Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-08-14


shall wash the last sep from my eyes
in the cool river cf heaven. | take up
this book of divine photographs, and |
loci: ut Lukc's sketch, at Mark S sketch,
at .Ichn's Sketch and at Paul's sketch,
and say, with I.hiah, 'Wondcrful!'
think HIST you are all interested i'll
The story Of Christ You feel that he is
the only one who can help you. You
have unbranded admiration for the
commander VINO helped his passengers
ashore while he himself persisted, but
have you 10 admiration for Him who
rescued our souls, himself falling back
into tho waters from which he had
saved US?
chr;sts Magnetism.
Christ VAS wonderful in the magnet
ism of bis person.
After the battle of Antietam, when Il
general rode along the lines, although
the soldiers were lying down exhausted,
sthey rose with great enthusiasm and
htz2acd. AS Napoleon returned from
his captivity lis first step on the wharf
shook Eli the kingdoms, and 10000
men jolncd lis standard. 1t took 5000
troops to watch him i'll his exile. So
there have Lcen men CT wonderful mag
netism of person. But hear me while L
tell You OF /, poor young man who came
up from Nazareth to produce Il thrill
such rs has never been excited by any
other. Napoleon had around him the
memories OF AusterlitZ and Jena and
Badujos, but here was man who had
fought no battles, who were no epau-
lets, who hran,lished 10 sword. He is
no titled man of the schools, for he
never went TO school. Ho had probably
never seen Il prince or shaken hands
with nobleman. The only extraor-
binary person we know of as being in
his company was his own mother, and
she vas so POOR that i'll the most deli
cate and solemn hour tina; ever comes
10 Il woma:ls seal she was obliged to
lie DOWN un.l c:niel drivers grooming
the beasts OF burden.
imagine Christ enc day standing III
the streets Of Jerusalem. a man de-
Sccnded from high lineage is standing
beside him ard says: My father was Il
merchant prince. He had a castle Gil
the bcach at Galilee Who was your
father" Christ answers. Joseph, the
carpenter. 4 n'an from Athens is
Standing there un.oiling his parchment
of graduation and says to Christ.
where did YOU go 10 schcol:'' Christ
answers, ~ never graduated. y Aha!
The idea Of ,ch III unhcra!(!i"l young
n:ail a;t1:rn:!@:: TO command the at!cn-
ton Of tie y.el!d! AS well some little
iishing village on Long Island shore at
.teu.rt to a..;;ign New York. Yet no
sooner does liz set his foot ill the towns
or cities OF Jndica than everything is i'll
commot;o:l The people 60 ont Gil pic
mic, ral:ne only food enough for the
day. vet IRE so fascinated with Christ
that, ut the risk Of starving, they fol-
low him cut iuto the Wilderness y
noblcman falls down fiat before him
and says, My daughter is dead. P" a
beggar tries to rub the dimness from
his eyes and says, Lord, that my eyes
may lie opened" a poor, sick, painting
woman pressing through the crowd
says, II must touch the hem of his
garment. " Children, who love their
mother better than any one else, strug-
gle 10 get into his arms, and to kiss his
check, and 10 run their fingers through
lis hair, and for ali time putting Jesus
so in love with the little ones that there
is hardly nursery i'll Christendom
from which he does not take one say
ing: ~ must have them. will fill
hcayen with these. For every cedar
that | plant in heaven will have 90
white lilies. In the hour when I was a
poor man in Iudsea they were not
ashamed of me- and HOW that l have
come to Il throne do not despiso them.
Hold it not back, oh, weeping mother;
lay it OIL my warm hearth Of such Is
the kingdom of heaven. "
What is this coming down the road!
a triumphal procession. He is seated,
not in a chariot but Oh an ass, and yet
the people take eff their coats and throw
them in the way Oh, what time Je-
sus made among the children, among
the bpggars. among the fishermen
among the philosophers! You may boast
of self control, but if you had seen him
you would have put your arms around
his neck and said, "Thou art altogether
lovely"
Jesus was wonderful in the opposites
and seeming antagonisms of his nature.
You want things logical and consistent,
and you say, "How could Christ be
God and man at the same timer John
saws Christ was the Creator. All
things were made by him, and without
him was not anything made" Matthew
saws that he was omnipresent. "Where