Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-09-08

porary writers describe his whole ap-
pearance az being resplendent. There
was no need for Christ to tell the chill
dren to come to him. Suffer little
children to come unto me" was not
spoken to the children. It was spoken
to the disciples. The children came read.
lily enough without any invitation. NO
sooner did Jesus appear than the little
ones Jumped from their mothers arms,
an avalanche of beauty and love, into
his lap Christ did not ask John to put
his head down on his bosom. John
could not help but put his head there
] suppose look at Christ was just to
love him. How attractive his manner!
Why, when they saw Christ coming
along the street. they ran into their
houses, and they wrapped up their In
valids as quick as they could and
brought them out that he might look at
them. Oh, there was something SO
pleasant, so inviting. so cheering in ev-
erything he did, in his very look' When
these sick ones were brought out did he
say: do not bring before me these
sores. Do not trouble me with these
leprosies?" No. MOI there was a kind
lookl there was gentle wordi there
was healing touch. They could not
keep away from him.
| think there are many under the in
fluence of the Spirit of God who are
saving II will trust him if you will
only tell me how" And the great ques-
zion asked by many is, "How, howr
And while / answer your question look
up and utter the prayer which Rowland
Hill so often uttered in the midst OF his
sermons, master. helpp" How are you
to trust In Christi
Perfect Confidence.
Just as you trust any one. You trust
your partner In business with important
things. If commercial house gives you
note payable three months hence. you
expect the payment Of that note at the
end of three months. You have perfect
confidence in their word and in their
ability. On, again. you 60 home today
You expect there will be food on the
table. You have confidence in that
Now, ask you to have the same conf
denoe in the Lord Jesus Christ. He says,
"You believe; l take away your sins, "
and they are eli taken away. What
you say, before pray any moref Be-
fore read my Bible any moref Before
l cry over my sins any more?" Yes, this
moment. Believe with all your heart,
and you are saved Why. Christ is only
waiting to get from you what you give
to scores of people every day. What is
that2 Confidence If these people whom
you trust day by day are more worthy
than Christ, if they are more faithful
than Christ, If they have done more
than Christ ever did, then give them the
preference, but if you really think that
Christ is as trustworthy as they are then
deal with him as fairly.
"Oh,n says some one In q light way,
ST believe that Christ was born in Beth
lehem, and / believe that he died ontht
cross'' Do you belieye>it with you
| head or your heart? Twill illustrate the
| differences. You are in your own house
In the morning you open; newspaper
I and You read now Captain BravBnear
on the sea risked his life for the saliva
ton of his passengers. You say: "What
a grand fellow he must have beenl Hi:
family deserves very we'll Of the coun
try" You fold the newspaper and sit
down at the table and perhaps do not
think of that incident again. That is
historical faith.
Saved by Faith.
But now you are Oh the sea, and it is
night, and you are asleep, and you are
awakened by the shrek Of "Firel" You
rush out on the deck. You hear. amid
the wringing of the hands and the faint.
ing the cry: mo hope no hopel We
are lost we are lost' The sail puts out
its wing of fire, the ropes make burn
ing ladder in the night heavens, the
spirit of wrecks Kisses in the wave, and
on the hurricane deck shakes out its ban
ner of smoke and darkness. Down
with the lifeboatsl' cries the captain.
Down with the lifeboats!' People rush
into them. The boats are about full.
Room only for one more man. You are
standing on the deck beside the captain.
Who shall 1t be? You or the captain:
The captain says, You. - You jump
and are saved. He stands there and dies.
Now, you believe that Captain Brave.
heart sacrificed himself for his passen.
gers, but you believe it with love, with
tears, with hot and long continued ex-
CARNATIONS, with grief at his loss and
ioy at your deliverance. That is saving
faith-in other words, what you believe
with all the heart and believe i'll regard
to yourself. On this hinge turns my SER
mon-aye, the salvation of your inn
mortal soul You often go across a
bridge you know nothing about. You
do not know who built the bridge, you
do not know what material it is made
of. but you come to it and walk over 1t
and ask no questions. And here is an
arched bridge blaL from the "Rock
Of Ages" and built by the Architect OF
the whole universe, spanning the dark
gulf between sin and righteousness. and
all God asks you is to walk across it,
and you start and you come to it, and
you stop, and you go little way on,
and you stop, and you fall back, and
you experiment. You say, How do l
know that bridge will hold me?' in
stead of marching on with firm step,
asking no questions, but feeling that
the strength of the eternal God is under
you.
Oh, was there ever prize proffered
30 cheap as pardon and heaven are Of
fered to you? For how much? A million
dollars? 1t is certainly worth more than
that But cheaper than that you can
have 1t. Ten thousand dollars? Less
than that. Five thousand dollars? Less
than that. One dollar? Less than that.
One farthing? Less than that. with.
out money and without price. No
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