Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-15

made this prayer with fear and trem-
bling? After you and l have sinned
again and again when God had re-
stored upon us the JOY of his salvation,
ought not we to make this prayer In the
same spirit as David made It?
Trust In the Father.
1t is only by doubling and continuing
to dlstrust our own strength that we
are led to rely entirely upon Gods pro-
tectIng power l would have us feel
our dependence on God when we make
this prayer exactly as the little adopt
ed daughter Of dear friend or mine
feels toward her father. He Is noble
man, made noble through suffering.
He started out In humble financial
circumstances, but he went on and on
In life until at last be won position
of wealth and influence. But after the
wealth came, then came the sorrow.
God came to his two little girls and
said: "Cope, daughters; come! l want
you to pf6y In the green field Of heav-
en-" And In a night the earthly nursery
was emptied for the celestial play
grounds. Broken hearted were my
friend and his dear wife. The cry OF
their agonizing hearts was, 20 God,
give us little grip And God gave
them a little daughter, not Of their
own flesh and blood, however, but a
little girl who came out of hovel OF
poverty and filth and sin.
Some months ago this little girl was
In a founding institute In one Of our
large eastern cities. By this instttu-
ton she was sent west and put into
low Mexican's home of ignorance and
filth. There my friend found her and
said: "She shall not remain here. She
shall come and be my daughter and
live In my home" He took her west.
Then he and his wife washed the little
girl and put clean clothes upon her
and put her into a clean, white bed.
They surrounded her with all that
wealth and love could give. Yet,
though that little girl is now only
about two and one-half years old, she
lives In continual terror Of being taken
back to her past surroundings. Every
night before she goes to bed she calls
her foster father to her side or crawls
ND into his lap and puts her little
arms about his neck and says, Papa,
YOU won't let them come and take
baby away, will you" Sometimes she
awakes at night and calls and asks
the same. question, "You won't let
them take baby away, will your And
the great, strong man, with tears IN
his eyes, says: mo, baby; no, daugh-
teri | will not let them come and
take you away from me and mamma!
Go to sleep now; papa will keep you
safely by his side~ So David. as a
heartbroken sinner, just reaches up
| and puts his arms up In plea to GOD
and says: 20 Father, keep me. Don't
let me 90 back to sin as l have done
in the past. Keep me, Lord. Keep
me in the power Of thy love-" Have
YOU not, o man, sinned after God
| has restored to you again and again
the Joy Of salvation? Can you not say
to him now: Keep me, Lord. Keep
me, Father. Keep me-"
Thus, my friends, because you nave
again and again come to Christ and
tasted Of the JOY Of salvation and then
fallen away do not let your broken
resolutions keep you away from the
Saviour today. First get clean sheet
Say. 20 God, forgive" Then make q
prayer, an earnest prayer, which Will
be a continuous prayer for every morn
ing. noon and night. Let this be youf
prayer: 80 God, keep me, keep me
o Lord, keep me every step l go!
And God will keep you brother. He
will keep you under the shadow of his
wings. He will keep you as David was
kept. Will you make the prayer of my
text now? VIII you continue to make
the earnest prayer, uphold me with
thy free spirit" until at last he deliv
ers you forever from all sinful tempta
tions at the great white throne of heav
en-?
copyright, 1905. by Louis Klopschl