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

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he feel better or does lie feel worsei
OH, the power of the tongue for the
production of happiness or lniseryl
One would think from the way the
tongue is Gagged in we might take tho
hint that it has a dangerous power.
First it is chained to the back part OF
the mouth by strong muscle. Then it
is surrounded by the teeth of the lower
jaw. so many ivory bars; and then by
/ the teeth of the upper jaw. mare ivory
bars. Then outside.of all are the rwO
lips with the power Of ollipression and
arrest. And yet. Notwithstanding these
four iinprisonnentS or limitations. how
,nany take no hint ill regard to the dan
gcrous power of the tongue and the re
suits are liberation, specification and
damnation.
There are those fthey kno,gn good
| thing about you and n bad thing. viii
Islncntion the bad thing aud act rs
though they adsnever, silaard thcgood
thing. ON. there are two sides to
almost every ones character, and we
lave tile choice Of. ovcrhauling the
virtue or tlle vice. We can greet Paul
and the ships crew as they come up
tho beach of Malta. with the words;
What sorry looking set you are!
How little of navigation you mutt
know to run on these rocks! Didn't
you know better titan to put out on
the Mediterranean this wintry month";
1t was not much of !, ship anyhow, or
it would not have gone TO pieces so
sooa us that. Well. what do you want3
We lave ll;,rd enough work to make a
living for ourselves without having
thrust on us two hundred and seventy
six ragamuiilns.
Not so said the Maltese. think
they said: Come in! Sit down by
the fire and warm yourselves! Glad
that you all got of with your lives.
Make yourselves at home. You are
welcome to I'LL we have Until some ship
comes in sight and you resume your
voyage Here. let Iue pat Il bandage
on your forehead. for that is an
ugly gasIl you got from rlle floating
tiinbers, and here is IL man with Il
broken arm. We will lave doctor
come to attend To this fracture. Aud
though for three months the kindness
went on, we have but little more than
this brief record, Tie barbarous peo-
pie showed us nc little Kindness.
Oh, say the cordial thing Say tile
useful thing! Sayt!ie llos,itable thing
Say the helpful tllingl Say the Chris
tiln thing! Say the kind thing! | adj
NIT that this is easier for some temper
amentS than for others Some IRE born
pessinistS and some arc born optiInists,
and that demonstrates itself all through
everything 1t is cloudy morning.
You meet pessimist and you say.
What weather today" He answers,
Its going to Storm" and umbrella
under arm and Il waterproof overcoat
show tlrat he is honest in that utter
ancc
On the same block. minute after,
you meet an optiInist. and yoll say
What weather today" GOOD wealth.
er: this is~only a fog and will SOON scat.
ter" Tile absence Of umbrella and alb
scnce OF waterproof oercoat show it is
all honest utterance. On yo;lr way at
noon to luncheon you meet ain epti-
mistic merchant. and you say. What
do you think OF the censMrrrial PROS
pects2" and he says: 'tiloYim.a. Crest
crops must bring great business. We
are going to have such an autumn and
winter of prosperity rs we lave never
seen.
On your way back to your store you
meet IL pessilnistic merchant What
do you think of the commercial pros
pects3" you ask. And lie answers:
well, | don't know. So much grain
will surfeit the country. Farmers have
more bushels but less prices, and the
grain gamblers will get their fist in.
There is the Mckinley bill; and the hay
crop is short in some places, and in the
southern part OF Wisconsin they had Il
hailstonu and our business is as dull us
it ever was.
LOOK UP! LOOK UP TRUST IN GOD!
You will find the same difference in
Judgment of character. A man Of good
reputation is ;,ss;liled and charged with
some evil deed. at the first story the
pessinist will believe in guilt. THE
papers said so. and that's enough
Down with him." The optinist will
say: Il don't believe IL word of it,
don't think that Il mai that has been
as useful and seemingly honest for
twenty years could have got off the
track like that. There are two sides TO
this story. and will wait 10 hear the
ntIler side before condemn him"
My nearer. if you are by nature a
pessimist, make a special effort by the
grace of God TO extirpatc the dolorous
and the hypercritical from your dispo-
Sition Believe nothing against any
body until the wrong is established by
at least two witnesses of integrity. And
if guilt be proved. find out the eYtenuat-
ing circumstances if there are any.
And then commit to memory so that
you can quote for yourself and quote
for others that exquisite thirteenth
chapter OF First Corinthians about char
ity that suffers long and is kind and
hopeth all things and endureth all
things. BY pen. by voice, in public
and in private, say all the good about
people you can think Of. and if there
be, nothing good. then tighten the
Chain of muscle Oh the back end OF
your tongue and keep the ivory bars of
teeth on the lower jaw and the ivory
bars OF teeth OH tile upper jaw locked,
and the gate of your lips tightly closed
ar,r vot1r tongue shut I'D.