Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-11
Z Sunshine For All.

Cod fulflls the promise of my text
IN the first place, by the revelations ne
gives TO his children to solve the lntri
cate and mysterious problems OF ma
ture God seems to say to man, III
Won love me and will honor me, L
will mt the resources Of the seas ana
NJ the valleys and Of the hills and OF
the air at your disposal" God gives
Iiherallv the blessings Of nature to the
race regardless of its moral conduct,
! Summer and winter, seed time ana
harvest. sunshine and shower, are for
all. AS Christ said. "God causes his
rain TO fall on the just and on the uh-
inst" and is kind to the unthanktul
and the evil But he has special bless
inps for those who are described III
this passage as the righteous and the
nnrirht in heart. He honors them WIFI
n more intimate knowledge of MS
ways. a closer acquaintance with ma
ture and a clearer view or the It
sources Of civilized life.
"Well. | do not understand thaI
some one says to me. IF that Is true
how can YOU account for the fact tina
some of our greatest inventors did no
believe in God or a hereafter or an.
supernatural power? The men wh
have explored for us the wonders U
nature have not always been believer
IN revelation. Then, besides, some G
the most immoral and depraved me
have been the most prosperous. no,
can your promise be according TO 1acI
Whv. my brother, what you state al
what I state are in perfect accord VIII
Gods revelation. Did you ever rea
the history of Pauls journey to Rome
WHY were all the passengers and u
crew Of the Alexandrian corn ship sa
edP Because the ship carried PAU, u
servant of Christ. God saved the ere
to honor the presence Of his evangells
The mere presence of the good Is
source of blessing for the indifterel
and the bad. That is a Bible tru
taught again and again in the pa
centuries. Have you pondered w
ovor Ahraham's prayer when he plea
ed for the salvation of doomed 5000
and Gomorrah? What did God me-
when he gave those answers 10 I
natriarch of old? Why, God siml
meant this: Abraham, If there are
tv or twenty or even ten righteous p
SONS in the wicked cities of the pli
will save those two cities for the
righteous sake" You can put but Q
interpretation upon that answer a
way you look at it. God sometin
blesses those with whom his cnlldl
are compelled to live, as he saved
messengers of the Alexandrian G
ship for Pauls sake.
All Blessed Together.
Now. I am not asserting that all P
ple who live in Christian lands
Christians, but | am asserting l
. God blesses all people in Christ
lands on account of the Christian I
nle who have by their presence
those lands led to their bearing
christian name. If this fact Is
true. how can you account for the
that all the great scientific discove
have originated among the so ca
Christian nations? There must
some rational cause for ibis o
ghelming result. honor Morse
Newton and Faraday and Bell
Edison and Hewitt and all the OF
u1,,,+r;ors inventors of the centu
because God has enabled them TO pl
honor on the lands that could ci
them as citizens.
But God has fulfilled the blessing
my text in still another way. DE 11,
made the home scene Of light. W
eyer his name is honored among
people of the earth he mas let Z
tidal waves of gladstone hgnt