Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-09-22

iningllng ana mixture OF the blood Of
all nationalities that l feel akin to all
the world. and by the blood Of tho Son
of God, who died for all people,, I ad-
dress you in the bonds of universal
brotherhood.
come out as only servant bringing
OH invitation to party, and put it III
to your hand, saying, Come, for oil
things are now ready" and urge it
upon you and continue to urge it, and
before l get through l hope, by the
blessing of God. to compel you to come
In.
We must take care how we give tho
invitation. My Christian friends, 1
think sometimes we have just gone OPP
posite to Christ S command, and we have
compelled people to stay out. Some
times our elaborated instructions have
been the hindrance. We graduate from
our theological seminaries OIL stills, and
it takes five or six years before we can
come down and stand right beside the
great masses of the people, learning
their joys, sorrows, victories, defeats.
We get our heads SO brimful Of theo-
logical wisdom that we have to stand
very straight lest they spill over. Now,
what do the great masses of the people
care about the technicalitios Of religion?
What do they care about the hypostatic
union or the difference between sublap-
surian and supralapsarian? What do
they care for your profound explana-
tions, clear as a London fog? When q
man is drowning, he does not want you
to stand by the dock and describe the
nature of the water into which he has
fallen and tell him there are two parts
hydrogen gas and one of oxygen gas,
with common density Of 80 F., turn
Ing to steam under common atmospher-
ic pressure of 212. He does not want
chemical lecture OH water. He wants q
rope.
Gone Metaphysics Mad.
Oh, my friends, the curse of God on
the church, it seems to me, in this day
is metaphysics. We speak In an un-
known tongue in our Sabbath schools,
and in our religious assemblages, aid
IL our pulpits, and how can people DO
saved unless they can understand us?
We put on our official gowns and we
think the two silk balloons Tapping at
the elbows Of preacher give him great
ranctity. The river of Gods truth flows
down before US pure and clear as crys-
tai, but we take our theological stick
and stir it up and stir it up until you
cannot see the bottom. Oh, for the sim
plicity of Christ in all our instructions
the simplicity no practiced whom
standing among the people he took q
lily and said, There is lesson Of tho
manner will clothe you" and point
ing to a raven said There is lesson
OF the way will feed you. Consider
tho lilios-bohold the fowls -
think often in our religious instruc-
tons VIC compel the people to stay out
b. our church architecture. People como
In, and they find things angular and cold
and stiff, and they 60 away, never again
to come, when tho church ought to DO
great home circle, everybody having q
hymnbook, giving. half of it to the one
next him; every one who has hand to
shake hands shaking hands--the church
architecture and Understanding
saying to the people, Como in and be
at home" Instead of that. think all
these surroundings often compel the peo-
pie to stay out. Now, let us oil repent
Of our sins and begin on the other track
and by our heartiness of affection and
warmth of manner and imploration Of
the spirit of God compel the people to
come in. How shall we lead sinners to
accept the Lord 8 invitation? think we
must certainly begin by holy life. We
must be better men, better women, before
we can compel the people to come into
the kingdom of Jesus Christ. There
are fine essays being written i'll this day
about science and religion. l tell you
tho best argument in behalf of our holy
Christianity. 1t is good man, good
woman, a life all consecrated to Christ.
No infidel can answer it. Oh, let US
by holy example compel the people to
come inl
The Safe Path.
read of minister of the gospel who
was very fond of climbing among the
Swiss mountains. One day he was climb
ing among very dangerous places and
thought himself all alone when he heard
voice beneath him say: Father, look
out for the safe path; I am following. "
And he looked back, and he saw that he
was climbing not only for himself, but
climbing for his boy. Oh, lot us be sure
and take the safe path Our children are
following; our partners i'll business are
following; our neighbors are following;
great multitude stepping right on i'll
our stops. Oh, be sure and take the right
path Exhibit Christian example and
so by your godly walk compel the peo-
pie to come in.
think there is work also in the way
of kindly admonition. / do not believe
there is q person in this house who, If
approached in kindly and brotherly
manner, would refuse to listen. If yon
are rebuffed, it is because you lack in
tact and common sense. But, oh, how
much effective work there is in the way
of kindly admonition! There are thou
sands of men oil around about you who
have never had one personal invitation
to tho cross. Give that one invitation,
and you would be surprised at the alac-
rity with which they would accept 1t.
have a friend, Christian physi-
clan, who one day became very anxious
about the salvation of brother physi-
clan, and so he left his office, went
down to this mans Office and said, is
the doctor in?' No." replied the
young man waiting. 1.-THE doctor is not
in" well" said this physician,
"when he comes in, tell him l called
and give him my Christian love" This
worldly doctor came home after awhile