Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-23

day, when the forces which have infu
enced the world shall be compared anC
announced, will be known the power oi
the modern newspaper. With its tele
phonic and telegraphic annexes, al
the world twice a day passes In re-
view. The manner In which continen
I tai and international events are put be
! fore us makes deep impression. We gaze
on all the conflagrations and watch the
pursuit Of all the desperadoes and heal
the crash Of all the collisions and re
jolce In all the discoveries and thank
God for all the noble achievements
After the editor has corrected the last
proof Of his editorial and the reporter
has put into form his last stenographiC
report Of swift utterance or announced
In best form some great munlficence OF
sketched In most forceful style some
brave rescue by firemen or lifeboat, he
has q right to go home feeling thai. he
has done something worth doing. some
thing that his conscience will approve
and God will bless.
wrong theory is abroad that the
newspaper impression Is ephemeral
Because we read and cast 1t aside in
an hour and never see 1t again we are
not to judge that we are parted from
Its influence. No volume Of 500 pages
makes such impression upon the peo-
pie as the daily newspaper. 1t is not
what we put away carefully upon the
shelf and once In awhile refer to that
has as close relation to our welfare as
the story Of what the world Is now do
ing or has recently done. Yesterday
has more to do with today than some
thing occurring a century previous
The engineers who now guide the rail
trains, the sea captains who now COM
mand the ships. the architects who
now design the buildings, the batons
that now control the orchestras, the
legislators who now make the laws. the
generals who now march the hosts, the
rulers who now govern the nations, the
inkhorns that now food the world with
intelligence-these are what we have
most to do with.
The Greatest of All.
But how shall speak Of the inkhorn
Of the worlds evangelzation? Oh,
how many loving and brilliant and glo-
rious pens have been dipped into it!
Thomas a Kempis dipped into it and
brought up his Limitation of Christ"
Horace Bushnell dipped into 1t and
brought up Every Mans Life a Plan
Of God" Thomas Blnney dipped into
it and brought up his "Weigh House
Chapel Discourses." Conybeare dip
ped into 1t and brought up the Life
and Epistles Of Paul" Archbishop
Trench dipped into 1t and brought up
the "Epistles to the Seven Churches"
Stuart Robinson dipped into 1t and
brought up "Discourses Of Redemp-
ton" Austin Phelps dipped into 1t
and brought up -The Still Hour" Mark
Hopkins dipped into It and brought up
Guthrie dipped into 1t and brought up
1.-The Gospel In Ezekiel" John Cum
ming dipped into 1t and brought up
"The Apocalypse" Oh. the opulence Of
Christian literature! Oh. the mighty
streams Of evangelstic power that have
poured from the writer's inkhorn that
appeared In Ezeklers vision.
While you recognize the distinguish
ed ones who have dipped into the Ink
stand of the worlds evangeliZation do
not forget that there are hundreds of
thousands Of unknown men and wom-
en- who are engaged In inconspcuous
ways doing the same thing. How
many anxious mothers writing to the |
boys In town. How many sisters writ |
Ing encouragement to brothers far
away! How many invalids bolstered |
up in bed, the lnkhorn on the stand at
their side. writing letters Of coincidence
to those worse of than themselves! |
They are flying all the time kind words, |
gospel words. helpful words, saving |
words. Call the evangelistic lnkhorn |
into service In the early morning. when !
you feel we'll, and you are grateful for |
the protection during your sleeping |
hours, and write before you retire at |
close Of day to those who all night long |
will be saying, Would to God 1t were |
How many bruised and
and wronged souls OF
earth would be glad to get letter |
from you! Stir up that consolatory
lnkhorn.
Waiting For Revivals.
All Chrlstendom has been waiting |
FOR great revivals Of religion to start |
from the pulpits and prayer meetings
now suggest that the greatest revival
Of all time may start from concerted
and organized movement through the
nkhorns of all CLrlstendom. each |
writer dipping from the inkhorn near
est him q letter Of gospel Invitation,
gospel hope, gospel warning, gospel In
,truction. The ink Is all ready on
hundred thousand tables. and beside 1t
are the implements with which to dip |
t out. Why not through such process
nave millions Of souls brought to God |
before next summer? By letter you
could MAKE the invitation more effect
We than By word Of mouth. The invi-
:ation from your lips may be argued
from the full inkhorn Of his mercy give
/ saving call to all nations. That day
nay be far off, but It Is helpful to
.hink of its coming AS DR.. Raleigh
declared that when 80 miles at sea off
The coast Of New England the cattle on
board the ship as well as himself
scented the clover on the New England
hil1c co vva amid all thp tossing waves