Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-09-14


grave" I ask you again, Why do
YOU not do thusf
The Worthiest Christian.
"Wen" you answer. what Is the
good of my doing 1t? In the hrst
Mace. am not wealthy. II make
nnhlic profession of Christianity ana
5oin the church. cannot AFFORD TO give
much money, and the church does not
want me unless ! am able TO pay
Then ] cannot attend church orten'
sm so bound down to the store and the
home that when Sunday comes am
inst TOO tired to go out. Then l nave
not any special ability. | cannot sing ;
or nray in public or teach a Bible
class 1t does not matter much wheth-
or ioin the church or no might ae
well stay out as to go there ana De
nerfect nonentity." No, my brother
and sister, you may make those ex'
cuses but you know deep down III
YOUR heart you are not telling tue
truth. You know that the most ihnu-
entail Christian men and women III
vour life have not been the speakers
nor the wealthy men. They were Dol
mon and women Of great social proml-
hence. but they were men and women
who went TO church because tney
could not stay away There their Cos
mol faith beamed from their eyes ana
smiled from their lips and greeted you
in a warm handshake. Though lney
did not know it at the time, they were
leading you to Christ In spite OF your
selves. Now, as these humble Chris
fans of the past generation LED you u
Jesus by their public professions, can
not YOU today lead others to Chrlst Id
| the same way?
But we must not stop here. 1t Is I'M
nortant for us TO make a public pro-
fession of our faith IN Jesus Christ.
It is also important for us to lead our
fellow men to Jesus by our business
dealings as we'll as by our public
pravers A man cannot be Christian
on Sunday and q sharp, scheming
avaricious. unprincipled business man
during the week. He cannot De
true elder of the church and pass the
sacred bread at the holy communion
and then as a usurer or produce eX-
change manipulation cheat the farmer
out of his yearly harvestings on week
DAYS. He cannot be servant OF Coo
in the church and yet deny him In the
store. And 1t Is in the store that our
religion is put TO its severest test II
we are willing to give to God a con-
secrated pocketboOk, there will be no
difficulty about God giving to US many
souls for our hire.
Christ In Business.
Do you see that young man standing
over there? Who Is he? 'Why," you
answer. che is one Of my new clerks.
| have Just hired him. do not know
who he is. except that he has lately
been put upon our payroll" Is that all
you know about that young man?
Well, l will tell you who that young
man Is. He is one Of your spiritual
children. AS the sculptor can take a
lot of soft clay IN his hand and mold II
and twist it into the figure OF the plaS-
ter cast, so you today are molding the
spiritual life of that young man. he
is az putty in the hands OF the glazier.
He comes to you fresh from his moth
er's arms. He knows nothing about
the great wide world. You are to be
.. his next teacher. 1t makes great
deal of difference to him whether you
90 to church. 1t also makes a great
. deal of difference whether you nave
decreed that honesty and truth snal
remain supreme in your business es
. adjustment. If you allow your clerE
, to sell goods under false pretenses
Won are going to corrupt him. II yot
. compel your employee to be true anC
= honest In dealing with your customer
I, YOU will make him true and honest an'
nure. You did not think you were
. CITY set upon hill. You did not know
vour gospel light was shining befor
: mon in the store. But today, as busl
= ness man, you are a spiritual archer
\ and you cannot help yourself: 1o'
: are fighting for or else you are nghunI
= against Christ in the store, and you
: arrows are flying every whittier.
. But il it is important that we shoul'
nse our influence for Christ in on
- financial dealings Is it not also III
nortant that we should use thar lnnl
, ence for Christ in our soclal inter
= oonrse7 Indeed, often think II NOT
:, imnortapt how we deal with on
= follow men for Christ In our soclal IL
# tercourse than In business. for tnen "
10 are able to study mems pecularlue
q. and find out "the joints OF their na'
y ness" And every man has his WI
II nerable spot in which he can be reacl
n ed for Christ When we meet men
q social intercourse we find them o
=. their guard. Then it is SO easy
d bring them to Jesus II we can onl
In touch the right spot. never had ID
ID fact so powerfully presented to me
10 by an old friend. who was telling IL
an incident connected with the lay!l
of the Atlantic cable.
!, Some years ago Charles Klngsle
~ was on a occurring trip through IN
2. United States. He was in compan
ot with Cyrus W. Field, his friend
,e many years. These two famous mel
III with a friend Of my informant, weT
nj travelling together In the same coacl
ne To tighten the tedlum of the journe
10 Mr.. Field began to tell some Of the il
III cidents of the laying of the cable. Il
Id had completely failed to raise enoug
Of money for the undertaking in Americ
ly Then he went to England for bell
err but skepticlsm confronted him ever,
i'd where. The people said an electr
of current could not be sent distance
$4,000 miles under the sea. 1t was
Ie- impossbllity. At last. completely oil
d. couraged, be was about to come hon
a when he went to bid farewell
Ie- Charles Kingsley. "No," said NJ