Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-03-07

mQltre0tmeUC, klck6u uer lutO tHe
street. know all the bruises and all the
terrors of drunkard's woe. went Oh
farther and farther from God until one
day got letter, saying:
"MY DEAR HUsBAND-I have tried every way,
done everything and prayed earnestly and fer.
vently for your reformation, but it seems OF
no avail Since our little Henry died, with
the exception Of those few happy weeks when
you remained sober, my life had been one OF
sorrow. Mnny of the nights l have sat by the
window, with my face bathed in tears, watch
ing for your coming. am broken hearted,
nm sick. Mother and father have been here
frequently md begged me to come home, but
my love for you and my hope for brighter days
have always made me refuse them. That hope
seems now beyond realization, and have re-
turned to them 1t is hard, and battlod long
before doing it. May God bless and presorvs
you. and take from you that accnrsed appetite.
and hasten the day whom we shall be again liv-
ing happily together. This will DO my daily
prayer, knowing that he has said, Como unto
mo, all ye that labor and are heavy linden, and
will give you rest From your loving wife,
"MARY.
"And SO 1 wandered on and wan
dered on, says that man, until one
night I passed Methodist meeting
house, and l said to myself, I'll go in
and see what they are doing, and 1 got
to the door, and they were singing:
"AIl may come. whoever will
This man receives poor sinners still
"And l dropped right there where ]
was, and l said, God have mercy 7 and
he had mercy on ME. My home is re-
stored, MY wife sings all day long dur
ing work, my children come out a long
way 70 greet me home, and my house
hold is little heaven. 1 will tell you
what did all this for me. 1t was the
truth that this day you proclaim, On
him the Lord hath laid the iniquity Of
us all. Yonder is woman who would
say, Il wandered off from my father'a
house, I heard the storm that pelts on a
lost soul My feet were blistered on the
hot rocks. I went on and on, thinking
that no one cared for my soul, when one
night Jesus met me, and ne said, Poor
thing. 20 homel Your father is waiting
for you, your mother is waiting for you.
Go home, poor thing' And, Sir, was
too weak to pray, and l was too weak
to repent, but just cried out sobbed
ont my sins and my sorrows on the
shoulders of him of whom it is said,
the Lord hath laid Oh him the iniquity
of US all.
Human Sympathy.
There is young man who would say
81 had a Christian bringing up; Icame
from the country to city life; started
we'll; l had a good position-a good
commercial position-but one night at
the theater met some young men who
did me no good. They dragged me all
through the sewers of iniquity, and
lost my morals, and lost my position,
and 1 was shabby and wretched. I was
going down the street, thinking that no
one cared for me, when young man
tapped me on the shoulder and said:
George, come with me, and l will do
you good Hooked at him to see wheth-
er be was joking or not. l saw he was
in earnest, and I said, What do you
mean, sir?' Well, he replied, L mean
that if you will come to the meeting to-
night l will be very glad to introduce
you. l will meet you at the door. Will
you Gomez Said 1, I will. l went to
the place where I was tarrying. fixed
myself up as well as could. 1 button
ed my coat over q ragged vest, and
went to the door Of the church, and the
young man met me, and we went III, and
as went in I heard an old man praying
and he looked SO mucL like my father
l sobbed right out, and they were all
around, SO kind and so sympathetic, that
1 just there gave my heart to God, and
l know that what you say is true; l
know it in my own experience. ION
him the Lord hath laid the iniquity of
us all. " Oh, my brother, without stop
ping to look whether your hand trem-
bles or not, without stopping to look
whether your hand is bloated with sin
or not, put it in my hand and let me
give you one warm, brotherly, Christian
grip and invite you right up to the
heart, to the compassion, TO the sympa-
thy, to the pardon of him on whom the
Lord hath laid the iniquity OF us all.
Throw away your sins. Carry them no
longer. proclaim emancipation to all
who are bound, pardon for all sin and
eternal life for all the dead
81 Came From Calvary"
Some one comes here today and l
stand aside. He comes up three steps.
He comes to this place. I must stand
aside. Taking that place he spreads
abroad his hands, and they were nailed.
You see his feet they were bruised. He
pulls aside the robe and shows you his
wounded heart say, art thou
weary" Eyes, he says, weary with
the worlds woe. 1 say, Whence
CONTEST thou?" He says, II came from
Calvary" 1 say, "Who comes with
thee?" He says, "No one; have trod-
den the winepress alone. say, "Why
CONTEST thou here:' "Oh, he says,
II came here to carry all the sins and
sorrows of the people!' And he kneels.
He says, Put on my shoulders all the
sorrows and all the Gins. And. con-
scious of my own sins first, I take them
and put them on the shoulders of the
Son of God. 1 say, "Canst thou bear
any more. o Christi" He says, Yes.
more" And I gather up the sins of all
those who serve at these affairs, the Off
GERS of the church Of Jesus Christi
gather up all their sins and I put them
on Christ's shoulders, and I say, "Canst
thou bear any more?" He says, Eyes,
more. (" Then 1 gather up all the sins OF
a hundred people in this house and |
put them OH the shoulders of Christ, and
l say, "Canst thou bear more" He
says, "Yea, more" And I gather up
all the sins of this assembly and put
them on the shoulders of the Son of
God, and I say, "Canst thou bear
them?'' "Yea, he says, more. But