Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-05-11

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When ASamemnQ9nns sepdsd p1s long
ten years, Siege Of old Troy, he was
inst as helpless at the end. Of the siege
as in the sfifgt month Those walls, the
impregnable Trojan walls, We're still
between him and Ais p14zel Did Aga
memnon after ten years. experience
uselessly continue to batter his head
against those impregnable stonesE NO
He resorted to strategy. He construct
ed a wooden horse and filled II wltn
soldiers. Then he pretended that the
siege was raised and that ne was
about to sail away to his own lanu'
Rnt no sooner was the huge horse
drawn into the city by the TroJans ana
the night had fallen than the soldiers
leaned out from the wooden hldlng
Mace and. rushing to the gates, lung
them open. There the invading army
was waiting. AgamemnOn rushed IN
and captured the doomed city. Walled
in Troy had resisted direct attack, but
it was captured by stratagem. mus
those Hebrew spies looked upon the
towering walls Of Jericho and Al and
Heshbon and Jahaz. They salu'
"NIoses the walls are too high. They
ere too thick and too strong to be over
thrown"
Thus tlmid Christians look at the
mighty intrenched walls Of sin. "Why,"
saw some men. "what is the use OF at-
lacking the saloon? 1t is a giant that
is intrenched behind the walls OF poll
tics. You can never dislodge him. You
cannot find a people or nation on the
face of the earth that does not crave
and use stimulants. There IS an IN
conouerable desire gnawing at people
palates which must be satisfied. On
account of this almost universal craY-
ing the saloons today own the ballot
box. They own our city and state ana
national governments. The churches
are HELPLESS" "What IS the use OF at
tocling the giant ayariceP says an
other. "Why, even the church mem
hers Themselves are I'm the mad strug
gle for gold" | know that the giants
| e 1p1rY Yl lrOnnQEG
Of Righteousness are intrenched II
society. The walls those giants have
built cannot be captured and over
thrown by direct attack. But canno
they be oyerthrown by Christian STRAIT
apem? Did not the Lord God Al
mighty overthrow the Jericho walls b!
the blast Of TIE rams horns? Canno
the Lord Ccd 'lmighty, who turneC
the Nile into or Of blood and wh'
divided the waters Of the Red sea
make even the mighty fortress of Jeri
cho totter and sway and fall befor
the archangers trumpet, whose bias
shall yet sound the deathknell OF al
worlds and universes and times? Can
not God still win the battle for us owe
sin where human agencies fail?
Timid Counses.
But again hear those Hebrew spie
say: "AIoses, there is still another dal
ger. These giants, the heroes or man
battles, are now upon their guar'
They have heard of the marvellous mi
acles which took place in Egypt. The
know of the passage Of the Red SET
They will fight until their last hug
soldier drops dead. We have been !
, those cities. We have heard the glan'
talk. We have seen their elaborai
preparations. 1t is simply useles Il
us. an unframed band Of eX-slaYes,
cope with those giants who are inure
TO war and who will now fight US
the end" Thus these Hebrew spi'
smoke. Thus Christians often speak
. reference to the stand the intrenche
= giants of sin are making at the presel
= day.
Now. all hunters know how DANCE
OILS II IS to attack even harmless wi
beasts when they are driven to bay
= defending their young. For instanc
h the coyote or the small black bear
= even the mountain lion at sight Of mi
= in the open will turn and run, b
corner them and their eyes VIII ia
, fire. and the curling lips will sho
. their white teeth, and the claws W
worl, convulslvely. Thus 1t Is WI
the giants Of sin in our day. III
= know the forces Of righteousness a
,r moving on their fOrtresses. They knc
that they must conquer or be annll
- lated. Therefore we must not be 81
= nrised If the struggle Is desperate.
- O men and women who are facn
- +he giants Of evil In mortal COMBS
- can YOU not cry out as did Paul
- times of old. Il can do all thin
through Christ, who strengthens me
70 If YOU have not already received III
20 divine strength by prayer and supI
4 cation. will you not seek it now at |
y throne of grace? During the reign
a Bloody Mary a poor martyr was abe
lg to he burned at the stake. When
Oh soldiers brought him toward the 1ag'
Is he kept crying, 81 cannot burn; ca
III not burnw Then he lifted his voice
CT earnest prayer as he cried out
ed God. give me strength to burn!' 81
ST denly a seraphlc smile lighted his COZ
It tenance as he cried: Lord, tina
De thee. Now l have strength enough
lis burnY Friends, facing the giants
IL life. facing the giants of temptau
n facing them in your own physical a
OF temporal weaknesses, will VOC
on Mead at the throne Of grace that Z
nd may give you divine strength TO
IRE complish all things in his dear 50
name? God is saying: Men, won
In ard children, will you conquerF '
nd YOU defeat the giants of SIM v
ng you go over the Jordan and take
ite promised landY His strength Is
tn. our disposal, as it was at the dlspc
I'll.