Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-22

you in charge. GU get worse and Worse
until he comes to the rescue. "Not the
righteous-sinners Jesus came to call. !"
So, you see, take the very worst case
there is. If there is man here who
feels he is all right in heart and life, I
am not talking to him, for he is proba-
I bly, O hypocrite. Twill talk to him some
other time. But if there is man who
feels himself all wrong, to him l ad-
dress myself. Though you be wounded
in the hands and wounded in the feet
and wounded in the head and wounded
in the heart, and though the gangrene
of eternal death be upon you, one drop
of the elixir of divine life will cure
your soul Though you be soaked in evil
indulgences. though your feet have gone
in unclean places, though you have COM
panicned with the abandoned and the
lost, one touch Of divine grace will save
your soul.
1 do not say that you will not have
struggles after that. Oh, mol But they
will be a different kind Of struggle. You
go into that battle and all hell Is against
you, and you are alone, and you fight and
you fight, weaker and weaker and weaker,
until ct last you fall and the powers OF
da kness trample on your SOUL But in
the other casg.Syou 60 into the battle
anc you fight stronger and stronger and
stronger, until the evil propensity goes
down and you get the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, come out of
your sins Have you not been bruised
with sin long enough? Have you not
carried that load long enough? Have
you not fought that battle long enough?
A Hardening God.
rattle the gates of your sepulcher to-
day. I take the trumpet Of the gospel
and blow the long, loud blast. Roland
went into battle. Charlemagne's army
had been driven back by the three ar
mics of the Saracens, and Roland. in oil
most despair, took up the trumpet and
blew three blasts in one Of the mountain
passes, and under the power of those
three blasts the Saracens recoiled and
fed in terror. But history says that
when he had blown the third blast, Ro-
lands trumpet broke.
l take this trumpet Of the gospel and
blow the first blast, "Whosoever will. "
blow the second blast, Seek ye the
Lord while he may be found. blow
the third blast, "Now is the accepted
time" But the trumpet does not break
it was handed down by our forefathers
to us, and we will hand it down to our
children, that after we are dead they
may blow the trumpet, telling the world
that we have pardoning God, loving
God, sympathetic God, and that more
to him than the throne on which he sits
is the JOY of seeing prodigal put his
finger on the LATCH Of his fathers house.
invite any one the most infdel, any
one the most atheistic. I invite him in
to the kingdom of God with just as
much heartiness as those who have for
80 years been under the teaching of the
gospel and believed it all. When Twas
living in Philadelphia, agentleman told
me Of scene in which he was par
ticipant. In Callowhill street, in Phila,
delphia, there had been powerful meet,
ing going OIL for some time, and many
were converted, and among others one
of the prominent members Of the worst
clubhouse in that city. The next night
the leader Of that clubhouse, the presl-
dent of it, resolved that he would en-,
deavor to get his oomrade away. He
, came to the door, and before he entered
he heard Christian song, and under
its power his soul was agitated. BE went
in and asked for prayer. Before he came
out he was subject Of converting mer-
cy. The next night another comrade
went to reclaim the two who had been
lost to their sinful circle. he went, and
under the power of the Holy Ghost be,
came u changed man, and the work
went on until they were all saved and
the infamous clubhouse disbanded. Oh,
it is mighty gospel Though you came
here child of sin, you can go away @
child of grace, you can 90 away singing
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved wretch like mel
once was lOSt, DuI now aln lOuuV-
| Was blind, but now see.
Faith First and LAST.
Oh, give up your sins Most of your
life is already gone. Your children are
going on the same wrong road. Why do
you not stop? "This day is salvation
come to thy house. {" Why not this mo-
ment look up into the face of Christ and
say:
Just as I am. without one plea
But that thy blood was Shed for me,
And that thou bid'st me come to thee
o Lamb of God, come, come!
God is going to save you. You are 60
ing to be among the shining ones. Aft
er the tolls of life are over, you are 90.
ing up to the everlasting rest, you are 60
ing up to join your loved ones, departed
parents and departed children. "Oh,
my God," says some man, chow can
come to thee? I am so far off. Who will
help me, am so weak? 1t seems such
J great undertaking " Oh, my brother,
I it is great undertaking 1t is so great
you cannot accomplish it, but Christ
can do the work. Hey l correct your
hoart and he will correct your life.
ooh, you say, IT will stop profanity. y
That will not save you. "Oh, you
say, II will stop Sabbath brenking
That will not save you. There is only
one door into the kingdom of God, aid
that is faith; only one ship that sails
for heaven, and that is faith. Faith the
first step, the second step, the hundredth
step, the thousandth step, the last step.
By faith we enter the kingdom. By
faith we keep in. In faith we die. Heav-
Ell a reward of faith. The earthquake
shook down the Philippian dungeon.