Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-10
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thdl lllal was very rlcD Hnu. thlS
land Of Israel Ii says. The stones are
iron. and oul of the hills thou shalt dig
brass and yet hundreds and thou
sands Of dollars worth Of this metal
was kept under the hills. Well, that is
the difficulty with the church Of God
at this day It's talent IL not develop
ed. If Oue-half OF It's energy could he
brought Out. il Light take the public
iniquiticS Of the day 10y Tie throat and
make them bite the dust. II human
| elOquencc were cOnSrcratcd 10 the Lord
Jesus Christ. it would in few years
persuade this whole earth to surrender
to God. There is enough undcvelOped
energy in This city to bring all the
| United States 10 Christ. enough Of I'M
J. developed Christian energy in the Unit
| ed States to bring the whole world to
Christ but il is buried under strata OF
Indifference and under whole noun
tainS of Sloth Now. is it not time for
the mining 10 begin and the pickaXes TO
plunge and for this buried metal to be
brought ont and put into the furnaces
and turned INTO howitzcrs and carbnes
! for the Lords most?
The vast majority of Christians in
this day are useless. The most of the
Lords battalion belong 10 the reserve
corps The most OF the crew are asleep
| In the hammocks The most of the
metal is under the hills Oh. is it not
| time for the church of God to rouse up
and understand that we want all the
energies. all the talent and all the
wealth enlisted for Christ'S sake? |
! like the nickname that the English sol
derS gave To Bluchcr. the commander.
They called him "Old Forwards" We
have had enough retreats in the church
of Christ: let us have glorious ad-
vance. And say to YOU as the gen
eral said when his troops were alright
ed-rSing MP in his StirrupS. his hair
flying I'm the wind. he lifted up his
voice until .G.OO0 troops heard him cry
ing out. "FOrward the whole line"
We want all the laymcn enlisted. Min
listers are numerically too small. They
do the best they can. They are the
most Overworkcd class OH earth Many
of them die Of dyspepsia because they
cannot get the right kind Of food 10
eat or getting the right kind, are 50
worried that they take it down IL |
chunks. They die from consumption |
coming from early and late exposure.
If Il novelist or Il historian publishes
L.. 4 ift
dusirious. But every faithful pastor |
must originate enough thought for |
three or forr volumes Il year Minis |
tiers rcceiV- enough calls in year
frOm men who have maps and mcdi- |
cines and lightning rods and pictures |
to sell to exhaust their vitality. They |
are bored with agents OF all sorts
They are SET in drafts at funerals and |
poisoned by the unycntilatcd rooms Of
invalids anG waited upon by commit
toes who want addresses made until |
life becomes burden to bear. 1t is
not hard St~dy that makes ministers
look pale 1t is the inhnity Of inter
ruptiOnS and Deliberations to which
they are subjected Numerically too
small. It is no more the work Of the
pulpit to coaycrt and save the world
than it is the work Of the pew. # men
90 to ruin there will be as much blood
on your skirts rs on mine.
GRIND Farce.
Let us quit this grand farce of trying
to save the world by a few clrrgymcn.
and let all hands lay hold OF the work.
Give us in all our churches two or
three aroused and qualified men and
women 10 help I'm most churches to-
day five or ten men are COmprlc to
do all the work. \ vast majority OF
churches are nj their wits end how
to carry on Il prayer meeting il the
minister is not there. when there ought
to be enough pcnt mp energy aud re-
lgious fore" to make Il meeting 20 oI
with such power that the minister
would never he missed. The churcn
stands working the pumps Of few
ministerial ciSternS until the buckles
are dry and cho,lcd. while there are
thousands of fountains from which
might be dipped up the waters Of cter
nal life Before you and have the
sod pressing our ryrlids We will under
God decide whether orr children shall
grow up amid The accurSrd surround
ingS Of vice anl shame or come 10 IN
Inheritance Of righteousness. Long.
loud. bitter will be the curse that
scorchcS our grave IT, holding within
the church today enough men and WO
men TO save the city We act the COW
ard or the dronr | wish | could put
enough moral explosives under the
convcniirualitics and aiPstic stupid
ties of the day 10 blow them to atoms
and that then. with 5OO9O men aid
women from all the churches know
Ing nothing but Christ and n desire 10
bring all tile world TO him. we might
move upon the rncmy'S works For
4 little while heaven would not have
srumppts enough 10 celebrate the vic {
tories
Again. | learn from this subject that
we sometimes do we'll to take advan-
tagc Of the worlds grindStoucS. These I
IsraelitpS were reduced TO file. ana
so they went over 10 the garrison of
the PhiliStnps to get their axes ana I
their gOadS and their plOwS Sharprnpd I
The Bible distinctly states it the text |
which read at the beginning Of The {
that they had no other instru-
ments now with which to do this work. I
and the Isrnrltcs dld right when they
went over to the PhIllstlnes 10 use
their grlndstones. My friends. Is 1t {
not right for us to employ the worlds {
If there be art. if there {
be logic. If there be business faculty on
the other side, let us go over and en- '
ploy it for Chrlst's sake. The fact is |
we fight with too dull implements. [
We hack and we maui when we ought {
to make clean stroke. Let US 90 S
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