Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-10-01

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controversialists, or rs skeptics, or as
connois.rurs, or US fault finders, or mere
~ Is poetsl
Those only get INTO tue heart OF Gods
truth who come seeking Christ Wei
como all.sucll They will 1ud him COM
ing out from behind the curtain Of PRO-
phecy until he stands, in the full light
Of New Testament disclosure. Jesus the
Son Of God, the saviour of the world.
They will fiud him IN genealogical table
and in chronological calculation, in po-
etc stanza and i'll historical narrative, ia
profound parable and in startling mira
Gle. They will see his foot Oh every
sea, and his tears in the drops of dew on
IIernun, and hear lis voice in the wind,
and behold his words all abloona in the
valley between Mount OliTet and Jeru-
salem.
f There are some, men who come and
wdtls around the Temple Of Truth and
.lnerelysee the outside. There ere others
whowalK into the porch and Then go
away. Theirs are otlsrs who come in
and look at tho pictures, but they know
nothing about the Chief attractions Of
the Bible. It's OILY the man who comes
and knocks ut the gate, saying, 81 would
see Jesus" For him the glories of that
book open, and he goes in and finds
Christ, and with him peace, pardon,
life, comfort aud heaven. ''All in ill is
Jesus" in the Bible
Irolnarh again that Christ is every
thing III the great plan of redemption.
We arc slaves: Christ gives deliverance
to the captive. We are thirsty; Christ is
the river Of salvation to slako our thirst.
We are hungry; Jesus says II ain the
bread of life" We are condemned to Tie;
Christ says, "Gave that man from going
down to the pit; am the ransom," We
are tossed on Il sea Of troubles; Jesus
comes over it, saying, 'sIt is I; be not
afraid" We are in darkness; Jesus says,
II an the brightaud morning star" We
arc sick; Jesus is the balm of Gilcxd.
We arc dead; hear the slirouds renl and
the grave hillocks heave as he cries, ~
am the resurrection and she life; lie that
believcth il ne, though he were dead,
yet shall lie live" We want justifica-
ton; Being justified by faith, wo have
peace with God through our LORD Jesus
Christ" We wait to exercise faith;
''Bclieve in the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt DO saved" want to getfr
under condemnation; There is now,
therefore, no condemnation to them who
are il Christ Jesus" The cross-he car
ried it. The flames of heil-he suffered
them. The shame-ho endured it. The
crown-he won it. Heights of heaven
sing it, and worlds of light to worlds Of
light all round the heavens cry, "Glory,
glory!"
CHRIST Is ALL II ALL.
Let us go forth and gather the trophies
for Jesus From Golconda mines we
gather the diamonds, from Ceylon banks
We gather tic pearls, from all lands and
Kingdoms we gather precious stones, and
we bring the glittering burdens and put
them down mt the feet of Jesus and say:
call these are thine. Thou art worthy"
We go forth again for more trophies,
and into Gre sheaf wo gather all the
scepters os the earth, of all royalties and
doninicns, and tiloA we bring the shesf
OF scepters and put it down at che feet
OF Jesus aud say, "Thou art King Of
kings, and these thou hast conquered"
And then we go forth again to gather
more trophies, and we bid the redeemed
of all ages, the sons and daughters of
the Lord Almighty, to come. We ask
them to come and offer their thanks
givings, and the hosts of heaven bring
crown and palm and scepter, and here
by these bleeding feet, and by this riven
side, and by this wounded heart cry,
blessing and honor and glory and
mower be unto him that stitch upon the
throne and unto tho Lamb forever and
foreyer!r Tell me of tear that he did
not weep, of burden that lie did not
carry, Of Il battle that he not fight, of
victory that he did not achieve. Cali
in all is Jesus" in the great plan OF re-
donlption.
Iremark again, Christ is everything
to The Christian il time Of trouble. Who
has escaped trouble? We must all stoop
Town and drink out of the bitter lake.
Tllc moss has no time to grow on the
buckets that como up out of the hearts
well dripping with tears. Great trials
IRE upon our track as certain as grey
hound pack on the scent of deer. From
our hearts in every direction there are
thousand chords reaching out binding
Us to loved cnes, and ever and anon some
of these tendrils snap, Tho winds that
cross this sea of Life are not all abaft.
Tie clouds that cross our sky are not
Seathery ard afar, straying like Aocks
of sheep on heavenly pastures, but wrath
full and somber. and cleaning with ter
ror they wrap the mountains in fire, and
come down baying with their thunders
through every gorge.
Tie richest fruits of blessing have
prickly shell. Life here is not lying at
anchor; it is weatkering gale. tits
not sleeping in soldiers tent with our
arms stacked; it is bayonet charge.
We stumble over grayestones, and we
drive on with our wheel deep IN the old
nut of graves. Trouble has wrinkled
your brow, and il has frosted your head.
Falling in this battle CT life, is there no
angel to bind our woundsf Hath Cod
made this world with so many things to
hurt and none to heal? For this snake
bite of sorrow, is there no herb growing
BIZ all the brooks to heal the poison Z
Blessed be Cod that in the Gospel we
find the antidotc! Christ has bottled an
ocean of tears. How many thorns he
hath plucked out of human agony
Oh, he knows too well what it Is to
carry cross, not to help uscarry ours!
He knows too we'll what it is to climb
the mountain, not 10 help US up tie