Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-11-29

the hillsof Virginia and the hills Of
Georgia come into our national -clo-
quence the Websters and the Clays and
tie Henry w. Gradys From the plain
homes of Massachusetts, and Maryland
come into our national charities the
George I,eabodys and the William Cor
corans. From tie cabins of the lonely
country rcgions;conie into our NATIONAL
dastinics the AIidrer ,JnclssoiiN and the
Abraham Eincolns From plowboy's
furluw and village counter ard black
smiths forge cclne most Of our city
giants. Nearly NIL tho Alessiallsil ii, all
departments dwelt ia Nazareth before
they c,ime to Jerusalem. | send this
day thanks from these cities. mostly
made prosperous by country boys, to
tllesfarln5 houses and the aprairies and
the mountain cabins, and the obscure
holnesteads of north and south and
east id west, TO tllesf iltIers tlndsnotll;
sfsin plain pun still
5,alfye, orsthe hilIoc Ks M eier ~ icIl they
sleep tic long:slecp Thanks from e;
rusalein to Nazareth
MODERN cRUCITIXIoN.
But ;.l,s that the city should so often
treat the country boys as of old the
one from Nazareth was treated mt Jeru-
salem! Slain not by hammers and
spikes. but by instruments just as cruel.
On every street of every city the cruci-
fxion goes. on Every year shows its
ten thousand Of the slain. Oh. how
we grind them up. Under what wheels,
in what mills and for what an awful
grist Let the city take better care of
these boys and young men arriving
from the country They are worth
saving. They arc now only the pre-
face of what they will he if instead Of
sacrificing you help tlcm. Boys as
grand rs tie one who with his elder
brother climbed into II church. tower,
and not knowing their danger went
outside on some tinbers. when one OF
those timbers broke and the boys fell.
and the older boy caught or a beam
and the younger clutclled the foot OF
the older: the older could not climb mp
with the younger hanging to his feet,
so the younger said: John. / am go
ing to let 20: YOU can climb out into
safety. bnt you can't climb up with lie
holding fast; aim going to let so; kiss
mother for me and tell her not to feel
badly; eood-by" and he let so, and
was so hard dashed upon the ground
lie was not recognizable. Plenty OF
such brave boys coming up from Naza-
retIll Let Jerusalem be careful how it
treats them.
A gentleman long ago entered a
schoolin Germany, and lie bowed very
low before the boys, and the teacher
said, why do you do that" "Oh,"
said the visitor, Il do not know what
migliES man may yet be developed
among them" At that instant the eyes
of one Of the boys flashed fire. Who
was it? Nlarti:l Luther A lad on his
way to school passed doorstep on
which sat lame and invalid child.
The passing boy said to him, WHY
don't you go to SCHOOL, "Oh, an
lame aud T. can't wal: to scilocln'
sect on my back" said the well boy,
s'and will carry you to school. And
so he did that day and for many days,
until the invalid wos fairly started on
the road to TN education. Who was tho
we'll boy that did that kindness?
don't know. Who was the invalid he
carried? 1t was Robert Hall, the rapt
pulpit orator of all Chrstendom. Bet
ter giyeto the boys WHO come up from
Nazareth to Jerusalem crown instead
of q cross.
AN OLD TIME CARPENTER SHOP.
On this December morning in Pales-
tine on orr way out from Nazareth we
saw just sucll a carpenters shop as
Jesus worked in, supporting his wild
owed mother, after he was old enough
to do so. Hooked in, and there were
hammer, and saw, and plane, and
auger, and wise, and measuring rule,
and .clliscl, and drill, and adzc, and
wrench, and bit, and all the tools of
carpentry. Think of it, He who
smoothcd tic surface of the carth,
showing plane He who cleft the
mountains By earthquake, pounding a
chisel. He who opened the mammoth
caves of the earth, turning an anger.
He who wic!ds the thunderbolt, strik-
ing with hammer. He who scooped
out the bed for the ocean. following a
lldlc. lie WHO flashes the morning on
the earth, and makes the midnight
heavens culver with aurora, construct
ing u window. l cannot understand it,
but believe it.
a szeptic said to ON old clergyman,
81 will not believe anything l cannot
explain. :" "Indeedn said the clergy
man. You will not believe anything
you cannot explain? Please to explain
to ne why some COWS lave horns and
others lave no horns" NO." said
the skcptic; II did not mean exactly
that. 1 mean that ! will not believe
anything l have not seen. !" 'lndced!"
sold the clergyman. You will not be-
lieve anything You have not SEEM
Have you a backbonef' Yes" said
the skeptic Flow do you know2"
said the clergyman. Have you ever
seen ity' This mystery of Godhead
and humanity interjoined l cannot un-
derstand and 1 cannot explain, but
I believe it. I am glad there are so
many things we cannot understand, for
that leaves something for heaven. If
we knew everything here heaven would
be great Incidence.