Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-05

OF SdIldTlu lay ulicClly Dcl"SSh "~AN
salem and Galilee. 1t was as much
between these two regions as the
states Of Indiana and Ohio lie in the
direct line between New York ana
Chicago. But because the Jew hated
the Samaritan he would not go through
the Samaritan land. Therefore he
made a big detour. In one sense he
made as big q detour as the traveller
coming from New York to Chicago
would make II he went by the way OF
Louisville KY, instead Of by the way
of Buffalo or Pittsburg. Christ In
iourneying to Galilee simply took the
straight path. He went as bird
would fly overland. He went to Gal
ilee through Samaria.
The straight path is nearly always
the right path. When that young
man comes into your store and asks
for position, If you have not any
vacant. place for him tell him so. DO
not say to yourself, "Now I do not
want to hurt that young mans feel
ings. therefore l will tell him to come
! back next week or next month" BY
such an answer you are doing an inJus-
! tice to the young man, and you are
doing an injustice to yourself. The
shortest way out of difficulty Is gen.
orally the right way Even for a sur
geon it is never pleasant act to drive
a knife into the quivering flesh to cut
out the virulent cancer. Neither Is 1t
always a pleasant task to tell person
of his faults. But when that young
girl who is doing wrong comes to you
for advice tell her the truth. Warn
her as you would like some one to warn
your morally endangered child. The
direct way out OF a difficulty is gen.
orally the right way. So, my brother,
when you yourself have done wrong
wrong to your fellow men and wrong
to God-be a Christian man and
straighten out the wrong and make
restitution for your moral deficiencies.
Confess your sins to God. The short
est way out of difficulty Is generally
the right way-the Christian way.
Therefore, o man, o woman, will you
not today at the Samaritan we'll seek
Christ and ask his pardon for your
sins? Will you not do as did the So
cial outcast who at the Samaritan well
found there her Saviour many cen
turies ago?
A Christly Refuge.
The word "Samaria" as a Christly
refuge in all probability will always
mean more to me than to any one else
gathered today within these walls. On
the afternoon of Oct 26, 1894, with a
brother minister, G.. B. Trout by name,
was resting among the Palestine
hills. Our dragoman had left us some
two hours before to hunt up a saddle
bag which had fallen kesm my horse.
While there, alone and .dnarmed, we
were attacked by the eastern bandits.
We were attacked in almost the iden-
tical place where three weeks before,
two English travellers bad been slain.
We were driven back and back to the
edge Of the precipice. l saw the club
raised to strike down my companion
and knew that my turn was to come
next, when succor and rescue suddenly
came to hand. That night was dark
when we ended our journey in Sa-
maria, but, oh, in the darkness what
joy and peace came to us both when,
by the Samaritan well, we knew that
we at last had safety! AS we found
physical refuge In Samaria on that
October night so may you find spiritual
safety. o man, o woman, for you,
too. Christ must needs go through
Samariav Not for that degraded
woman alone was that journey taken.
The revelation of himself that he made
by that well is an eloquent invitation
to all in every age to come to him for
the "water Of life" Are you weary will
the troubles of the way? Are you
athirst for the water that will satisfy
the longings of your soul? Are you
fearful of the grave and the judgment
of God? Come to the well and hear
him say that to all WHO come he will
give Giving water" whereof if mar
. drink he shall never die
copyright, 1904, by Louis Klopsch.l