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

word or two. Stuck up,' says one.
didn't get it honestly" says another.
"Will burst soon. says a third Every
stone. in your new house was laid OIL
their heart. Your. horses hoofs went
over their nerves. Your carriage tire
cut their neck. What have you done,
outrageous culrrit? You ought TO be
cast. TO the lions. You have dared to
achieve success. Depend upon it, that
if Sin any one. respect you rise far above
your fellows--iifs you are more truthful,
more wise, more eloquent, moro influ-
ential-the shadow of your success will
chill olnebody. The road Of honor and,
virtue is within reach Of the enemies
guns. J alousy says Stay down. orsl
vii; kn0cs5 syolr down. In mitlair a
snowflake said Ito 4 snowbirl, - don't.
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Success is often Il synonym for scorn.
The first thing Il MAN wants is religion.
The second is grit. If you do not want
to face wild beasts you must never get
to be prime minister If you are now.
as young man, rising in any one re-
spect bless God for your advancemcnti
but wish to say before quit this
thought. look out for the lions. Young
merchants. young lawyers, young physi-
clans, young ministers have much SYM
pathy. and Kind advice is given them at
first, but as you become your own
masters and begin to succeed i'll your
different occupations anil professions.
how is it then, young merchants. young
lawyers, young physicians. young min
listers? How is it then?
THE FIRM FOUNDATION OF FAITH.
Again, behold in our subject IN exhi
bition of true decision OF character.
Before Daniel were condemnation and
death if he continued faithful to his re-
ligion. Yet, just us before. three times.
day he prayed with his face toward
Jerusalem. There is nothing more fatal
for the religious or worldly advance
meut thun spirit of INDIGESTION. low
often youth is almost gUne before the
individual has determined upon his pro-
fession.
There are those who for thirty or forty
years have accomplished nothing any
where because they have not felt them
selves settled They have thought OF
tie law. of medicine, of merchandise, of
mechanism. They have some idea of
going west. Perhaps they will go cast.
Perhaps they won't. They may 20 north
or south. Perhaps they will invest their
money in railroads Or i'll real estate.
Perhaps they won't. They are like a
vessel starting from New York harhor.
which should enc day decide OIL so
ing TO Liverpool and the next on New
Orleans, and the next on Marseilles.
How many men havo for long while
been ont Oil the great sea of life and they
TO not Know to what port they IRE dcs-
tined? 1t is all everlasting lacking of
slip, but no Roadway.
The man who begins to build u house
in the Corinthian style and when half
way up concludes to make it Doric, and
then completes it in Ionic will have an
unsccnly lii!e and lie cursed of every
school of architecture. These men that
try everything get 10 be nothing. Cod
wrote in your brain and engraved ON
your bones what you ought to be. Then
lie that, nothing moro or nothing less.
In that direction is Your success. Every
other road is ruin. Having adjusted
your compass go ahead. Set your teeth
together. Small difficulties donot notice.
Great difficulties, by Gods grace strike
them down Onward! Let towards
skulk. Act you like sons of God.
lf.you WANT to sail to the land of gold
you;must double the Cape. To useful
ness and strong character there is no
overland route Over the great deeps
you must Fly. Most of the way it is
either head wind or tempest. Char
acter, like the goldfnch of Tonq,,in, is
magnificent when standing firm, but
loses all its splendor in fight. There
is no such thing dis failure to those who
trust in God. Paul got to be an apostle
by falling off his horse. Stephen was
stoned into heaven.
Whel young mnn resolves on re-
ligiuus life he does not always find it
smooth sailing. Old companions laugh
and say. with sarcastic tone, He has
got to be pious." They 60 on excursions
but do not ask him. They prophesy
that his religion will not hold oct. They
call him "loug faced" They wonder j!
be is not getting wings. They say sharp
things about him for themselves 10
laughat. When he posses they grilnace
and wink and chuckle and say loud
enough to be heard. There goes IL saint
If YOU have never seen life as it is you
know not what strength of resolution it
often requires for young man to be
Christian.
SELF DENIAL NECESSARY TO SUCCESS.
Again, let this story Of Daniel teach
us that tho way to future success is
through present self denial. Not only
lid Daniel snow his willingness for sell
restraint by refusing the luxuries of the
kings table, but must have denied him
self much social enjoyment and sight
seeing in order to have attained most
wonderful proficiency in study. The
rush of the chariots under his window
and the sound of lnirth that rang Out Oh
the air of Babylon would have attracted
most young men into the streets and to
expensive places of amusement.
But Daniel knew that it was only
through severity of applcation lie could
attain the honorable position for which
he was Intended Indeed you MAY carry
this truth into universal application
The Eost of those who have succeeded
in any profession or occupation have
come up from the very bottom of the
ladder. The brightest day began with
the twilight. The adlnirals who COM