Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-02

love him like that, but the trouble Is
that is not the place to stop. They
90 a little further and still little fur
ther and say, Jesus Is so good that
he saves us whether we love ana nOnor
him or not" They are almost IN the
same position as was one OF the oihcers
of my regiment In the Spanlsh-Amer-
lean war when he said to me: "Chap-
lain. l believe in your Christ. l do not
serve him as ought to, but believe IL
am shot ia this war God will say:
There Is n poor fellow who gave up
his life for his country. NO man can
do more for love of his native land
than that. | will save him on account
Of his shed blood" Mark you this
not on account of Chrlst's blood, but on
account Of mans blood.
Looking Unto Jesus.
No sinner was ever saved from eter-
nal death except by the divine atone
ment Now, my friends, 1t Is about
time for some of you to stlffen up the
backbone of your theology. 1t Is about
time for some OF us to realize that only
the blood Of Jesus Christ can cleanse
rs as white as the driven snow. There
is a stream In Corsica called the river
Restonia. which has the remarkable
mower OF turning white everything
which is dropped into it's clear waters.
The cane which falls from your hand
into il becomes a white stick. Inc
watch which slips out OF your pocket
into Il becomes white metal. A traV-
eIer tells us that an iron bar dropped
into those waters at once becomes
white as silver scepter. SO every
one who is really cleansed by Christs
blood becomes, as IN the river Resto-
MIA. white as the driven snow. But,
mark YOU, as the old southern nanny
said. II is only by looking to Jesus,
who is a God to love, that you and
can become purged and cleansed ana
washed until we become whiter than
snow. 1t is surely time for some OF
us to center our hopes upon the cross,
which alone can save us from eternai
death.
Many years ago the British adml-
rolty sent the man-of-war Inetis u
Mediterranean waters to hunt up
shoal or reef or bank that had been
reported by some fishermen on the
coast of Italy and mark it upon the
chart. The vessel sailed back ana
forth without being able to locate the
dangerous reef. The captain returned
70 England and declared no such rocks
existed. but the first lieutenant OF the
Thetis thought differently. He begged
the privilege Of continuing the invesu-
: cation. He labored on until at last
he located those rocks, and was pro
NOTED for the service he had done the
worlds shipping. The old captain Oh
the Thetis obstinately declared thai
these rocks were purely chimerical ano
| never existed. "If ever go near theii
, supposed site l shall sail over then
! ts nrove 1 am right" said he. A few
2 months later the Thetis was conveying
l tAs British ambassador TO the city Of
] Naples One stormy night the captain
e found that he was near this supposed
! reef. He headeu directly toward IL al
$ he said. Now l will prove that lieu
4 tenant a fabricatOr! The ship sallet
= on for few hours, then came th'
q grating sound Of shallow water, thei
: a crash, The Thetis was a helpless
wreck. Most of the crew were saved
but the foolish captain would not ALLOW
{ himself to be saved, to meet certain
+ disgrace. HE perished," said Dr
a Stoughton, "a victim to his own unbe
: lief" Thus thousands upon thousand
t Of immortal souls will perish on &C
t count of their Iukewarm acceptation o
e the cross. They are not directly enc
d mics OF Jesus Christ. They belong t
s what is called the liberal order Q
y Christians. They believe Christ wa
= born. that Christ died, that Christ ros
IS again from the dead, but they do nc
a believe that Christ is the only bego
r ten Son Of God and the only way G
e eternal life. And Except We belieV
e We shall all likewise perish" for III
d Bible distinctly declares the necessit
y OF believing in Christ as a Saviour an
}. In Christ alone.
.sl Lax In Business Principles.
. But we also find these moder
. Laodiceans wonderfully negative
= reference to their business principle
= Every Sunday morning they may
, found vending their way to the
= church pews. Every Wednesday eve
- ing they may attend the mldwef
=, prayer meeting. But the way INT
- act inside the church and outside Oh
=. church may have no more simiiari'
than the nature Of striped furr'
- leopard can be compared to the q
:. fectlonate whinny Of the Shetiai
- pony whom your children are pettll
: at the barn door. Now, l am not q
=, serting that these modern Laodlcea'
q, have no business principles. am u
:, asserting that these men are any wor
fhan their business associates, Dut
~ do assert that they will be just as q
honest as they can be in their nnancl
affairs and yet preserve their soc
st responsibility.
Some time ago 1 was turning ov
- the pages of popular magazine. Inc
" 7 saw perhaps half dozen pictures
men who are among the so called
49, spectacle thieves Of this country. frC
80 80 an old Californian many years ago
y, ~ had heard about men stealing th'
- sands upon thousands of acres OF Ia
from the United States governme
ei but then I did not believe 1t. becat
NJ I lived in the crowded east But ar
aS I came west and learned OF the VI
III distances of those unOccupied AndS
IT. began to realize how 1t was done
er that magazine the writer not only gs
er' the names of the plunderers, bur Il
ye 4oIJ tho r,,yny-orq NJ acres stolen