Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-01-30
CHRIST IN DIR DAILY LABoRs.

ments. "Oh," you say, that is very
wellif a man handle large sums of
money, or if he have an extensive
traffic; but in my thread and needle
store. in my trimming establishment.
in the humble work in life that | ain
called to, the sphere is too small for
the action of such grand heavenly
principles Who told you sol Do
you not know that God watches TIE
faded leaf OH the brooks surface as
certainly as he does the path OF a
blazing sum- And the moss that
creeps up tho side of the rock makes
as much impression upon Gods mind
as the waving tops CT Oregon pine
and Lebanon cider; and the alder.
cracking under the cows hoof.
sounds as loud in Gol's ear nr the
snap of worlds conHagration.
When you have anything to Go in
life, however humble it may seem to
be, God is always there to help you
to do it. If YOU. work is that of a fish
erman. then God will help you as he
helped Simon when he dragged Gen
nesaret. If your work is drawing
water, then he will help you, as when
he talked at the well curb to the Sa-
marian woman. If you are engaged
in the custom house he will lead you,
as he led Matthew sitting at the re-
ceipt of customs. A religion that is
not good in one place is not worth
anything in another place. The man
who has only a days wages in bis
pocket az certainly needs the guild
ance of religion us he who rattles
the keys of a bank and could ;Lbscond
with hundred thousand hard dol
lars.
There are those prominent in the
churches who seem to be, on public
occasions. very devout. who do not
put the principles of Christ's religion
into practice. They arc the most in
exorable of creditors. They are the
most glasping of dealers. They are
known us sharpers Oh the street.
They fleece every sheep they can
catch. A country merchant comes
in to buy spring or fall goods, and he
gets into the store of one of these
professed Christian men who have
really no grace in their hearts and
he is completely swinillcd.
He is so overcome that he cannot
got out of town during the week.
He stays in town over Sunday, goes
into some church to get Christian
consolation, when what is his amaze
ment to find that the very man who
hands him the poor box in the church
is the one who relieved him of his
money! But never mind; the deacon
has his black coat on now. He looks
solemn, and goes homo talking about
Tho blessed sermon" Ii the wheat
in the churches should be put into a
hopper. the first turn of tho crank
would make the chaf fly, tell you.
Some of these men are great stick
lers for Gospel preaching. They say
'You stand there in bands and sur
plice and gown. and preach-preach
like an angel and we will stand out
here and attend to business. Don't
mix things. Don't get business and
religion in the same bucket. You
attend to your matters and we will
attend to ours. They do not know
that God sees every cheat they have
practiced in the last six years; that
he can look through the iron wall OF
their freproof safe; that he has
counted every dishonest dollar they
have in their pocket, and that day
of Judgment will come. These incon-
sistent Christian men will sit on the
Sabbath night in the house of God.
singing. at the close of the service,
Rock of Ages. cleft for me, and
then, when tho benediction is pro
nounced, shut the pew door and say,
as they go out "Goodby, religion.
I'll be back next Sunday"
THE CHURCH IS THE CHRISTIANS AR
MoRY.
I think that the church of God and
the Sabbath are only an a11noly
where we are to get weapons. When
war comes, if a man wants to fight
for his country he does not go to
Troy or Springfield to do battling,
but he goes there for swords and
muskets. 4 look upon the church of
Christ and the Sabbath day as only
the place and time where and when
we are to get armed for Christian
conflict; but the battlefield is on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. st.
Martins" and "Lenox" and odd
Hundred do not amount to anything
unless they sing all the week. A
sermon is useless unless we can take
it with us behind the plow and the
counter. The Sabbath day is worth
less if it last only twenty-four hours.
There are many Christians who
say: 1--WE are willing to serve God.
but we do not want to do it in these
spheres about which we are talking,
and it seems so insipid and monoto-
nous. If we had some great occasion,
if we had lived in the time of Luther,
if we had been Paul's travelling COM
panion, if we could serve God on a
great scale, we would do it; but we
can't in this everyday life. | admit
that a great deal of the romance and
knight erTantly of life have disap-
peared before the advance of this
practical age.
The ancient temples of Rouen have
oou.. .....-5o.l INTO storehollses and
s:ii.itilisss The residences of poets
and ,.rinces lave been turned into
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