Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-11-17

the blue abyss above, put man 10 Aine'
The mighty limbed African lion. with
Wild roar. makes the forest echo ana
all the inhabitants OF the jungle crouch
and tremble. But the lion retreats be-
fore the advance OF man, for man IL
king.
Not only Is man q ruler OF the beasts
Of the fields and the fowls OF tne air
and the fish Of the seas, but man mas
learned how to tame the elements anu
make them his servants. Franklin
went forth as a cowboy upon the west-
ern prairie and, sending his steel WIRE
into the heavens, lassoed electricity
which Morse trained for message
carrier. George Stephenson harnesseu
steam into block traces and made the
iron locomotive take the bit. Daguerrs
has made the sun print our pictures
Robert Fulton pointed the ships Prov
into the teeth Of the northeast Wlnu.
Thomas Edison has turned midnignt
into midnoon. Yes, man, In materiai
sense is king. As the psalmist sang OF
the great Jehovah: HE covereth nlm-
self with light as with garment. he
layeth the beams Of his chambers IN
the waters. He maketh the CLOUDS niS
chariots. He walketh upon the wings
of the wind"
Not only is man ruler In materiai
sense: he Is also king IN PERSONA
sense. He has absolute control over
h,s own actions. He Is a free agent
God endowed him with this freedom.
warning him Of the consequences 'oi
using II to do wrong. Yet how nave
men abused II! 1t is as when poy
leaves his fathers house and goes OUT
into the world. His father might keep
him at home under parental restraint
but that would not be the way 10
make a man of him. He must go OUT
and learn to resist temptation. Some
time. he learns only by bitter expert
ence what are the consequences OF
yielding SO God left man free, ana
the first use he made Of his freedom
was TO disobey. God says to him
Man, you are free agent. You can
do as you will. I have made thee rui-
or over the beasts of the fields ana
over the birds of the air and the nsh
Of the sea and also over your OWL
, actions. You are made after my
image You are an Independent being
In vour own domain or sphere You
ore independent as long as you live Oh
Garth but do not forget that there Is
day of judgment"
, A Free Agent
, Oh. It is an awful fact for a man
a n he a free agent. 1t is an awful re
> sponsibility for man to be able 10 d'
q as he would and that the higher powe
0 does not interfere to stop him from
I doing wrong. The other day l wa
!. talking to one Of the ministers OF tn
west During our conversation ne toll
Il me that years ago he had broken DOW
Il with nervous prostration. For neari.
l. fve years he had suffered the torture
n of an inferno. All night long he woui
IS have strange apparitions come 10 nin
,e "And one evening"" he said, Il was &C
Ia ing home. 1t was winter. The riVel
v along the banks Of which was waif
n fna. was fuii Of ice. And 1 remempe
10 how looked at those flowing water
ye and said: There Is peace in that WI
at ter: there Is peace from these trol
Is hing dreams" Then he said: IN
It sooner did I say this than my yer
l. hair stood up In horror. MY God'
ID .o,d am going to be untrue to m
to better self? Am going to drown M
q. self in Wonder river and leave my WI
nj and children to battle with the wor
II. aloneY I knew that only one ste
AT more and would have been helple
ce amid yonder merciless ice and howlr
re waters" AS that man had the po"
of to throw himself into that river, so v
We have the power to destroy ourseiv
ur morally. physically and spiritually
,ot we will. God made US all free agen'
en- In our own domain we are kings. v
to can leap off the precipice OF sin IL
th. will. God has made US In hls oV
we image. We are born free agents a.
en can do as we choose. but for what
me do we must give account to God.
for Not without Guidance.
IT But. though God has made us II
Of agents. he has not left us without gu
in ance. He has put within each one
VS., ia a moral and a spiritual compa
Bile This moral and spiritual compass
ian called conscience 1t tells US what
the ought TO do. 1t distinguishes for
I'm. tho difference between wrong o
los. right. And, like every other compa
Inc It would keep US off the rocks OF G
ted and guide US into channels OF JUST
all and purity and truth. God puts VIII
can each one of US a moral and spirit
lich compass which shows us when we
( a wrong. for we are made after Go
the image. Therefore God has gwen
the us the means to be Just and true
OF good. as he Is Just and pure and I
,wn and good.
nth Rut alas, alas Instead of follow
lose tho Ieodings of our conscience we d
der, wandered or into the paths OF s'n'
,ver have done what our conscience
e a warned Us not to do. Today our
-
and science is pleading with US to 90 II
ried as a loving mother would plead
!; a wayward child. 1t is taking us
my the hand and saying: Wont you
hat I'm YOUR sins? Won't you try 10
is a the wrongs you have done o'n
/ be Won't you follow the leadings OF J
ave, Christi" That conscience Of ours
dan, never stop Its pleadlngs with US I
rise right. It has. too. the power 10 puI
may II Is said that when Professor
I've. ster of Harvard college was ava
,e Of his trial for killing brother pror'
.reat he called into his cell one day the
man en- Of the jail and said: Cannot
own stop the other prisoners from insu
his me? Every little while one OF
can keeps calling. Webster. you are
Hs dsrer. You are bloody man.
oav. warden made an investigation.
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