Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-08-04

in our church pews.
In the first place, l believe that TINS
sleeping Eutychus is a type OF that
large class of young men who tnihK IL
is smart to act disrespectfully and oD-
noxiously in the house of COD. Wheh
those Young men attend church they
always go under protest. Whlle IN the
church pew by their actions they try
10 advertise the fact that they 90 not
want TO be there. When you go up to
them and say, "Well, Mr.. So-and-so
am glad to see you here" they say with
a shrug: "Oh, yes, come to church
once in awhile. You know, my moth
or and father and my sister and sweet
heart are members Of this church, ana
where they go | have to go. But, 10
tell the truth | have not as much III
forest I'm these matters as | used to
have. | have Outgrown Sunday school
teachers and that sort Of thing" When
tbe minister breaches little longer
than he might, these young men yawh
mates until they put themselves out OF
all touch with the service, and the
nreaching TO them becomes stupid be-
cause they do not listen to it intelli-
gently. They become like Eutychus
of Troas, who under the preaching OF
Paul allowed his eyelids to become
heavy and his head to nod until he
fell out of the window, upon the sill
of which he was sitting, and struck
the ground, and he broke his neck.
You have seen this class of men. They
are to be found in every Sunday school
and every church service.
Irrevercnce In Church.
This class of irreyerent young peo-
pie was well illustrated for me some
time ago. | was attending the gradu-
ating exercises of one of the greatest
educational institutions of the west l
sat in the gallery and could distinctly
see all that took place. The huge build
ing was literally thronged. Main floor,
first gallery and rostrum were packed.
The second gallery was also filed by
the immense audience. A great orator
was delivering the address Of the even
inc. That audience, almost to per-
son. hung upon, the speakers words.
But no sooner did this great orator
commence to speak than three OF the
members of the quartet which sang
that night began to whisper and TO
laugh. They thought they were behind
q curtain and no one could see them.
They talked, and they seemed to say
by their actions: "Oh, must we be
bored? Do we have to sit through all
this? We are singers. We care moth
ing for the fact that an orator, nation
ally famous. is delivering one Of bis
greatest addresses tonight When vii
the never ending flow of words
cease?" That was a stupid address t
those three singers, merely because II
their obnoxious egotism they supposed
they had outgrown it and could not b'
benefited by it.
I protest against the irreyerence o
these modern Eutychuses In the hous'
of God. | protest against young mel
and also young women, for some youni
women are as bad as the irreveren
Young men, coming into a church an'
not giving the same respectful atten
ton to Gods ambassadors which the.
would give to an ordinary guest Il
, their fathers parlOr. The house o
, God is not a playground. 1t is not
, confectionery establishment, wher
Young folks come to MUNICH candy.
/ is not place for young people to whiS
, per and to write notes. 1t Is plac
to worship. And, If our young peopl
do not come to church to worship, the
they had better stay away. You mus
: heed the fact that the sleeping audito
Of my text was Wung man.
Two Birds With One Stone.
{ But while Eutychus sits upon th
J window sill of the room in which Pal
= was preaching l see him continual
( glancing across the street. | approac
. him today and say: What Is the ma
2 ter. Eutychus? Why are you lookin
p so much out of the window? | Shout
= think you would want to keep yol
o eyes all the time riveted upon Pau
$ Why, he is the greatest preacher OF a
: the ages" Il have heard that" al
swers Eutychus. "That is one of II
! reasons am here. But l can't negle'
. nv business even for a Paul. Thus
|, | am trying to kill two birds with Oh
n stone. | am sitting here upon u
+ window ledge, so l can hear Paul VIII
o my ears, and at the same time VII
. nv eyes | can watch my store, Jul
/, across the street Thus you see II L
. many customers gather about n
counter. why, can just slip away al
= attend TO them" Do you wonde
:. when Eutychus kept one eye upon b
- counter at the same time he was Il
q tening to Paul, that the sermon
- Paul became very stupid and as 500
, as the shadows of night fell that Z
# tychus' eyelids grew heavy and that
II slipped out of the window and bro
o his neck?
T But" says some one to me, L
If not see where you get authority
% the statement that Eutychus was
70 Young business man. The Bible 40
N not state this. And, Furthermore, nc
,f do you know that his bazaar, or shC
7 was Just across the streetf Are y
W not taking too much liberty with
I text?'
n No. do not think 1 am. IT'S true
NJ Bible does not state this young ma
ID Eutychus, was a business man. d
q one fact do know. If Eutychus was
rv Young business man and wanted
rs keep his eye upon his shop across
az street while he was keeping VIII
hearing Of Paul, the window sill wo'
have been just the place where
T., would have sat And, furthermore
90 do know that, just as Eutychus mis-
ho have been watching his bazaar, th'
bo are hundreds and thousands OF II
ho who when they come to church Drl