Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-04

III inc snip. acfc arc young men JuaG
starting ont in life. Your life will be
made I'D of sunshine aud shadow There
may be i'll it arctic blasts or tropical
tornadoes I know not what is before
you, but know if you have Christ with
you all shall be we'll
You may seem TO get along without
the religion of Christ while every
thing goes smoothly, but after awhile,
when sorrow hovcrs over the soul. when
the wavps Of trial dash clear over tho
hurricane deck and the bowsprit is shiv-
cred and the halyards arc swept into
the sea and the gangway is crowded
with piratical disasters : oh, what
would you then do without Christ in
the ship? Young man, take God for
your portion, God for your guide, God
for your help. then all is well-all is
we'll for time, ali shall be well forever.
Blessed is that man who puts i'll the
Lord his trust Flo shall never be con-
founded.
There Must BE Rough Weather.
But my subject also impresses ME
with the fact that when people start to
follow Christ they must not expect
smooth sailing These disciples got into
the small boats, and l have no doubt
they said: What Il beautiful day this
is! What smooth seal What bright
sky this is How delightful is sailing
in this boat And as for the waves un-
der the keel of the boat, why, they only
make the motion of our little boat tho
more delightful But when the winds
! swept down aud the sea was tossed into
wrath, then they found that following
Christ was not smooth sailing So you
have found it; so | havo found it. Did
yon ever notice the end of tho life of
the apostles of Jesus Christ? You would
say that if ever men ought to have had
smooth life, IL smooth departure, then
those men, the disciples of Jesus Christ,
ought to have had such Il departure and
such life
st. James lost his head. st. Philip
was hung to death on Il pillar. st. Mat
thew had his life dashed out with q
halberd. ST Mark YVES dragged to death
through the streets st james the Less
was beaten to death with fuller's
club st. Thomas WAS struck through
with IL spear They did not find follow
ing Christ smooth sailing Oh how
they were all tossed in the tempestl
John Huss in the fire, Hugh Mckail in
the hour of martyrdom, the Albigenses,
the Waldenses, the Scotch Covenanters
did they lind it smooth sailing?
But why 90 to history when | can
find all around me score of illustra-
tions of the truth of this subject-that
young man in the store trying to serve
God while bis employer scctls at Chris.
tianity. the young men in the same
store antaeonistic to the Christian re-
ligion, teasing him, tormenting him
about his religion, trying to get him
mad? They succeed i'll getting him
.aad, saying, Your re a pretty Chris
dan!" Does this young man find it
smooth sailing when he tries to follow
Christ? Here is q Christian girl Her
sfather desrises the Christian religion;
| her mother tiespises tie Christian re-
lieiou;' her brothers and sisters scott at
the Christian religion; she can hardly
find Il quiet place in which TO say her
PRAYERS. Did she find it smooth smiling
when she tried TO follow Jesus Christ?
Oh, no; all who would live the life of
the Christian religion must suffer per-
secution If you do not find it i'll one
WAY, you will get it III another way
The question WIS asked, "Who are
these nearest Tie rjle:" and the an
swer came back, These are they who
came up out of sraat tribulation"-
great failing, as the original has it;
great failing, great poundinG-"and
had their robes washed and made white
in the blood Of the Lamb. Oh, do not
be disheartenedl o child of God, take
couragel You are in glorious compan-
ionship God will sec you through all
these trials, and he will deliver you.
My subject also impresses me with
the fact that good people sometimes get
very much frightened. In the tones of
these disciples as they rushed into tho
back part Of the boat l find they are
frightened almost to death. They say,
Master, carest thou not that we per-
ish?" They had no reason 10 lie fright
ened, for Christ was III the boat | sup
pose if we had been the-e we would
have been Just rs much atfrighted. Per-
haps more.
No Need of Worry.
In all ages very good people get very
much aiTlighted 1t is often SO in our
day, and men say: WHY, look at the
bad lectures; look at the spiritualistic
societies; look at the various errors so
ing over the church of God. We are 60
ing to founder; the church is going to
PERISH she is going down. F." Oh, how
many good people are affrighted by tri-
umphant iniquity in our day and think
the church of Jesus Christ and the
cause OF righteousness are going to be
overthrown and are just as much
atfrighted rs the disciples of my text
were atfrighted. Don't worry, don't
fret, as though iniquity were going to