Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-02-13

herding with camels and goats and
swine may be made fit to associate
with princes. WhatIa change from
stysto throne rooln
While walking from his Babylo,.
nianspalace down to the pasture field,
andsf1om the pasture field back tc
the palace, the first thing that i'm:
presses me is what an incong1'uous
thing it is for king to he eating
grass 1t is good for cattle. but not
fitfprsman. And then for one to pre-
fersit to royal table toward whose
bounty the orchards and Mldslocks
anasstrealns and vineyards i'll all the
earth might contribute-what an
a1ilazementl And yet the scene is as
common as the daylight.
When see man of regal nature.
nadssfo rule III realms of thought.
capable of all moral elevation, besot-
hngsshhis faculties, attempting out OF
loWss ensualitie to satisfy his immol
tai ensrgies, coming down off of his
of power into brutalities, sac
rifcing his higher nature to his lower
nature, stopping and STOPPING, com
Sing down and coming down until all
his influence for good is gone, | cry
out, There is a king eating grass like
an OK.
And there are tens of thousands OF
such ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So there are
queens who dedicate themselves tc
the same Humiliation What power
for good tiod gave that woman.
Magnetism of personal presence. In
fuence more than imperial. By hel
intelligence, by her tenderness. by
her charm of smile and manner, ca
pable of soothing SO much solTow,
and reforming SO much wayward.
ness, and welding SO much elevated
power; yet at the call of worldli
ness, coming out of the throne
room of good influence where God
would have her reign, coming down
over the ivory stairs of moral power,
coming down and coming down until
she has no more soul than the dead
bird transtiXed in her millinery OF
the chinchllla that was slain to afford
her warmth, or the kid that furnished
her the glove, and finding her only
delight in batteries Of brainless men
and midnight schottische and de
bauchetl novelties. Isay. There is
one who might have been a queen
unto Gud forever, yet eating straw
like All OK.
HOW TIE MANY DEGRADE THEMSELVES.
look over the pasture fields OF
folly and sin and find many grovel.
ing who ought to be erect. Oh, men
and women. go back to your thrones
A young man ran away from home
and broke his widowed mothers
heart. Fourteen years passed, and
he returned and came to the window
at which his old mother was sitting
She looked up and Immediately rec
ognizetl him and said; "Oh, Robert,
Robertl Come in mol" said he.
Mother, shall never come in till ]
hear you say you forgive me. Her
answer was: Robert. have for.
given you long ago. There is moth
ing to forgive now except that you
staid away SO long"
My nearer, forgiveness has been
ready for yuu good while. With
more than a mothers tenderness
God will take you back. They are
waiting for you up in the palace.
Nebuchadnezzar was the son of Ma
bopolaSsar, who ruled before him.
and you are the child of King!
The next thought that presses into
my mind from the contemplation OF
this incident is that conviction is not
conversion. Who is this monarch
that makes the boast about Babylonl
The very man who, under the revela
ton of dreams that Daniel made
from heaven. deeply BUNDLED him
self, while he confessed that God is a
God of Gods and a Lord of Lords,
vet behold that that humbling and
arorlsing which be before felt did not
result in a radical change.
There is no mistake more frequent
than of surprising conviction a syno-
ny1n for conversion. Conviction is
merely sight of sin; conversion is
view of pardon Conviction is
merely alarm; conversion is conf
dence. Conviction is dissatisfaction
with depravity; conversion is
turning away from it. Conviction
is a sword wound; conversion is the
healing. Conviction is the fever of
thirst; conversion is the shaking of
that thirst. Conviction is the pain;
conversion is the medicine that cures
it. Thousands have experienced the
former and never experienced the
latter
There are multitudes who think
that as soon as man is serious he is
fit for profession of religion. What
if a man should only think seriously
of being a merchant; would that
make him merchant What if a
man should only think seriously OF
being a lawyer; would that make
him lawyer2 What if man should
only think seriously of being Chris
tian; would that make him a Chris
tian2 Felix was convicted but not
converted. The jailer was convicted
before he got out of bed. but not con
verted until at the advice of Paul he
believed in Christ. Are you con-
victed but not converted9
tell you what you make me think
of. You have made up your mind
for proper consideration to deed away
property. You have drawn the