Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-01-19
NUMBER 28

sees Snlp Ut uncuoi' ~ ""s
ON its last bale of cargo. 1t was JUST
ready TO sail for Tarshish. That was
tho ancient name for the modern coun-
try of Spain. And 80 he got into
rowboat and pushed out to the snip
and SET sail for the west instead OF set
ting out to travel over the Assyrian
deserts to the northern capital of Nine
yeh. And, my brother, you know az
we'll as I know that the reason most
of us fee our NInevehs Is because we
are not willing to make the sacrifices
God wants US to make.
Why He Rebel1ed.
But l cannot close this sermon witn-
out noticing another fact Jonah was
angry because God repented OF the
evil that he had said he would 90 unto
the Ninevites and he did not. Whyf
Because these Ninevites were gentlles
and not Jews. In the sight OF Jonah
they belonged to the barbarians. he
would not have cared so much TX they
had been Hebrews, as he was He
brew. But they belonged to q class
outside Of his own nationality. AND
from time immemorlal the Hebrews
always looked upon their God as thelr
own God exclusively. Thus, by &C
cepting this repentance Of the Nine
yites, God was practically saying: 10
nah. am a God to the Hebrew. !o-
nah. l am q God to the Egyptian. Jo-
nah. I am a God to the white and TO
the black and to the yellow skinned
and to the Malay. am God to all peo-
ples. Of all classes. Come unto me, all
We that labor and are heavy laden, ana
I will give you rest" And see Jonah
sitting upon that hillside. l hear him
say with angry lip: NAY, Lord, nay.
If thou art to be q God to the Hebrew,
then be q God to the Hebrew race
alone"
Are we not all Jonahs7 Do we not
want to hem In the work OF Jesus 10
our own social and national cliquesf
DO not some OF US say: What 10
, the good Of sending missionaries 70
China? Let China keep on worshiping
its idols II 1t wishes. We are not re-
sponslble for what China does" Do
we want our Christ to be the Christ OF
the harlot and the laborer and the
black man? Are we trying with an
y intense yearning desire to bring all So
y cial classes into our churches and have
the poor and the unfortunate worship
> Christ by our side In our own church
\ pews2
Nineveh's Fate.
J AsI come to the end Of this sermon
I want to lead you for q moment With
!, In the mighty walls Of this great cap
I ital of the north. want you to SEQ
the mighty rivers that flow through II.
;, I want you to see Its dams and sluices
and great canals. want you to see
u its castles and walls and palaces ana
10 temples. Nineveh was not village.
C Nlneyeh was the mightiest capital OF
y the east. It covered an area OF over
~ 400 square miles. want you 10 see
u the princes and prlncesses and nooies
y and common people now jostling eacn
~ other. I want you to hear the songs
IL of praises as they sing them to the
~ great God who has forgiven them thell
III sins. Then want to tell you that thii
~ mighty people and this mighty city
~ after they had heard the warning cal
'if Of Jonah and repented Of their sins, lei
10 again into sin. Their last sins wsr'
ne worse than their former sins. Two cen
Oh turtles later, In 625 B. c., God wips'
W out that city on account OF those SIN
Ay from the face Of the earth and 30 obli'
an Grated 1t that for over thousand year
80 no one knew where this mighty capita
ay Of the east had stood. 1t disappeare
Gu more completely than did Pompsli un
'o' der the burning lava Of volcanic vest
20 vius.
w 10 1t disappeared 90 completely tha
'A' though Xenophon in 400 B. G. led hl
great army over It's ancient site, d
could not tell where the people OF Ser
as nacherib's capital had dwelt. SO, Tx
~, Nineyeh. we who have once repente
,aa -! of our sins may fall again Into sin an
e. be eternally destroyed
~ ~ Nav God grant that the apostasy
AZ AZ Nineveh or q Judas shall not be OF
noI spiritual doom. May we, one and al
the n every day Of our lives continue to fsl
? the good fight Of faith as did Eau
,on who was the mightest servant
,eo. Christ that ever lived. He said,
ltal keep under my body and bring 1t In
.ar. subjectlon lest that by any meal
ers when | have preached to others | m
self should be a castaway." Art h'
uti. becoming spiritual castaway? Doe
ent thou well to be angry with Godf'
'wn copyright, 1907 by Louis Klopsch.l