Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-09-08
THE GREAT RESCUE.
PEACEFUL DEATH AND eLlssFUl
ETERNITY COST NOTHING.

ETERNITY COST NOTHING.
Rev. DR.. Talmege Prcaches Another Re-
markeblo Sermon Through tho Press
historical Faith and Faith In tho Rock
ogAgos-The Lamp Above the Grave.
1 BROOKLYN, Sept. 2.-Rey. DR.. Tai
mage, who is still absent In the south
Pacific, has selected as the subject OF
today'a sermon through the press 1.-THE
Rescue" the text chosen being Acts
Svi, 81. believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt DO saved "
Ja!ls are dark, dull, damp. loathsome
places even now, but they were worse IN
Che apostolic times. imagine today we
are atauding In the Philippian dungeon.
Do you not feel the chilli Do you not
hear the groans Of those incarcerated ones
who for 10 years have not seon the sun
light and the deep sigh of women who
remember their fathers house and
mourn over their wasted estatesf Listen
erain. 1t Is the cough of oonsumptlve
or the struggle of one In the nightmare
OF great horror You listen again and
hear a cnlprit, his chains rafting as no
rolls over In his dreams, and you say,
God, pity the prisonerr' But there Is
another sound in that prison. 1t is tho
song Of Joy and gladness What place
to sing inl The music comes winding
through the corridors Of the prison. and
In oil the dark wards the whisper Is
heard: Whats thatf~ What's that''
Z It is tbs song of Paul and Silas. They
cannot sleep. They have been whipped
VERY badly whipped The long gashes
on their backs are bleeding yot They
lie fat on the cold ground, their feet
fast In wooden sockets. and Of course
they cannot sleep. But they can sing.
Jaiier, what are you doing with these
people? Why have they been put in
here9 Oh, they have been trying to
make the world better. Is that all2 That
zig NIL. A pit for Joseph. A lions cavo
for Daniel. A blazing furnace for Shad'
ssch.s Clubs for John Wesley. An
.anathema for Philip Melanchthon. A
dungeon for Paul and Silas
An Earthquake Shock.
But while we are standing in the
gloom Of tho Philippian dungeon, and
we hear the mingling voices OF sob and
aroan and blasphemy and halleluiah,
suddenly an earthquakel The iron bars
| Of the prison twist the pillars crack off,
the solid masonry begins to heave, and
all the doors swing open. The jailer,
feeling himself responsible for these
prisoners and believing, in his pagan
/ ignorance, suicide to be honorable
since Brutus killed himself, and Cato
killed himself, and Cassius killed him
self-puts his sword to his own heart,
J proposing with one strong, keen thrust
/ to put an end to his excitement and agl-
sation. But Paul cries Quit stop, stopl
Do myself no harm We are all heref
) Then see the jailer running through
Tho dust and amid the ruin OF that pris-
ION, and see him throwing himself
! down at the feet of these prisoners. cry
,s.nr out: What shall I dos What shall
ri uO.--7-1<f,r7 anp-UOI .7-V'ob 0uv vs
this place before there is another earth
quake. Put handouts and hopples on
these other prisoners lest they get
away?" No word of that kind. His
compact, thrilling, tremendous answer,
answer memorable all through earth
and heaven, was, Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. "
Well, We have all read OF the earth
quake in Lisbon, in Lima, in Aleppo
and In Caracas, but we live in lati-
tude where in oil our memory there has
not been one severe volcanic disturb
anoe. And yet we have seen 90 earth
quakes. Here is q man who has been
building up largo fortune. His bid on
the money market was felt in all the
cities. He thinks he has got beyond all
annoying rivalries in trade, and he says
to himself, "Now am free and safe
from all possible perturbation. " But in
1857 Or in 1878 a national panic strikes
the foundation of the commercial world,
md crash goes all that magnificent bust
ness establishment
Here is man who has built upa very
beautiful home. His daughters have
I1ust come home from the seminary with
diplomas of graduation. His sons have
started in life, honest temperate and
pure When the evening lights are
struck, there is q happiness and I'M
broken family circle. But there has been
Ian accident down at Long Branch. The
young man ventured too far out in the
surf. The telegraph hurled the terror
, up to the city. An earthquake struck
J under the foundation of that beautiful
, home.
Trust and Believe.
!, The piano closed; the curtains drop
ped; the laughter hushed. Crash go all
those domestic hopes and prospects and
expectations. SO, my friends, we have
all felt the shaking down of some great
: trouble, and there was time when we
: were as much excited as this man of the
text, and we cried out as he did: what
shall do? What shall dor" The same
reply that the apostle made to him is
appropriate to us, believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved "
J, There are some documents of so little
importance that you do not care to put
any more than your last name under
them, or even your initials. but there
are some documents of SO great impor-
lance that you write out your full name.
$50 the Saviour in some parts OF the
bible Is called Lord. I" and in other
barts of the Bible he is called Jesus, "
Ind in other parts of the Bible he is
Eafled Christ" but that there might
be no mistake about this passage all
|hree lmes come together-"the Lord
Fesus Christ. -
Now, who is this being that you
want me to trust in and believe In!
Mon ao>netimes come to me with Gre