Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-30

bauchee's sins. By that mean Christ
is ready to forgive those who have I'M [
morally broken up the sanctity OF the
home. He forgave the sins of RahaD,
who concealed the Hebrew spies; he
forgaye the sins Of David, who stole
the poor mans eve; he forgave the
sins of the dlssolute woman who talk
cd with him at the Samaritan well; he |
forgaye the sins of the woman de-
nounced by the scribes, to whom he
turned and said: woman, where are
thine accusers? Doth no man con-
denim thee? Neither do l condemn
thee. Go and sin no more" Christ is
ready to forgive the social outcasts
sins. as he was ready to forgive the
scarlet sins of the dying thief and the
murderer.
But, though the Bible declares there
Is but one objectionable sin, ana that
is the sin against the Holy Ghost, yet,
strange to say, most people are not
willing to forgive the sins OF libertln-
ism. especially if the social outcast be-
longs to the female sex. Alas, alas!
Even the best of men, the leaders in
our churches and pulpits, are OFTEN
ready to look upon the breakers Of the
seventh commandment as moral de-
generates who have no chance Tor ui-
innate rescue either in this world or
in the next. Many people are apt TO
look upon immoral outcasts in the
same way that the stern old Scottlsh
elder looked upon the actions or MS
wayward daughter in the beautiful
story in Ian Maclaren's "BOnnie Brler
Bush" He professed to believe III the
unlimited power of Gods forgiveness,
vet when his only daughter, his moth
erless girl, his one child, who was all
TO him, had been led into sin he turned
TO the clerk of the village kirk ana
said: "Aye blot her name OIL the
books! She Is my child, but blot her
name off the books"
But oh, my brother and sister,
though man IS hard upon fallen man,
and woman especially hard upon fallen
woman. yet God today offers pardon
and peace for every penltent Magda-
lene. Though your sins against mo-
rality may be as scarlet they shall be
whittier than the driven snow.
st. Vltalis was poor monk who In
the seventh century was supposed TO
haunt the evil resorts Of the Alexan'
drlan capital. For many years the peo-
pie thought he was hypocrite ana a
libertine. One early morning, when
seen coming out Of Il place OF evil re
sort. he was fatally struck down by q
passerby, with the scathing words
How dare you, rascal-how dare you
outrage Christ by not mending your
wicked ways? But hardly had the
l breath left the body Of the humble
4 monk than it was found out by testl
. mony that for years he had given his
= life to saving social outcasts. Wna
Christian women are doing for ex-con
yicts st. Vitalis was doing for faller
men and fallen women. At his funera
3 those social outcasts, whom he had b,
+ the power of the Holy Spirit rescued
marched in front Of his bier, chanting
e this cry: 1--WE have lost our deliyerer
i We have lost our instructor! God he'll
: us! God help usw Today Christ
IL willing to go into the lowest brothe
8 and into the haunfs OF the immorall,
vile and to say: "Come unto me and
will make thee pure. Come, every man
Come. every woman. Though you
Il sins be as scarlet, they shall be a
: white as the driven snow; though the
e be red as crimson, they shall be
70 wool"
Pardon For All.
- Christ is ready to forgive the mur
II derers sins. BY that do l mean tha
e he is ready to forgive the highwayma
1t who. with lifted gun, shoots down tn
y innocent pedestrian? BY that do mea
~ that Christ is ready to forgive tn
II fiend who poisons the helpless child
II who in the dark night drives the knif
into the heart Of his sleeping advel
sary? Yes, Jesus is ready to forgiv
Il the convicted murderer though b
'e may be standing upon the scaffold III
III der the hangman's moose, about TO e.
" plate his awful crime. Pardon fC
ls alp is the meaning Of my teXt-pa
re don and peace and eternal life for al
III no matter how vile, If in sincere r.
Vi pentance they will come to him an
III plead for his mercy through his atol
- ing sacrifice.
!. No Sinner Need Despair.
49, But among the murderers who al
10 to be pardoned l would also cla'
VS. those who have slain their victims
20 false signs, as well as by bullet or |
- gun. He is ready to forgive tho
who have slain by the lip as well
by the hand. In olden times the I
rates along the coast Of England USE
w. TO change the positions Of the light
OF Then the sea captains, watching u
III beckonings of the false lights, wou
ou drive their boats upon the rocks al
ur he wrecked. The pirates would I'll
lot the drowned bodies as they would
ie- foated upon the shore, and gather
MS pether the wrecked cargoes. In
8" were murdererS - muruereIs VIM
nv weapons we're false lights. SO Ct
,to M will forgive even those murderers w
49,. have destroyed their fellow men
false examples as well as he will Il
n'h give those who have murdered the
left with the dagger or the gun.
What some murderer says. ~
g- don for my scarlet sins? Oh, no!
Tho cannot be true Why, you do not kn'
what you are saying. My sins q
ast worse than scarlet They. are bla
a.. with the hopelessness of despair. Ih'
can be no pardon for me. Let me
the you my awful story: When l went
college, l was very wild boy. d
'"e there roommate who was the son
but n minister. He was a ruddy faced
liftla child | fang