Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-07-30

m1ggnlry Wien we are III Ihe assembly
the feelings of others emphasizing our
own feelings. The great law of sympa-
thy comes into play, and truth that
would take hold only with the grasp of
sick man beats nightly against the
soul with Thousand uast throbs.
When you come into the religious cir
Gle, cume only with one notion, and
only for one purpose-to find the way to
Christ. When see people critical about
sermons, and critical about tones Of
voice, and critical about serlnuilic de-
livery. they make me think Of il ivan in
prison. Heis condemned to death. but
an officer of the government brings a
pardon and puts it through the wicket
of the prison. and says: Here is Your
pardon Come and get it, What!
Do you expect me to take that pardon
offered with such Il voice as you>have.
with such an awkward manner as YOU
have? | would rather die than SO COIL
promise my rhetorical. notionsr All,
thesman does notssay that; lie takes it!
It is his lifez7sE pes not. care how.it
lis handed to Alitll lis corning
i THAT para on ffFnfr,sEhe throne Of God is
oferedfto orr soul !, ould: we not seize
it, regarttesssdf all Sertiefn, feeling
! that-it is a matter of heaxens or hell Z
.5s..s NOW IS THEsTnlE:. 3 ~
J, : But Lcome9tio to theglast part; of my
text. IL tells US: whensswe are to seek
;sthe Lord While he may be, found
! When is that2 Old 5ase2 You naysnns
zee old AZ es Tomorrow? You may NIT
see: tomorrow. Tonight: You may. not
ssee;tonight. Now. Oh, if iscouldior;y
write. on every heart in three capital 'ler-
tiers that:word N-O-W@znov-!
Sin is stn awful disease. l-hearpeolle
say, with the toss OF the heal and witIla
trivial manner, "Oh, yes, I n d sinner.
Sin. is, an;awful disease: It is leprosy.
Tits dropsy. 1t is consumption. 1T is
all moral disorders in one: Now yor
know, there is crisis iii q disease. Per-
haps you, have had some illustration of
it in your family. Sometimes the phyai-
clan has called ami lie has lioked at The
patient and said THAT cas-, was simple
enough, but the crisis has passed. If you
had called me yesterday or hismolnipg
could have cured the patient. It's too
late now; the crisis has passed. - J>'st
so it is i'll the spiritual treatment of the
soul; there is a crisis. Before that. life!
After that, deathl Oiniy dear brother,
as you love your soul, do not let the
crisis pass unattended to! -
There are some here who can renen,-
Der instances in life when if the had
bought a certain property they would
have become very rich. 4 few acres
that world lave cost them almost noti-
ing were offered them. They refused
them. Aftcrwart "a large village or
city sprallg up on those acres of ground
and they see what a mistah they made
in not buying-t the property. There was
an opportunity Of getting it. 1t never
came back again. And So il is in re-
! gard to ~ mans spiritual and eternal
! fortune. There is u chances; if you let
that go, perhaps it never comes back.
Certainly that one never comes back.
/. There IS time which mercy has set
for leaving port. If you are on board
|. before that you will get a passage for
heaven. If you are not Oh board you
miss yorr ,passage fer heaven. As i'll
.!ias,0s @ease is SOMETIMES JCarntd
from term to term, and from year to
year, till the bill Of costs eats up the ell
tire estate. SO there are men who are ad-
journing the matter of religion from
time to time, and from year to year,
until heavenly bliss is the bill of costs
the man would have to pay for it.
Why defer this matter, 0 my dear
nearer? Have you any idea that sin will
wear out? that it will evaporate? that it
will relax its grasp? that you may find
religion as ~. man accidentally finds
lost pocketbook? All, no! No man ever
became Christian by accident or by
the relaxing of sin. The embarrass-
ments are all the time increasing. The
hosts of darkness are recruiting, and the
longer you postpone this matter the
sleeper the path will become. | ask
those mon who arc before me this morn
ing whether in the ten or fifteen years
they have passed in the postponement
of these matters they have come any
nearer God or heaven?
FLY FOR REFUGE.
Iwould not be afraid to challenge this
whole audience, so far as they may not
have found the peace of the Gospel, in
regard to that matter. Your hearts,
you are willing frankly TO tell Inc, are
becoming harder and harder, and that
if you come to Christ it will be more Of
an undertaking now than it ever would
have been before. Oh, fly for REFUGEE!
The avenger of blood is on the track!
The throne of Judgment will soon be
set, and if you have anything to do to-
ward your eternal salvation you had
better do it now, for the redemption of
the soul is precious and it ceaseth for
ever!
Oh, if men could only catch just one
glimpse of Christ, know they would
love him. Your heart leaps at the sight
| or glorious sunrise OF SulSe1. Cdu YOU
be without emotion as the Sun of Right
eousness rises behind Calvary and sets
behind Joseph's. sepulcher? He is
blessed Sayiourl Every nation has its
type of beauty. There is German bean
ty and Swiss beauty and Italian beau
ty and English beauty, but care notin
what land a man first looks ut Christ. he
pronounces him "chief among ten thou
sand, and the one altogether lovely" 0
my blessed Jesus! Light in darkness:
The rock on which build! The cap
tain of salvation! My joy! My strength!
How strange it is that men cannot love
theel
The diamond districts of Brazil are
carefully guarded, and u man does not