Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-08

the loss of his family. the loss of his prom.
erty. the loss OF his health: bat the most OK
osneratiutr thin thnf, came unon him was
the tsntnIizin@ fnIl of those who ought 70
hoye symnathiyed with him Looking
orov,d 80, tb.r, ,nI ,vo;yIin, ,y,ot tLa,,
had Ia 10 - ,i,n ,ro,iS nf INV. ,aSt
WL,. ia cod lat sin come INTO tho world,
7, i . Weston often hon, discussed Init
never satisf,ctorily; answered Col made
the world foir and beautiful MT the start. lie
orr iirst rarent had NOT sinned in Eden,
they MIGHT have Gene out of TINT garden
md found fifty naradises all around tho
18th n1rt WSurora asia \ fr;ca North md
South America-so many Hover gardens. or
orcbards of fru;t rndo,ept md irscious
snn,ose fiat when Go poured out tho Gihon
ond Tho Hiddekcl Ec nnurad ouc Mt the snme
limo tho Hudson and tic SuS,ucbanna the
whole earth WAS very fair AMI beautifulto
look upon. Whv did it not STAY so! God
had TIM, mower to keep back sin AMI woe
Why did he not keep them back. Why not
every cloud roscate. and every step a 10Y
and every sound music. an:, all the ages a
LONG inbiice of siulcss men and sinlcsS yyo-
mem God can make a rose as easily as he can
make thorn. Why. then. tho predominauce
of thorns. He can make good. fair. ripe
fruit rs we'll as Cn0rlel and sour fruit Why
so much. then. that is gnarlel and sour. He
can make men robust in health. Why. then,
are there so many invalids. WHY not have
for oar whole race perpetual leisure instead
of this tug anltoil and tussle for a livelihood.
! ,r;n tell Won why God lot sin com, into the
Mobilization 7 cot ON the Other side OF tho
River of Death. That is the ploce wher, such
questions will be answered and snch myster-
les solved. He who this side that river at
tcmpts to answer the question only illustrates
his own ignorance and incompetcacy. All
know is one great fact and that is. that q
herd of woes have come in upon us, tram
ping down everything. fair anl beauti-
full. A sword at the gate of Eden, and q
sword at every gate. More people I'M
der the ground than on it. The grave
yards in vast majority. The six thousand
winters have made more scars thai the six
thousand summers can cover mp Trouble
has taken the tender heart OF this world in
its two rourh hands and pinched it until the
nations wall witt, the agony. If all the
mounds OF cravcyards that have been lifted
were put side by side, YOU might step on
item and on nothing else going al around
the world. and around again. an around
again. These are the facts And now lhave
to say that in q world like this, the grandesi
occupation is that of giving coincidence.
This holy science of impar,ng comfort TO
the troubled we ought all Of us to sluly.
Theirs are many of You who could look
arc,lnd upon some of your very best friends
woo wish you well and arc very intelligent,
end yet b. able truthfullv TO say to them i'll
your days of trouble, Miserable comforters
are We all
/ remark. in the first place, that very volu-
hle !eope are incompetent for the work OF
giving comfort. Biioad and ElIphaz had the
Gift OF language, and with their words almost
bothered jobs life ott Alas FOR tbs So volu-
ble people that 90 among tie houses OF tho
afflicted and talk, an tlik, and talk, ami
talk. They rchearse their own sorrows and
then they tell the peor sufferers that they
feel bad now. but tiley will feel worse after
a while. Silence Do You expect with Il
thin court plaster of words to heal wound
dca,ras the soul? Step VERY gently round
q! olt Ercken heart Talk very softly
nr,und those whom God has lercrt Then
60 Your way. rcep sympathy has not much
to say. A firm grasp Of the hand n compass
o~nte look inst one word that means as
,nuch ASH whole dictionary. and You have
given. perhaps. all the comfort that soul
needs 4 man has terrible wound in his
arm The surgeon comes and binds it up
Now he says ''carry that arm in sling and
lie very careful of it. Let no one touch it."
But the neighbors have heard of the accident,
AMI they come in, and they say: LET us see
it And the bandage is pulled off, and this
enc and that one must feel it, and see how
much it is swollen: and there is irritation,
and inflammation. and evaporation. where
there ought to lie healing and cooling. The
surgeon comes III, ami says: "What does all
teiS OH nave ITO DllSltlcSS 10 lOuCu
those bandaces. That wound will never heal
unless YOU let it alonen SO there are souls
broken down in sorrow. What they most want
is rest. or ve:-y careful and gentle treatment;
but the neighbors have heard of the bereave-
ment or of the loss. and they come il to
sympathize, and they say: "Show us now the
wound. What were his last words! Re
hearss now the Mn9e scene. aiom W,J ~ -
1rsi Mnen o ~ ioI,r om hare nri milling
80, a7r - 1oos.ier . chastIy wound thai
t .,ieIi T,r as CO ,-.sco I'D aIreaGv haonn
~ l1I bea1 IA Oh lot no ioouacious peonle. with
erer r,ttlinr tongues go into the homes of
the d;etrossefi
-, ! ,.c,norl- that oil tl,osa narsnn. ara
;a,,I,atort ~, ,ri,-a ny Linn; IF comfort who
no, ,,orsIw os wor,ilv nhilo. o1hsys. They
a. c., ~ orI cav ..U-hv his IS vhat YOU
ov 70 havs axnactad The laws OF nature
~ w ia. ,Io,s o,d then thny e-at eo
i,..s. Ia eooth;n,r tbsv ba 20 sasn in nost
,nrtsn ~ ern,minat;nns away with all
iioI 'e-i, = :Si - -, = +;,,a3 {yh,t d;f
nuanan P,,..o'G r 80 - tbnt father and
leieLeo 49, d;.ans. th.;,. con S;ed Of He is
loSne4 "n'' ,,.,,o.,,o. tho
ueeI, uiit l. !'l'.He' ~ -, ,'o,o,,.;,,
region; tne pniios9lnsr ~ g u ."s 1T ~
S'hoo ne WIZ III s.''o s.y ,,,,s, ,t c. 90
cohtroi Your Leels a",i nus nr ~ ,,t'
GU mus cni..sa.e eToo, III 1.orsrn.
n,ent. self control an i:sIer, rcproving n
hyacinth for having. q drop OF dew in its eye.
a violiast has his instTum mt, and he
sweeps his fingers across the strings, now
evokiug strains of joy, and now strains
of sadness He cannot play all the tunes Oh
one string. The human SOULS an instrument
of a thousand strings and all sarts OF emo.
- II - 49,, - Now =,
tons were mile to Play Oh 1t. NO" az
anthem, now dirg:. It is no erlden.s OF
weakness when one Is overcome OIL sorroM,
Edmund Burke vas found IN Tie pa ,1uI'
field with bis arms aroani horses ne Ia
caresslns him ana some one sl;1 say; ny, .t luz
great man mas I"S9 liis Mi IIl r.ovtiw
morse oeionseu 10 ms s1i . Mn n'.' 80 tha
diea, aad MS great ileaI0 nro,e 80 49,, o oe
greet Ills no sign Oh 81 .:'aC IN co.
overcome OF 1neir sorrows ii''.n 49,, ~ In ~
Tue TeiIet 9i tet!s. IL ~" m,
trOnb.e wien you Coil NV "o-P' ~