Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-11-30


bath morning / bethought myself Of q
new shuttle, and thought I would in
vent that shuttle before sunset, and I
refused all food and drink until had
completed that shuttle By shutdown l
had completed it. The next day, Mon
day, I showed to my workmen and
friends this new shuttle They all con-
graduated me on my great success. l
put that shuttle into play. enlarged
my business; but, sir, that Sundays
work cost me 100000. From that day
everything went wrong. I failed in
business, and 1 lost my mill. z" Oh, my
friends, keep the Lords day. You may
think it old fogy advice, but I give it
to you now: Remember the Sabbath
day and keep 1t holy. Six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work, but
the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord
thy God; in it thou shalt not do any
work" A man said that he would
prove that all this was fallacy, and SO
be said, II shall raise Sunday crop. "
And he plowed the field on the Sab
bath, and then he put in the seed on the
Sabbath, and he cultured the ground on
the Sabbath When the harvest was ripe,
he reaped it OH the Sabbath, and he car
ried it into the NOW on the Sabbath,
and then he stood out defiant to his
Christian neighbors and said, "There,
that is my Sunday crop, and it is all
parnered" After awhile storm came
up and great darkness, and the light
nings of heaven struck the barn, and
away went his Sunday crop.
Tho Safeguard of Religion.
There is another safeguard that I
want to present. I have saved it until
the last because want it to be the more
emphatic. The great safeguard for every
young man is the Christian religion.
Nothing can take the place Of it. You
may have gracefulness enough to put to
the blush Lord Chesterfield, you may
have foreign languages dropping from
your tongue, you may discuss laws and
literature, you may have pen of un-
equaled polish and power, you may
have SO much business tact that you
can get tho largest salary in a banking
house, you may be as sharp as Herod
and as strong as Samson, and with as
long locks as those which hung Absa-
lom, and yet you have no safety against
temptation. Some of you look forward
to life with great dependency. I know
it. see it in your faces from time to
time. You say, Gall the occupations
and professions are full, and there's no
chance for me- " Oh, young man, cheer
up will tell you how you can make
your fortune Seek first the kingdom Of
God and his righteousness, and all 9TH
er things will be added. 1 know you do
not want to be mean in this matter.
You will not drink the trimming cup
of life and then pour the dregs on Gods
altar. To generous Saviour you will
not act like that; you have not the heart
to act like that That is not manly.
That is not honorable. That is not
brave. Your great want is new heart,
and in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ I tell you so today, and the bless
ed S1 nit presses through the solemnities
Of this hour Is put the cup 81 life to
your thirsty lips Oh, thrust it not
back. Mercy presents it-bleeding mer-
cy, long suffering mercy. Despise all
other friendships, prove recreant to all
other bargains, bat despise Gods love
for your dying soul-do not do that.
There comes crisis in mans life,
and the trouble is he does not know it
is the crisis got q letter in which a
man says to me:
~ start out now to preach the gos-
pei of righteousness and temperance to
the people. Do you remember me? am
the man who appeared'at the close of the
service when you were worshiping in
the chapel after you came from Phila-
delphia. Do you remember at the close
of the service man coming up to you
all a-tremble with conviction, and cry
ing out for mercy, and telling you he
had very bad business, and he thought
he would change it? That was the turn
ing point in my history. gave up my
bad business. 1 gave my heart to God,
and the desire to serve him has grown
upon me all these years, until now woe
is unto me if preach not the gospel I"
The Other Man.
That Sunday night was the turning
point of that young man history. This
very Sabbath hour will be the turning
point in the history of 100 young men
in tits house God help US I once stood
on AL anniversary platform with cler-
gyman who told this marvellous story.
He said:
Thirty years ago two young men
started out to attend Park theater, New
York, to see play which made religion
ridiculous and hypocritioal. They had
been brought up in Christian families.
They started for the theater to see that
vile play, aud their early convictions
came back upon them. They felt it was
not right 10 go, but still they went.
They came to the door of the theater
One Of the young men stopped and start
ed for home but returned and came up
to the door, but had not the courage to
90 in. He again started for home and
went home. The other young man went
in. He went from one degree of tempta-
ton to another Caught i'll the whirl OF
friyolity and sin, he sank lower and
lower. He lost his business position. He
lost his morals He lost his soul. He
died dreadful DEATH not one star OF
mercy shining on it. stand before you
today" said that minister, to thank
God that for 30 years I have been per-
mitted to preach the gospel. I am the
other young man. "
Oh, you see that was the turning
point-the one went back, the other
went on. The great roaring world of
business life will soon break in upon
you, young men. Will the wild wave
dash out the impressions of this day as
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