Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-03-22

for this world as the next ana VIII heip
us to do anything that ought to be
done at all; Timothy iv, 8. "GodI-
ness is profitable unto all things, hav-
ing promise OF the life that now Is and
Of that which is to come" !
There is a gloomy and passive way
Of waiting for events to come upon US,
and there is a heroic way OF going our
to meet them, strong In God and fear
ing nothing. When the body OF Catlline
was found on the battlefield, IT was
found far In advance OF all his troops
and among the enemy, and the best
way is not for us to lie down and let
the events of life trample over US, but
to 20 forth In a Christian spirit deter
mined to conquer You are expecting
prosperity, and l am determined so far
as have anything to do with it, that
YOU shall not be disappointed ana
therefore. l propose. as God may help
me, to project upon your attention
new element OF success. You nave IN
the business firm frugality, patience
industry, perseverance, economy "a
very strong business firm-but there
needs to be one member added might
Ter than them all, and not silent part
ner either. the one introduced by my
text Goodness, which is profitable an
to all things, having the promise OF the
life that now is as well as OF that
which is to come"
| suppose you are all willing to ADMIT
that godliness is important in its eter-
nal relations, but perhaps some OF you
saw "All l want is an opportunity TO
say a prayer before die, and all VIII
no we'll" There are a great many peo-
ple who suppose that if they can finally
get safely out of this world into bet
ter world they will have exhausted the
entire advantage of our holy religion.
They talk as though religion were
more nod of recognition which we are
10 give to the Lord Jesus on our way
I'D to a heavenly mansion; as though II
were an admission ticket, of no use
except to give in at the door ol
heaven. And there are thousands OF
people who have great admiration Ior
n religion Of the shroud and a religion
of the coffin and a religion OF the
hearse and a religion of the cemetery
who have no appreciation of a religion
for the bank, for the farm, tor the
factory. for the warehouse. for the Jew
eler's shop, for the office. Now whlie
I would not throw any slur on post
mortem religion, want today 10 eulo-
qize an antemortem religion. a religion
that is of no use to you while you llVe
will be of no use to you when you ole.
"Godliness is profitable unto all things
having promise Of the life that no" ls
az we'll as Of that which is TO. come
And have always noticed that wnen
grace is very low in a mans heart ne
talks q great deal in prayer meetings
obout deaths and about collins ana
about graves and about churchyaros'
7 have noticed that the healthy Chris
tan the man who is living near to COO
and is OF the straight road to heaven
is full of ilbilant satisfaction and talks
ahout the duties Of this life, unuer-
standing well that If God helps him 10
live right he will help him to die right
What GodIiness Is Good For.
Now. in the first place, | remark tnal
eodlIness is good for mans physical
health. l do not mean to say that II
will restore q broken down consdtu'
tion or drive rheumatism from the
limbs or neuralgia from the temples OF
nleurisy from the side, but l DO mean
to say that it gives one such habits ano
npts one In such condition as are mos'
favorable for physical health. That
believe, and that avow. EVERYBODY
knows that buoyancy Of spirit Is gool
physical advantage. Gloom. unrest
deiection. are at war with every pul
sat,on of the heart and with every res
piration Of the lungs. They lower INT
vitality and slscken the circulation
while exhllaration Of spirit ponrs tn
very balm of heaven through all tn
currents of life. The sense OF insecur
ity which sometimes hovers over al
unreqenerate man or pounces up
him with the blast Of ten thousan'
trumpets of terror is most depicting
and most exhaustlng, while the feeling
that all things are working togethe
for our good now and for our everlas'
ing welfare is conducive to physica
health.
You will observe that godliness IL
duces industry, which Is the founda
ton of good health. There Is no LAY
of hygiene that will keep a lazy ma
we'll. Pleurisy will stab him. erysip'
las will burn him, j0undice will dli
color him, gout will cripple him, an
the intelligent physician will not pr'
scribe antiseptic or febrfuge or an(
dvne. but saws and hammers and yarc
sticks and crowbars and pickaxe
There is no such thing as good physi
al condition without positive work
some kind, although you should slee
on down of swan or ride In carriage
, softest upholstery or have on your Z
ble all the luxuries that were poure
from the wine vats Of Ispahan an
t Shiraz. Our religion says: Away
the bank, away to the field, away to II
shop. away to the factory! Do som
thing that will enlist all the energl'
il of your body. mind and SOUL! "Di
r gent in business, fervent In spirit, ser
q ing the Lord" while upon the ba
t. back of the idler and the drone com
re- down the sharp lash Of the apostle
he says, "If any man will not wor
- neither shall he eat"
Oh. how important in this day. VIII
so much is said about anatomy al
physiology and therapeutics and SOL
new style Of medicine is ever and ar
springing upon the world, that y
should understand that the hign'
j school Of medicine is the school
Christ, which declares that "godlin'
Is profitable unto all things, havi
the promise Of the life that now is
well as Of that which is to come"
/ II you start out two men in the wo
| with equal physical health, and IL
! one of them shall get the religion