Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-10-28


seen some of the blind men whose eyes
Christ had opened, and the deaf men
whose ears Christ had unstopped, and
the lame men whose crooked limbs
Christ had Strengthened, and those like
Lazarus and the boy who was 1.-The
only son Of his mother and she q Wild
ow" whose dead bodies Christ had
resurrected. These living witnesses
were In Palestine at the time OF Plate,
the same as those who have been mirac-
ulously healed Of their disease OF sin
are in the world today. The Christ who
performed his wonders 1900 years ago
Is the same Christ who Is performing
his wonders now.
How Christ Changes Men.
Christ has been able to change the
lives of men before our own eyes. We
have often seen the transformation.
The painter Rigo some years ago went
to the northern part Of Africa to paint
pictures Of the natives. He had for bis
first model Il Nubian warrior just ar
rived In Cairo. No sooner did the nude
native see his head and chest being re-
produced upon the canvas than he
turned and In wild terror fed. He
declared the white man had stolen
away his head and half Of his body and
stuck them upon a fence to dry. Great
was the wonderment of the dusky AT
rican at the power Of the European
artists brush. But our wonder In ref
erence to Christ is even greater than
that of the Nubian at the powers OF
Rigo We have seen Christ absolutely
change men. Before our very eyes he
has changed their natures, changed
their colntenances and changed the
whole trend Of their lives. He has
been working his miracles before us
as he worked his miracles In Pilates
time.
We have the authenticated historical
facts of Christ's birth. Like PLATE, We
have seen with our eyes the miracles
which Christ has wrought, and, like
PLATE. we have had our own evidence
of Jesus substantlated and REINFORCED
by the testimony Of those that we love
Our Christian mothers testimony, oul
Christian fathers and wives and
daughters and sons and friends have
been pleading with Us on behalf OF
| Christ as Pilates wife sent her mes
senger to her husband, pleading with
him to do him justice.
Shall describe for you this orienta
scene? We are standing in the oper
Judgment hall of Jerusalem. The
Judges face is set and troubled. The
suppressed sigh, the muttered oath, the
growlings and the murmurings OF the
people are threatening him. What Il
| PLATE to do? Suddenly a messenger
bearing a letter forces his way through
the crowd. The governor opens I'M
note and reads. 1t Is written by MI
wife. At once the troubled face OF th'
Roman governor becomes more trou
bled. There Is the we'll known hand
writing of his loyal and loving wife
The words burn into his soul. "Hay'
nothing to do with that just man, for
have suffered many things this day II
a dream because of him." That letts
practically meant this: Dear Husband
DO not yield to those crafty Jews
The man before you must be more thai
mortal. In my dreams / hear mes
sage from the heavens about him.
beg Of you to protect him, lest tn
| vengeance Of God come upon you. Con
| demn him not! Condemn him not!
Thus with us. BY the testimony o
our fathers, mothers, wives, husbands
children and friends pleadings are con
tinually going on today with us. II
great chorus our loved ones voice
seem to be calling: Condemn him not
Condemn him not. We have had reYe
lations Of the power and the diyintt.
of Jesus Christi Condemn him not!
We cannot shut our eyes to what w
have seen. We cannot stop our ear
to what we have heard. Neither, lik
PLATE. can we turn away from tn
Christian testimonies which are beini
given by our loved ones concerning
Jesus Christ. ask you now the ques
ton which wavering and cowardl,
PLATE asked the Hebrew multitude
"What shall | do then with Jesus VIII
is called ChristY Do you acknowledg
him as the Son Of God? "Yea, yea!
you must all answer. Il do! l do!
do"
Yielding to His VIII.
Having intellectually acknowledge