Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-07-13
NUMBER z.

icaI. ignorance chemical, ignorance as
Economical. ignorance geographical We
have heard what the enemies OF Chris
tianity have had to testify. Now put
before you the testimony Of the church
on earth and the church in heaven. Not
fifty. not a thousand, not a million, bL.
all of the church on earth and all OF til
redeemed In heaven. VIII you take ti'
evidence Of those who have witness""~
as well as felt the power OF religion, o.
will you prefer the testimony or tho''
who begin by declaring that they nave
never witnessed or felt its powerf ion
tell me that on certain 4th OF March.
20 years ago, president OF the Uniteh
States was inaugurated. How do
know II? You tell me there were 20
600 persons who distinctly heard his
Inaugural address. | deny both. | de-
ny that he was inaugurated. deny
that his inaugural address was deliy'
cred. You ask why? | did not see II.
| did not hear IT, But you say that
there were 10000 people who did see
and hear him. Is not the testimony OK
the 10000 who were present worth
more than the testimony OF one who
was absent? Now, there are some men
who say they have never seen Christ
crowned in the heart and they do not
believe ii Is ever done. There Is
group of men who say they have never
heard the voice of Christ. that they
have never heard the voice OF God.
They do not believe that anything like
It ever occurred. point TO twenty.
hundred thousand or q million people
who say: Christ was crowned in our
hearts affections. We have seen him
and felt him In our soul, and we have
heard his voice. We have heard II In
the storm and darkness. We have
heard 1t again and again"
Panacca For All Trouble.
You say morphia puts one to sleep.
You say In time Of sickness 1t Is very
useful. deny 1t. Morphia never puts
anybody to sleep. 1t never alleviates
pain. You ask why say that | have
never tried 1t. never took 1t. I deny
that morphia is any soothing to the
nerves or any quiet In times OF Sick
ness. | deny that morphia ever put
anybody to sleep. But here are 20 per-
sons who say they have all felt the
soothing effects of physicians pre-
scribing morphine. Whose testimony
will you takel Those who took the
medicine or my testimony, ! never hav-
ing taken the medicine. Here is the
gospel of Jesus Christ, an anodyne for
all trouble, the mightiest medicine on
earth. Here Is man who says: Il
don't believe IN It. There Is no power
In IT," Here are other people who say:
"We have found out its power and
know it's soothing influence. 1t has
cured u.s." Whose testimony will you
take 10 regard to this healing medi-
cine?
Young man, do not be ashamed to be
q friend OF the Bible. Do not put your
thumb In your vest, as young men
sometimes do. and swagger about, talk
ing of the glorious light Of nature and
of there being no need OF the Bible.
They have the light OF nature In india
and China and In all the dark places Of
the earth. Did you ever hear that tho
light of nature gave them comfort for
their troublesY They have lancets to
cut and Juggernauts TO crush, but mo-
comfort. All, my friends. you had bet
ter stop your skeptlcism! Suppose you
are put In a crisis like that OF Colonel
Ethan Allen. saw the account and
at one time mentioned II In an address.
A descendant of Ethan Allen, who Is
an infidel, said II never occurred. Soon
after | received q letter from pro-
fessor 10 one Of our colleges, who is
also a descendant Of Ethan Allen and
IS a Christian. He wrote me that the
incident Is accurate; that my state
ment was authentic and true. The
wife of Colonel Ethan Allen was a very
consecrated woman. The mother In
structed the daughter In the truths OF
Christianity. The daughter sickened
and was about to die, and she said to
her father: Father, shall | take your
instruction, OF shall take mothers
instruction. am going to die now.
must have this matter decided" That
man. who had been loud in his lnfdeli-
ty. said to his dying daughter, MY
dear, you had better take your mothers
religion" Ny advice Is the same to
you o young man! You know how re-
ligion comforted her; you know what
she said to you when she was dying.
You had better take your mothers re-
| liglon.
lCopyright, 1901, Louis Klopsch. N. "