Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-06


asleep. With the tears raining down
her cheeks she said: 20 God, save my
husbandl Save my, dear, dear yhus-
band! And, II by any means my own
sinful life has made him turn his back
upon thee. then blot out my name from
the book ofallfe.a III, thou wilt! Only
save him" My brother and sister,
preparing Tor the" great and eternal
Journey beyond the grave, Il beg OF you
at this Jcritieap time to look after the
spiritual interests of your loved sones
and those who are near to. you.
But there Is one Overwhelming
thought about my text upon which |
love to dwell. II we go to the throne
Of grace in the right spirit Of prayer,
God viii let every one OF us Ifye as
long as is necessary TO do the work
he wants us to do in his name When
the prophet Isaiah entered the royal
palace Of Jerusalem and said to the
sick Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord,
set thine house in order. for thou shalt
die" the king turned his face toward
the wall and began to weep nezekiah
was not weeping because lie had to die.
He was not afraid to die But he wept
because be could not accomplish for
God and his people that which seemed
necessary for him to do. Then, In
answer to fiezekinh's prayer, God said
to Isaiah the prophet. Go and say to
Hezekiah. Thus saith the Lord the God
of David Thy father, have heard thy
prayer: have seen thy tears. Behold,
will add unto thy days fifteen years"
SO today. If. like IIe%ekiah, we will
pray In the right spirit. God will let
most Of us five long enough 10 carry
the Tospcl message 10 I'll OF our dear
ones as wei as to spiritually prepare
for CIR oIn eternal journey, But as
our earthly time Is short. IN order to
make this spiritual preparation our
selves and 10 help make the spiritual
preparation Of our loved ones by bring
ing them 10 the Saviour. we must con-
secrate ourselves 70 the L.TPs service
now BY the power Of the IiOly Spirit
we must conSccvate our Ewes to Gods
work as we have never coasecrated
them before. We must so eat and
drink and breathe and talk and pray
that we shall make Christ the supreme
ruler Of our lives so that In all things
we may do nothing inconsistent with
our allegiance to him. Are you and
like Hezekiah-ready to surrender our
lives entirely to the Divine Masters
will? ..,~...f
"Christ or Dinnas"
Some Of us have seen the noted pic
ture which bears the title "Christ or
DianaY The central figure is a beau
tiful girl with one OF he sweetest,
no1le:t faces ever painted by an art
st's brush. With true dramatic pow
er the master has surrounded that
young girl with al the horrors Of
Neronial prosecutions There in. the
OF the picture is,the4am-
)hltheater IN which wild beasts are
earring the martyrs TO pieces. and
the bones OF the slain.
There are the torches made ont Of the
living bodies OF men and women. cey-
,red with pitch. who are dying for
heir belief in the fowiy Nazarene.
There are the grim faced Roman SOL
lieFs. There is the pleading lover, as
veil MS the pleading mother aud IA
her. begging the young girl to re-
lounce her belief in her Saviour. And
here the young maiden stands be-
ween the altar Of heathen God and
be solemn upright cross upon which
$ hanging the bruised body Of dead
'hrist. -1.-.,-. .-.--
That picture may be dramatic and
owcFful; but. oh, my brother. there is
. truer scene being enacted here to-
ay. As speak the words Of my
ext yoJr own eternal redemption. as
yell as that of all your loved ones, is
leading with you. They are pleading
nth you to stop worshiping at the
ltar OF Caesar. which is the altar Of
In. They are pleading with you be-
ause If you do not cease to bow be- a.
Dre sins altar you shall surely die.
tut II you will in the few years that
re left on earth bow before the cross
nd accept Christ as your Saviour you
hall eternally live. And II you here
nd now consecrate your life Alright to
le Divine Masters service your loved
nes. by hearing the gospel message
'om your life. may eternally live also.
Iay the Holy Spirit lead every one Of
} to make the right preparations for
lie imminent journey through the
irk valley Of the shadow Of death.
copyright. 1902 by Louis Klopsch.l