Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-14

IlSeS W W LHc PRIME ulIHlnlei Vi DdDy
Ion.
If young man starts in life with
large notions of what he must i1nme-
diately have. willing to consider no
economy, but expecting with a small
ship to unfurl as much sail as an ocean
fligata. he will End himself capsized l3
the first northeastern. 1t is the small
sp,ig that you can carry in one hand
which will thrive best when planted.
Buff by levers and. hugo lumber waS-
ons. you bring down from the mountain
century oak. though you may plant it.
you cannot make it live. So be who be-
gins life on s;lch Il grand scale and with
sncl sexorbitynt notions will meyer
succeed il q some Dung man Who
went stoyn Mi st lne
sin
ma ags sdsgl;siSs
f aGo1s sff street. afid iIaiig rs sfGl5W
in one direction over the granite palaces
on the avenues and in'the other far ont
over merchant vessels anchored in the
bay.
Hen say success in life is all matter
of good luck, but industry and economy
and self denial put together always
make good luck. There are young
men who failed twice and are getting
notes shaved the third time before they
are rs old rs their father when no first
began business for himself. They started
with tho idea that their wit would do as
we'll as capital. For awhile it did. bl1t
when creditors sent their duns and
banks their protests. they found that
mere shrewtlness WAS greatly below par.
You cannot cross the ocean in Il yawl.
TIE FOLLY OF AMBITIOUS IGNORANCE.
A young eaglet, far mp in the noun
tain eyrie. saws to it's winged mother.
Il will fly no longer from tree To tree
as you tell me. but like yon. mother, |
will swing from this Chimborazo peak
to yonder Chimborazo peak" Like an
arrow it shot into the heavens, but when
over the awful chasms its head was
dizzy and it's wing weak, and it began
to whirl downward, and with wild
SCECuIll, uUIll IL Stl ttCh w GIC iOOhHs II
traveller passing through the gorge saw
the lnanglel remains of the caglet
FLOW came you TO have this f;:ll?' said
the traveller. ~"Ah, ne, says the caslet,
lit was because | would not tiy from
tree to tree until | was old enough. but
headstrong | started from Climborazo
peak toward Chimborazo peak.
If young men would seize the adyan-
tagcs of intelligence it will lie by great
economy of time and the refusing ct
many forms of qualification. Show NE
man who, refusing many of the frivol-
titles of gossiping youths, can see more
to attract his attention in the pages of G
treatise or a history than in the flash oi
bright eyes or the airy step of those WHO
find more skill in their heels than their
heads, and will show youaIlail w'ho will
yet master languages and sway very
sccpter over his fellows. Many All etiu-
cation which is now considered com
plete is made mp of /. s!natterinS of news
papers and the last page of fashion
magazine
Tie rarlor and the drawing room
cannot educate US. They may give L:
outward atnrnments of manner, but get
ting valuable knowledge is like swelier-
ing ut Il forge, bellows in one hand ami
hammer in the other-li!ie digging il
mines with crowbars, pryins under The
ledge aid the constant bang of BLASTED
roc:,s Especially is it trne that nc
growth in grace is possible unless. like
Dauiel, we ARE willing 10 take up ti.c
cross, however heavy it may be and
rough with nails. Hoses chose aliiic-
ton with the people Of God rather thar
the pleasures of sin. and If we would lie
anything like Linn we must lie willing
sometimes to choose the hard bread Of
self denial rather than the Imperial cll.s.
tiers from royal vineyards.
To get strength and depth enough ii
rivers for turning mill wheels and lnall-
ufactories, dams are luilt across them.
and then through the mill race the quick
floods leap on the water wheel to tilril ii
with tremendous power. So Natures
that would otherwise have been power.
less and insufficient by self restrai-t
have been damned back and deeponcd
until, with concentrated power, the!
rush into the world. turning it's poM:ler
uus machinery of important interests.
Unrestrained men may lave much
good in them. hut it is SO scattered tha'
you sec no positive effects. Electricity
in the air does rot strike, bat gathered
in the cloud with its bare rcd arm ii
cleaves the mountain. Passions liar-
messed and yosed make excellent beasts
of burden. However attractive may he
the sinful offers of the world. thongli
rich and luxurious rs the provision vi
the kings table. we must lie willing 10
refuse them. if nothing he left us bitt
plain pulse.
Oh, how we want the faith and cour
are of a Daniel and a Paul, but how we
dread the hot atmosphere Of trial in
which their graces ripened. The richest
fruits of religion grow in the suitry
tropics of trial. If you want rearls yoli
must dive for them. If you want gold
you must dig for it. The richest part of
California and Australia are under
ground. Depend upon. it if no pruning.
no fruit; no climbing, no elevation; no
battle, no victory: no cross, no crown.
Had there been no Nebuchadnezzar
there would have been no Daniel. Even
SO it has been in all ages. The flames
that have flashed up from the stake have
been 80 many Examinations of Christian
triumphs. When God would make a
great light Of truth and holiness in the
world he often takes great prosecutions
and with them strikes fire.
The devils hate is Gods glory. Had
If no. been for the prosecutions of En-