Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-02-05


toll, may utter the word that will jar
the foundations of heaven with the
shout of a great victory. Oh, that we
might all feel that the Lord Almighty
is putting upon US the hands Of ordina-
ton l tell you, every one, go forth
and preach this gospel. You have as
much right to preach as have or any
man living.
Hodley Wears was wicked man in
the English army Tho grace of God
came to him lie became an earnest
and eminent Christian. They scoffed at
him and said, You are a hypocrite;
you are as bad us ever you were. T" Still
he kept his faith i'll Christ, and after
awhile, finding that they could not turn
him aside by calling him hypocrite,
they said to him, "Oh, you are nothing
but Methodist This did not disturb
him. He went 10 performing his Chris
tan duty until he had formed all his
troops into Il Eiblo class, and the whole
enc&mpnlent was shaken with the pres
ence CT God So Havclock went into the
heather temple in India while the Eng
lish army was there and put u candle
into the hand of each CT the heather
gods that stood around in the heather
temple, and by the light of those can
dies held up ly the idols General Have
lock preached righteousness, temperance
and Judgment to come. And who will
say on earth CT i'll heaven that Havelock
had not the right to preach?
Tho Power of Earncstness.
In the minister's house where pre-.
pared for college there worked man by
the name Of Peter Croy. He could
neither read nor write, but he was a
man of God. Often theologians would
stop in the house-grave theologians-
and at family prayer Peter Croy would
be called upon to lead. and all those
wise men sat around wonder STUCK at
his religious efficiency When he prayed,
he reached up ard seemed to take hold
of the very throne OF the Almighty, and
he talked with God until the very heav
ems were bowed down into the sitting
room. Oh, if | were dying | would
rather have plain Peter Croy kneel by
my bedside and commend my immortal
spirit to God than the greatest arch
bishop arrayed in costly canonicals. Go
greach this gospel. You say you are not
licensed. In the name Of the Lord AL
mighty. license you. Go preach this
gospel, preach it in the Sabbath schools,
in the prayer meetings, il the high
ways, in the hedges. Woe be unto you
if you preach it mott
l remark again that in order to be
qualified to meet your duty IN this par
ticular age you want unbounded faith
in the triumph Of the truth and the
overthrow Of wickedness. How dare the
Christian church ever get discouraged?
Have we not the Lord Almighty on
our side? How long did it take God to
Stay the hosts Of Sennacherib or burn
Sodom or shake down Jericho? How
long will it take God, when he once
arises in his strength, to overthrow all
the forces Of iniquity? Between this
time and that there may be long seasons
of darkness and the chariot wheels of
Gods gospel may seem to drag heavily,
but here is the promise and yonder is
the throne, and when omniscience has
lost its eyesight and omnipotence falls
back impotent and Jehovah is driven
from his throne, then the church OF
Jesus Christ can afford to be respondent,
but never until then.
Despots may plan and armies may
march and the congresses of the nations
may seem to think they are adjusting
all the affairs of the world, but the
mighty men of the earth are Only the
dust of the chariot wheels of Gods
providence. And think beicro the sun
of the next century shall st the last tyr
amy will full. AID with u splcndor CT
demonstration that shall be tie aston
ishment ct TIC universe Cod will set
forth the brightness and ponip and glory
and perrctn:ty Ci lis eternal govern
nent Cut II the starry i!ags and the
enlblazcntd insignia CT this world God
will make path !ur his own triumph,
and returning from universal conquest
he will sit drwn, the granGest, the
strongest. highest throne Of earth his
footstool
To Encourage Christian Workers.
prepare this yeImon tecause l want
to encourage all Christian workers in
every possible department. Hosts Of the
living God, march on, march OIL! His
spirit will bless you His shield will
defend you. His sword will strike for
you. March Oh, march on The desrot-
isms will fail aud pagarism will burn
it's idols, ard Mohammedanism will
give up its false prophet and the great
walls of superstition will come down in
thunder and wreck at the long loud
blast of the gospel trumpet. March on,
march On The besiegcmcnt will soon
be ended. Only few mere steps Gu the
long way; only few more sturdy
blows; only a few more battlecries,
then Gct will Put the laurels upon your
brow, aud froIi the living fountains OF
heaven will lathe off the sweat and tie
heat and the dust OF the conflict. March
on, march on For you the time for
work will soon be passed, and amid the
outlashings CT the Judgment throne and
the trumpeting OF resurrection angels
and the upheaving of world OF graves
and the hosenna and the grooming of the
saved and the lost we shall be rewarded
for our faithfulness or punished for our
stupidity. Blessed be the Lord God Of
Israel from everlasting to everlasting,
and let the whole earth be filled with
his glory. Amen and amen.
FricpcIy attention.
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