Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25

IA he said: "Let us make now our mas
terpiece. Let us make man after our
own image" $50 God created man III
his own image" He crowned him with
honor and glory and made him to have
dominion over the works Of his hands,
Of which the moon and the stars were
only the works Of Gods fingers. Thus
we find that all the worlds were In one
sense created for the great climax OF
all earthly creations, the advent Oh
man. Is It incredible that, In order 10
work out his purposes for the human
race God should use these lower crea-
tons at his Will?
Mans Importance In Universe
II man Is not more important than
the stars, how can you account 1or tne
fact that Jesus Christ came to TINS
world to die for man2 There are Dill
lions upon billions Of worlds. Ihere
are worlds above worlds. There are
consultations upon consultations.
These worlds are born; these worlds
die Every night the telescope eye Oh
the astronomer can see their funeral
pyres burning Yet 1t was not 10 re-
animate perishing worlds that Jesus
died. II was to redeem immortal man
thet Jesus left heaven and sunereu
npon the cross. Our earth Is but
speck I'm the universe, one OF the small
.st ~ the millions OF worlds that are
Visible in the winters sky, yet 1t was
for the redemption Of It's inhabitants
that Jesus gave himself to suffer ana
die. Does not this prove the lmpor-
lance of man? If man is not more
important than the stars, how can you
, account for the fact that weeks, per-
hang months before Jesus was born ID
the manger at Bethlehem God sent q
stellar messenger to guide the wise
mon from the east? Would star step
ont of its course and with finger OF
hight become a guide to man? Does
NOT the fact that star was a messen-
oer 10 man at the first Christmas morn
prove to you that God has enrolieo
.r,onq the astronomical hosts mighty
forces which, II necessary, are reao!
N serve Us and our interestsr HOW
I tbis "star of the east was able TO Sill
= its chains and run down the Douie
, wards of the heavens we know not
= Some of the astronomers declare th'
r "star of the east" was not a single
, star at all. but in order to lead thos'
g vvise men God wheeled Into line TWO
= three, perhaps fifty, thousand star
and focused all their lights upon IN
n stony crib. But, whether the star
. The east was a single star or twenty o
/. n hundred stars, one fact we KNOW
!. "Cod made the heavens, with their COZ
n stellations, and they are at MS coh
q mand. they are his servants, ana the
z DO his will.
!. Rut we are not compelled to put ou
q world In harmony with worlds million
Is and billions Of miles away to ind son
q of the mighty forces God Is able an
= willing 70 command for mans life an
N ] service. for mans safety temporal an
"a safetv spiritual. We can hear &c
10 sneakIng to man in the voice OF Il
n. otorm We can see him smiling
laughing eyed sunbeams. Furthermor
IA we may learn that this voice ana III
Il smile in answer to believing pray
"a mill come for mans blessing II we on
II asl, him for an atmospheric Dlessih
10 Whom one of the Princeton studen
IN once asked Dr. Alexander, "ProfessC
th do you ever lose your faith IN Goa
H. he replied, Never, except when L
az wind Is from the east" Yet we shou
10 know that Gods greatest blessings G.
ak come to rescue man sometimes WI
the "wind is from the east" Ihei
foro you and I as believing Chrlsua
er. have a right to pray for clear weatn
,o+ durine n freshet as in times OF droug
as we have a right to pray for rain. In
80 % a Ga host for us God will answer o
as prayers atmospheric.
Tot That strong East Wind.
IS" Gods power extends to all meteo
the logical phenomena. Not yet nave
nd wonders of the storm been reduced
-ge n system. The weather bureaus pr
not nostications frequently fall. AS W
7as Washington. as with Joshua, as W
ess Moses. Gods hand Is outstretched
ars the rescue of his people. What II
the don't in history Is 80 astonishing as u
ing of the passage Of the Red sea-
utt children of Israel, fleeing from Eg
ev- tian enslavement, were caught IN
,os- tran. In front Of them was the
der Behind the earth was shaken with
act. ravoIvInq chariot wheels and the tn
sat derIng cavalry hoofs Of the pursu
Of soldiers of Pharaoh. What happen
,an- Moses said: Fear not, my chliur
ce2 fear not. God will rescue u.s. NC
hat then stretched out his hand over
ter seo and the Lord caused the sea to
dis hack by "a strong east wind. In OF
no words in answer to Moses prayer
sent a strong east wind, when D
the hack the waters so that the lsrael
the might fee away From their mast
we'll And TO show what the power OF
and east wind was Major General Iuil
,end Of the British army a few years ago
this fore the London Geographical soc
hat, read paper in which he declared
nif- be stood a few years before IN eAa
Man the same place where those lsraeI
God were supposed to have crossed:
o In night he felt a strong east wind D
He It blew so hard that In one nign
t his blev back the waters and left the s
be- which were once riding at an
all. stranded on dry land. God ans"
alted Moses' prayer. He answered 1t thrc
It US the agency Of the east wind
cope God exercises tho same control
nom his animate creation that he has
| un- the winds, and with this, too, ne
n an ates for the benefit Of his pc
q the After the children Of Israel had
, i'm for months living upon the mann
and the wilderness they began to