Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-05-12

Suppose you brought an insurance ngent &c
look at your property for the purpose OF Civ
ing you policy upon it. and while no stood
in front of the house be should say THAT
house is on fire now In the basement" you
could not get any insurance upon IL Ye,
you talk nbout this world Us though 1t were
safe investment, as though you could get
some insurance upon it when down In the
s basement it is on fire.
| remark, also, that this world Is a pro
pcrty. with which everybody who has taken
s it as possession has had trouble Now,
know large reach of land that is not bull:
on. ask what is the matter, and they reply
that everybody who hos had anything TO do
with that property got into trouble about it.
it's just SO with this world: every body that
has had anything to do with it, Us posses,
sion, has been in perplexity. How was it
with Lord Byronf Did he not sell his i'm
mortal soul for the purpose Of getting the
worldt Wcs he satisfied with the possession.
Alasls alas the poem graphically describes
his case when it SAY 1:
q Drank every cup.o Joy,
sHenrdc every trump. of. fame; s.s:s
Drank eariy deeply dran
Iass pchea
Gen diels o. there moro
d rinkss 81 a 3 -
napoleon After; Cong ueriiig 1atIoH 80 sthe
force OF the sword; be lies down to die Y fits
entire possession, the military b0ots that ne
; insisted on having upon his feet while lie was
dying. So il has been with men who had
better ambition. TLackeray. one of the most
genial and lovale souls. after be had won
the applause of all intelligent lands through
bis wonderful genius. sits down i'll restslu-
rant in Paris looks TO the other end Of tho
room, and wonders whose that foriorn and
wretched face is, rising up after while, ne
finds that 1t is Thackeray in the mirror Oh,
yes, this world il cheat Talk about a man
gaming the world Who ever gained half
of tile worlds Who ever owned hcmis-
phcre. WHO ever gained continentl Who
ever owned Asiaf Who ever gained cityf
Who ever owned Brooilyuf Talk about
gaining the world No man. ever gained it.
OF the hundred tlouandth part of it. You
are demanding that | sell niy soul. not for
the world hut for fragment CT it Here is
man who has had Il large estate for forty
OF fifty years He lies down to die. You say:
THAT nun is worth millions and millions
of dollars" Is !,ci You call up u surveyor,
with his compass and chains. and yoa say.
"There is n property extending three miles
in one direction, and three miles in another
direction" Is TINT the way to measure that
mans propertyi MOL You do not want any
surveyor, with his compass and chains. That
is not the way you want to measure that
mans property now 1t is an undertaken
that you need, who will come and put his
finger in his vest pocket, and take out tape
line. and he will measure five feet nine inches
one way, and two feet and half the other
way That is the mans property Oh. no,
forgot; not SO much as that, for be does not own
even the place in which lie lies in the GENE
terry. The deed to that belongs to the execu
tors and the heirs. Oh, whit property you
propose to give mo for my soull II you sell
a bill of goods you go into the counting room
and say to your, partner "Do you think that
man is good for this bili Gun be give
proper security Will he meet this payment
Now, when you are offered this world as
possession, ] want you TO test the matter.
do not want you to go into this bargain
blindly | want you to ask about the title,
about the insurance. about whether men
hava arar hnd-nii1- tcouhla- with-if-.-alsa ,,t-
can cet all, CT the ten-thousandth or one
hundred. thousandtb part Of ii.
There is the world now shall say no
mora about it. Make up your mind for your
self, as shall before God have to make up
nv mind for myself, about the value Of this
world cannot afford to make mistake
for nv soul. aud you cannot afford TO make
mistake for your soul
Now. let lis look at the other property-the
snuL We cannot make bargain without
seeing the comparative value. The SOUL
How shall estimate the vnlne OF It'll We'll,
by its exquisite organization. 1t is the most
wonderful piece OF mechanism ever put to
rcther. Machinery is of value In proportion
as it is mighty and silent ut the same Time
You look at the engine aud the machinery In
the Philadelphia mint, and, as you SEQ
it performing its wonderful work, you
will he surprised to find how ST.
lently it goes Machinery that roars and
tears soon destroys itself, but silent ma
chincry is often most effective. Now, SO 1t
is with the soul of man, with all its tire
mendous faculties-it moves in silence.
Judgment, without any racket, lifting It's
scales; memory. without any noise. bringing
down all its treasures. conscience taking its
Judgment scat without any excitement, tho
understanding and the will all doing their
work. Velocity, majesty. might; but silencr
silence You listen az the door OF your
heart. You can hear no sound The sou! Is
ell quiet. 1t Is SO delicate al instrument
that no human band can touch it You
break bone, and with splinter and band
ares the surgeon sets it; the eye becomes in
famed, the aputhecary's wash coos it, but
soul OF the track, unbalanced, no human
power can readJust It. With one sweep OF
it's wing it circles the universe and over
vaults the throne OF God Why, III
the hour of death the soul is 30 mighty, 1t
throws aside the body us though it were
toy. 1t drives back medical skill.as impo-
tent. 1t breaks through the circle OF loved
ones who stand around the dying couch.
With Que leap, it springs beyond star and
moon and sun. and chan;is OF lmriensity.
Oh, it IL soul superior to all material thihgsl
No flre can consume it; no floods can drown
it; no rocks car crush it; NC walls can I'M
pede 1t; no tirno can exhaust it 1t wants no
bridge on which to cross chasm 1t wants
no plummet with which TO sound depth
soul SO mighty, SO swift, SO silent, must be c
priceless soul
= =, calculate the value of the SOUL also, by
its capacity for happiness How much joy
it can get in this world out Of friendships,
ont of books, out of clouds. out Of the sea,
out of flowers, out OF ten thousand things;
and vet all the Joy it has here does not test
its capacity You are In concert before
the curtain hoists, and you hear the instru-
ments preparing-the sharp snap OF the
broken string. the scraping of the boy asross
the VOL "There is no music in that" you
say. 1t is only getting ready for the music
And all the enjoyment Of the soulin this
world. the enjoyment we think is real enjoy
nent, is only preparative- it is only anti
cipative. it is ouly the first stages OF the