Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-07-21

have already refused the invitation.
S0me Of ali classes refused to come.
But there were many of the inteilec-
sands of the intellectual leaders of the
world are coming today.
Did you ever try to estimate how
many OF our great men are Christiansf
Their numbers almost transcend hu-
man belief Just study them in a pO-
l!tcal or governmental sense. a few
years ago the editors of the Christian
Herald sent forth letter to all the
governors OF this country and, / be-
lieve. To all the members of the United
States congress and TO the leaders both
of the army and the navy, also to the
Justices of the supreme court, the pres
ident of the United States and his cab
met and to distinguished educators
and notable persons Of both sexes.
The letter, which was addressed to all
alike. read: Are you friend of Chris
tianitvf DO YOU believe that Christian
itv is the friend OF manklndf Does
your belief extend to the recognition or
Il Supreme Being, to the divinity or
Christ and to the surprising potency
of Christianity as ciyilizing inilu-
enceV The answers came back by
the scores and hundreds. They showed
that from the president In the Nhlte
House down to the humble executive
Of the western territory nearly all the
governors. nearly all the senators ana
congressman. nearly all the great lead
ers of our army and navy, were either
ont and out members of Christian
churches or respecters OF the same. L
kept those replies in my scrapbook l
could quote many Of them now IL L
had the time. However, from memory
can say this-that nearly all OF our
great leaders In governmental llie were
ready to confess that their only hope
for eternal salvation was the cross OF
Jesus Christ. And what Is true OF
statecraft | believe will also be found
true of medicine and of every other de-
parrment of professional and business
life If the statistician would only COM
nile for US the records.
Intellectual Giants There.
DO not talk to me about there Deihs
no intellectual giants In the banquet
hall of the Divine Bridegroom. why,
there YOU can see the intellectual lead
ers everywhere around you. Agasslz
once said that the greatest feast he
ever attended was when he visited ule
great German naturalist, Oxen. Lo-
REM Oxen was rich In brain. but poor
IN pocket. Therefore he placed before
Agassiz but two dishes-one of pota-
toes boiled and one of potatoes roast
cd. But while the young naturalist
sat by the side of the great scientist
Oxen unfolded for him his investlga'
tons in natural philosophy. Never
| before" wrote Agassiz, were such po'
tatoes grown Oh this planet, for the
mind of the man seemed 10 enter into
what we ate socially together, and L
devoured his intellect while mupching
his potatoes. l repeat it-I never ate
such "A dinner before or since" AS
| Acassiz. the great naturalist, was
| feasttng because he was sitting at the
table Of Oxen, so many OK the great
intellectual giants are feasting be-
cause they are sitting ut the mMFrage
banquet of Christ. They seem to
care not what they eat or what they
drink as long as Christ sits at the head
OF the table and they see him and hear
| his words. When a famous English
writer lay i'll u few years ago the
nurse heard him talking She went to
his bedside and heard him feebly muir
| muring the words, Now 1 lay me
down TO sleep, | pray the Lord my
soul to keep" Il beg your pardon,
said the nurse when she knew that he
was praying. Il thought you wanted
! something" II do" family replied
Rudyard Kipling. Il want my Ieav-
cnly Father. lie can care for me
now Yea, that Heavenly Father is
not the hope of Rudyard Kipling alone
He Is the hope of thousands Of leaders
of the world in almost every depart
mcnt of life. Am | wrong in asserting
that the intellectual man is TO be seen
among the guests at the Kings ban
quct which he gives for his Divine
| Son?
But no sooner does the messenger OF
the king give the invitation to the mer
chant prince and to the military chief
tain or to the member of the sanhedrlr
than methinks | see him put his hand
| upon the shoulder of the servant who
IS holding his masters horse and say
"Won't you come TO the kings mar
! rage feast? The king bids me ask yOt
TO come also" "Ah, no." answers tho
servant Il cannot come. My master
would not allow 1t. He would not hire
me day If ] did not keep in my socia
place. | can harness up his chariot anC
drive him to the temple, but I woult
not dare stand by his side in that TEN
pie Of worship. This bridegroom's ban
quet Is only for the aristOcrat. 1t |!
spread for kings and queens. 1t is no
for the plebeian. II there was serv
ants table adjoining the kings ban
quet hall | might come, but you would
not have me sit down with the bride
| groom on one side Of me and my mas
ter Oh the other Nay, this invitation
is not for me" Eyes, It is. my friend,
answers the kings messenger. 'Thi
invitation is for the kitchen as well al
for the parlor, for the slave as well al
for the mighty potentate."
No Glasses In the Church.
Some people who are trying to buil'
class churches do not believe this
They seem to think that the banque
hall of the royal King can be con
troIled by a syndicate of capitalists o
by social classes, even as syndicat
of real estate men can buy up a sectio
Of land and lay it out in building lot
and decide who will live there and VIII
will not. You know, of course, hoy