Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-04-06

1asus where art thorY Then amid
the deepest, densest q )om OF life thou
wilt hear the Saviour's answer: Here
am I! Come to mel Come TO me!
Oh. may the mental fogs which nave
enyeloped so many Of us today be llft-
ed by the sunshine Of Gods love- our
mental doubts and skepticlsm are no }
worse than those which have been lift
ed from hundreds of beclouded minds.
'sThere hath no temptation taken you
but such as Is common to man."
Temptations From Without.
But there are tempta IONS from with
out as we'll as temptations from witn-
IN There are temptations which come
TO us from other men, as well as Temp
tatIons yelling up In our own hearts.
There are temptations social and COM
mercIal as well as spiritual. The propn-
Of of old described himself as a little
terror stricken bird, with a great hock
of angry sparrows enclrcling II Trying
10 neck II 10 death. Thus, when we see
All the temptations which swoop down
upon us from without, can we not cry
out: mine heritage is unto me as
speckled bird. The birds about are
against her. Come ye, assemble all tne
beasts of the field come to devourT
For truly wherever we go into the OUT
side world Satan Is ready to greet Us
with fierce temptations.
Don,t YOU remember the old nursery
fable where the spider stands at the
door of his palace trying to get the ny
TO come in and banquet with MIN
Well that is the way Satan stands at
the door of the commercial and the
social world begging his victims to
come In and sup with him. He looks
at us and SMILES and says: Come, join
orr social club! Come and learn how
70 drink wine and to gamble with US!
Come and join our dancing cotilion!
OF course many Of these entertain
ments may conflict with your old fash
Toned ideas. but never mind; you can
still he a member Of the church and be
inst like hundreds and thousands OF
Christians who profess their religion
and do not practice It." Or Satan
sends acqualntances, who say, come
LET us use In wildcat speculations some
of the moneys which have been left pi
in trust for the widow and the orphan.
And. though the average man woule
not be dishonest II left to himself, ye
whom some of these worldly tempta
tions come to him from without h'
vIolds because other men about him ar
accustomed to sin in the same way.
Breaking the Circuit.
: ALWAYS look upon the infectiousnes
of sin a great deal as I do upon IN
transmitting power Of an electric cur
rent When we were young | had
classmate who owned an electrlc Da'
terry. Then he used to stand us ooy
d around in a circle We would all clas
: hands. and the end men would tax
!, hold of the handles Of the electric Da'
tery. Then my classmate would tur
2 on the current. and this current woul
20 running from hand to hand an
d from hand to hand until 1t had mao
K the complete circuit. II two OF thos
( men would unclasp their hands, Il
=" stantly the circuit would be broke
II and the current stopped. So belie'
y Satan sends the currents OF tempt
n tions through the hearts and the min'
le and the souls of men. He arranges
It about in circles. Then he gets US all
'e clasp hands. Then because men by OF
IS side sin we sin, and because we s.
II other men sin.
es But though there is pernicious Col
i'd nanionship of sin, there Is a sayir
E. companIonship in Jesus Christ. Wh'
It Won clasp hands with loose men, WI
lg evil men. with sinful men, the curren
We Of spiritual death leap through 20
as soul. When you clasp hands with go'
)f men, with God fearing men, WI
be Christian men, the currents of spirltu
lr- life will 90 coursing through 20
minds and hearts and souls.
tn Now. my brother. the question
en- Won to decide today Is not whether =
sr are tempted worse than any other III
er has been tempted. Your spiritual ten
IT. tations are such as have always be
'se common to man. The great questl
by for vou TO decide is whether you
Nv willing to clasp hands with Jes
an Christ and with good men who
in struggling to save a sinful world a
ex- Iet the divine currents Of redemptl
Ice lean through your minds and hea
Of and souls as the electric current g
fe. coursing over the wires. In OH
an words. today are you going TO Ore
re. the divine currents which want TO Sc
1t and redeem you and give yoursel
he I'D to the evil currents which VIII
hat the means Of your eternal overthrow
the IF we clasp hands with Jesus chr
ag- ~ we clasp hands with Christian m
ure II we get In touch with the divine
he we shall ourselves become div
lie Now. my friends. the question for
has and me to decide is this: With wh
ood shall we clasp hands? Shall we cl
,rn- hands with Satan? Shall we cl
,ns, hands with Christ? II you clasp ma
he with Satan, you must be destroyed
lied Satan. If you clasp hands with Je
Christ you shall by the promises
God be filed with eternal life. WI
ev- current will you seek today, the di'
,ele. current Of spiritual power which co
one straight from the throne OF God OF
b It current Of evil by which you VIII
nor forever destroyed? In Coos n
anne which current will you choosef I
olor YOU not Gods promise, There hati
Of temptations taken you but such a
y. common to man, but God is fait
pirit who will not suffer you to be tenn
b us above that ye are able, but WILL
Holy the temptation, also make a wa
vhat escape, that ye may be able to bear
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