Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-09-21

TIE claSSlUS Is tDere Sucn story as
that Of Goodman. when IN his last mo-
ment he cried. Il am sweeping through
the gates washed In the blood Of the
LambY
What is the use Of going away OF to
get an illustration when In house on
Third avenue, Brooklyn, saw wo-
man dying, and she said, "Mr. Tai
mage, heaven used to be TO me great
way off, but 1t now is just at the foot
Of the bedr What is the use Of your
going away off to get illustrations OF a
victorious deGthbed when all Wales
was filled with the story Of the dying
experience Of Frances Ridley Haver-
gal? She got her feet wet standing on
the ground preaching temperance and
the gospel to group OF boys and men,
went home with q chill, and conges-
ton set in, and they told her she was
dangerously sick. II thought So" she
said, "but 1t is really too good to. be
true that / am going. Doctor do you
really think am goingT ."Ycs"
"TodayT Probably" She said, 'BeaIi-
tiful, splendid, to be so near the gate
of heaven" Then after q spasm Of
pain she nestled down In the pillows
and said, There, now, L is all over
blessed rest" Then she tried TO sing,
and she struck one glad note, high
note of praise to Christ, but could sing
only one word, "he," and then all was
still. She finished 1t In heaven.
Oh, fellow Christian workers, what
is the use Of our being stale and obso-
lete and ancient when all around us are
these evidences of Gods grace, Gods
deliverance, Gods mercy and Gods
wisdom? We have got to freshen up
In our sermons, freshen up In our
songs, freshen up In our zeal, freshen
up In our conservation, and IL we do II.
my brethren and sisters, we will no
more have to coax people to come to
church than II you throw corn on the
ground you have to coax pigeons to
come and eat 1t, no more than you
would have to coax tired horse to eat
the oats you throw In his manger. Yes,
we must freshen up In our Sunday
schools and In our prayer meetings and
in our pulplts.
Church Needs no Apologies.
1t is high time that the church OF
God stopped writing apologies for the
church. Let the men who are on the
outside, who despise religion, write
the apologies. If any people do not
want the church, they need not have II.
1t is a free country. If any man does
not want the gospel, he need not have
1t. 1t is free country. But you 60
out, oh, people OF God, and give the
gospel to the millions OF America who
do want 1t. 1t is high time we stop
diminishing and bring on general
| want TO live to see the
all the armies of heaven
and hell In battle array. for know our
Conqueror ON the white horse will gain
The day. Let the church Of God be de-
voted to nothing else, but go right on
o this conquest.
When Moses with his army was try
ng to conquer the Ethlopians. profane
history says 1t was expected that he
would go IN roundabout way and &
'e@R ,ffaferRgx rRx ibe. ibe banks of the river g :
makes, and no army and no man hadr7s
Jared to 90 across this serpent infest-
ID region. But Moses surprised them.
lie sent his men out TO gather up ibis
IS. The ibis is a bird celebrated for
serpent Staying, and these ibises were
into crates and into baskets,
md they were carried at the head OF
he army of Moses, and, coming up to
he serpent infested region, the crates
we're opened, and the ibises few forth,
md the way was cleared, and the ar
nv Of Moses marched right on and
.ame so unexpectedly on the Ethiopl-
ms that they few In wild dismay. 0
,hurch of God, you are not to march In
roundabout way, but to go straight
'orward, depending upon winged indu-
,nces to clear the way. Hosts Of the
living God, march on, march on!
Church attendance, large now, Is going
o be larger yet. The sky is brighten
ne In every direction. / am glad for
he boy and girl five years old; think
hem may see the millennium. The
Wheel Of Christian progress has never
made one revolution backward. The
world moves, the kingdom advances.
All nations will yet salute the stand
lrds of Prince Emmanuel. To him bo
glory In the church throughout all
iges. Amen!
Copyright, 1904, Louis Klopsch n IL