Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-01-09

You will only go to the young folks In a
plain, practical way in the name of
Jesus Christ.
Missionary Work.
Another glorious field of Christian
usefulness is to be found in missionary
work. What do mean by that? Chris
tian labor among the cannIbals OF the
south seas? Among the fur robed Eski-
mos, In their igloos, Of the Icy north?
Among the tattooed Maoris of New
Zealand and the half civilized natives
Of the orientf oh, yes. They are all
included In that term, missionary
wcrk" The divine command, "Go ye,
therefore, and teach all nations, bap-
tizing them In the name Of the Fa-
ther and the Son and the Holy Ghost"
has a worldwide significance. One Of
the first duties of a Christian is to
work for the foreign missionary socie-
ty Of his church. BY money donations,
by needlework and by pledges you
should re-enforce our Christian mis-
sionaries laboring In foreign fields
You cannot have worlds Saviour
unless you feel that the black man Of
Borneo and the yellow man Of China
and the Bengali Of India are your
brothers-brothers In Christ.
But In reference to missionary work
had In mind also another interpreta-
ton. mean Christian labor among
those who are living in your back al
leys. Christian labor among the poor
and the social outcasts, Christian labor,
as lady some time ago expressed 1t to
me In a beautiful letter. She wrote
asking me If l knew Of any crippled
child who had no friends. She wanted
TO adopt that child. She well knew
that the ablebodied children might
ultimately be able to take care Of them
selves, but the crippled child never.
Therefore she wanted to adopt Grip
pied child and care for the boy while
she lived and leave money enough in
her will to care for the child after she
was dead. All, that Is the true mission
ary spirit! To care for the crlpples
and the helpless-the moral and phys
ical cripples. You can find them In the
slums. You can hear them knocking
at your door You can see them push
ing past you In the twilight.
How can the Christian work in the
slums? BY giving at least one evening
Of each week If possible to work in one
of the clty's rescue missions. You have
q good voice. Go to those meetings and
sing. They need you. You know or
should know how to pray. Go there
and lead in prayer. II you can do no
more you can at least give out hymn
book and smile q welcome. Go there
and do that. How can you do mission
airy work in the back alley? Go and |
visit the poor homes that are only a
stones throw from your door. You Will
find there people who are silently yet |
nobly struggling for life. 1t was well |
said by n great Christian leader, "The |
deserving poor are those whom you
have to seek and not those who seek |
you" Go in Christs name and hunt |
the q serving poor-the halt. the lame, |
tie blind. There Is something wrong |
about shat Christian who when Thanks |
giving day rolls around does not know |
at least one family TO which he can ir |
Christ's name send a dinner. There Is
something wrong about that Christian
who has never yet been able to hold
cottage prayer meeting in poor mans
house.
The Relief of Suffering.
Another glorious field for Christian
activity is found in hospital work. 1t is
found where Christ spent most Of his
earthly ministry-namely, among the
sick. 1t is found in going through the
wards filed with white cots and leav-
ing here a flower and there a word OF
encouragement and yonder prayer. 1t
Is found In the children's wards, where
many little ones are cursed with a fu-
tile struggle for physical existence,
cursed from the moment that they were
born. 1t Is found In the old peoples
homes, where the aged and the physic-
ally infrm, sometimes petulantly, some
times lovingly and longingly, are wait
ing for the last summons to join the ST.
lent majority beyond. ut is better to
go to the house Of mourning than to the
house Of fea. ting" Yes. But believe
1t is better t. 20 to the bedside Of the
sick than to tand by the caskets Of the
dead. BY IT, white couch Of physical
pain the OPT rtunities for doing good
are even ater than by the white
shrouds c. 0c departed.
But, tho the hospitals are filed to
overflow wv few Of us ever think
Of going tho to carry Christ's mes
sage of goou leer! When we think Of
genuine Chris ian work we are apt to
look for that V ork far beyond the seas.
We do not apl reciate the opportunities
that are at OR very doors. We are
like the hunG reds and thousands Of
Philadelphians who ut home never ap-
preciate the value Of Independence hall
on Chestnut street Some Of them had
to travel q thousand miles to see old
Liberty bell after 1t had been dragged
from their own depot to the Worlds
fair al Chicago. Oh, Christian men
and women, never let a month of your
life pass unless you try to carry Gods
love into some hospital or sickroom.
You can find there one Of the most
blessed of all works. AS you approach
the "shut-ins,' the invalids who are
compelled to lie upoirea hcdt hcdtr Ns. sickness
week In and week out, you will see the |
eye brighten and the lip smile and will |
hear the blessed words Of endless graf
itude. You will not only hear human
concentrations, but you will also hear
the Divine Saviour say: Il was sick,
and We visited me. Verify | say unto
you inasmuch as ye have done it unto !
one Of the least of these my brethren |
We have done it unto me-"
The Gospel Invitation.
But there is still one more HELD Oh |