Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-08-22

God is with llNlnS NHllo'i"" -,
in the continuity of service. lie VIII
never allow the gospel work OF past
to die. Christian work mas
Like the government Oh
England it goes on uninterrup.eui9
from generation to generation nei
King William ". breathed his last the
archbishop of Canterbury immeuia'eiS
hurried TO the home Of a young girl
He knocked at the door OF her paiace
until It was opened. Then ne sum,
moned this young girl TO arise anu
come down and meet him. Wheh sno
entered the parlor he bowed 10 nei'
saving: THE king is dead! Long nVe
the oueenw When that young GIRL
after she had grown to be an old wom-
an of eighty-six, lay dying the watch'
ers stood anxiously about her bed AS
soon as she had breathed her last anu
the attending physician pronounced her
dead. her eldest son, Edward was
greeted with the 0cclamauon, Lons
live the kingw Rulers may come anu
rulers may go, but the government goes
an no matter what human hand may
grasp the scepter When our flrst mar
tvred president fell in Fords thea'er'
lanes A. Garfield. who twenty years
loter dropped under an assassins Dul-
LET. powerfully said, Abraham Lincoln
NAV be shot, but the government at
Washington still lives" Like true
government the gospel work OF the
mast generations shall never die. II
must live on in the world. 1t is for us
70 continue 1t in our gospel faith anu
in our Christian lives.
In the fourth chapter OF Marx Chris'
compares Christian work to sower
Going forth to SOW. Some of that SEED
will surely fall upon good ground
which will yield some thirty SONS
sixty. some hundred fold. IL must
renroduce itself multipotently in the
human lives of the succeeding genera
tions. When Dwight l.. Moody died
did his work die? Without doubt MI.
Moody was the greatest evangelist oI
the past century. His personality not
only appealed to sinners, but also 10
tho greatest Christian workers or hiS
day. His voice and pen raised vast
SIMS of money for Christian work.
He was gospel messenger VINO
stirred England and America on his
evangelistic tours. lie built the famous
Moody institute at Chicago. He built
tho famous institutes at Northteld. lie
gathered among the Massachusetts
hills college men as well as ministers
in annual conference for prayer ana
communion with God and for the STUDY
of the Bible. Suddenly, aye, as nash'
Mr. Moody was struck down by the
death angel. One day on his way 10
hold great evangelistic services in Kan
sas City, the next day upon his death
bed. What Nas the result OF MT
Nloody's death? Has any great evan
gelist been found to take his place
"Ah. no." you answer; mot one, not
one!" Well, my friend if no one has
been able to take Mr.. Moodys place
can tell you this one truth-Mr. Moody
when living was never as powerful as
Mr.. Moody when dead. The Chicago
institute and Moody church have never
been so great as they are today Inc
institutions at Mortified were never
doing better work than at the present
time And. what is more, the very sum
mer after Mr.. Moody died the mightles
Mortified conference ever known VI
TO that time was held, in spite of the
fact that the most eloquent tongue
and the best poised brain and the Dig
gest heart Mortified ever produced
were living silent in the grave. MT
Moody's gospel seed planting yielded
forth some thirty, some sixty AM
some a hundred fold. 1t was Coz
} work, and Gods work alone.
God VIII Bless Our Work.
When Charles II. Spurgeon died di'
, his work die? Oh, no. God is sui
blessing the mission of the Metropol
itan tabernacle and Of the Londo
Pastors college. He is still blessing
: the work of Charles II. Spurgeon Dc
; cause it was intrinslcally inspired b.
the Holy Spirit. He is blessing
! through Surgeons successors. 60
will raise US up as modern Joshuas
we only live for him. He will bless
, our lives the work of the Chrlstla
} men and women with whom we hav
come into contact in the past. lie WI
r make US an essential link in grea
] chain of Christian influences whic
I shall reach through all eternity.
God will bless the lives Of moder
Christian workers even through IL
death of his servants. Death Is ofte
a spiritual pruning hook. 1t Tops o
r certain branches of the great tree
r the human race in order that Oth'
branches may better develop and grow
e We are all ready to recognize the us'
fulness Of q pruning hook in a ten
= poraI sense. Why can we not do til
u in a spiritual sense?
j To the spiritual weakling the deaf
S Of the strong Christian Is not AWAY
e a misfortune, but blessing. Let IL
| ILLUSTRATE ILLS II uNL III a. 'NNs
6 Some years ago there lived in yot
l. town noble true man, who was Il
i father of a large family. Suddenly /
j died. The friends who came into Il
/ bereft home not only sympathize
II with the widow because she had 10
II her husband, but because she SCENE
IS to have no visible means of supper
q Her eldest son was a nothing L
u was dollhouse plant. He had q
IS pended in the past entirely upon b
d father Mentally and morally he seer
II ed to be entirely untitled to assume Il
lt responsibilities of the home. But har
he ly had the father died when a chan'
le came over the boy. Instead OF bell
g a clinging vine he stiffened into a sts
wart oak. He went to work to supp
bread for that family of little one
Is He became the staff upon which L