Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-05-06

women. with their Song ana Win unelr
prayer. and if 600 or ,, 900 Christian
men and women with an especial ordi-
nation from God should go forth feeling
the responsibility of their work and
discharging their mission, they could
in any city smut MP all the grogshops
But must not dwell on generalities;
1 must come to specifics. Are you
astray? II there is any sermon I dis
like, it is sermon on generalities. l
want personalities. Are you astray :?
Have You gone SO far yon think you can
not get back? Did say II few moments
ago that man might 90 to point
in inebriation where he could not stop?
Yes, I said it. and l reiterate it. But l
want you also to understand that while
the man himself of his own strength,
cannot stop. God can stop any man.
You have only to lay hold of the strong
arm of the Lord God Almighty. He can
stop you. Many summers ago | went
over to New York one Sabbath even
ing-our church not yet being open for
the autumnal services / went into a
room in the Fourth ward. New York,
where u religious service was being
held for reformed drurkards, and l
heard a revelation that night that l had
never heard before-1j or 20 men stand
ing up and giving testimony such as l
had never heard given. They not only
testified that their hearts had Leen
changed by the grace of God, but that
the grace of God had extinguished
their thirst. They went on to say that
they had reformed at different times
before, but Immediately fallen, because
they were doing the whole work in
their own strength. "But as soon as
we gave our hearts to God" they said,
"and the love of the Lord Jesus Christ
has come into our soul the thirst has all
gone. We have no more disposition for
-ong drink. -
Warning to DrunlSards.
It was a new revelation to me, and I
have proclaimed it again and again in
the hearing of those who have far gone
astray and l stand here today to tell
you that the grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ cannot only save your soul, but
save your body. 1 look off today upon
the desolation. Some of you are so far
on in this habit, although there may
be no outward indications of it-you
never have staggered along the street
the vast majority of people do not know
that you stimulate, but God knows,
and you know, and by human calcula-
ton there is not one chance out of five
thousand that you will ever be stopped.
Beware There are some of you who
are my warm personal friends to whom
I must say that unless you quit this
evil habit within ten years. as to your
body, you will lie down in drunkard 8
grave and, as to your immortal soul,
you will lie down in drunkard's hell!
1t is hard thing to say, but it is true,
and I utter the warning lest l have
your blood upon my soul. Beware! AS
today you open the door of your wine
closet let the decanter flash that word
upon your soul. "Beware" As you
pour out the beverage let the foam at
the top spell out the word, beware !"
In the great day of Gods Judgment.
when hundred million drunkards shall
come up to get their doom, | want you
to testify that this day, in love of your
soul and in fear Of God, gave you
warning in regard to that influence
which has already been felt in your
home, blowing out some of its lights
premonition of the blackness of dark
ness forever.
Oh, if you could only hear intemper-
ance with drunkards' bones drumming
on the top of the wine cask the dead
March" of immortal souls. you would
90 home and kneel down and pray God
that rather than your children should
ever become the victims Of this evil
habit you might carry them out to the
cemetery and put them down in the
last slumber, waiting for the flowers Of
spring to come over the grave-sweet
prophecies of the resurrection God
hath balm for such wound, but
what flower of comfort ever grew on
the blasted heath of drunkard's
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