Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-08-31
Brave In Counsel.

Il
ence over the sailors Of the Alexan-
drlan corn ship. He had spirit filed
life. Oh, yes! Every one who came
in touch with him realized that But
he was also one who was faithful In,
pointing out a mans past mistakes.
When the ship was tossing and tum-
bling about In the Mediterranean cy-
clone he practically said this: Il am
servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.
am a messenger of the Lord God Al
mighty. Men, last night one OF Gods
angels came to me and said: Fear not,
Paul. Thou must be brought before
Caesar, and, 10, God hath given thee
all them that sail with thee Yes, we
are all going to be saved, every one OF
US" But stop. How did Paul intro
duce this statement which had come
from God? He turned and pointed his
finger ut those trembling sailors ana
said: "Men, the reason you are In your
present plight Is because you would
not heed my advice In the beginning.
| told you not to loose from Crete. L
told YOU we would get into difficulty II
you did. But you wanted to hasten on
and get TO Phenlce and spend the WIN
ter there In sin and carousal. You have
| made one mistake. Now will you make
another? And, my friend, you and l
can never preach Jesus Christ Alright
unless we are first brave enough to
| poInt out to men the errors OF their
past life. We cannot teach men 10
come TO Christ unless we, like Paul,
are first faithful In warning men
| against the sinful acts of their bygone
| years.
| II does not take very much grace to
| 90 and compliment man on his VIZ
tues and praise him when he Is DO
| ing right. But 1t takes lots OF grit TO
| nut your finger upon the weaknesses
of a mans life and tell him when he
Is doing wrong. 1t takes lots OF grit
| for Nathan to stand up and say 10
| King David, Thou art libertine and
a murderer" 1t takes lots OF grit
| for the members of privy council OF
| King Solomon to say to the young
prince Rehoboam: Thou art wrong.
| Comply with the requests OF the peo-
ple. and they will serve thee" And
when they said it they knew that their
advice would cost them their official
positions. 1t takes lots Of grit for a
young preacher like Henry ward
Beecher to be at the head OF a church
In Indianapolis, where most or It's
| members are antagonistic to the aboli-
| Zionist movement, and stand up ana
defy whole community and say, The
slave ought to be free" 1t takes lots OF
grit for young clerk, when he Is
asked to do something dishonest, TO
say to his employer: mo, sir. Will
not do 1t, because IT Is wrong" IL
takes lots of grit for young girl who
loves a young man devotedly to say 10
that Young man: Harry, love you
love you with ali my heart, and yet
II Won are not true to your better SELL
and il you do not turn your back upon
your evil associates, must turn my
back upon you" In other words, II
takes lots of grit to come to your
friends and nelghbors and place your
finger upon the weak spot OF theli
mental. moral and spiritual life ano
say: Here, you must change. In or
der to do right for the future you
must rectify this wrong OF the past
Are YOU willing as a friend to poln'
ont TO your friends the weaknesses ol
their lives. as Paul warned the sailors
of the Alexandrian corn ship?
| A Story of Edward Livingston.
For nv own part l can think OF nc
greater Joy than that Which wouio
| come TO us IL we were to go TO those
we love TO warn them of their sins
and weaknesses which are threaten
ing to destroy them. There Is Deau
tiful story told about the great Ed
ward Livingston. Perhaps he was tht
greatest Of all tho great men who nave
borne that family name. But 1e"
men have been greater from q woriui,
standpoint than he. He was represent
alive in congress, mayor Of New forE
city. United States senator from Loui
siana. secretary of state and minister
to France. One day In his old age
friend said to him, Senator, what wa'
the supreme moment Of your lneF
without a moments hesitation, he re
piled: Some years ago that supreme
moment came when l was delivering
an address at the dedication OF III
Masonic temple at New Orleans.
was speaking upon the duty OF MAJ
loving man. Among other things
said: MY brethren, have you searched
your hearts? Do you find any lurking
animosity against a brother? Hav'
YOU the felicity never to have cher
ished or are you so happy as 4
have banished all envy at his prosper
ity all malicious JOY at his misfor
tunes? II you find this Is the resul
Of your scrutiny, enter with confidenc
the sanctuary Of union. But II tn
; examination discovers either rankin
jealousy or hatred long concealed, o
even unkindness or offensive pride,
entreat you, defle not the altar
friendship with your unhallowed OF
fering. but in the language of ScriI
ture. First be reconciled to thy brotf
. er and then come and offer thy gift.
AS a result Of that plea, two brother
. whom we all knew, who had bee
, estranged from each other for years
arose and rushed toward each othe
and with mutual sobs flung then
. selves into one another's arms"
= Do you wonder that Edward LIZ
, ingston looked upon that victory as tb
supreme moment of his life? With th
I firm, gentle touch Of friend he place
} his finger upon the weak spots OF tW
o brothers lives and said: Here, yo
: must change. Here, you must be pur
g fed. Here, you must be true to yot