Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-08

few away from her poor suffering
body on Aug. 5, 1895. 1t Is that soul,
which for years impeled that poor sur
fering pain racked body against It's
will to labor for me, that | venerate
and love. When her body In suffering |
wns crying: LET me lie down! Let
me sleep! Let me rest! her soul re-
minded her OF her children. When al
last my mothers body cried In sheer
WEAKNESS, Come, let me der the
soul answered: NAY. nayl You may
die, but | shall live! shall live ana
continue to live and never die" Now,
if the body is so frail. so eyanescent,
so transitory, so short lived, do you
not think 1t foolish to waste so much
time in trying to crafty itf What IS
the good of a Mlchelangelo trying
TO duplicate his statue of David or
Moses out of a snow bank! What
is the good of a jeweler trying to make
diamond rings out Of dewdrop? what
is the good of trying to build a forti-
icatlon upon the shifting sands? rs
not the life more than meat and the
body than raimentT Is not the soul
more important than the body, which
will be dead in a few years at the
most?
| OF Infinite Importance.
Oh, the infinite Importance OF the I'M
| mortal so i! Oh, the never ending ex-
| 4. L., .A,.ofobfnO nI1f hnf0rp
all of us after our bodies are dead!
Can you not catch faint glimpse OF
that apocalypse? In one of our great
educational institutions some years
ago there was student noted for his
mathematical genius. He loved to
challenge his fellow students to a
friendly trial of skill in figures. But
one day q Christian student entered
his room and said, TON, here is
problem | wish you would try to solve
for me-" The mathematician took 1t
and looked at 1t and then read the
words. What shall 1t profit man II
he shall gain the whole world and lose
his own soul?" In anger he tore the
paper up and threw 1t upon the floor.
But after his Christian friend had left
he proceeded to study the problem. lie
began to compute the value of money
: and fame and position and worldly
success. Then he commenced to welgn
, the value of his soul. what shall II
proft a man If he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soulT Al
; last a revelation of the souls value
j above the combined value of all othel
: things came to him. Then he dropped
unon the floor and cried out, "God b.
merciful to me and save my SOUL" 81
g I nut the question to you, DO you de
> sire TO make the most out of your life
o What, o man, is to be your life's work
n How shall you get the maximum o
, return for your labors? Do you no
9 see how this text rises and spreads I'M
/. til at last it girdles the earth and gil
II dies the heavens and girdles the eternl
+ ties? "He that winneth souls Is WISE
II But these words Of my text are sii
o nificant for another reason. Soul VII
Il ming is not only the greatest OF Il
% work. but II Is also the most rauoha
[e Our Lord God is not unreasonable DC
# does he require Of us more than W
"a can do but he says: "GO forth In IN
" mighty work Of soul saving, ana WI
nj no with thee. | will give thee divil
,e power. and will work through th'
as I worked through the great so
p winners of olden times" Paul expires
Of es my meaning in words more powe
ne full than any living man could iranl
,oI He mans out great evangelistic cal
r. paign for Christ. He maps out gre
m religious campaign that from a hum'
b. | standpoint appears that OF crank
NJ fool From the human standpoint la
as seems TO be the widest of tanatl
ot but for one reason. He says in D
nj own mower can do nothing, but III [
of divine power | can do everything
No can do all things through Christ whi
of strengtheneth me-" In other words
llv believed that God would re-enfoi
nv him rs ne will us, with divine po"
q IN the great work of saving a soul.
he In the Spirit of Paul.
he All. this is a blessed, a mighty
nd courarement, do not feel we nave
ny right to speak the words OF my u
unless at the same time we DO II
an tbe spirit and confidence of Paui. -
itn slider what it is that we have 10
or We have TO wreste with Satan LOT
nrav do rot care whether you
Is the evil spirit sin or Satan OF
ne devil. # is all one and the same.
ellis sooner IS child born than the
OF spirlt goes to that cradle and says:
-nd will hover over this child. / Will
OF low him step by step. will study
her ancestors to find out their moral we
OF nesses. will offer him the form
ues temptation which is best suited 10
YES taste Then | will say: Drink. frie
yer Drink. Drink until your temporal
,s imbittered and your soul is
soned.'"
OF Have you ever had an enemy
ngn vour trail? Have you ever had ,
our or woman with bitter malice fol
ma YOU step by step, undermining y
nan life's work? Have you had foe
fou representing you and thwarting y
all efforts while you kept silence for
nys- sake of the work which you we're
'nly Ing to do? Or, what is Infinitely wo
9 10 have you ever had friend whom
love loved rs q brother-aye, loved as
you own child-whom you have lived
soul and helped and encouraged and al
Lheil IN his work. suddenly draw a
; ., and treacherously drive 1t into
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