Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-09-29

got wider and wider. The most out
rageous personalities were indulged In.
4 Good men on one side anathematized
good men on the other side. Wider
and wider the chasm got until after
swhile some good people tried another
tack, and they began to explain away
the difficulties and soon all the differ
ences were healed. and at Pittsburg
! they shook hands and are one now to
be one forever.
You say to a man with whom you
had falling out, II desplse you." He
says, IL can't bear the sight Of you"
You say to him, II never want you to
come to my house again." He says,
III you come to my house again. I'll
kick you out" You say, "I'll put you
down." "Oh, no." he says, "I'll put
| you down." But some day the spirit
Of Christ comes into you and you 20
over and say: my brother. give me
your hand; time Is short and eternity
| Is near, and we can't afford to quarrel
Now let bygones be bygones and let Us
act like Christians" 1t ls all settled.
Howf BY the gentleness of Christ.
Practice Self Sacrifice.
Did you ever know a drunkard re-
claimed by mimicry Of his staggering
steps, his thick tongue or his hlccough? ?
No. You only madden his brain. But
you go to him and let him know you
appreciate what an awful struggle he
has with the evil habit and you let him
know that you have been acquainted
with people who were down in the
same depths who, by the grace Of God,
have been rescued. He hears your
voice, he responds to that sympathy,
and he Is saved. You cannot scold the
world into anything better. You may
attract 1t into something better. The
stormiest wind comes out from its hid
ing place and says, 81 will arouse this
sea-" and II blows upon the sea. Half
Of the sea Is aroused or a fourth of the
sea Is aroused. yet not the entire At
lantic. But after awhile the moon
comes out. calm and placid. 1t shines
upon the sea. and the ocean begins to
lift. 1t embraces all the highlands,
the beach is all covered. The heart |
throb Of one world beating against the
heart throb Of another world. The !!
storm could not rouse the whole At
lantic; the moon lifted Ii. "And l."
said Christ. "lf be lifted up will draw
all men unto me-"
Christ's disposition was also one of
self sacrifice. No young man ever
started out with so bright a prospect
as Christ started out with II he had
been willing to follow a worldly ambi-
ton. In the time that he gave to the
sick he might have gathered the vast
est fortune Of bis time. With his pow
er to popularize himself and magnetic
the people he could have gained any Of
fetal position. No orator ever won
such piaudlts as he might have won
from. sanhedrin and synagogue and
vast audiences by the seaside, no ply
sician ever got such a reputation for
i,ealing power as he might have OBJ
xired II he had performed his wonder
ful cures before the Roman aristocra-
cy. say these things to let you know
what Paul meant when be said, "He
pleased not himself" and to show
something Of the wonders Of his self
sacrifice. All human power together
could not have thrown Christ into the
manger II he had not chosen to go
there; all satanic strength could not
have lifted Christ upon the cross IL he
had not elected himself to the torture.
To save our race from sin and death
and hell he faced all the sorrows Of
this world and the sorrows Of eternity.
How much Of that self sacrifice have
we?
Humility of Jesus.
What is self sacrifice? 1t Is my walk
ing long journey to save you from IA
tigue; 1t is my lifting a great number
Of pounds to save you from the awful
strain; 1t is a subtraction from my CON-
fort and prosperity so that there may
be an addition to your comfort and
How much Of that have
we? Might not rather say, "How lit
tie have wew Two children, brother
and sister, were passing down the road.
They were both very destitute. The
lad had hardly any garments at all.
His sister had coat that she had out
grown. 1t was a very cold day. She
said, Johnnie, come under this coat"
"Oh," he said, mo; the coat isn't large
enough" "Oh," she said, ut will
stretch" He comes under the coat.
but the coat would not stretch. So she
took Off the coat and put 1t on him.
Self sacrifice, pure and simple. Christ
taking Off his robe to clothe our naked
ness. Self sacrifice! have not any of
It, nor have you, compared with that.
The sacrifice of the Son of God.
Christ walked to Emmaus; Christ
walked from Capernaum to Bethany;
Christ walked from Jerusal m to Col
yotha. How far have you and walk
ed for Christi His head ached; his .
heart ached; his back ached. How |
much have we ached for Christi
The disposition of Jesus was also a
disposition of humility. The Lord of {
earth and heaven In the garb Of a rus
lie. He who poured all the waters of
the earth out OF his right hand--the I
Amazon, and the Euphrates, and the
Oregon, and tie Ohio, and the Missis-
'ippi-bending over well to ask Sa-
naritan woman for drink. He who
spread the canopy Of the heavens and a
yet the earth for footstoo1 admitting !
hat he had not where to lay his head.
de whose chariot the clouds are walk 9
ne with sore feet; hushing the tempest q
IN Gennesaret and wiping the spray Of
he storm from his beard, then sitting d
lown In the cabin beside his disciples
IS though he had done no more than
wipe the sweat from his brow In Jo-
eph's carpenter shop; taking the foot
4 death off the heart of Lazarus and C
'reaking the chain Of the grave against d
he marble Of the tomb and then walk 7