Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-10-27

little one lie meets seems to DE hiuns
mn her hands and saying. Wont you
nIease show me the way TO ChrlstT
When the Christian worker has once
felt the thrill of a gospel revival III
which he has labored all worldly joys
ore insipid in comparison. You may
think that those backslding Christians
who never go TO church now are happy
at their card parties and In their oap'
bath dissertations and In their dance
halls. but they are not. AS In your oiu
age you look back with longing eyes 10
the sweet memories Of your childhood
hours. so they are looking back witn
: longing eyes to the happy days wnen
thev used to labor in Christs vineyard.
Recause the old farm where you were
born is now neglected, its outhouses
tumbled in, its fields covered WIN
weeds and its fences down, that does
not prove that the soil is not rich for
the harrow and the plOw and the SEED
and the harvest and the scythe. The
hearts of these Christians have simply
been allowed to lie fallow. o man, go
70 them. Scatter there the gospel seed.
You can surely bring those delinquent
souls back to church work, If you VIII
only 20 after them. Have you forgot
ten the words Of my textr cast your
bread upon the waters, for thou shalt
find it after many days"
But, lastly, think Of one Of the hard
est of all fields in which to sow the gos-
pel seed. That is the stony heart OF
the man who has stilled the pleadings
of his conscience by accepting a re-
ligion or q creed which will allow him
to give free rein to his evil desires and
not feel that he is doing wrong. And
these liberal religions or false creeds
are everywhere. There are so many
that at least one Of them will satisfy
almost any condition Of sinful life and
crafty every evil desire. Some OF them
will allow you to yield to all your de-
sires and appetites. Some will let you
live the most selfish Of lives. There IS
no need Of my going into details.
mean the creed which will allow man
70 turn his back upon wife and chill
dren and start a social community
where he can defy the domestic laws
and where the laws Of purity are SO
liberal. so utterly lax, that they Will
allow men to do almost anything they
: will Now, how are we to fight against
2 the sins Of these men and women VINO
stiAe the pleadings Of conscience by
5 false creedsY Simply by gospel seed
. planting. I know the stony hearts or
q these transgressors are unpromising TOT
a rich harvest. but remember Gods
seeds can bring forth their hundredrold
harvest even In places where you may
. think a gospel sheaf can never be
gathered.
Rut cannot close without asking
n this one pertinent question: Is II not u
fact. after all, my brother, that the rea'
. son YOU have not been gospel sowet
o In the unpromisng fields Of life is be-
o cause YOU do not bold the good seed IN
y vour own hand? What is the good OF q
field and q sower If that sower has nc
o seed to scatter? Friend, why art thy
s hands empty! lS IL uSS"uSS e
a not vet been consecrated to the service
n of Jesus Christ? wilt thou become
% one of Gods sewers today and equiv
"a thyself for the work Of his holy spirit
70 wilt thou dig thy empty hands dowI
ar into the bin Of Gods promises anC
h. bring them up full, and then plant tn
ST first in your own stony heart, and theI
st scatter them over the fields OF TN
,e neighbors' hearts2 May God help MI
Of as | now take handful Of his ever
" lasting promises. May lift these prom
IN ises as gospel seeds and go up an'
a. down among my people and say
" "Frlend, this seed Is for thee. Ihi
seed is for thee" Wilt thou receiy
or these gospel seeds and plant them Il
I'd thine own heart and here and now d
of thyself as a gospel sower for Christ
rs wilt thou, friend? Art thou ready nov
m to be his sower? Cast thy bread upo
#. the waters, for thou shalt find It afte
ho many days"
on copyright, 1906, by Louis Klopsch.l