Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-07-28
NUMBER 4


not going to do IT," The foreman
sbrugs his shoulders and says: All
right. If you won't do It, / will tell the
boss. Then | guess you will have TO
hunt another place" Then all your
enemies will cry: "Aha. We will de-
stroy him. Aha, ahaw What have you
done? Are you today compromising
your Lord In the presence Of your ene'
mics?
But there Is yet one more fact about
this kings meat to which l wish 10
call your attention. 1t was spread Id
a foreign land; II was spread scores
and hundreds Of miles away from tne
place where Daniel was born; 1t was
spread in the Babylonish capital;
was spread so far away from nome
that methinks at first l can hear
Daniel whisper to himself these words:
"WeI, what is the difference II 90
eat the kings meat and drink the
kings wine? 1t will only be for short
time that l will do it. Father and
mother will never hear about 1t. They
are away off now among the Juoeah
hills and even if do 60 back to Jeru'
salem. why then l will start all over
again and be a consistent Hebrew, as
7 used TO be-" But no sooner does lie
speak thus than hear him say: NAY;
7 will not do this. God sees; God
Knows I see: I know. And / Will be
true to myself and true to my absent
loved ones and true to my God whetll-
or am In the Babylonish capital or
in nv own dear Jerusalem or In my
own fathers house" Oh, my friends
has not the tempter come to you, as
have imagined he came to Dame
whispering: why don't you eat the
unclean food? No one knows; no one
Will know. Why don't you eat the
fruit of the forbidden tree just once|
The Tempter a Perjurer.
Eft. though the tempter may come
70 us and whisper, "Child, just once,
and no one will know Of thy sln," be-
ueve him not; the tempter is per-
iurer. For no man ever sinned Dut at
last that sin found him out. In that
fascinating book Of travels, "On the
Frontier" Mr.. Campion tells us how
q the isthmus Of Panama he tried 10
1ather some beautiful green plants OF
q most delicate shade and form. NO
sooner would he reach out and pluck
ono than this leaf would become moth
ing but q withered, shriveled, brownish
weed "At first" said Mr.. Campion,
'T thought I was stricken WIN d ae-
lirium of the fatal Panama fever, put
after awhile found that / had peeh
nlucking q sensitive plant, so sensitive
that as soon as touched one immedi-
ateIv II lost it's color and life" so II
: is with sin. We may think we can
, nluck the beautiful leaves Of sin ana
, nress Them to our lips to kiss them
and no one will know 1t. But, alas'
the world will soon see that we are
not holding in our hands the beauti-
= ful flower of purity, but a w'thereo
n stalk of sin. No sin can be safeiy hio-
: den. Every sin will ultimately Dc
q found out. No Babylon is so far away
o but the misdeeds Of Daniel VIII pe
= carried back to the home land and, what
. Il far worse. carried up to be written
: down In the pages Of the great DooK
! which shall be opened by the recording
angel at the Judgment seat Of Jesus
o Christ Hear 1t, mani Hear IT. "om'
= an Hear 1t, child!
I, Thus it is with great Joy that | nolo
= I'D before your eyes the character OF
Daniel for you to copy. The last time
I ever heard D. L. Moody preach was
about this mighty man Of God. In
that sermonic picture he showed US
{ how Daniel was able to stand Win
unblanched cheek amid the gaping
: mouths of the lions den. But II you
have followed me you know l have
: not once mentioned Daniel as tne
% mighty statesman Of Nebuchadnezzar
/ court. Nv sermon has revolyed about
y the first great temptation OF Daniel :
life. when he refused to eat the KING
y meat. as the first great temptation oi
>, " Joseph's life was in Potiphar's nome
When these two young men were
10 found true to God in the first tempta
. tions of youth the way was paved rol
u Them TO become the premiers of kings
=, So may we be true to God in the mrs
=, temptations. May we be true to COO
= in our youth. Then, whether we ris'
u to positions of power and influence
among the great Of the world or con
tinue in humble life, doing our duty II
- - obscurity, we shall please him VINO
- when this worlds work is done, shal
- - giyo to lis our heavenly crown. Ihu
- I close with the only five words | re
- : member Of D. L. Moody's sermon. Inc
% are these: Dare to be Daniel! Oar
- TO be a Daniel. Dare to be Daniel!
90 90 In Gods name and with Gods power
dare to be a Daniel and triumph o
70 earth and in heaven. In Gods name
&c dare.
fcooyrtobt 1QOs by Louis Klopsch.l ..