Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-09-10

this year 1898 80 Martin Luthers, so
George Washingtons, so Lady Hunting
dons, so Elizabeth Frys. During our
civil war more splendid warriors in
north and south were developed in four
years than the whole world developed
in the previous 20 years. I challenge
the 1000 years before Christ and also
the IS centuries after Christ to show
me the equal of charity on large scale
of George Peabody. This generation Of
men and women is more worth saving
than any ono of the 1870 generations
that have passed off. Where shall we
begin? With ourselves. That is the pill
lar from which we must start. Prescott,
the blind historian, tells us how Pizarro
saved his army for the right when they
were about DESERVING him. With his
sword he made long mark on the
ground. He said: my men. on the
north side are desertion and death; on
the south side is victory; Oh the north
side, Panama and poverty; on the south
side, Peru with all its riches. Choose
for yourselves. For my part go to the
south. J" Stepping across the line one by
ono his troops followed, and finally his
whole army.
The Dividing Line.
The sword of Gods truth draws the
dividing line today. On one side Of it
nre sin and ruin and DEATH on the other
side of it arc pardon and usefulness and
happiness and heaven. You cross from
the wrong side to the right side, and
your family will cross with you, and
your friends and your associates. The
way you go they will go. If we are not
saved, we will never save any one else.
How to get saved? Be willing to ac-
cept Christ, and then accept him III
simultaneously and forever. Get Oh the
rock first, and then you will be able to
help others upon the same rock. Men
and women have been saved quicker
than l have heen talking about it.
What! Without a prayer? Yes What!
Without time to deliberately think it
over? Yes What Without tear?
Yes Believe; that is all. Believe what?
That Jesus died to save you from sin
and death and hell. Will you? Do you?
You have. Something makes me think
you have. New light has come into
your countenance. Welcome, welcome!
Hail, hall Saved yourselves, how are
you to save others? BY testimony. Tell
it to your family. Tell it to your bust
ness associates. Tell it everywhere
We will successfully preach no more
religion and will successfully talk no
more religion than we ourselves have.
The most of that which you do to bene-
fit the souls of this generation you will
effect through your own behavior. Go
wrong, and that will induce others to
90 wrong Go right, and that will in
duce others to goright When the great
Centennial exhibition was being held
in Philadelphia, the question came up
among the directors as to whether they
should keep the exposition open on Sun
days, when director, who was a man
of the world from Nevada, arose and
said, his voice trembling with emotion
and tears running down his cheeks: 81
feel like a returned prodigal. Twenty
years ago l went west and into region
where we had no Sabbath, but today
old memories come back to me, and I
remember what my glorified mother
taught me about keeping Sunday, and
I seem to hear her voice again and feel
as did when every evening knelt by
her side in PRAYER. Gentlemen, vote
for the observance of the Christian Sab
BATH" and be carried everything by
storm, and when the question was put
"Shall we open the exhibition on the
Sabbath" it was almost unanimous
"No, no." What one man can do if he
does right, boldly right, emphatically
right
Glorious Sleep.
I confess to you that my one wish is
to servo this generation, not to antag-
onize it, not to damage it, not to rule
I it, but to serve it. would like to do
something toward helping unstrap its
load, to stop it's tears, to balsam its
wounds and to induce it to put foot on
the upward road that has at its terml-
nus reclamation rapturous, and gates
pearline, and garlands amaranthine,
and fountains rainbowed, and domin-
ions enthroned and coroneted, for CAN
not forget that lullaby in the closing
words of my text, david, after he had
served his own generation by the will
of God, fell on sleep. What lovely
sleep it was! Unflial Absalom did not
trouble it. Ambitious Adonijah did not
worry it. Prosecuting Saul did not har-
row it. Exile did not fill it with night
mare. Since a redheaded boy amid his
fathers f1ocks at night he had not had
such good sleep. At 10 years of age
he laid down to it, He had had many a
troubled sleep, as in the caverns Of
Adullam or in the palace at the time
his enemies were attempting his cap
ture But this was a peaceful sleep,
calm sleep, a restful Sleep a glorious
sleep. "After he had served his genera
ton by the will of God he fell On
sleep."
Oh, what good thing is sleep after
hard days work 1t takes all the
aching out of the head, and all the
WEAKNESS out of the limbs, and all the
smarting out Of the eyes. From it we
rise in the morning and it is new
world, and if we, like David, serve our
generation we will at life's close have
most desirable and refreshing sleep. In
it will vanish our last fatigue of body,
our last worrimcnt of mind, our last
Iorrow of soul To the Christians body
That was hot with raging fevers, so that
the attendants must by sheer force keep
on the blankets, it will be the cool
sleep. To those who are thin blooded
and shivering with agues it will be the
warm sleep To those who because of
physical disorders were terrified with
night visions it will be the dreamless
sleep. To nurses and doctors and moth
ers who were Weakened almost every
hour of the night by those to whom
they ministered or over whom they
watched it will be the undisturbed
sleep. To those who could not get to
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