Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-05-18
ACCOMAC c. II, VA. SATURDAY, MAY Is,

Lsd1SpOSltlO1l, followed min 10 Llc clluS
az tho cxlitliS and stretched gloom
Eaitos .Chil,lc Hnrold" and Don jean,
ESId E!iovercd in darkness over the
lonely grave at MisyolongEi. There
,,IIiis:a.ianIl that holds you that long ago
tturWedstodust.
SsssslIsas1.aLly and scoundrclly people for
tic most part come from iniqliitons
Homes, sfrom undisciplincd homes.
IsParcnts harsh and cruel on tho one
Isila1ltl, or1on the other hand loose in
[itlieir government, wicl,cdly loose in
Izfi!eir government, urc raising up a
generation, of vipcrs. a l.cmc where
scpllingand frctFulncss .arc dominant
INSTRUMENTATION TO tic sullowsandtlle
1spenitentiaryl Pctulance is Il serpent
sfslhats c:ilaM Is up into tic family nursery
IEsaliictinles and cruslles everything.
SSSsssl there nre. parents WHO even
isuals e2reli sion disgusting TO their chill
I1frrii. Tlicy. scold them for not loving
Il 3lirist: They. lave an cXuspci1ting
sSW,aslysof doing tl,cinduty. Tho house
ifssFnll stlicwar whoop Of contention,
! place husband md
sons go;out.to die.
s. Oli.sis there a Hagor leading away
lisllmacl .intotlie desert To lie smittcn.
lsofstliostliilst and parc!:etl of the sand?
IN the solemn birth liouru voice fell
Istotllco from The throne of God, say
ing: ;iii Take this child and nurse it for
mo, end ! will give thee thy wages.
|Atcvcn time, When the angels Of God
hover over that homo, Go they hear
tic children lisping the iialnc Of
!lJcsus9 y traveller for eternity, your
little ones gathered under your roles
arc you Leading them on the right
Isroad, or nrc you stal;ilg them out eli
tile dangerous winding hlitllc Path,
off which their inexperienced feet
may slip. and mp Which GENES the
ls.fiowling Of tic wolf and thcsor OF
Islooscncd ledge end tumbling ava
siancllc? Blessed il tic funilynltar. Ct
swlliclltho children knccl. blessed Il
Ilho cradle in which the Christian
isn,otIcr rocks tic Christian child.
Blessed is tic song the little ones sing
Gt.nightfall when sleep is closing TIC
.cycss;lEd locscnilig the hand from t!:c
Toy OIL the pillow Blessed is that
mother whose every heart tlrob il; q
praycrfor her clildrcns welfare.
= Tic world grows cid. nnd the stars
sill cease TO illuminate ii. and the
waters 10 refresh it, and mountains
TO guard il, and the lc;tycns to over.
sslian.it aud its long story Of sin and
sflamo and glory end triumph will
;Si,on firm rs ashes: but influences
that starctl.in the curly homo roll on
and roll. UP through ell eternity
blooming lall tho Joy, waving III al
| tile triumph, cxnlting in all the song.
or shrinking buck into ell tho dark
mss. leather, mother, Which way are
:yyd ltadiny your children?
FATaL FoEoETruLNEss.
lsE a house tool, fire and the owner
Eas very carcful TO gct oil his furni.
l&urc out. &c got cll5his books out.
tu,d lie gctnll lis pictures cut, end lie
cot all'll valuable papers out, but he
Forgot to ask, until it was too late:
;2aArc my children safe" Oh, wfcE
! Mscartlis shall melt with fcrvcnt hcat,
I lTsi. the tslcultuins shall Elazc, and
sSLlnzc, ;alld the cartli
{, IS e!illslrea kssfs1
+ =, NJ ysssssssyalIdiscipined homes arc Tho
sGIRgR Of riucll Of tho wrctchcdncss
3 IN OF the world.
5krow there are exceptions tO.it
yctiIncs. Tivn bright uld Ecau-
Ed Christian hor:io husband or u
Bon will so oct TO die. Oh. how long
EsEou had tlict 10y in your prayers! lie
HNocs not know how Eicny siccplcss
Knights you have spent over him. Ec
Isdocs net understand low many tears
! ayou have shed for his waywardncss.
| 3Oh, is Lard, after you have toilcd
| ,fora Child and given him every ad-
vantage and every Kindness, 10 have
| Thin pay you back i'll ingratitudc As
| onc Sabbath morning Il father came
TO the foot CT the pulpit IS stepped
out of il, and said. 20 my scli, my
son, my son!" There is many Il young
man proud Of Ills i:iotllcr, who would
Strike into the dust any man who
| would insult her; wllo is ct tli; no.
mont himself, by lis cyi doing and
| his had habits, sharpening Il dagger &c
i plunge through that mothers heart.
i 4 telegram brought lli", froE, Glar.
|! He welt bloatcd ard Scared into the
/ room and lcstood by tho ifclcss form
! Of his mother.
i IIcr lair gray; it had turned gray
/ in sorrow. Those eyes llad TcEt feeds
\ of tears over lis wandering. That
/ still white hand lad done hin, maily Il
kindness and lad written rlany ALLOW
\ ing invitation and Gcod counsel. He
/ had broken ier old heart. Flo came
\ into The room end threw himself on
tic casliet and lc scbbed outright:
Mother, nlothcrl' but those lips that
had kissed him in infancy and uttered
\ SO many kind words spalsc rot; they
/ were sealed. Rather than have a,lch a
Bemcmory conc Oh r!y soul, would
prcfcrto have roll over Oh re the Alps
and the lIimalayas.
Eat while sometimes there ere sons
WHO turn out very badly coming from
gocll homes. want 10 tell you for
your encouragement tits IL great OK
ceptioil. Vel dh unhappy ana undis-
ciplincd home is the poisonous cal
/ dr0n from Which u vast multitude
drink their death.
u. II. remark that another caldron
|! ofainiauityis an-indolent life. Allithe
4 ri trains down the Iudson river yes
terday, ell the rail- trains OIL the Penn
sylvania route, all the trains on the
Long Island road brought to these
scities young men to begin commercial
Life. Some OF chem arc liere this
morning. doubt not DO you know
what one of your great temptations is
going TO bc2 It's the example of in
dolent people in or cities. They are
in all our cities. They dress letter
thar some who are industrious. They