Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-12-22

is highwayman. That man still far
tber on is a kidnaper. He stole little
child and demanded a ransom OF go
COO from the parents before he woulu
give the child up. The criminal law
saws: Thou shalt not steal Ihou
shalt not demand the travellers money
at the point of the pistol Thou shait
not steal thy nelghbor's child" DO
Won see the death instrument Delhg
erected within yOnder wallsf DO you
500 those solemn faced men ascending
TO witness an execution? why are
they going to kill that MANI Because
the law says, Thou shalt not KILL
and that murderer in cold blood shot
down n woman. He called her to the
door Of her home and asked for money,
and because she would not give IL 10
him he shot her down as though she
had been n mad dog. BY the Old MO
saic law he must forfeit his lie tor
that life. Law is a rule of civil con-
duct prescribed by the supreme power
In state commanding what Is right
and prohibiting what is wrong" Inc
divine code is built up like every hu-
man code. If you obey it, you are
free; If you dlsobey it, you are punish
ed "What saith the law" are the
words which Christ asked Of the Phari-
see "What saith the law| are the
words nv text utters to us today. we
shall all. according to tho divine law,
stand before the judgment seat oi
Christ We shall answer for our vlo-
lotion of the law at the judgment seat
of Christ
The Divine Code.
Rut there is another fact about tlis
divine code which | would emphaslZe'
In what sense are spiritual laws iden-
ticol with human laws2 A man does
not have to break every law III Tue
criminal calendar to be sent TO jail
| The violation of one law Is sulllcleh' "
render him Il lawbreaker ana ameha-
BILE to Justice. "Whosoeyer snail keep
the whole law and yet offend IN one lie
IS guilty of ALL" says the epistle OF
lanes and "Whosoever shall keep the
whole law of the state or of the United
States and yet shall break one of those
laws shall be amenable to the law,
saws the government. In practice the
laws. both human and divine, are one
| Let me illustrate and explain:
DO Won see that crowd aheadf 1t Is
growing every minute. What are Tue
people doing? Why, they are chasing
that man. What has he done? Why, he
picked up a stone and hurled 1t througl
the glass window of a jeNelry store
and snatched up a tray of diamonds
and pan. Hear the frantic calls ol
"Stop thief Stop thiefp' Now the po
liceman has caught him. Here comes
the patrol wagon. There he goes L
iail. Now. what would you think l
when that man was arralgned III cour
next week or next month he shoul(
stand up before the judge and say
Eyes. Judge, that is true. l dld tax
q stone and break that window, and
ran away with that tray of diamonds
but you must let me go free" "Nhy
the Judge will ask. "Well, l demand
on the ground that there are man.
laws which | have never broken.
have never been up in this court 10
drunkenness. No; / have never bee
drunk in all my life. And / was neve
guilty of bigamy No; have only on
wife. And as long as l have been
father | have never been charged wit
cruelty to my children. And l hay
never been an incendiary. l have neN
er been charged with burning dow
nv home in order to get my insuranc
on the home. And have never kille
q man. | am no murderer"
"Stop right there" speaks the judg'
= "You are not here being charged wit
i these other crimes. The court Is nc
claiming that you are a bigamist
. murderer or forger or that you al
2 cruel to your children. By the law
$ the United States man does not hay
: to commit every crime in the crimln'
G calendar to be sent to Jail. He hi
: only to commit one crime to be amen'
o BILE to the law. That one crime
stealing diamonds can send you to ia
for twenty years" "Whosoever sha
l. keep the whole law and yet offend
o one. he is guilty of all, saith the diyil
It Judge. Are not the human code al
II the divine code in substance oneF
u All Have Transgressed.
:. Now. the Bible says, we all ha'
broken the divine statutes or tran
crossed the divine code. In Roman
: we read. "As it is written, there
q none righteous; no, not one." Let
turn to the Mosaic law and find o
10 If this is a fact. First commandme
o reads. "Thou shalt have no other go
% before me-" Have you any other go
% } which you worship besides the tr
10 God? DO you worship at the shrine
4. Midas? Do you worship the god
g. lust and Of sensuality? How aDo
IS that commandment. Remember I
m Sabbath day to keep it holyT Is 70
e. Sabbath day a holy day? How abo
that commandment "Thou shalt
n, covet thy nelghbor's house| H'
r about that commandment Thou sh'
?" not bear false witness against |
ly neighborY Have you ever slander
y" your neighbor? How about the 20
ne en- Rule, "Do unit" others as you wo'
or have them do Into your How Is
Of with your past record? Was not P'
CT right when he said: There is none u
understandeth; there is none that se
nd rth after God. They are all gone
er ~ their way. They are together
he come improbable. There is none Il
or doeth good; no, not one" We ha
n not only sinned once, but OF ma
Is; transgresslons must we plead gull
Die "Whosoever shall keep the whole Il