. Well, my friends, have not
some of us been cruel prodigalsa Have
we not maltrcated our fatller1 And
such fathcr So loving, so kind. II
he had been stranger, if lie had for
saken US, if1he had iiagellatcd as, If he
had pounded US and turned us oat Of
doors on the commons, II would not
have been SO wonderful-our treatment
Of him, but he is father so loving, 80
kind, and yet how many OF US foT our
wanderings have never apologized. We
apologize for wrongs done to our fel-
lows, but some of US perhaps have COM
United ten thousand times ten thou
sand wrongs against God and never
apologized.
/ remark still further that this reso-
luton OF the text was founded in a feel
ing of honesickness. ! don't know
how long this young man, low many
months, how many years, he had been
away from his fathers house, but there
is something in the reading Of my text
that makes Inc think he was lionesick.
Some of you know what that feeling is.
Far away from home, sometimes sur
rounded by everything bright and
pleasant-plenty of friends-you have
said, II would give the world to be
home tonight" Well, this young mon
was hoinesick for his fathers house.
have no doubt when he thought of
bis fathers house lie said. Now, per
haps, father may not be living"
We read nothing in this story-this
parable founded on everyday life-we
read nothing about the mother. 1t
says nothing about going home to her.
think she was dead. l think she had
died Of broken heart at his wander
ings. A man never gets over having
lost his mother. Nothing said about
her here. But he is homosick for Ills
fathers house. lie thought lie would
just like to go and walk around the old
place. He thought he would Just like
to go and see if things were as they
used to be. Many man. after having
been off long while, has gone home
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