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

gospel to die by, but he also believed
In a gospel to live by. He believed In
that practical gospel so firmly that he
tried to get the men to care for their
physical bodies and to look after their
physical strength.
Here for instance, Is mother. She
has four of five children. Scarlet fe-
yer, one Of the most dreaded Of all
nursery diseases, enters her home. First
one child comes down, then another
and another and another. This mother
is not strong at her best, but she Is so
devoted to those children that she new
er sleeps outside Of the slckroom. She
never undresses except to take her
bath. For weeks or even months she
Is up night and day. Her hand must
give the medicine. Her hand must
cover up the invalids. The doctors and
the friends see her breaking down.
They say: Mother, you must stop.
You must take your rest Other nurses
can sit up during the night. You will
break down" mo, no." she answers.
mo one must nurse my children but
myself" After awhile she pulls her
last baby through. Then she falls In
dead faint. They undress her and
put her to bed, but 1t Is too late. The
poor weak pulse hutters and stops.
The mother Is dead. "She is martyr
to her children" the neighbors say. Is
she a martyr? No, emphatlcally no.
She died because she did not have any
common sense. Other nurses could
have taken her place while she rested.
Other nurses could have taken her
place while she ate. Now that she Is
dead no one else can take that moth
er's place. Women, beware! Paul Is
bidding you look after your health.
Better join Paul for little while In
the cabin Of that Alexandrlan corn ship
and eat your bread and look after your
physical strength. Your children need
you In the years to come even more
than they need you now.
Here Is q young minister just caileu
to a great church. He Is very con-
scientiOus man and believes that ne
must do all the work that comes to
his hand. He calls upon the rich ana
the Door alike. He works far into
the night over his sermons. He goes
to this meeting and to that and to
this funeral and that funeral. lie Is
like a horse running at a mad rate
until his flanks are bathed with foam.
After awhile he drops In his tracks.
'Poor felloww people say. HE died
martyr to his work" Oh, no, not
that. God did not call that young
minister to break himself down. Cod
does not expect any one man to do tns
work of ten men. Better hold up,
| Christian worker. Better dine with
Paul In the Alexandrian corn ship.
God wants you to care for your phys
ical strength in order to be able TO
do his work well. II Paul could al
ford to care for his body, you can ar
| ford to care for yours.
He Told the Truth.
But there was another reason why
Paul gripped the sailors Of the Alexan-
drian corn ship. He did not deceive
those sailors In reference to their res
cue. He did not say: Now, men,
iust follow me, and trust In me, and
all will 90 well. l will give you
plenty to eat and a smooth sea and q
ouiet voyage" Nay. That was not
Paups way. He said, Men, put your
trust I'm Christ. You are to have q
hard battle ahead. You think the
| seas are rough now, but they are going
TO be far rougher They are going 10
batter us about until we become q
helpless derelict. Then they will fiins
us upon the rocks, and this great ship
IS TO be knocked into kindling wood.
But out of the struggle and the storm
God is going to bring us all safely 10
land. Now, men. II you trust God
Won must be prepared to meet this
struggle" Thus Paul spoke. And
thus all gospel evangelists should
speak when they are pleading with
men and women to accept Jesus
Christ.
You cannot make good Christian
unless you are willing to battle with
storm for Christ and struggle against
almost insurmountable difficulties. The
life Of Christian ease is always the litt
Of failure. The life of self sacrificing
struggle for Jesus is always the life ol
snIritual success. 1t Is said that the
greatest artistic genius England evel
produced was young man namec
Hawkins. He was, like Thomas Chat
terton. a precocious marvel. When he
was twenty years of age, he was her
aided as "the coming Michael Angelo
But the trouble with young hawkins
was that he was never willing to make
the sacrifices necessary for his success
IN art. On one occasion he was asked
by Mr.. Ackers, prominent member o.
the British parliament, to make
Measure Journey with him and some
friends to Paris. II cannot" he re
plied. 81 have to finish picture.
L 'HOW oO sOh NNRNN~
that picture after it is finishedT ask
cd Mr.. Ackers. Fifty pounds" -.
will give you that much for 1t now.
With that Mr.. Ackers lifted his roo
and drove 1t through the canvas, say
Ing, "Now, Hawkins, drop the old PIE
ture and spend your $50 and let u
have some fun" So it is with all me
who are living the easy life. LiHs I'd
, prodigy Hawkins, their lives are doom
ed to failure. So is 1t with the Chri'
tian life. We must battle with storn
We must sacrifice. We must give u
for Jesus, or else Jesus cannot save !
and bring US to the higher Chrisua
life.
l But there is one more lesson l wal
D 70 draw from this Mediterranean shll
wreck in reference to the Christia
life. and then / am done. Paul dl
not say to those tossing, tremblin
Ian