Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-11-14

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home. In his old age he had to an
1 swer for the crime of his youth. An
unforgiven man can never get any
rest from the heavy, remorseful bur
den of sins. no matter when they were
committed. These unpardoned sins
will curse his life as they bespattered
the beautiful hands Of Lady Macbeth
with the blood OF the murdered Dun
can. They will hiss at him as the
haunting specters terrified the Sleep
ing King Richard after the murder Of
his two nephews or as the cries Of the
dying during the st. Bartholomew
massacre never ceased to echo In King
Charles ears.
You tell me that sin committed can
never be undone. You say that the
guilty can never become innocent; that
the soul stained and polluted with
transgression can never be made clean.
From human standpoint that Is true.
but there is a divine remedy that eff
fects even that miracle. Christ has
borne the penalty for the sins OF the
world, and through his blood shed for
you your soul may be cleansed. HE
was wounded for our transgressions;
he was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisemept of our peace was upon
him, and by his stripes we are healed"
Many years ago q young Russian Of 7,
fcer became hopelessly in debt. BY
the law Of that time he would have
been expelled from the army on ac-
count Of these debts. One night he sat
up in his tent making an account of
these debts and wrote under them these
words: "Who will pay my debtsf"
Then in utter encouragement the young
man fell sound asleep, with his head
on the table. That night the emperor
was making his rounds Of the camp.
He saw the candle burning in the
young mans tent and stepped In.
There he saw the paper and the trou-
bled look upon the young officers face.
He read the memorandum. and then he
picked up the pen and wrote under the
question. 81. Nicholas. the emperor OF
all the Russias. will" Today. like the
Russian emperor. Christ. the divine
sufferer, will pay the price Of your sins;
Christ the King will lift the heavy
burden Of our evil past; Christ's death
shall cancel our well deserved sentence
of capital punishment Oh, the JOY.
the peace, the rapture. the glorious tri-
umph Of feeling. that Jesus can lift the
l. IT, IN, off HI
ed heartl Brother. slster-man, wom-
an and child-if you have not yet re-
ceived this glorious rest which comes
from the forgiveness Of sins will you
not at the foot of the cross kneel and
take II now?
A Heavy Burden.
The Heavenly Father offers rest from
financial distress. The older l grow
the more | realize that the greatest
struggle on earth Is after daily bread.
Most people are not fighting for the
luxuries, but for the bare necessaries.
II a man gets $50 or 500 ahead in the
bank then comes some dangerous sick
ness in the family. His daughter Is
hllll DIllluutSS, anu ohC hbo
to 20 to the best oculist and have the
most expensive glasses, or his wife
breaks down, and she must go of for
rest and extra servants are hired, and
the whole sum Of money is soon swept
away.
Said q young man Of about thirty
five years of age to me short time
ago: II have no sympathy for people
who financially do not get ahead. II
they would systematic their business
and work regularly they would have
plenty Of money" "Yes," l soliloquiz.
ed as I looked at him, that is all well
enough for you to say. You have
mother who has supported you all your
life. You have never known what 1t
is to pay a dollar for rent. Only few
clothes have ever come out OF your
salary. What would you have done
IL you had four or five children and had
to live upon your salary and perhaps
support widowed mother or an or
phan sister, as many, aye, most men,
have to do?" Life for the most Of us
Is a ceaseless struggle for bare phys
ical existence.
The financial burden is the heavy one
to bear. Most of us are ready to grant
that. That burden, too, Christ will
bear If you commit 1t to his hands.
Your anxiety, your distress, your fore
boding, he will relieve, and he will
give you rest. "Now," says some one,
"the preacher Is talking simple non
sensel If do not get out and hustle
and work and worry and get the mon
ey to feed and clothe and educate my
children God will never do 1t for me.
| do not believe in expecting that God
will relieve me of my financial distress
any more than | would expect the wa
ter to boil in the kettle If I did not
have a fire in the stove or my cupboard
be full Of food unless I could order 1t
at the grocer's or the butchers. When
you begin to talk about God carrying
the burden Of financial distress then
you are simply talking about some
thing you know nothing about"
God Never Fails.
No, my brother. you are wrong. The
mightiest men Of God have always
rolled at Christs feet the burden Of
financial distress. and God has never
failed them. By that | do not mean
these men have been lazy Or indolcnt. {
But ! do mean that whil' they were
physically and mentally doing their
level best to earn the necessary amount
for their livelihood they were at the {
same time placing their financial obli-
cations before Christ and asking him ,
to furnish in his own way the neces-
sary means. Study the life Of Moody. {
Who furnished him the money with
which to carry on his great work?
God; emphatically God. When Mr..
Moody received his invitation to go and
hold evangelistic services in England
and Scotland he practically did not