Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-12-14

feasible. Those who have gaZed Oh
the pyramids of Egypt can easily De-
lieve that a great tower might nave
been built that would have been
refuge from food. : But their scheme
was TO thwart God, to defy him, 10
tell him to his face that If he sent
another food they were prepared Tor
him. They did not realize his re-
sources; they had yet TO learn how
easily he could frustrate their plans.
He has infinite resources still. ana
they who resist him will surely fall.
oh. We men of Shinar, beware how
Won sin against God Oh. ye builders
Of Babel towers, know you not that
your sins are so far reaching they are
seen over the length and the breadtn
Of the land? 1t does not make very
much difference when poor, Ignorant
drunken private soldier tries to 90
wrong. But when great military gen.
ius like Benedict Arnold becomes
traitor It may mean the betrayal OF
West Point. the loss of the strategic
fortress and the utter collapse OF the
American cause. 1t may not mean
much when an ordinary social outcast'
who for years has been tramping the
country begging for food, lands ID
iail. But when a man of genius deneS
all the laws of domestic purity ana
right and starts forth to establish
social colony of licensed libertlnlsm II
may mean the moral spiritual ana
nhvsical destruction Of thousands and
tens of thousands. Oh, ye merchants
with many clerks in your employ; on,
ve leaders Of the bar, the pulpit ana
the medical profession oh, ye men OF
wealth, social position and politlcai
prestige, beware how you rear your
tower of Babel! Great men when they
sin destroy thousands by their open
sins. Myriads of feet follow their feet
wherever they go.
Not Always Voice Of God
Rut there is another lesson taught by
this sermonic theme. Vox popull must
never be mistaken for Vox Del. Some
suppose that the voice of the people Is
always the voice of God. Sometimes
Il pays in life to be with the minority
That minority may be trying to carry
out Gods will. Could any picture IL
all the Bible prove this better than the
one of my text?
"And the whole earth was OF one
language and one speech" "Unanlml
ty is nothing considered strictly II
itself" says the author already quoted
"NIen may do wrong things unanimous
lv as well as things that are right
Twelve directors may be of one Ian
guage and one speech, but the meaning
of this unity may be self seeking a
the eXpense of unsuspecting men wh
have nut their little all into their keep
ing and direction We must IN al
things put the moral question: What
the unanimity about? Is it moving /
the wrong direction? People may sa
Peace when there is no peace. Peopl
may say that a church is unanlmou
and at peace when a correct lnterpr'
q tation would be that 1t was the upi
! nimity of the grave, the peace OF deatl
e So here put in a word Of caution an
/ exclamation. The whole earth was
y one language and of one speech! Her
e is point Of unanimity, yet there
q unanimous movement in wrong d
g rection. The voice of the people is NJ
L always the voice Of God
lr LET us enter for a little while one
IS these assemblages Of the people OF I'll
g land of Shinar. They had perhaps m'
l. in a popular assemblage as the Amer
le can patriots gathered in the old tow
g meeting halls" of New England befol
s. the Revolutionary war. And one ma
o. would rise and say: 81 wonder VIII
"a we should do if we had another Zoo
IT You remember how, when the last OF
NJ came. It drowned all the people, Il
d. horses the cattle and the sheep. La
d, nioht in that thunderstorm | thoug
Id another food was on and we were
ID going to be drowned as the peop
so were hundred years ago And VIII
be this speaker was talking the assel
Sc blage would become so wrought
ct that 1t would be decided then al
er there to build a great tower that wou
d: defy any future food.
to While the debate was going on the
wv would be q small minority ready
ut nrotest. "Is that right?" | think
hy can hear them say. Does God wa
Dr. us TO do thatp Did he not send US [
yet rainbow as a divine sign that the ear
ng would never be flooded again!
ek going to vote against that proposltloI
VS. I seem to hear them say. Then |
lat eaders of this movement would
EN- come frightened, and some OF the
by men would come to the obstinate
eek nority and say: This movement mi
bel 90 through with a unanimous yo
)ut II YOU cannot vote for 1t, then j
keep quiet" "And the whole ea
las was of one language and one spec
nd And they said. Go to, let
ike build a city and tower whose
ool may reach unto heaven" Is not |
The way the majority in sin try to q
'ou with the minority of the human n
len who are trying to live for God?
eat "What is the good of being so ST
0
in upon the liquor question: says
,rk. "You know the saloons have come
tes stay. If you put the thumbscrews
I'D. ON YOUR church members on this q
ise. tion. you are going to drive some
ira the wealthiest members out OF J
led church. What is the good OF pre'
We ing against tainted money? You
gl- not mix business and religion. W
len IS the good Of talking against progr
hey i've euchre parties as gambling!
up age of puritanic laws is past
uge people of our churches are grow
liberal. If you cannot agree WIN
'or1 majority, at least do not drive tne m
anu ., jority." Nay, nay, my friend. ln'
tne not Gods way. Man should S