Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-11-18

through the centuries and see the last
armed and imperial iniqulty Of the
world slain and the crown Of universal
victory put upon the Nconqueror on the
white horse Of the Apocalypse and all
nations hail the power Of Jesus
name" That the whole earth will be
redeemed Is one of the things long ago
settled in heaven.
Gods Plan of Salvation. ~
Another thing decided in that high
place is that all who are adjoined to
the unparalleled One of Bethlehem and
Nazareth and Golgotha will be the sub
jeets of supernal felicity without any
taxing off, The old adage says that
"beggers must not be choosers." and
the human race in Its depleted state
had better not be critical Of the mode
by which God would empalace all Of
US. / could easily think Of plan more
complimentary to our fallen humanity
than that which Is called the ''plan Of
salvation" II God had allowed US to
do part Of the work Of recovery and he
do the rest; If we could do three-quar-
tiers Of it and be do the last quarter, if
we could accomplish most Of 1t and he
just put on the finishing touches, many
could look with more complacency
upon the projected reinstatement Of
the human family. No. no. We must
have our pride subjugated. our stub
born will made flexible and supernat-
ural power demonstrated in US at every
step. A pretty plan of salvation that
would be, of human drafting and man
ufacturing! 1t would be a doXology
sung to ourselves. God must have all
the glory. not one step of our heavenly
throne made by earthly carpentry; not
one string could we twist Of the harp
of our eternal rejoicing. Accept all as
an unmerited donation from the skies,
or we will never have 1t at all.
"Now," says some one, "if Christ
is the only way. what about the hea-
then, who have never heard of him 2"
But you are not heather, and why
divert us from the question Of our
personal salvation? Satan is always
introducing something irrelevant. He
wants to take it out Of a personality
into an abstraction. Get our own sal.
walton settled. and then we will dis.
cuss the salvation Of other people.
But" says some one, what percent
age Of the human race will be saved?
What will be the comparative number
saved and lost? There satan thrusts
In the mathematics of redemption. He
suggests that you find out the mathe-
NAUTICAL proportion Of the redeemed.
But be not deceived. am now dis
eussing the eternal welfare of only
two persons yourself and myself. Get
ourselves right before we bother our
selves about getting others Sisht. 0
Christ, come hlther and master our
easel. Here are our sins-pardon
them; our .wounds-heal them; our
burdens-lift them; our sorrows-com-
fort them. We want the Christ OF
Bartimeus to open our blind eyes, the
Christ Of Martha to help us in our do
nestle cares, the Christ of Olivet to
help us prench our sermons, the Christ
of Lake Galilee to still our tempests,
the Christ Of. Lazarus to raise our
dead. Not too. tired is be to come,
though he has on his whipped shout
ders SO long carried the worlds woe
and on his lacerated feet walked this
way to accept our salutation.
Tho Royal Banquet.
BY the bloody, ethroes Of the noun
tain on which. Jesus died, and by the
sepulcher where his mutilated body
was inclosed in darkened crypt, and by
the Olivet from which he arose while
astOnished disciples sclutched for his
robes to detain him In their compan-
ionship, and by the radiant and omnip-
otent throne on which he sits waiting
for the ceming Of all those whose re-
demption was settled In heaven, i'm
plore, you bow your head in immediate
and final submission. Once exercise
sorrow for what you have done and eX-
erciSe trust In him for what he is will
ing to do, and all Is we'll for both
worlds. Then you can swing out de-
6apce to ali opposition, human and
diabollc. In cenquerlng his foes he con-
quered yours. And have you noticed
that passage In Colossians that repre-
sents him "havlng despoiled prlncipali-
ties and powers. he made a show of
them. openly triumphing." so bringing
before us that overwhelming spectacle
Of Roman triumph?
When pompey landed at Brindisi,
Italy, returned from his victories, he
disbanded the brave men who had
fought under him and sent them re-
joicing to their homes, and. entering
Rome, his cmblazoned chariot was fol-
lowed by princes in chains from king
doms he bad conquered, and flowers
such as only grew under those Italian
skies strewed the way, and he came
under arches inscribed with the names
of battleffclds on which he had tri-
umphed and rode by columns which
told Of the 1900 cities he had destroyed
and the 100000 people he had con-
quered or slain. Then the banquet was
spread, and out Of the chalices filled to
the brim they drank to the health OF
the conQueror. Belisaraus, the great
soldier, returned from his military
achievements and was robed In purple,
and in the procession were brought
golden thrones and pillars Of precious
stones and the furniture Of royal
feasts. and amid the splendors of
kingdoms overcome he was hailed to
the hippodrome by shouts such as had
seldom rung through the capital. Then
also came the conyivialities.
In the year 274 Aurelian made bis
entrance to Rome in triumphal car.
In which he stood while winged fig
IRE Of Victory hold wreath above his
head ZenobIa. captive queen Of Pal
myra. walked behind his chariot. her
person -enclrcled with letters Of gold.
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