Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-06-16

man entered the palace 1t went away
when Paul and his guardsman left
Have youNnever seen men waiting for o
convenient season? There is such o
great fascination about it that, though
you may have great respect to the truth
Of Christ, yet somehow there is In your
soul the thought: mot quite yet. 1t Is
not time for me to become q Chris
tian." say to boy, "Seek Christ :"
He says: mo Wait until 1 get to be O
young man. say to the young man,
Seek Christ He says, "Wait until l
como to lnidlife. l meet the same per-
son in midlifo, and say, Seek
Christ. " He says, wait until 1 get
old" / meet tho same person in old
ago and say to him, "Seek Christ -"
ae says, ''Wait until l am on my dying
bed. /" am called to his dying couch.
His last moments have come I bend
over the couch and listen for his last
words. I have partially to guess what
they are by the motion of his lips, he is
SO feeble, but rallying himself he whis-
pers until can hear him say, lam
-wniting-for-a-m ore-conTenlens
season, and he is gono!
Now Is tho Time.
can tell you when your convenient
season will come. / can tell you the
year. 1t will be 1894. l can tell you
what kind Of day it will be. 1t will
DO the Sabbath day. ! can tell you what
hour il will be. twill be between 8 and
10 o'clock. In other words, it is now.
Do you ask me how know this is your
convenient season? l know 1t because
you are here, and because the Holy
Spirit is here, and because the elect sons
and daughters of God are praying for
your redemption. All, know it is your
convenient season because some of you,
like Felix, tremble as all your past life
comes upon you with its sin, and all tho
future life comes upon you with its ter
ror. This night air is aglarc with torch
es to show you up or to show you down.
1t is rustling with wings to lift you
into light Or smite you into despair, and
there Is arushing to and for, and beat
ing against the door of your souls with
a great thunder of emphasis, tellingyou,
"Now, now is the best time, as it may
DO the only time F."
May God Almighty forbid that any of
you, my brethren OF sisters, act the part
of Felix and Drusilla and put away this
oroat subject IF YOU are going to DO
saved ever, why not begin tonight'
Throw down your sins and take the
Lords pardon. Christ has been tramp
ing after you many day. An Indian
and white man became Christians.
Tho Indian, almost as soon as he heard
tho gospel, believed and was saved, but
the white man struggled on III darkness
for long while before he found light.
After their peace in Christ the white
man said to the Indian, why was it
that 1 was kept 50 long in the dark
ness and you Immediately found peace"
The indian replied: II will tell you A
prince comes along, and he offers you q
coat You look at your coat and you
say, MY COlt 10 gnu OAiOu6iAi 'N ~
refuse his offer, but the prince comes
along, aud he offers me the coat, and l
look at my old blanket and I throw that
away and take his. offer, You, sir :
continued the Indian, are chnging to
your own righteousness, you think you
are good enough, and you keep your
own righteouness, but have nothing,
nothing, and SO when Jesus offers mo
pardon and peace 1 simply take it. :"
My reader, why not now throw away
the wornout blanket of your sin and
take the robe of Saviour's righteous
Mesa robe so white, so fair, SO lus-
trous, that no fuller on earth can whit
en- it? O Shepherd, tonight bring
home the lost shecpl o Father, to-
night give welcoming kiss to tho wan
prodigall o friend of Lazarus, tonight
break down the door Of the sepulcher
and say to all these dead souls as by IT.
,esistible fiat: "Livel LiveP'