Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-02-20

Luke VI, II, Anu NE eSsIlle 10" u
with them and stood i'll the plain.
CHRIST on the mountains is fro
quent study We have seen him on
the Mount of Olives. Mount of Beati-
tudes. Mount Morllll, Mount Calvary,
Mount OF Ascension. and It is glori-
Gus to study him oil these great nat
ur;ll elevations. But how ia it that
never lut,rt. have we noticed him on
the PLAIN: Amid the rocks, high up
on the mountain. Christ had passed
the night. hnt now III early dawn.
be is coming down with some espe
cial friends, stepping from shelving
to shelying. here and there n loosencd
stone rolling down the steep sides
,hesul of him. until he gets IN a level
place, SO that he can be approached
without climbing from all sides. He
is ON the level. My text says, He
came down with them and stood IN
the plain. "
WHAT TIE WORRIED WANTS.
Now that is what the world wants
today more than anything else
Christ on the level. easy to get at, no
ascending. no descending, approach
able from all sides Christ on the
plain. The question among all con
scclylted people today is What Is the
matter with the ni!s!lsterst Many OF
them are engages, III picking holes in
the, Bll,lcan,i apnloglzlng for this and
apologlzlng for that. In an age when
tile whole tendency Is to pay too
little reverence to the Bible. they are
fighting against BibliolatIy. OF too
much reverence for the Bible. They
are. p,,ltiing II fence on the wrong
side of the road not on the side
where the pltslpce Is ami OF which
nlultltu,les are falling, but ON the
uppe, side of the road, so that people
will not fail up hill. of which there Is
no danger.
There Is no more danger of Bibli-
olatry. or 100 much reverence for the
SCRIPTURES Us, than there Is that aStrol
ogy.will take the place of ASTRONOMY
or alchemy The place of chemistry
or the canal boat the place of the
limited express rail train. What Il
theological farce it is; ministers
fighting against too much reverence
for the Scriptures; ministers making
apology fo. the Scriptures; ministers
pretending to he friends of the Bible,
yet doing the Cock more damage
than ali the biatcr: lnhtlels on all the
earth. The trouble is. oar thcologians
are UP in the mountain in fight
above the clouds about things which
they do not understand. Come down
on the PLAN and stand beside Christ.
who never preached a technicality ur
a didactlrlsln, What oyou. o wise
beaded ecclcsiastlc, know about the
DEGREES of Cod, Who cares a fig
abont your suhlaI'suianism or your
supi7llapsarianihint.-
What IL spectacle we have in or
denomination to-day committeestry
ing to patch up an old creed made
two or three hundred years ago, so
that it will lit un the Nineteenth cen
fury. Why do not our millinery es-
adjustments take ont of the galrets
the coal s,uttle hats which yonr
great grantmnthers wore and try to
fit them ON the head of the modern
nla,den2 You cannot fix up Il three
hundred year old creed so aus to tit
our time. Princeton will sew on
little piece, and Union seminary will
sew on a little piece, and Allegheny
seminary and Danville seminary will
sew ON other pieces. and by the time
the creed is done it will be as varie-
gated ~ Joseph's coat of many col
ors.
Think of having to change an old
creed to make 1t clear that all infants
dying go to heaven AIM so glad
that the committees are going to let
the babies III. Thank you. SO many
of them are already IN that ;lll the
hills of heaven look like a Sunday
school anniversary. Now what Is
the Use of fixing up ii creed which
left any doubt ON that subiect3 No
man ever douhte that all infants
dying go to heaven, unless he be a
IIerml or Il harles Glliteau. was
opposc,! overhauling the old creed
at all. but now that it has been lifted
up AMI its l,nperfections set up in the
sight of the world ! say. Overheard
with it and make a nrw-rree,l.
There are tMlay-lu our denomination
five hundred men who could make
better one. could makea better one
myself. As we ;uv now in process OF
changing thecreed. and no one knows
what we ARE expected to believe, OF
will two OF three years hence be eX
perttsI to believe, ! could not wait.
and so have made a creed Of my
own which intend to observe the
rest of my fife Il wlote ii down in
my memnran;luli1s book suIle six
months ago, and II reads IL follows
MY creed The glorious Lord. To
trust him. love him and obey him If
all that is required To that creed I
invite I'll mankind T. De Witt Tai
mage"
DEpLoRABi.E REASON.
The reason. Christianity has not
made more rapid advance is because
the people are asked TO believe too
many things. There are, l believe
today millions Of good Christians
who have never joined the church
anG are not counted among the Lords
friends because they cannot believe