Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-08-12

war, what have you to say! Boys,
am going to the front" Dying tele-
graph operator on battlefield of Vir-
ginla. what hare you to say" 1.-The
wires are all laid. and the poles are up
from Stony Point to headquarters"
Dying Paul. what have you to say|
~ am now ready to be offered. and the
time Of my departure is ct hand;
have fought the good fight. have fin
shed my course, | have kept the faith.
o death, where Is thy sting? 0 grave.
where is thy victory? Thanks be unto
God who givcth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ"
o my Lord. my God. what q delu-
sion. what q glorious delusion. Sub
merge me with 1t. fill my eyes and
ears with 1t. put it under my head for
a pillow-thIs deluslon-sprcad 1t over
me for canopy put It underneath me
for an ,I::c;>.caU Wig ro,i il ove:' NJ"
In ocean surges 10000 fath0ms deep.
II Infldellty. and If atheism. and If an
utilization are II reality and the Chris.
tian religion Is u delusion. give me the
defusIop.
Grand nesuits.
The strong conclusion Of every red
sonable man and woman is that Chris
tianlty producing such grand results
cannot be q delusion. A lie. cheat, q
swindle. a hallucination cannot launch
such n glory Of lie centuries. Your
logic and your common sense convince
YOU that bnd cause cannot produce
an illustrIous result. Out Of the womb
of such n monster no such angel can be
born. There are many who began with
thinking that the CHRISTIAN religion
was n stupid farce who have come to
the conclusion that 1t Is reality. why
are you In the Lords house today?
Why did you sing this song? Why did
you bow your head in the opening
prayer? Why Gid you bring your fami.
ly with your Why. when tell you OF
the ending OF all trials in the bosom or
God, do there stand tears In your
eyes-not tears of grief. but tears OF
low, such as stand in the eyes Of home
sick children fur away at school when
some one talks 70 them about going
home? Why Is It that you can be 80
calmly submissive to the death OF your
loved one, about whose departure you
once were so angry and 80 rebellious
There Is something the matter win
you. AL your friends have found out
there is q great change. And II some
Of YOU would give your experience
YOU would give it IN scholarly STYLE
and others giving their experience
would give 1t in broken style, but the
one experience would be just as good
as the other. Some Of you have read
everything. You are scientific. and you
are scholarly. and yet If should ASK
vou "yVhat is the most sensible thing
you ever ddT you would say "1ne
most sensible thing ever did was 10
give my heart TO God"
But there may be others who nave
not had early advantages. and II they
we're asked to give such experience
they might rise and give such 1estl'
mony as the man gave In prayer
meeting when lie said: ION my way
here tonight met man who asked ME
where I was going. said, ! am going
to prayer meeting He said. There
are q good many religions, and think
the most Of them are decisions; as 10
the Christian religion, that Is only
notion. that Is mere notion, the
Christian religion said to him.
Stranger, you see that tavern over
thereT Yes he said. I see it. Don't
YOU see rneT Yes, Of course / see
YOU Now, the time was when every
body In this town knows Ii | had q
quarter Of dollar in my pocket could
NOT pass that tavern without going IN
and getting a drink. All the people OF
Jefferson could no; keep NE out OF that
nlace. but God has changed my heart,
and the Lord Jesus Christ has destroy
ed my thirst for strong drink, ano
there is my whole weeks wages, and
have no temptation to go In there. And,
stranger. lie this is O notion l want to
tell you 1t is mighty powerful notion;
II is a notion that has put clothes on
nv children's back, and it Is a notion
that has put good food ON our table,
and 1t Is q notion that has filed my
mouth with thanksgiving to God.'"
Well we will soon understand 1t ALL
Your life and mine Will soon be over.
We will soon come to the last bar OF
the music. to the last act Of the TRACE
dy, to the last page Of the book-yea'
to che last line and to the last word
and to you and to me Il will either be
mJnoon or midnight!