Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-14

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be physician for those who were
spiritually WELL but for those who
were immoral, degraded and debased.
You and | may marvel ut the noble
self sacrifice Of the Marquis de La
favette. Born of an arlstocratic fam
ily. heir to title and untold riches, the |
afiianced of beautiful young girl, yet !
he was willing to sacrifice all FOR q |
poor. struggling people who had no
friends except the friendship ana the
protection of God. AT Partisan pan
cuet table he heard Of what Washing
ton and his noble band of patriots were
trying to win. At once he said, Il VIII
20 and help them win their llbertles'
At his own expense he fitted out
ship and filed it with what the Amer
ican troops most needed, and in a fog
he ran past the British blockade which
was trying to intercept bis passage. lie
crossed the Atlantic and entered WASH
ington's Headquarters and said: "Here,
general-here are my sword and my lie.
DO with them as you will. | volunteer
TO fight under your flag for humanitys
sake" That was a noble, self sacrifc-
ing act for the young French peer. The
reading of that heroic act should arouse
n feeling of gratitude in every Amer
lean breast. With quick beating heart
and flushing cheek we have read the
tragic sacrifices of "the most impor-
tant citizen Of New Orleans" Margaret
Uauphey. whose name is known to eV-
arv one I'm Louisiana. She was not one
who could count her fortune by the
millions She was not a Joan of Arc,
with a physical frame knit as WIN
hands Of steel. She was simply poor,
frail crippled girl who, IN order to earn
her living, started out as schoolteach-
or She used to work during the day
for her own bread and butter. 1neh
in the evenings she started TO teach lhe
moor girls and boys who had to work
during the day and who could not get
an education unless they were taught
in the evenings. Her night schools
crew out of them grew hospital FOR
crlppled children Her work grew uh-
IN a short time ago all New Orleans
turned out In the public parks to honor
hcr memory. "Ah," you say, that was
noble life. That was a noble pur-
nose for which to live" Its nobility
consists in its resemblance to the IN
; fntely greater purpose for which Je,
sus came down to earth to suffer ana
to die. He came to save lost world. lie
came to give up his life for the lives
of sinful outcasts. He came that you
and might be made one with MN III
splrit and nature. o LORD, the DOOM
of hooks tells us that thou didst come
, TO save sinners and to offer up thy oil
? vine life as a sacrifice for mans sins
q Does not that word Skinner" mean me-
a Pv thv revealed word and thy tragic
= crncifxion know that thou hast come
e TO save me-yea, to save even me.
o A Guide Of Life.
$ Salvation through the atoning blooc
= Of Jesus Christ is an active as well a.
/ q massive condition. 1t is placing our
e selves in a yielding position, SO tina
$ we are willing to let the great iovini
e arms of God encircle our hearts an'
u -,,r,r,l wa unto himself, but salvation
v through Christ must be supplemente'
e nv the actions of life consecrated 4
e him and his service after we have al
t lowed Christ to encircle US with nl
: love The Bible Is the code OF conduc
l. which we should follow after we hay'
y been saved by his blood. 1t Is col
Il loction of moral and spiritual rules
Is which will not only teach us now L
le live in harmony with God, but ais
t. how we should deal with men. IL
is NOT only n collection of rules or taltu
is but of rules of practice. In othe
lie words. it is a spiritual guidebook.
y tells us how we should talk, how W
should walk. how we should give, hoN
IL we should pray. 1t tells us how TO Dc
" come like our great prototype, Jesu
as Christ And if we are true Christiah
ia # would be willful blindness to shu
lg orr eyes to its commandments.
id In that sacred book there are no dea
h. letter laws. as there are in some or ID
hit statutes of our earthly government
e. Some years ago a noted prize tight wa
IN to be fought in one Of our easter
ct cities where was at that time nvlnI
,e- A few days before the fistic battle
it. narfv of ministers, of whom | was on
to entered the mayors office to prote
ny against It as a defiance OF law an
| common decency. The mayor heard
nd natiently: then he said: "It Is true, ge
nd tlemen. the city laws forbid this cor
nd ing exhibition, but that law In the ey'
to of most people is a dead letter. Inc
DE are scores and scores of laws upon OF
sy statute books which the people DO n
en- expect us to enforce, and believe IN
'or IS one of them. | shall allow the prl
he fight TO 60 on" Whether the mayor
in that eastern city was right or wrong
us ami not here to discuss, but one fact
IN do know-in the Bible there are
ts dead letter rules of faith or practiC
de When Christ speaks to us in the 81
nd mon on the mount he expects us to 4
av lov ont the commandments Of tn
list sermon. When he tells us the story
.ay the good Samaritan he expects us u
M
tn good Samaritans. There Is no use
,th YOU and me to say: "Well, l am
md selfish and bad. After all, am DO
only what other church members q
That is not the question. On the CT
day of judgment God will not ask
nm Have you done as other people n
ext done?" but he will ask: "Haye
lief done as commanded you to dof ID
inc you done as Christ would have q
oil had he been in your placer Iher'
7ou no getting away from this deduction
at Bible study. The question here
u, now is. "Are we willing to accept
~ Bible as our rule Of life?" If we
80 80 not, then all we may profess to bell
Us as TO the divinity and omnipotence
Christ and the saving power OF