Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-16
naturally doubt Gods goodness anu
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Florentine master had already CHS
olad some of his greatest pieces o'
sculnture. but, strange to say, uere
were a great many Florentines' as
tbere are men in our day, who couiu
not see any perfection in any pictur'
or piece OF statuary unless II was nun
dreds Of wears old, 30 Michael Angeio
to convert his critics, MADE ne"
statue. He then broke OH one W
tbe arms of that statue ana kept IL
Tben he stained the rest of the sthtue
and buried it under one Oh lhe oiu
churches and then had one OF MS
friends find 1t. At once all 'he a.'
CRITICS Of Florence gathered around this
exhumed piece OF stone and uec'u'eu
It was one of the finest pieces Oh soup
ture ever chlseleeA n man. "on. .nsy
E.ried "Where cisi we find mouern
sculptor able to mold body ike
,hat?" After Florence had praisSu
ohIs statue for some months Micnae'
. Angelo came forward with the broken
arm of white marble which ne nau
kent in his studio. He fitted II Oh Tue
exbumed statue and he declared:
can make A statue as good as that
see have made this one myself! Inc
broken arm is a perfect dt." his crlt.
les were confounded, as they wen
might be- but as | read that story
did NOT condemn those Florentines as
many have done. said to mysel1:
.,vas tboce men who criticised the ris'
ing sculptor were natural born douOt'
ors There are some men who, by their
natural mental makeup, find faait WIN
everybody and everything; therefore,
II we are going to lead men to Chris'
we must learn how to overcome tne
intellectual doubts, the intellectual
skepticIsms. which trouble 80 many
men concerning God.
The Mysteries OF the bible.
And how many causes for doubts IL
raference 10 God we see everywhere
Here for instance, are all the uouDH
men have in reference to the mysteries
of the Bible Was there ever com
nasa which needed to be surer or truel
IN fbe dark and almost impenetraDi'
forests than the star OF Bethlehem u
guide the mental doubters out OF tn
mysteries OF Gods providenceF Her
are all the mysteries Of sorrow. In
doubter perhaps has lost a little chli
: or the mother Of his children. lie cal
NOT understand why God took his love
Q ones. Shall we pass over these my'
!. tor,os of sorrow with mere wave Q
the hand? Here are all the shortcoii
q tnos OF Christians which blind ID
Il noubter's eyes. Perhaps some eid'
I: ~ n church has cheated him In d Dus
e ness deal. Shall not the douDter
9 +oIked TO lovingly In reference to th'
matter and shown how there nave Dee
8 Judases among Christs professeh 1c
q lowers at all times? Yes, Christ wan
g. % draw TO his arms those VINO a.
-cl mentally blinded. He would have
II Iead them as carefully as ! saw u
er other day boy leading his itl
b, hrother of eight summers, who W
Oh Hind In both eyes, across count
:. fold Ash saw these two boys goli
" mast me thsre were tears IN my ey
#, for an especial reason. AS they we
&c passing I was told that only !e
10 before that little boys eyes were
q. Cood os yours or mine. But his oN
to brother. who was then leading hi
TO while hunting one day had accide
Oy tally discharged his gun ana snot
CT brother's sight away. 20 Co..
nc said 10 myself "can 1t be that some
III ra nv our own sins Of commission
s;ns Of omission, have made some
thv children mentally bHud to thy love
liz Can II be that doubters and skept
ch and agnostics and mental antagoni
ret TO God are resisting him today mer
l bacause we will not take away
he hands which are binding their eye
I'M because there is no one to unco
10 4be,r eves-as the disciples OF ofu u
'es off the bands from the eye socKetS
les belpless Lazarus? o God, TO-DAY 9
nd ms more sympathy for the hoI
ed doubfer! Inspire US with holy zeal
try to scatter these doubts away WI
ee, ever and wherever they are!
-" 1sund Hand and Foot
uos @ But asIxo up to the open tomb WI
,od slept the dead Lazarus l ma thaI
NV only was be blinded, but his m'
y! ments were restrained. His resurr
Not ed body has Its graveclotnes %
around the arms and the hands,
hot legs and the feet and the stomach
Low we'll as around the forehead
Inns and the eyes. Indeed. so heip
ms was Lazarus physically that he CO
raj not have stepped out OF his cryp
,ow the tomb, as you and ] wouid I'll
, of back the bedclothes Of morning
off leap out upon the floor, but he I
az. have had to give q lurch and roll
y upon the stones Of the tomb. Ine
In struggled to his feet and stooo III
his statue Thus stood Lazarus II
cut rected body. AS l go ON up anu
dice anime the mans bound &snds ana
hlch I say to myself, Eyes; how muc
wer- symbol does Lazarus lock as
the bound hand and foot With nnsl
nave debit" The man In financial hls
cule sometimes cannot make one nov
the he would. So believe Christs w
orr "Loose him and let him 60" have
who, application in reference to ma
fully liberation as we'll as a mental
: OF tellectual How much OF ma
8 us liberation many people need put
intel of US have any adequate concepu'
and Financial liberation is needed II
lead store. The temptations OF Dus
mag. life are mighty. Here Is mer'
tbey who has been left an executor
are friends estate. For years ana
traq. he has led an honorable life. Bu
4 he hard times have come Inc p
an ~ who once bought his goods c'
mon buy them now, for they hare no II
- =, with which to buy. Oh" be sa
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