Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-20

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full evening and then passing down OH |,
the front steps. the slam of the door !
the only satisfaction of the evening.
o young man come from the coun-
try to spend your days in city life.
where are you going to spend your /
evenings? Let me tell you, while /
ere are many places of innocent
worldly amusement, 1t is most wise for
you to throw your body, mind and soul
into Christian society. Come to me at
the close of FIVE years and tell me what
has been the result OF this advice.
Bring with you the young man who re-
fused to take the advice, and who
went into sinful amusement. he VIII
come dissipated, shabby In apparel In
disposed to look any one in the eyes,
moral character So per cent or. You
will come with principle settled. coun-
tenance frank, habits good. soul saved.
and all the Inhabitants of heaven. from
the lowest angel up to the archangel
and clear past him to the Lord God
Almighty, your coadjutors.
JOYS of Christian Life.
| This is not the advice OF mis-
snthrope. There Is no man In the
house to whom the world Is brighter
than II is to me. 1t is not the advice
of a dyspeptlc-my digestion Is per
feet: Il Is not the advice Of n man wEo
cannot understand joke or who pre-.
fers O. funeral; 1t Is not the advice ot
n wornout man, but the advice OF Il
man who can see this world In all It's
brightness, and considering mysrlr
competent In judging what Is good
4 cheer tell the multitudes Of youn;:
men that there is nothing In world.
4 associations so grand and so beautill
j and so exhilarant as in Christian so
ciety.
know there Is a great deal OF taH
about the self denials Of the Christian
| have to tell you that where l."
(, Christian has one self denial the ni'ii
of the world has a thousand SELF d'
malls. The Christian Is not cohl
manded to surrender anything that Is
worth keeping. But what does maj
denv himself who denies himself th'
religion of Christi He denies hinsel
pardon for sin: he denies himself peace
of conscience: he denies himself tn
ioy of the Holy Ghost; he denies him
self a comfortable death pillow; III
denies himself the glories OF heaven
no not talk to me about the SELF dc
malls of the Christian life. Wher
: there is one In the Christian life ther
are a thousand In the life Of the worio
"Her ways are ways OF pleasantness'
Again. | find a great deal Of religion
sunshine in Christian and divine eS
planation. TO great many people III
is an lnexplIcable tangle. Things tur
out differently from what was suppo'
4 cd There Is a useless woman I'D PEI
feet health. There Is an industriou
and consecrated woman a complete y
valid. Explain that. There Is oa
man with $4,000 Of Income There /.
good man with $500 Of income. Wn
"a that? There Is a foe Of society WI
= lives on. doing all the damage be ca
Il TO Is years of age, and here Is Chr'
i tian father. faithful in every depar
% ment of life, at 35 years of age take
Ic away by death. his family left helpies
e Exnlain that. Oh. there Is no senten'
II that oftener drops from your lips thf
@ this: al cannot understand 1t; cam
u understand It."
u Grnud Consultations.
- Well, now religion comes III JUS.
that point with its illumination ahu
II exclamation. There Is q business n'
II who has lost his entire fortune.
II week before he lost his fortune the
ut were 20 carriages that stopped at
er door of his mansion. The week aft
be no lost his fortune all the carrlae
d Won could count on one finger.
ou week before financial trouble peg
a. neople all took off their hats to MIN
II no nossed down the street. The we
III his financial prospects were uhuer u
OF cnssion people Just touched their h'
n without anywlse bending the rim.
week that he was pronounced insoNe
IN people Just jolted their heads as IL
lot passed. not tipping their hats at
an and the week the sheriff sold MIN
IN all his friends were looking IN the st'
as windows as they went down past D
les Now. while the world goes away IT
'se n man while he is in financial dis'r'
'rt- the religion Of Christ comes 10 MIN
ou saws. "You are sick. and your slckn
oi- is TO be moral publication. You are
In reaved God wanted in some way
lie take YOUR family to heaven. ana
ss' must begin somewhere. ana SO ne I
hs- the one that was most beautifui
rks was most ready to 60" ] do not
de- that religion explains everything
this life but do say 1t lays down
all tain principles which are grandly
rri solatory. You know business men
ext ten telegraph in cipher. The mereu
OF In San Francisco telegraphs 10 tne
ou chant in New York certain informa
ely in cipher which no other man III
ane line of business can understand
GUS the merchant in San Francisco mas
KEY 10 Lne Clpuei' anu 49,
New York has the key to the cip
OF and on that Information transhl
ave there are enterprises Involving
| dreds of thousands of dollars.
| the providences Of life sometimes
ter. to be a senseless rigmarole. mys
g. | ous cipher. but God has a key 10
all cipher. and the Christian key 10
lied. cipher. and though he may harui.
con- able to spell out the meaning ne
doc enough of the meaning to unders
lead that it is for the best. Now. Is
xist' not sunshine in thatf is tnere
nat pleasure In thatf Far beyond laug
this II is nearer the fountain OF tears
Il IN boisterous demonstration. Have
e. never cried for joy? There are
I'D which are eternal rapture IN uiS
""' ton
more Everything Explained.
okes There are hundreds Of people
pro- are walking day by day in the SUI
orply | .,eoo.to,, tbot oil IL for the DeS