Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-09-21

OF people are compelled to meet on tt,.
street. The glittering coach whee
clashes against the scavenger's cart
Fine robes run against the peddlcr':
pack. Robust health meets wan sick
ness. Honesty confronLs fraud. Every
class Of peoplemeets every other class
Independence and modesty, pride ant
humility, purity and beastliness
frankness and hypocrisy, meeting or
the same block. in the same street, ii
the same city Oil that is what Solo
mon meant when he said: 1.-The rich
and the poor meet together: the Lord
is the Maker of them nll." / like this
democratic principle of the Gospel OF
Jesus Christ which recognizes the fact
that we stand before God on one and
the same platform. Do not take OH
any airs; whatever position you have
gained in society, you are notlling but
man, born of the same parent, re-
generated by the same Spirit, cleansetl
by the same blood, TO lie. down III the
same dust, to get up in the same res
direction. 1t is high time that we all
!, acknowledged not only the Father
hood of God slsutatAes brotherhood OF
TEE sTRf;zsfs TEMPTATIONS: 3.
Ag8in the street sinpieSScs me. with
the fact that sits a very hard thing
forSnslnahHto. keep his heart right and
l9tosgetE TO heaven. Infinite temptations
spring upon us. from these places of
public concoursc. Amid 30 muclaf-
llucnce how much temptation to
covetousress, and to be discontinued
with our humble lot. Amid so many
opportunities for overreaching, what
temptation to extortion Amid SO
much display, what temptation to
vanity. Amid SO many saloons of
strong drink, what allurcment to dis
sipation. In the maclstroms Of the
street, how many make quick and eter-
nal shipwreck. If i man-ofwar comes
back from a battle, and is lowed into
the navy yard, we go down to look ut
the splintered spars and count the bull
let holes, and look with patriotic adj
miration on the flag that foated in
victory from the masthead. But that
man is more of a curiosity who las
gone through thirty years Of the. sharp
shooting of business life, and yet sails
OH, victor over the temptations of the
street. Obi how many have gone
down under the pressure, leaving not
SO much rs the patch OF canvas to tell
whcro thoy perished. They never had
any peace. Their dishonestics kept
tolling in their ears II had all AK,
and could split open the beams OF that
fine house, perhaps / would find inthe
very heart of it q skeleton. In lis
very best wine there is q smack of the
poor mans sweat Oh! is it strange
that when q man has dcvoured wild
ows' houses. he is. disturbed with in
digcstion? All tho. forces Of nature
are against him. Tie floods are.ready
to drown him. and the earthquake to
swallow him, and the fires to consume
him, and the lightnings to smite him.
But the children of God are oiisevery
street, and III the day wlei, the
crowns of heaven arc distributed
some of the brightest will be given to
those men who were faithful to God
and faithful to the souls of others amid
the narts Of business, proving them
selves the heroes of the street. Mighty
were tlleir. temptations, mighty was
there Observation-Disclosures
"a gain;t .street-iTapre nio-Wltn3
the fact that life is full OF pretensionsI
and sham. What subtcrfuge. what dou-
bic dealing, what twofacedncss Do ell
the people who wish you good morn
ing really hope for you happy day.
Do all the people WHO shake hands
love each otherY Are all those anxious
about your health who inquire con-
corning ita Do all want to see you
who ask you to call1 Does an the
world know half as much asitpretendss
to knows Is there notnianya wretchcd
stock of goods with a brilliant show
Window Passing up and down these
streets to your business. and your
work, are you not impressed with the
fact that much of society is hollow,
and that there are subterfuges anr
prctcnsions2 Oh! low many there
arc who swagger and strut, and how
few people who arc natural and walk.
While tops shipper, and fools chuckle,
and simplctons giggle, how few people
are natural and laugh. The courte-
san and the libcrtine go down the
street i'll beautiful apparel, while with
in the heart there are volcanoes OF pas
sion consuming their life away. say
these things not to create iii you i'll !
credulity and miSantllropy, nor do /
forget there are thousands Of people
great deal better than they seem; but
/ do not think any man is prepared
for the conflict of this life until he
knows this particular peril. Ehud
comes pretending to pay his tax TO
King Eglon, and while he stands in
front of the king, stabs him throug II
with Il dagger until the haft went in
after the blade. Judas lscariot kissed
Christ.
WE MAY DO GOOD on THE STREET.
Again, the street impresses Inc with
the fact that it is Il great field for
Christian charity. There are hunger
and suffering, and want and wretch
ness in the country; but these evils
Chiefly congrcgate in our great cities;
D every Street crime prowls, and
drunkenness staggers. and shame
winks, and pauperism thrusts out Its
hand asking for aims. Here want is
most squalid aud hunger is most lean.
A Christian man, going alonga street
in New York, saw Il poor lad and he
stopped and said: My boy, do YOU