Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-23

bel Of my text WIS only type OF tic
glorious and Gmnipuiont jesus, and as l
look up into the face Of this divine Gu
gincer and see it glow with ell the
splendors Of tbs godI.tgtl, ard see that
i'll bis arni is tie aiiuiglt;rcss that flung
out all the worlds that glitter i'll the
midnight heavens, and that 10 lift the
HimaIayas would cost him no more
effort than lur ME to lit an ounce, my
courage begins to rally, and my faith be-.
gins 10 mount, and my enthusiasm is
all ehamc, and the words of my text
this moment just fit my lips and ex
press the triumph of my soul. and I cry
out: "Who art thou. o great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become u
plain.
The Mountain OF Sin.
NY experiences with the shovel are
that you cannot do much by one push
of that implement, and TINT after you
have been digging with itan hour what
you have accomplished seems very lit
tie, but jnst go along by the place where
they are building railroad through a
mountain and see what "a great work
1000 shovels can do and know that
whilo there arc 1000 shovels at work
on this side Of the mountain there
are 1000 shovels busy on tho other
side, and all L have to do is to manage
my own particular shovel. 1t cheers me
to think that against this old mountain
of sin there arc hundreds of thousands
and millions Of shovels this moment
busy, and VIC are all at work under the
one engineer who came down from his
throne in heaven to oversee and help
the removal of that mountain, and who
has contracted to have it done. have
seen tho contract, and he is we'll paid
for it. The compensation promised by
the throne of heaven is, II will give
thee the heather for thine inheritance
and the uttermost parts of the earth for
thy possession. " The reason so many Of
us are idle is that wo want bigger
shovel or we would like to manage some
great hydraulic engine. No, brother.
Stick to your shovel Dig away in your
Sabbath classes. Dig away i'll your mis-
sions. Dig away in your homes. Dig
away in your pulpits Do the work next
to you. Do not spend too much time
looking at he great size of the noun
tains or at the way others use their
shovels. All thatyou can accomplish to-
ward the removing of that mountain
will be with your own particular shovel.
Remember little David, with Saul's
helmet OH him, dropping clear down
over his ears even unto his shoulders.
But when he got in his hand the boys
sling, how we'll he used it'll If you do
not understand Greek, do not attempt
to tell the people what the text is in
the original. If you do not understand
Latin, attempt no drafts upon Latinity.
You who want to help in the removal
of the mountain hold Oh to your shovel.
Much time has been lost by the fact
that many Of the sharpest shovels, in
stead Of being used for the removal of
the mountain, have been used in fight
ing each other.
OlU anu new SCnOOl onOFclSs
The great Presbyterian church was
nightly hindered by the fight that for
years went on between old school shov
els and new school shovels, and it was
not until the meeting of the general as
sembly at Pittsburg 30 or 40 years ago
that many good men made up their
minds that shovels are not made to fight
with, but to dig with. Many of the old
theologians went around with bandaged
foreheads which had not been struck by
the swords in the battle for God, but by
the shovels Of ecclesiastical imbroglio.
They had special admiration for that
psalm of David which said, BLESSED be
the Lord which teacheth my hands to
war and my fingers to fight So also
the Methodist church had battle Of
shovels over the questions of lay dele
cations and womanly representation. l
am glad to say that most of the ecclesi
astical pugiiists i'll all denominations
are dead and that they had big fu-
nerals. But there are so many shovels
now rightly engaged that no statistics
can count them. tell you the moun-
tain is coming down. tits coming down
rapidly. 1t will all come down. There
arc those who hear or read these words
who will gaze upon its complete pros
tration; for what is the use of my keep
ing back any longer the full statement
of the fact, winch have somewhat de-
layed through lawful sermonic strategy,
the fact that the Lord God Almighty,
in the full play of his omnipotence,
will accomplish this supernal work. If
God can build a mountain, guess he
can remove mountain. After God has
given full opportunity for the shovels
he will come in with his thunderbolts.
We have amplifled the idea Of the Lamb
of God. l tell you now of the lion.
Here is thought that I have never
seen projected, and yet it is the most
cheering of all considerations and plain
ly Scriptural, the thought that as at the
opening of the gospel desperation in
the Christly and Johanian anG Pauline
days the machinery of the natural
world was brought into service, the
shadow of eclipses and the agitation of
earthquakes, tempests put to sleep un-
der the voice Of divine lullaby, iron
bolts of prisons showed back by invisible
muscle, kindling of flame on heads of
worshipers, By instantaneous pharmacy
blasted vision given full eyesight, and
the dead returned from the eternal
world, mingling amid earthly scenes,
SO it will be again.
Return of the Supernatural.
AS L read my Bible, these supernat-
urals are to return. Again the eclipses,
as at the destruction of Jerusalem, will
put red wing under the moon and black
wing under the sun, and the mountain
will shake with ague of excitement and