Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-20

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agara and then head it up toward the
churning thunderbolt of waters and OK
pect to work your way up through the
lightning of the foam into calm Lake
Erie as for you to try to pull yourself
through the surf of your sin into the
hope and pardon and placidity of the
gospel. You cannot do it in that way.
Sin is rough sea, and longboat, yawl,
pinnaco and gondola go down unless tho
Lord deliver, but if you will cry to
Christ and lay hold Of divine mercy
you are as safe from eternal condemna-
ton as though you had been 20 years III
heaven.
wish I could put before my unpar-
doned readers their own helplessnoss.
No human arm was ever strong enough
to unlock the door of heaven. No foot
was ever mighty enough to break the
shackle of sin, no oarsman swartLy
enough to row himself into God harbor.
The wind is against you. The tide Is
against you. The law is against you.
Ten thousand corrupting influences are
against you. Helpless and undone, Not
80 helpless a sailor on plank, 'nid-At-
lantic. Not so helpless traveller girded
by 20 miles of prairie on fire Prove it,
you say. l will prove it. john Vi, II,
"No man can come to me except the
Father which hath sent me draw him. .
Tie Willingness OF Christ.
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lessness l want to put by the side Of it
the power and willingness Of Christ to
save you. I think it was il 1886 a YES
sci was bound for Portugal, but ii was
driven to pieces OH an unfriendly coast.
The captain had his son with him, and
with the crew they wandered up the
beach and started on long journey to
find relief. After awhile the son faint
ed by reason of hunger and the length
of the way The captain said to the
crew, Garry my boy for me on your
shoulders. f" They carried him on, but
tho journey was so long that after
awhile tho crew tainted from hunger
and from WEAKNESS and could carry him
no longer. Then the father rallied bis
almost wasted energy and took up his
own boy and put him Oh his shoulder
and carried him on mile after mile,
mile after mile, until, overcome himself
by hanger and WEAKNESS, he, too, faint
ed by the way. The boy lay down and
died, and the father, just ct the time
rescue came to him, also persisted, liv-
ing only long enough to tell the story
sad story indeedl
But glory be to God that Jesus Christ
is able to take us up out of our ship
wrecked and dying condition and put
us on the shoulder of his strength, and
by the omnipotence of his gospel bear
US on through all the journey Of this
life and at last through the opening
gates of heaven! He is mighty to save.
Though your sin BIO long and black and
inexcusable and outrageous, the very
moment you believe I will proclaim
pardon-quick, full, grand. uncondi-
tional, uncompromising, illimitible, in
finite. Oh, the grace of Godl I ON over
whelmed when l come to think of it.
Give me thousand ladders, dashed fast
to each other, that / :. may scale the
height Let the line run out with the
anchor until all the cables Of earth are
exhausted, that we may touch the depth.
Let the archangel fly in circuit of eter-
nal ages in trying to sweep around this
theme. Oh, the grace of Godl 1t is so
high. 1t is so broad. 1t is so deep. Clio
ry be to my God, that where mans oar
gives out Gods arm begins Why will
We carry your sins and your sorrows any
longer when Christ offers to take them?
Why will you wrestle down Your fears
when this moment you might give up
and be saved? Do you not know that ev-
erything is ready?
Room For All.
Plenty of room at the feast. Jesus has
the ring of his love all ready to put up
on your hand. Come now and sit down,
ye hungry ones, at the banquet Ye who
are in rags of sin, take the robe Of
Christ. Ye who are swamped by the
breakers around you, cry to Christ to
pilot you into smooth, still waters. On
account of the peculiar phase Of the sub
ject 1 have drawn my present illustra-
lions, you see, chiefly from the water. l
remember that vessel went to pieces
Oh the Bermudas great many years
ago. II had vast treasure Oil board.
But, the vessel being sunk, no effort was
made to raise it. After many years had
passed company Of Adventures went
out from England, and after long voy-
age they reached the place where the
vessel was said to have sunk. They got
into small boat and lowered over the
place Then the divers went down, and
they broke through what looked like a
limestone covering, and the treasures
rolled out-what was found after
ward to be, in American money, worth
| 81, 500, 900, and the foundation Of q
great business house. At that time tho
whole world rejoiced over what was
called the luck of these Adventures. y
ye who have been rowing toward the
shore and have not been able to reach
it, I want to tell you tonight that your
boat hoYers over infinite treasure! AL
the riches of God are at your feet
treasures that never fail and crowns that
never grow dim Who will go down now
and seek them? Who will dive for tho
pearl of great price? Who will be pre-
| pared for life, for death, for judgment
| for the long eternity? See two hands OF
blood stretched out toward thy soul as
Jesus says, Come unto me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and l will
give you rest. u
! Round Too Much.
Pale with suppressed indignation, AL
eernon McStab uncrossed his legs, rose
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