Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-07

late Cornelius Vanderbilt would never |
have struggled on as q helpless Invalid /
and been carried out to the tomb when /
vet n young man. If money was all .
Dowerful. that Broadway merchant ]
would have recovered his sight when,
few years ago. he offered Sl'OOO'Ooo F,
to any surgeon whose knife would cut
his curtain of the night in twain.
,tt Love Cannot he Bought.
Neither will money buy love. Money
may buy sycophancy. 1t may make
servants and so called friends bow ana
cringe before us, but the songstress or
love is not hireling who sings her
seraphlc strains to the jingllng accom-
paniment of golden coins. True love
is won by the heart, not by the purse
True love IS found smiling as winsome-
" I'm n cottage as in palace. Neither,
o rich man, can you with money puy
your way into heaven. If you nave no
time TO seek God in his house on earth,
YOU will not be able to find Christ IN
mansions in the skies. II you 90 not
honor your Saviour before men, mel
ther will Christ honor you before the
angels. who are now assembled ABOUT
the great white throne of the celestial
CITY. How much did he leave| asked
gentleman in reference to certain
deceased rich man. He lett every
thing" was the answer. "His shroud
had no pocket, so far as | could see"
So. rich man. you will take before the
Judgment seat Of Christ not what you
now hold In your hand, but what you
have in your heart. Therefore, II IS
very important that you do not with
fatal self complacency as to your
wealth and social prestige and your
ownership of mortgages and bonds anu
land titles blind your eyes to the inn
portance of going to the gospel BAN
Quet.
But another knock Is heard at the
front door Of the good mans house. A
second letter of regret is handed III.
This letter goes something like TINS:
"Afv dear friend, | know you nave
made great preparations for me TO-
night. but cannot come. l am
small farmer and have just bought n
woke of oxen to do my spring plowing,
and must 20 and do it." Or the letter
will read as follows: "My dear friend
cannot come tonight l have just
houqbt five yoke of oxen, and | intend
to hire myself out to the different
farmers TO help them do their spring
nlowing. We must make money while
we can. And even If L could gel
through my work in time to come
would be so tired that | could not en-
ioy your good things. | pray thee nave
mo excused" IL other words. tha'
stock purchaser was going around as
tbe modern owners of some baling ma
chimes 90 from farm to farm to pacf
the hay, or as the owners Of some o.
: the modern thrashing machines In TIL
! rural districts cut down their nelgh
l bors' grain upon a percentage basis.
e Whom in modern life does this stool
. owner represent? He symbolizes tn
nracticing doctor or lawyer or smai
0 merchant or manufacturer or mechan
l ic or salaried employee engaged IN
+ daily struggle for a livelihood. IL
d represents. as Matthew Henry wei
I wrote. the man with the inordinat
e care and concern about this worl
J. which keep him from Christ and III
: grace" He represents the father an
II husband who on Saturday night says
@ "Well | have worked hard all III
a week. | am too tired to go to churc
). tomorrow and do Gods work. IL
II ou we'll enough to think about religion
y but the simple fact is, in this strenuou
I! earthly life must look after my Dus
% ness and keep looking after 1t all I'll
j. time" He represents the DuslheS
4 man who at first does not intend to
y wrong. but. little by little, he ALLOW
re bis business to crowd out his duties
Christ. First, he gives up prayer NEE
ing on account of business; then II
n daily reading of the Bible; then u
ID Sunday services. Little by little |
4 allows himself to drift away from GC
" until at last the invitation to the 6
e. mel banquet falls upon unheeding ear
n Theinordnated desire foraccumulatll
H. wealth has destroyed many and maj
Mt an immortal soul. \ few score yea
We opo n steamer crowded with passe
ne gers was pushing its way over the ="
er ters of the Mississippi river. upon L
Of deck were great number OF Caill1
lie MIA miners returning from the gol
)r. folds of the west. Suddenly IN
he steamer struck a sunken wreck a.
We Immediately began to sink. Inc Wol
1y on and the children were taken OH
nd lifeboats. The men were compelleu
l lean into the water and cling to |
lst floating spars until they could be II
he cued lust before the steamer tound
cd man rushed up to the deck
lee leapcd into the water and chung 10
NJ floating spar. But instead or hoali
all like the rest of the men he sank Ike
eu, hmm Of lead. Afterward his body W
vn recovered and the reason OF the sll
be Ing WAS explained. While the OH
,ye messengers of the sinking vesseI W.
res DrpDaring ralIS anu puStAhS w
The nreservers this man had been Del
He lecks riaing the miners trunks
;al. der his garments, strapped around
ak waist, were found bags of gold.
the was his desire for wealth that destr
tor cd him. So we find that there
un- thousands upon thousands Oh men
it women who refuse to come TO
eds Cords banquet because, like the droN
lay ing passenger Of the MISSISSIPPI II
mi. or like the owner Of five yoke OF OK
S a they would prefer to stay away
his make money. Such men feel that Il
ave would be willing for tine even
10 barter away their chs : OF heaver
ON they could only sell Christ, as did
'ay. das. for thirty pieces OF silver.
and nv friends. beg and plead with
are not to sell your divine birthright 70
ays mere mess of pottage! Stop IN Go
With name! Stop before it is too late
IN the ancient story we have been toid