Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-21

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lists were trying to discover the oruei
II creation. and now, much to their
nrnrise the biologists have found out
bot the order as written by Moses
thousands Of years ago is the scientliic-
,llv accepted order Of creation OF to-
law Does not the first book of the 81
Bile bear upon it the stamp OF GouS au,
thorship? Was not its story OF creation
fold before science was bornY II
Then study the prophecies. NhN Il
Won begin to study these prophecies
and their fulfllments you nave lne
work of n lifetime One night Wllilah
uorschel. the astronomer, was STUDY
ino the heavens. BY conditions reveal
oil there. he said to himself, "Inere
n,ret be n star in such and such
rooionp He pointed his telescope 10
hat region and found there the STAR
hut 7 want to tell you that the causes
which proved to William Herschel INC inc
Fact that there was star III Il cerl"in
rooion Of the heavens are no more GER
tain in their results than are the lul-
GIl,nents of Scripture. In those re-
,,orl.ohle hooks Of John Cumming
called "Apocalyptic Sketches anu Ihe %
Doetinv Of Nations" step by step the
o,root preacher shows how the prophe-
cios uttered thousands Of years ago
hova been fulfilled in the past or are
| Tin, fulfilled now. DR.. Newman,
e+ondlnp upon the ruins OF ancient
Dohvlon once said, Il could take a
aon,notont engineer il I had sufficient
rosorrccs and reconstruct Babylon,
pnided only by the prophecies uttered
Concerning it long before the first 1oun
dation stone was laid" So we ina ln'
Rible not only prophesying events u
come but also recording those eyenu
after they had happened. DO noC n
fulflled prophecies stamp the BlDle u
being Of divine authorship -
Tben the miracles OF Jesus and III
recorded biographies Of Christ. Ho'
are you going to get around lheln
Aro Won going to regard Christ as
fraud and an impostor ana yet can III
tbo host of men, as nearly all lnnde
. and ognostics do? I can understan
= how Voltaire could despise and pla
nbeme Christ. but 1 do not understal
\ how Rousseau and Jean Paul Kichu
4 could be so illogical as to represel
n christ at the same time as a model L
!, humanity and yet as a self decel''
= fanatic.
A ridiculous Position
: Are YOU going to take the rldicuio
. ond illogical stand which a noted eC
y :, for Of a city newspaper did when
v,rote TO a lawyer friend Of mine
y letter that went thus: "a man W
le drinks can preach better temperan
C. lecture than all the fanatics on ear
- y But YOU cannot make men goou
~ law am not a believer in rellgl'
III CO oollod but | was convinced long q
80 thot the ultimate redemption Oh
w wuo children of men must come through
~ ,nculcation in their hearts OF the
- - IIoion of Jesus Christ. If men ma
u. ~ Christ the model, even though II D
ei'. ,sr,naret,tior as believe, virtue
-, -, dorinate the worlds Of vice ana
III will be minimized. But II must ~ -
-. through moral suasion and NOT lhro
"n forco and compulsion." Now
ol friond is that your illogical sta
Wo 1To Are YOU prepared to assert WIN }
W. W. one breath that Jesus Christ Is
10 80 hest Of all human beings ana tnel
we W., ossort with your next breath
iai' christ is a deceiver. Nay, nay
tbot AS an intelligent man
pon should be ready to say here ana L
: a. ~ "No man could have uttereu
~ ~ words as did Jesus Christ unless
ono was true. And therefore, II ChrlS
al trne Christ is the Son Of God" by
Oh law of locic and common sense we
Tue NOT get away from this conclu'
lral Tho Bible biographies Of CHRIST
Aep- tbnir internal evidence, prove
rn0 Christs life was divine.
Dr' Now. having seen enough OF the
eA- eA and wonders of the Bible to prove
'ne r. IS Of divine authorship, l am 7
AIt- 70 make q confession. l am reao
lenI confess that this holy book Is
III with mysteries. Like blihu III
own humD up against them eyeryW
we p1t because I cannot understand
can Cod should so love the world ID
not core his only begotten Son that W
Tue oyer believeth on him should not p
ana hr+ have everlasting life, Is thal
nave reason why l should reject that
IS Oh offor Of Dardon and eternal lie!
e ac- nav, again I say. Why all the
ques- isos Of God are given to us {
is Is conceive. But those promises are
Goa And because they are there ! W
tne cent them and live by them ana
? bl- the explanations for eternity
'hrlst Rnt now. believing that God IS
tor- inc rather and that the Bible IS
! are 70 rs by divine inspiration the
HOW diaicult question which confronts
ulhol this: "Why does loving Father
'tlmo, nronaring such felicity for us
-ernai other side Of the grave, allow so
70 frHtHf
theiI misery and suffering and lnJus'
cenlu, his dear ones on this side
5 nau crave?" for we all can say WI
led 10 nsalmist. Il have seen the VIC
I Coz Goa great power and spreading hims' %
'roNeu a green bay tree" Yes, we nav
re un- wicked Dives in a palace anC
Lazarus as a beggar dying IN u
Il. .rnf q TlnNE
n. fer But that is not the uhiYers'
3 come Religion has in it the promise
one Of life that now is. a proof Of the
ges Of NAV see around us in prosperou
refully nv men. who are leading goou
I Dur tan lives.
iowers GIadstone's Testimony
a new Let me prove this statement
be diff testimony Of one Of the grea
grown. English statesmen Of the past
he got Hon. William E. Gladstone W
reloped said. christianity is the rel
upon a the command of whose profe
'ine. II lodged a proportion Of power
Nv that coeding its superiority of numb