Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-25

tsoclal position theirsouPs immortal happiness
sare building on the sand.
81 Suppose that young woman expcnds thq
iZbrightness Of her early life In this unsatisfuc-
tory struggle and omits the present oppor-
ytunity OF usefulness in tho homo circle: what
Ia mistakol
So surely as the years roll around that
| home in which you now dwell will become
| extinct. Tho parents will BIO gone, tho prop
Forty will so into other possession, you your
1 self will DO in other relationships, and that
| home which, only year ago, was full Of
reorganization, will DO extingushed. When
that period comes you will look back TO sec
what you did, or what you neglected to do in
1.-THE wayiof making home happy. 1t will be
too late to correct mistakes. If you did not
smooth tho path Of your parents toward tho
tomb; if you did not make their last days
Upright and happy; if you allowed .your
younger brother to go out into tho world,
iiunhallowed by Christian aud sisterly illflu-
fences; if you allowed tho younger sisters Of
tiyour family to como up without feeling that
lltherehad been Christian example set them
taon:your- part, there will DO nothing but Bit
:s.Ierpess of lnmentation. That bitterness will
;.sbe Increased by all the surroundings of that
homo; by every chair, by every picture, by
the old time mantel ornaments, by every
thing you con think, Of as connected with
that home. All these things will rouse up
agonizng memories. Young women, have
you anything to do in tho way
OF making your fathers home happyf Now
is the timo to attend to it, or leave it forever
.undono Time is flying very quickly away.
l suppose you notice tho wrinkles arc gather
ing and accommodating on those kindly faces
that have so long looked upon you; there is
frost in the locks; the foot is not as firm in
its step rs it used to be; and they will soon
DO gone. The heaviest clod that ever falls
OH parents coffin Lids the memory Of an
ungrateful daughter. Oh, make theiS, last
days bright and beautiful Do not act as
though they wero in tho way. Ask their
counsel, seek their prayers, and, after long
years have passed, and you go out to SEQ the
grave where they sleep, you will find grow
ing all over the mound something lovelier
than cypress, something sweeter than the
rose, something chaster than tho lily-tho
bright and beautiful memories of filial kind
ness performed Gro tho dying hand dropped
ON you benediction, and you closed the
lids over tho weary eyes of tho worn out
pilgrim Better that, in tho hour of your
BIRTH you had been struck with orphanage,
md that you had boon handed over into tho
cold arms of tho world, rather than
that you should have been brought up un-
der a fathers care and q mothers tenderness,
at last to scott at their example and derdo
their influence; and on the day when you
followed them in long procession to the
tomb, to find that you arc followed by still
larger procession OF unfiiul deeds done and
wrong words uttered The ono procession
will leave its burden in tho tomb and dis
band; but that longer procession of CHASTITY
memories will forever march and forever
wall. Oh it is good time for young wo-
man when she is in her fathers house How
careful they ore of her welfare! how watch
full those parents of all her interests! Seated
at the morning repast, father at one end the
table, children on either sido and between;
but tho years will roll on, and great changes
will be effected, aud one will DO missed from
ono end the table, and another will be missed
from the other end tho table. God pity that
young wonlen's soul who, in that dark hour,
has nothing but rcgrotful rccollcctions
so further, and advise you not to depend
for enjoyment upon mere personal attrac-
tions. 1t would be sheer hypocrisy, because
we may not have it ourselves, to despise, or
affect to despise, beauty in Others When
God gives it he gives it as q blessing and as
O. means of usefulness. David and his army
wero coming down from tho mountains to
destroy Nabal and his nocks and vineyards.
The beautiful Abigail, tho vito Of Nabal,
went out to arrest him when he camc down
from the mountains, md she succeeded.
Coming to the foot of tho HILL she knelt.
David, with his army of sworn men, camo
down over the cliffs, and whcA he SOW her
lInecling at the foot of the hill be cried Halt"
to his men, and the caves echoed it: "Ialtl
halt!n That ono beautiful woman knceling
Mt the foot of the cliff had arrested all
those armed troops. A dowdrop dashed
back Niagara. Tho Biblo sets before US tho
portraits Of Sarah and Rebecca, and Abishag,
Absalon's sister, and jobs daughters, and
says .They were fair to look upon" By
out door exercise, and by siillful arrange
ment OF apparel, let women mako themselves
attractive Tho slovcn has only ono mission,
and that to excite our loathing and disgust.
But alas! for those who depend upon personal
charms for their happiness Beauty is such
o subtle thing, il docs not seem to depend
upon facial proportions, or upon the sparkle
of tho eye, or upon the flush Of tho check.
You sometimes find it among irregular fest
uros. 1t is the soul shining through tho face
that makes one beautiful. But alasl for
those who depend upon moro personal charms.
They will como to disappointment and to
great fret There nre SO many different
opinions about what are personal charms;
and then sickness. and trouble, and age, do
make such ruvagcs Tho poorest god that a
woman ever worships is her own face. Tho
saddest sight in all the world isa woman who
has built everything on good looks, when the
charms beg. N to vanish. Oh, how they try
to cover the wrinkles and hide the ravages
OF time! When time, with iron shod feet,
steps OF face, tho hoof marks remain, and
you cannot hide them. 1t is silly to try to
hide them. | think the most repulsive fool
in all the world is Gu old fool!
Why, my friends, should you be ashamed
to be getting oldl 1t is a sight is prima
facio evidence that you have behaved toler-
ubly well or you would not have lived to this
time. Tho gralldest thing, Think is eternity,
md that is made up Of countless years.
When the Bible would set forth the attrac-
tivcncss of Jesus Christ, it says: "His hair
was white rs shown But when the color goes
iron, the check, and thn luster from tho eye,
and-thc spring from the step, and tho grace
fulnoss from the gait, alasl for those who
have byilt their time and their eternity upon
good looks But all the passage of years cam
not take out of ones face bcnignity, and kind
ness, and compassion, and faith. Culture
your heart aud you culture your face. The
brightest glory that ever beamcd from
woman's face is the religion of Jesus Christ
In the last war 200 wounded soldiers camc to
Philadelphia one night, and came unhcralded,
knd they had to extcmpori2o hospital for
them, and the Christian women OF my cnurcn,
and of other, churches, went out that night to
take care OF. the poor wounded fellows. That
night saw Christian woman so through
the wards Of tic liaspitul, her sleeves rolled
mn, rc1dy for lard work her lair dis