Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-08-15

money "A iSnu bargain W men Cnr,st.i
Blood Alone Will Eight.
TOPEKA. Kan, Aug 9.-Dr Tai
mage reached this city yesterday in the
course Of his. western trip. lie. was
warmly welcomed by the citizens: viii:
came In large nun bers to hear the iar
NOUS Brooklyn divine The subiet
OF the serlnon for this week is, "a Poe I
Investment. and the text Isaiah Ills,
I'VE have sold yourselves for .naught;
and ye shall be redeemed without
money"
Tie Lords people had gone head
:. long into sin. and asa punishment t!iey
had been carried captive to Babylon.
They found tllat iniqnity did not pay.
Cyrus seized Babylon. and felt 40 sorr.7
for these poor:eaptives'Aliat, witiiontsai
dollar OF compensation. he let their
20 hollie So that. literally, my text
WIS fulfilled. '.Ye have sold yourselves
for nanght; and ,.ye shall be redeemed
without money"
There Is enough Gospel in this text
for fifty sermons. There are persons
here who have, like the people Of tlie
text. sold out. You do not seem to be-
long either TO yourselves or to tind.
Tile title deeds lave been passed over
to '.tle worll. the lesll. and the devil"
but the purchaser never Tmid up. I'VE
have sold yourselves for nauSlit.
THE WORLD NEVER PAYS IT'S DEBTS.
When man passes himself oyer; to
the world he expects to get SOME ade-
quate compensation. He has heard the
great things that tile world does for a
man. and lie believes it, lie wants two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Tint. will be.horAes and houses, md a
summer resort. and jolly companion
ship. To get it he parts with his phys
ical health by overwork. He parts
with his conscience. He parts with
much domestic enjoyment. He parts
with opportunities for literary culture.
lie parts with hts soul. And so he
makes over his entire nature to the
world:
He does 1t in four installinents. lie
pays down the first installinent. and
one fourth OF Ills nature is gone. He
paysdown the second instaIlInent, and
one-half Of Ills nature ~ gone He pays
down the third installlnent. and three
quarters Of his nature are gone; and
after many years lave gone by lie pays
down the fourth installneut. ,and. lol
his entire nature is gone. Then he
comes up to the world and. says:
"Good morning. I.bave delivered to
you the goods. have passed over to
yon my body. my mind and my soul,
and have come now to collect the
two hundred and fifty thousand; dol
lars" Two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollarsr' says tlc;world.
..Wllat do you mean?r We'll" you
shy. 81 come TO collect. the. lJloney you
owe rne. and I expect you to fulfill your
part OF the contract" "Eut, = says the
world, "Ilave failed; lam bankrupt
/ cannot possibly pay that debt. I
have not for long while expected to
pay it" Well" you then say, give
me back the goods" ''Oh. no, says
the world. they are all gone. can
not give them back to you" Andthero
you stand on: the confines Of eterisity,
your spiritual character gone, stagger
ing under the consideration that '.you
have sold yourself for naught.' !;
tell you the world is liar; it does
not keep its promises tits cheat,
and it tlceces everything it can put its
hands on. 1t is bogus world. 1t is a.
Acknowledgment swindle. Even il
it pays the two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars for which you contracted,
it pays them In bonds that will not be
worth anything in n little Willie Just
Us man may pay down ten thousand
dollars in hard cash and get forit worth
less scrip so tie world passes over to
you the two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars in that shape which will
not be worth farthing to you a. thou
sandth part of second after you: are
dead. "Oh." you say. 1T will help to
bury me anyhow Oh, my brotherl
you need not worry about that. The
world will bury you soon enough from
sanitary considerations.
WEALTH WILL NOT PASS THR GRAVE.
Post inortem einolumcnts are of mo
use to you. The treasures of this world
will not pass current in the future
world; and if all the wealth. Of the
Bank of England were putin.the pocket.
OF your shroud, and you i'll. tile midst
of the Jordan of death were asked to
pay three cents for your ferriase, you
could notdo it. There comes a moment
in your existence beyond. which all
earthly values fail; and manga man
has wakened up in such O time to find
that lie has. sold out: for eternity and
has nothing to show, for it,. Il should
as SOON think OF going to Chatham
street to buy silk pocket landkerchiefs
with no cotton in.tlleIn as to- 60 to this
world expecting to find any permanent
happiness. 1t has deceived and delud-
ed every man wto.llas ever put his
trust init. -.
History tells lis of one who resolved
that he would have all his senses graft.
fled at one and the same time; and he
expended thousands of dollars on each
sense. He entered a room, and there
were the first musicians of the land
pleasing his enr. and there were fine
pictures fascinating his eye, and there
were costly aroiuatics regaling bis nos;
trils. and theka were the richest meats
and wines and fruits and CONNECTIONS
pleasing the. appetite, and there was n
soft couch of sinful indulgence on
which he reclil,ed. and. the lnsn de-
n Ill H. x,,o,,I1 ,irt,