Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-27


by that river which Is clear as crysta
proceeding out of the throne of Go
and Of the Lamb. He wanted to G
over and rest He said: There al
SO many dear ones beyond. o Coz
If It be thy WILL take me to them an
to thy glory" Yes. today thy praye
I is answered. Thou art with thy dt
parted kindred and friends. Thou WI
stay with them until the time come
for us to depart. and then thou VII
come forth to greet us. as they cam
to greet thee
Now, today am not going to preac
funeral sermon. am not going I
sound a dirge or ring death knel
But | am going to strike up hallelu
iah chorus. II the cold lips OF ou
loved friend could speak. ! know h
would have me do as | am doing
There was not minor key In all hi
music. And so today. instead Of talk
ing about how bad we feel at his go
ing. | am going to try to analyze th'
power Of this me OF the creates
Temperance workers Of our time, 81
that we may be encouraged In oul
work for the same Master and bt
stimulated to more vigorous effort by
the example Of this strenuous leader
A Noble Man.
In the first place, would place my
finger upon the greatest source OF
Francis Afurphy's power and tell you
that the chief reason why this success
ful temperance worker won so many
trophies for the abstinence cause was
because he believed In the nobility OF
man. He believed that, no matter how
iagrant the sins Of the social outcast,
no matter how low or vile human
being had become, deep down In that
human heart were some remains OF the
image Of God. Murphy never despair
ed of any human being however
drunken or degraded he might be-.
Here was a man-one Of the race
Christ came to save-and he believed
that Christ could save him. The de-
grading obstacle Of his thirst for liquor
stood IN the way and therefore Muir
ply tried to remove that, so that the
power and influence Of Christ could
reach the poor, helpless creature.
1t does not require very much genius
to find flaws In mans nature. 1t
does not require wonderful erudition
to magnify the faults of mankind.
ANY herd OF swine can root out flow-
pr garden, If 1t is possible for them
10 squeeze through a gap in the fence.
1t does not take much Of frost to Kill
all the fair apple blossoms in the
springtime: neither does it take much
abOr to develop a field Of Canada
histles In the place where wheat and
,Orn and barley ought TO grow. But
t does take the genius OF a hOrticul-
urist to find latent buds and develop
hem. 1t does take agricultural acu-
men to put the right kind Of fertilizer
IN the ground after the spring plow-
ng And 1t does take the marvellous
,race of God to find the latent buds Of
purity and truth and love and honor In
he corrupt heart of man and to de-
'elop them Alright for God And this
S always the work Of successful
OF Christ This was the Sc
ret Of Mnrphy's success. He believed
n Christ and he believed In men Did
lot Fanny Crosby. the Christian hym-
OlOgist. have such a worker as this in
er mind when she wrote these I'M
reSsive words:
,own in the human heart. crushed by the
tempter.
Feelings lio buried that grace can re-
store
ouched by a loving heart. wakened by
kindness.
Chords that were broken will vibrate
once more.
And parallel to this same line of |
lought was another fact which in. |
Dired Francis Murphy to seek the |
IOSt depraved of men He knew that |
le victim of the intoxicating cup was |
many cases a man worth saving |
he very characteristics Of the man
lat had led to his degradatlon-his
his good fellowship. bis |
lendlness-wer the characteristics |
lat would make him successful |
orker If be was delivered from his |
radon The intensity and zeal that
sde Saul a prosecutor were traits
hich made him successful apostle
hen be was converted And Francis
urphy had arrived at this belief by
oking at the history OF his own life.
ave you ever heard him describe the
ngedy Of bis wrecked home? When
e civil war broke out, he, like other
lshmen, was eager to take part In It
! the bugle call to arms he shoul
red the musket and went TO the
ont He was not struck by the en-
ly's bullets. but. like Alexander the
eat, he was overthrown by the temp.
tions of the camp.
Murphy's Temptation.
Then after the war was ended In or.
r to make living for his little fam
he took charge OF hotel In Maine.
other words. the devil knew the
ms weakness and led him into the
cupation that would develop It, He
t whisky bottle into his hand and
id to him Drink until your man.
cd is gone Drink until you come
me 10 your wife and babies with the
rec passion of brute Drink until
: vilest sot In the gutter is no yiler
IN you" And with that strong per.
lality OF his. he never did anything
lfway He drank until he went
wn, down, down into the lowest
Dths OF degradation When the
inge came and Murphy "came to
nself" like the prodigal. be could not
get the pit from which he had been
cd IS he looked on the sodden. de-
we'd wretches who were brought to ,
meetings he saw In them the Mur-
y Of the gutter and said to himself,
lie power that delivered me can de- !
er even this poor creature" and he
mt to work with confidence for the
ms reformation. Would to God that