Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-09-29
FROM THE SOUTH SEA
: DR.. .TALMAGE SENDS A LESSON FROM
FAR AUSTRALIA.

FAX AUS hALIA.
The Way OF Christ with Publican and
r. Sinner-Too Often Arc Onlcinls Tempt
cd Above What They Are Able 10 Bear
+ BROOKLYN, Sept. 23.-Rev. Or. Tai
mage, who Is now preparing to leave
Australia for India on his round the
4 world tour, has selected as the subject
| for today's sermon through the pres:
"The Tax Collectors Conversion. the
text being taken from Luke xix, 0,
This day is salvation come to this
house"
Zaccheus was q politician and a tax.
1 gatheror. Ho had I'll honest calling, but
tho opportunity for "stealings" was SC
large the temptation was too much fol-
lshim. The Bible says no WAS o sinner
that is, in the public sense. How
many fine men have been ruined by Off
Eeial position 1t Is all awful thing foI
any man to seek office under govern.
i ment unless his principles of integrity
/ are deeply fixed. Many man upright
7 in an insignificant position has made
/ shipwrcck in great one. AS far as
ssscan tell, in tho city of Jericho this FAC.
lSchous belonged to what might be called
stho "ring." They had things their own
way, successfully avoiding exposure, II
lsby no other way perhaps by hiring
esomebody to break i'll and steal the
vouchers. Notwithstanding his bad rep
utation there were stroaks of good about
him, as there arc about almost every
man. Gold is found in quartz, and
sometimes in very small percentage
Tho ThrongIng to Soc Jesus.
+ Jesus was coming to town. The peo-
pie turned out Ell masse to see him.
Here he comes tho Lord of glory, on
foot, dust covered and road weary,
limping along tho way, carrying the
griefs and woes Of the world. He looks
to be 60 years of age, when he is only
about 80. Zaccheus was short man
and could not see over the peoples heads
while standing Il the ground, so he got
up into sycamore tree that swung Its
arm clear over the road Jesus advanced
amid the wild excitement of the surging
crowd. The most honorable and popu-
lar men of the city are looking ON and
trying to gain his attention. Jesus, in
stead of regarding them, looks up at the
little man in the tree and says: FAC
cheus, come down. l am going home
with you " Everybody was Disguised to
4 think that Christ would go homo with
so dishonorable a man.
Isee Christ entering the front door OF
srhe house Of Zaccheus The king OF
1 eaven and earth sits down, and as he
.sSobs around on the place and the fam
! is5y he pronennoes the benedictiono Of the
4 text. This day is salvation come to this
louise.
s. 1accneus had mounted the sycamore
Gree out of more hduisitiyenoss he
WANTED to see how this stranger looked
The colorof friseyes; the length Of his
fsgr Is tho his{ ifa t1.s:es -tbe
/ height of his stature Come down, 3
said Christ.
Idle Curiosity.
And SO many people in this day get
up into the tree of curiosity or specula-
ton to see Christ They ask thousand
queer questions about his divinity,
about Gods sovereignty and the eternal
DEGREES. They speculate and criticise
ond hang onto the outside limb Of q
great sycamore, but they must come
down from that if they want to be
saved. We cannot be saved as philoso-
pliers, but as little children. You can
not 20 to heaven by way Of Athens, but
by way of Bethlehem.
Why be porplexed about the way sin
came into the world when the great
question is how we shall get sin driven
out Of our hearts How many spend
their time in criticism and religious
speculationl They take the rose OF
Sharon or the lilly Of the valley, pull
out the anther, scatter the corolla and
say, "Is that the beautiful flower of re-
lieion that you are talking about?' No
flower is beautiful after you have torn
it all to pieces Tho path to heaven is Sc
plain that a fool need not make any
mistake about it, and yet men stop and
cavil. Suppose that going toward the
Pacific slope, 1 had resolved that !
would stop until I could kill all the
grizzly bears and the panthers on either
Side Of the way. I would mover have
not to the Pacific coast. When went
out to hunt the grizzly bear, the grizzly
bear would have come out to hunt me.
Here is q plain road to heaven. Men
say they will not take step on it until
they can make game of all the theories
that bark and growl at them from the
thickets. They forget the fact that, as
they 20 out to hunt the theory, the the
ory comes ont to hunt them, and SO they
perish.
Must Become rs Little Child.
We must receive the kingdom Of
heaven in simplicity. William Penning-
ton was one of the wisest men Of this
country-a governor of his own state
and afterward speaker of the house Of
presentatives-yet when God calico
him to be a Christian he went in and
sat down among some children who
were applying for church membership,
and he said to his pastor, Talk to me
lust as you do to these children, for
know nothing about it" There is nc
need of bothering ourselves about mys
teries when there are SO many things
that are plain.
DR.. Ludlow, my professor in the theo'
logical seminary, taught me lesson
have never forgotten. While putting
variety of questions to him that were
perplexing he turned upon me, some.
what In sternness, but more in love, and
said, "Mr. Talmage, you will have te
let God know some things that you
DON'T" We tear our hands on the
SHINES of the cactus instead of feastine