Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-06-21

body. mind and soul, for the gospel
planting. As said before, you can
not change the past The past is dead.
But. oh. by the power Of the Holy Splr-
it you can splritualiZe the future! You
can make your last earthly days non
ored DAYS in heaven and on earth, be-
cause they have been lived for God
and to help your sinful fellow man.
"Whosoever will. let him come and
take of the water Of life freely" That
means you; that means me. We can
all come.
mo" you answer, "I will not. l can
not. dare not come to Christ now.
have had too black a past. l have
sown too many evil seeds to the flesh
| feel a great deal like that young col
Iege boy who was dying from an accl-
dent in Edinburgh. When the chap
lain knelt by his bedside and said, My
lad. will you repent Of your sins ana
look to Christi he answered: NO, sir.
I have served the devil all my life, and
served him well, and now at this last
moment | would not be so mean as to
ask Christ to take my broken down
body and my wreck Of a life. No, sir
I would not be so mean.'"
Sow to the Spirit Now.
But. my sinful friend, even with all
your sinful past, is that right? Is
that what Christ would have you doF
If you had wayward boy, and he had
run away from home and trampled
upon your bleeding heart for many
years. would you want him to stay
away and die hardened against you
and bitter merely because he had been
sinful and wayward? No! If you
knew where he was dying today you
would take the very first train to him
You would go. if necessary, without
even change Of garments. You would
walk up and down the train while it
was in motion. because your anxiety
would not let you sit still, and you
would rush into the hospital and rush
TO the ward and throw yourself by his
bed lust to give him a kiss Of love and
pardon. SO Jesus today bcgs you to
live for him and come to him. Ny
brother. will you let the cross be the
plow TO change your heart? Will yOu
take the good seed in your hand ard
90 forth to SOW to the Spirit so that
you may reap life everlasting?
When John Todd WAS lying upon his
dying bed, he had Il strange vision. An
angel seemed to lead him up and up
until the dying man stood upon the
heights Of a great mountain. Then the
angel asked him, dying man, dost
thou see anything?" And as John
Todd shaded his eyes to look he saw
away Off in the distance a dend incar-
nate. The face Of that fend had upon
it the look Of unutterable woe. The
features were 50 hideous and the suf-
ferines of this lost spirit were so great
that John Todd hid his face in his
hands. crying: Enough, enough!
cannot look any longer. Then the
angel turned and said, That lost spirit
O dying man. would have been yoll
own had not your soul been cleansed
by the blood Of the Lamb" Then tho
angel Of the lord said, Look, o dy
l;ing man -lpslsg1' -lld -. ,kesl = edf
llifted his ewes agafn. Behold, there was
seen another spirit. 1t was garmenteC
with a robe as white as the driven
snow. The eyes were as loving as the
purest love could express. The lips
were moving in joyful praise. The
hands were clasped about the figure OF
n cross. Then again spake the ange
Of the Lord. Dying man, that is to be
your redeemed spirit. your spirit cleans
,d by ChristS blood your spirit whicl
ihali never die" Then John TodC
rwoke. lie said he knew not whether
he had seen vision or had been talk
,ng face TO face with Christ.
So. like John Todds vision, this ser
mon teaches two lessons: The ont
points down the road over which ART
ragged the tares that are to be burned
n the everlasting fires. The othe
points down the road over which tn
sheaves Of wheat are triumphant!
carried into the gospel granaries. Ma!
:he prayers of our loved ones and th'
sacrifice Of Christ plead prevallingl,
with us not to SOW corruption, but III
everlasting. Yet all human beings ar
free agents to do as they will. The.
can accept or reject Christ. They cal
gather either harvest. For whatso
ever n man soweth, that shall he ais
reap"
ICopyright. 1902. Louis Klopsch, n. "