Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-08-19


tion. Hear ye not the divine assut.
nnce "And 1, II l be lifted up, Will
draw all men unto meT o God, give
US conquering chwch, clear as the
sun. Make the light Of our church
shine from the loving, pardonlng eyes
of Christ. who has died that sinful man
might live. "Clear as the sun"-aye, |
clear as the Sun of Righteousness, when
will scatter every black mist out OF the
dark night Of every sinful horizon.
An Invading Army.
But we cannot picture th3sconquer-
ing church as a great invading army
with her banners flying In the winos
and her soldiers singing their halieiu-
iahs of triumph >as they tramp along
until we find her >'fair as the noon as
well as "clear as the SUM-" The queen
Of night" here offers her symbols as
well as the golden chariot OF the Gay.
The moon has just as much part 10
play with the advancing hosts on tne
conqusring church as has the ciearness
of the sun. As the children of israei
ware Ied through the wilderness In the
long Journey of forty years by the pii.
lar Of f3re as well as by the pillar OF
cloud 40 we now find the "fair moon
and the "clear sun" are concomitants'
They must move along side by side'
They must continually be seen at tne
same time by q watching world. Inc
twain. as at a marriage altar, must IN
deed become one In life.
"Oh." some one says to me, but that
is impossible. You cannot have tne
am and the moon shining at the same
time When we were children back OH
nv fathers farm we used to have
moonlight sleighriding parties. we
would wait until the sun had SET linen
we would have supper. Then the Dig
sleighs. with their heavy robes, wouiu
no driven up. About 8 or . O'CLOCK
over the eastern hills the pale raced
moon would arise. With her meiio"
light she would food the valleys ana
the white robed trees. Then over tns
crisp snow the runners would shde,
the bells would jingle, the dogs wouiu
bark and the merry songs would De
sune But we would not expect q
moonlight ride and a sunlight ride al
tha same time" Perhaps not, my
friend. But. though we cannot see tne
sun and the moon rise and set at tne
same time II you have ever campeo
unon the heights of old Greylock oi
tho berkshire hills, in the early hours
Of the morning, you would have seeL
the sun rise before the moon mas ss'
Together. for a time, they sit upor
their thrones In the heavens, as AIMS
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella togethe
governed the kingdoms OF Castle ant
Of Aragon.
Now where does the moon gathel
her light? find this old earth stretch
inc ont her arms and warming ne
bodv by the blazing fires OF the sun
furnaces. When l think OF the sun
I picture the old New England Purl
tan coming out In the January sno"
storm chilled and cold and huggin'
the old fashioned andirons TO ge
: warm. But when approach III
I moon I find she has no fires. her
are only deep caverns and a Durn
ont crate. Then | cry out in amaze
3 ment. 20 moon, from whence comeu
5 thy llght?" Man, l am not a DiazlhI
: furnace like the SUM-" hear the mool
e answer. 81 am not simply FURNISHES
d mirror. All the light have Is rehecte'
: hack to earth, because the suns ray
e beat upon my sides" Then say I
Q myself: "Oh, yes! know what III
! old book means when 1t declares Una
the conouerlng church is to be clear a
the sun and fair as the moon
( means that the church OF the Lor
e Jesus Christ shall conquer the wori
d for Christ when she does two Things
h She muy preach Jesus, and Jesu
d alone: Is condly, all the members
i that future church in their priVa'
= lives must be rejecting the light
1. the gospel as found in the light
e Jesus Christ"
It Rejecting tho Light.
le Most Of us see this symbol to OF
Is own shame. o moon, thou IA
T. checked, laughing eyed, golden Ipp'
IN moonl o moon, thou beautiful quee
of of the night, who doth carry no Ia
ie tern. yet whose face Is aglow WI
ir light because the suns rays ma
th kissed thy forehead as the skin
IL Moses shone when he descended fro
Id Mount Sinai, after talking face to IA
III with God! o moon, thou dear trlen
lg who kept vigil with me as I paced Z
IS ships deck under the Southern Gro
a and bads thee carry messages OF love
p. nv dear ones by the moaning seas
ne an Atlantic coast! Is my life rehe'
ch ing the divine life Of Christ as tn
:" dost reflect the light Of the sun!
ts every word speak, every thought ID
he is Graded in my brain, every mol
lie every desire, every deed, an echo,
,is Election of my Sayiour's life, who ga
ep ND his life that sinful man might hv
T." The moon is speaking to the chur
ds members today. With her mellow
up light she Is signaling this messai
ID. "Church members. when you prea
as Christ and live Christ then chris
he church shall be a cOnquering churcl
to Men and women, as church memDe
20 will you in the daytime be clear
rill the sun and in the night be fair as
an, moon, which God has sent as an eV'
ew gelist to US to teach US the neeu
he purity?
A But we must not stop here. Havl
OTIS n clear voiced pulpit and consecra'
md pew, what shall we find? At once
rch outside world will begin to crowd
, a church doors even as doves nee
Ugh their windows. The new converts
come to Christ by the hundreds
II the thousands. There is absolut
are no doubt about it. The chief reai
NOT com