Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-04-27

enough auNOcdlcS Vi lSihP~
form I'm the church today to sweep the S
wine sellers out of existence What
tben Is the trouble? One-half of those ]
temperance advocates belong 10 one {
nolitical party and half to another, ana I
fins their influence at the ballot DoA
,o absolutely nulllfed. There are
enough Christians today in the land 10
nurify every city, morally as well as
eniritually. But what is the difhcultyE
rho church of one denomination VIII
trv TO undermine the church or another
denomination. and there Is common
tendency to place sectarian creed high
or than the gospel Of the cross. Inc
church members act just as tnousn
ono half of a locusts swarm were 10
90 to work and fight the other halI OIL
the swarm until they extermlnateu
each other while the rich harvest neius
,vora living near at hand, full WIN
rlpened grain, ready to satisfy even
their rapacious hunger. On, that touay
tho Christian men, the disciples Oh Je-
enc could drop all their personal dll-
ferences and work side by side Tor the
glory and the eternal triumph OF Jesus
Christ!
A Unit For Christ.
What makes England the greatest
factor of the world in internatlonal
politicsp 1t is this: The English peo'
nle always act as a unit In foreign
movement. Though British subjects
6iftprenCeS,
the members of u family criticlse eacn
2 otber at their own fresides, yet when
D u comes TO a foreign policy the woriu
r rnows that all Britishers VIII stahu
{ sboulder TO shoulder to support lheil
;, LING no matter what their personai
: differences may be, even as the locuSu"
9 in unison will swarm to attack uenoo
e forest May all the disciples OF OnriS'
: Ioorn to act as unit for Christ! 1ne
most impressive power Is the cumuia-
= +vo influence of overwhelming num-
Il hers Internal differences mean llic-
e t,or Friction brings exhaustion. EA-
81 haustion is the forerunner OF uea'n
o. All that Satan wants Is to nave ono
II bolf of the good Christian men OF the
er world fight the other half of the goou
c men of the world for the glory Oh "ou'
"a and then there will be no need lor S"'
y tan to wage battle.
" Rnt there is one more thought tnal
We have about the Insignificant lnsects VI
oy nv toxt and then l am done. AFTER
eu tho Iocusts have once taken up tne
OF I,no of march or of flight they can new
u' or he headed away from their stralsh
course. When In a midnight uenpes
tbe great herd Of cattle upon "est
Of ern nrairie take fright and, mad VIII
re- b,tter fear. stampede, the COWBOY ma!
lly ,.;do 70 the head Of the herd ana turi
de- tho leaders and get them moving IN
ar. oiroIo bui the locusts in their nlgn
ere 49,, novar he headed off from moVln
ose IN a straight line. Fires may Oe OuI,,
ain ditches NAV be dug, but they WI
be r,orcb on or fly on until with thei
ing dood hodies they smother out I'll
bill eones and fiji up the bitches. Ine
the ovor the corpses of their dead con
yer. rodas the rest of the swarm VIII zee
hat steadily on IN their course.
the rvon the sea itself cannot stop tne
the IN their onward progress. Dr' w.
de- Tbomson in his book called brain d.
any personality" records this wohuell
'me foct. "Xyhile I was sOjourning IN Syr
mi heard that the whole country iou,
'sts. Mount Lebanon was dismayed py =
lay noyvs that vast army Of marching
arly o,,ets was coming from the easte
t Is docort The governor Of the dlsul
ave ordered out a regiment OF soiuielS
OF oid the people to construct gre
This roonort of brushes to be set on
tag "a the locusts came up 10 IT, nopi
the tbus 70 save the gardens OF Ser
der WHOM they raked the prepared neo
~ brush and these were set on lre' .
the Ioorsts marched on without pausi
Won mill IN a brief time they put the IL
IN entirely out. AS the sea was nol
will oe everybody hoped that they "o'
ltioh take TO surf bathing Wheh Tue "
re- euard reached the waves IKE a., al, -
for Good locusts. in they hoped uli
You 5;,,ows seemed to roll only grassh
and norc Nor did the scene end untll
ents. last Of the rear guard, faithtui 10
1par- oroot law of his being, had SKIP
reat- over the heads Of his dead cohra
your n make his last leap into the plue
liam tors of the Mediterranean" Oh'
, you mo might all have the perseverance
And .bo Iocustsi After God has once II
one ped out our line Of march may We
1t to on and on, no matter whether we
fe to- or die; may we still move on ana 0
:. t,,,i ~ Concert of Action.
olony The troupie WIN ino' ot oot IN
oco oious lives IS that we do not act III
chill cert That is the first diificuity'
ID be second is even more disastrous.
their do not fight continuously ana unre.
lliam, Ingly for the right. Our gospel i II
70 are ments for the most part are spasin'
OO di- We are like a frisky colt trylnI