Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-06-16

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TO help him OFF, they can't help him off;
he must 90 down; no Christ In the ship.
Your life will be made up Of sunshine
and shadows. There may be In 1t arctic
blasts or tropical tornadoes; know
not what Is before you, but know II
you have Christ with you all shall be
well. You may seem to get along
without the religion Of Christ while
everything goes smoothly. but after
awhile. when sorrow bovers over the
clear over the hurricane deck and the
decks are crowded with plratlcal dlsas-
ters-oh. what would you do then
without Christ In the ship? Take God
for your portion. God for your guide,
| God for your help: then all Is well; all
Is well for Il time: all shall be well for
ever Blessed Is that man who puts In
the Lord his trust. He shall never be
confOunded
Rough Sailing.
But my subject also Impresses me
with the fact that when people start to
follow Christ they must not expect
smooth sailing. These disciples got In
to the small beats. and have no doubt
they said: What n beautiful day this
Is! How delightful Is sailing In this
boat. And as for the waves under the
keel OF the boat. why. they only make
the motion OF our little boat the more
da1iuhtftt Al - M xrhan tbn tyfn1l
swept down and the sea was tossed in
TO wrath. then they found that follow
Ing Christ was not smooth sailing. So
you have found It: so have found II.
Did you ever notice the end of the
life OF the apostles of Jesus Christ
You would say II ever men ought to
have had smooth life. smooth de-
parture. then those men, the disciples
of Jesus Christ. ought to have had such
a departure and such life. st. James
lost his head. st. Philip was hung to
death on pillar. st. Matthew had his |
life dashed out with halberd. st.
Mark was dragged to death through |
the streets. ST. James the Less was
DtAbtn W WIN Nihb.
St Thomas was struck through with a
spear. They did not find following
Christ smooth sailing. Oh, how they
were all tossed In the tempest! John
Huss In Il fire: Hugh McKail in the
hour of martyrdom; the Albigenses,
the Waldenses. the Scotch COvenanters
did they find II smooth sailing? But
why go into history when we can draw
from our own memory illustrations Of
the truth of what say? A young man
In store trying to serve God, while
his employer SCOTS at Christianity; the
young men In the same store, antago-
nistic TO the Christian religion, teasing
him. tormenting him about his religion,
trying to get him mad. They succeed
In getting him mad aud say, You're a
pretty Christian Does that young
man find 1t smooth sailing when he
tries to follow Christ? Or you remem-
Der Christian girl. Her father de-
splses the Christian religion; her moth
er desplses the Christian religion; her
brothers and sisters scoff at the Chris
tlap religion; she can hardly find a
quiet place In which to say her pray
ers Did she find 1t smooth sailing
when she tried to follow Jesus Christ?
Oh, no. All who would live the life of
the Christian religion must suffer per-
secution. II you do not find 1t In one
way. you will get 1t in another way.
But be not disheartened! Take cour-
age. You are In glorious companion.
ship. God will see you through all
trials. and he will deliver you.
No Cause For Fear.
My subject also impresses me with
the fact that good people sometimes
get frightened. In the tones Of these
disciples as they rushed into the back
part Of the boat find they are fright.
ened almost to death. They say, Mas
ter, carest thou not that we perishY
They had no reason to be frightened.
for Christ was In the boat. ! suppose
II we had been there we would have
been Just as much affrighted. Perhaps
more. In ull ages very good people get
very much affrighted. 1t Is often so In
our day. and men say: why. look at
the bud lectures. Look at the various
errors going over the church Of God.
We are going to founder. The church
is going to perish. She Is going down"
Oh. how many good people are af.
frlghted By iniqulty In our day and
think the church OF Jesus Chris is 60
Ing to be overthrown and arc just as
much affrfghted as were the disciples
of my text! Lon, worry. don't fret ais
though iniQuty ~ere going to triumph
over rIghteousness A lion goes into Il
cavern to sleep. Ho lies down with Ills
shaggy name covering the paws. Mean-
while the spiders spin web across the
mouth of the cavern aSG say, I'VE
have captured him." Gossa,ncr thread
after gossamer thread u3;.i tho whole
front OF the cavern Is covered with the
SPIDERS web. aud the spiders say,
1.-THE lion Is done; the Lon Is fast"
After awhile the lion has GOT through
sleeping. He rouses himself. he shakes
bis name he walks oEt into the sun.
light. He does not even knoY the {
spiders web is spun. and with his roar
he shakes the mountain. So men come
spinning their sophistrles and skeptI.
cism about Jesus Christ. He seems to '
be sleeping. They say: 1--WE have cap
tured the Lord. He Will never come
forth again upon the nation. Christ Is
overcome forever. His religion will {
never make any conquest among men," 4
But after awhile the Lion of the tribe |
Of Judah will rouse himself and come
forth to shake nightly the nations. I
What's a spiders web to the aroused
lion? Give truth and error fair grap- {
pie. and truth will come of victor. I
Gales From Heaven.
But there are a great many good
people who get affrighted in other re-
spects. They are affrighted about re-
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