Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-11-10
NUMBER 10

"Wby. which one is killed?" asked the
doctor. IT am" replied the reporter,
and he fell back dead. oh, my friends,
n Donzelot could lay down his life for
his duty to a newspaper, should not we
be willing to lay down our lives ZOE
the Christ whom we serve? Shaii We
not. Ike Paul, try to open the hearts
of those whom we would lead to CHRIST
by sacrificing ourselves for them! Can
not we make them learn to love our
Jesus by first making them learn 10
love us? Carry your flowers to the SICK
room. Carry your food to the hungry.
Sacrifice yourself for men, and then
YOU will teach men to do and TO sacri'
fee themselves for Christ.
Rut this is not the end Of PauPs sur
prlses on the island Of Mellta. Ihese
barbarians welcomed him with KIND
ness. After he had healed their SICK
they opened the doors OF their homes
in gladsome welcome. But they dio
more than this. After three months
soiourn of preaching and caring Tor
their souls as we'll as for their bodies
they came down to the sea to bid him
goodby. They crowded his prison caDin
with many things. Some brought a
warm cloak, some heavy shawl; some
one thing. some another. "And when
we departed they loaded us with such
things as were necessary" Now, what
do YOU think these Melita friends talk
ed mostly about before that ship set
sail when they came down to the
beach to bid Paul goodbyf
Parting Gifts.
Do you suppose their conversations
twere as silly as some l have heard
when the great transatlantic steamers
were about to pull out of their docks III
New York harbor? Do you suppose
Publius came to him and said, NOW
Paul eat some peppermints and you
won't get seasickT Do you suppose
some one else said: "Now, Paul, when
Won get TO Rome I want you to hunt
I'M nv sister. She is an antiquarian,
and she will tell you all the interesting
facts about the ruins OF ancient
RomeY No, no. No such farewells as
that were said. We know that during
all his three months sojourn In Melita
Paul was preaching the gospel de
NAV have visited the sick and help
ed the barbarians here and there ana
everywhere. But Paul did all this for
tbe great purpose of preaching the gos-
mol of Jesus Christ. so as Paul starts
ont for Rome and the people come
down to bid him goodby | think ana
know II was about his gospel message
and his gospel teaching that they con-
yersed, and it would be with prayer
and apostolic benedlction that Paui
would utter his farewell.
Then think l see a young girl come
TO him and put her hand lovingly and
gently upon his shoulder as she says:
"Paul. my brother is in Rome. ON,
how I love him. Will you hunt him
I'D and tell him about Christ" Thus
think the different Melita friends
crowded around him with their fare
we'll messages. Nearly all OF them
must have had friends In Caesars cap
: Ital. Nearly all of them, after they
I had found Jesus as their Saviour, must
q have wanted Paul to tell their loved
o ones about the same Jesus. 1t Is sur
1 nrising TO me how little some people
r get out of the Bible. Cannot you find
! the words, "And they loaded us WITH
:. such things as were necessary" to
|. mean something more than few pills
i to ward off seasickness, and few gar
s ments to keep Paul warm, and a Few
/ delicacles to WOO his failing appetite.
|. Now. as Pauls Mellta friends start
g ed him forth to try to win their loved
4 ones in Rome to Christ, so when We
|: enter gospel work the men and womeI
2 we bring to Christ will always help III
II on to Rome. They will always hell
e us to bring their loved ones to Christ.
o Christian worker Of Melita. you arr
b going to have many "happy surprises
d In heaven. You will have many happ.
b surprises in your Christian work OF
/ earth. But I think the happiest one
IS TO be In heaven. You think that younl
n man and that young woman Will ney
le er be won for Christ They have re
Is fused your gospel invitations agal
er and again. But keep on pleading
Keep on working. They will yet CIV
st their hearts to God. They will do
h as surely as did some who heard PAT
is preach in Malta and rejected him ther
ly but afterward repented. And afte
IN earth they shall greet you in HEAVIER
a Oh. could any surprise give the Chris
W tan worker as he enters heaven
ht swester joy?
u copyright 1906 by Louis Klopsch.l