Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-09-19


Kindness wishes everybody we'll
every man well. every woman we'll
every child well. every bird we'll. every
horse well. every dog well. every va,
we'll Give this spirit full swing aud yor
would have no more need of societies
for prevention of cruelty to animals
no more need of protective sewing WON
ans associations. and it would dull every
sword until il would not cut skin deep
and r.lwAlecl every battery till it eotld
not roll. and make gunpowtler Of nc
more Use III the world except for rocl
blasri,.s,nr l,sn,trclnc celebration.
Kindness is II srlrn',,,::, timely implant
ed. and in answer to prayer. ;,.lti ihc.
to he srdulously cultivated until it fills
al tli.. mature with Il perfume richer
and more pnngent tIlan nignonette,
and. as if you put a tuft Of that arc
matte beauty behind the clock on the
ninntel. or in soime corner where no
body can sesSis. youstind people walk
ing aboutiyourrooln looking this way
and that. and yon ask them. "Wllat
are you looking FORK" and they answer.
'1Viiere is thai ilowerg" So ii one has
in his soul this infinite sweetness of dis
position. its perfume will wlielm every.
thing.
TRUE KINDNESS is PEIEEHIAL
But if youare waiting and hoping for
some one to be bankrlptcd or exposed
or discounted or in some way over
thrown. then kindness has not taken
possession Of your nature. You are
wrecked OH Eillta where there are no
oranges. You are entertaining guest
ST. unlike Kindness that l:ind::eSs will
not come and dwell under lie same
roof. The most exllnusting and I'M
healthy and rninous feeling OIL earth is
a revcngeful spirit or retaliatilig spirit.
as | know by experiences for have
tried it for iiveor ten minutes alta time.
When some mean thing l.as been done
me or said about NE. lave felt: II
will pay him in his own coin will
show him up. Tile migrate The traitor!
The liarl The villain"
But five or ten minutes of the feeling
has been SO unncrving and eX!lausting
lave abandoned it. and cannot I'M
derstand how people can go abont tor
turing themselves five or ten or twenty
years, trying to get even with SOME
body. Elle only way yon will ever tri-
umpli over your enemies is by forgivins
them and wishing them all good and
no evil. As nlalevolence is the most
uneasy and protitless ard dangerous
feeling. kindness is the most llcatllful
and delightful. And this is not alb
staaction. as lave tried IL little OF
tile retaliation, so lave tried q little
Of the forgiving.
do not want to leave this world
until have taken vengeance upon
every man that ever did me IL wrong
by doing him Il kindness. In most Of
slicll eases have ;tlreaGy succeeded.
but there are few lnaliSnants whom |
am yet pursuing and shall not be
content until | lave in some wise
helped them or benefited them or
blessed -thenl.,. Let US pray for this
spirit of kindness 1t will settle. Il
thousand questions 1t will change
the phase OF everything. 1t will mel
low through and through our entire
nature. 1t will transform Il lifetime.
1t is not Il feeling gotten up for occa-
sions, but perennial.
That is the reason like retunias
better than morning glories. They look
very much alike, and if | should put III
your hand u petutiia and IL morning
glory you could hardly tell which is
tile petunia and which the morning
glory; but the morning glory blooms
only few hours and then shuts up
for the day. while the petunia is in as
widespread n glow Mt twelve o'clock at
noon and six o'clock in the evening as
at sunrise. And this grace of kindness
is not spasmodic. is not intermittent, is
not for lirtle willie. but it irradiates
the Whole nature oil through and
clear on till tile sunset of our earthly
existence.
Kindness, ain resolved to get it.
Are you resolved to get it2 1t docs not
come by hapllazard. bat through cul-
ture under the divine help. Thistles
grow without culture. Rocky noun
tain sage grass grows without culture.
Mullen stalks grow without culture.
But that great red rose i'll the conser.
vatory, its leaves packed on leaves,
deep dyed as though it had been
obliged to fight for its beauty and it
were still reeking with tile carnage Of
the battle, that rose needed to be cul-
tured and through long years its floral
ancestors were cultured. o God. i'm
plant kindness IN all our souls. and
then give us grace to watch it, to en-
ricl, it. TO develop i'll
The king Of Prussia had presented to
him by the empress Of Russia the root
of Il rare flower. and it was put in the
royal gardens on an island and the
head gardener. Herr Fintelmann, was
told to watch it, and one day it put
forth its glory Three days OF every
week the people were admitted to these
gardens. and Il young man, probably
not realizing WHAT wrong thing he
was doing, plucked this flower and put
it in his buttonhole. and the gardener
him as he was crossing at the
ferry. and asked the king to throw open
no more his gardens to the public.
Tile king replied shall deny to the
Of good people of my corin-
try the privilege of seeing this garden
because one visitor has done wrong2
No. let then COME and see the beauti-
full grounds. -
And when tile gardener wished to
rive file king the name of the offender