Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-01-07

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them us much distinguished FOR Kindness
and good morals as for prowess-the
two military leaders Of our civil war on
northern and southern side communicate
members of Christian churches, and their
horne life as pure as their public lifef
Nothing ilnpresses mo in this chrome
9 logical review more than the fact that
the regiments of years are better and
better regiments us the troops move on.
thank God that you and were lot
born any sooner than we were born.
How could we have endured the disaster
OF being horn in the Eighteenth or Sew
euteenth or Sixteenth century? Glad an
that we are in the regiment now PASS.
ing the reviewing stand and that our
children will pass the stand in astill bet.
ter regiment. God did not build thie
world for slaughter house or den OF
infany.
A good deal cleaning house will I've
necessary before this world becomes as
,.!eaa anl sweet as it ought to be, but
the hruoils. and the acr1lbbing brushe,
and the uphosterers and plumbers are
alreiuiy busy end VIXEN tho world gets
fixed up. rs it will be. if Adam and Eve
ever visit il, as expect they will, they
sill say ~ each other. We'll. this hea:s
paradise when we lived there. and the
pears and the piunls are better than we
plnckr, FROM the first trees, and The
wnr.irol,es IRE more complete. aid tie
rhu:ilte is ,ettei.'
Since settler, III my own mind tie
fact that :mi was stronger than the
devil haze never lost faith III tie
.parsr.isasion az this planet. With the
exception vi u rcilngi~ss;on in the Dark
Ages the movement of tie world has
l,reli OH anu on ANA M and up and !
| tlnve two lublai.t .nmaunas-one for
tie closing ye,.: :tfd tie other for tho
nsw yrsr
rIIEt TUAilTY.
| Bu! the OTHER Thought coming out Of
this s,.Ilert il that Biblical chronology
and il.s.p. al chronology. is urging the
worl. Ia more punctuality and iln,nedi-
stellpss What an Unsatisfactory and in
dti;.,iir thing il must have been for two
nnsli,rss men in the time Of Ahaz to
make Hi appointment, saying. we will
settle lhut business matter tomorrow
WHEN the Shallow oil the dial of Aiaz
reaches, th:. ient. step FROM, the top. III
II will met yon in tue street called
; STRAIGHT IA Damascus III the.tilnn OF the
nrw i,iuoa. ~ when asked Ill court
rouiI whnt time IN occurrence zoos
uIacr nlip;!lt a,.s,yer. 1T was during
the. tilae nf INC latter ruin n- III was; q
the time Of tie third Growing VI the
harilyHrT!.."
Yrnl and remember when ministers
nf the Gospel ~ the country, giving .nt
:, sotit-r 9. III evening service, instead OF
saying IT G VI or . O'clock. would ssy.
J The seryiceswi!l begin 1t sarly candle
light. Thank God for chronological
achievements whirii have ustere,i in cal
en,iars and ,iinanacs ard clocks and
watches. and ut &c cheap Il rate all may
possess them. Chronology, beginning
Jys approaching the value Of years AMI
the vaiue Of days. has kept on until it
Ferries ont. Man immortal; woman, i'm
mortal ;slppk. olt for that lninute: look
Fob q. ~ i,sTss
8 Eh:5uI ls53asd mai
sst Il s1'
missed Oft Of orr SESSION p foroefr
1bc greatest fraul man can commit i
( Etoroh another Ct his time. Hear it, u
i laggar.,s nnd repent! Ill the fingers o.
chronoicSy ln;nt 10 punctral;ty as onl
Of the gl:,ces. TIE minister or The lee
. t,irrr or business man who ccnIca to h.
= place Ten minutes after the appointed
, tiulc commits a crime tia eno11nity o.
y which Tan only bc estimated By multi
:. plying the number Of persons present b
: ten. If the engagement be rlndo witt
= five persons, be- has stolen fifty minutes
:. for be is ten minutes too lato. and lie hai
. rohia,,l each uf tire five persons OF tee
i minutes apiece. aud ten times five arc
fifty.
If there be 500 persons present and he
;, he ten minutes TOO late. lac Las commit.
), led Il robbery Of 5.0CD minutes. for ten
i time zoo are 5000. and 5000 minutes arr
;. eigity-thrce hours. WHICH make more
), tilan three days. Tho thief Of dry goods
r tie thief OF hank bills. is rot half 30 bld
!, as the thief Of time
SOME EXAMPLES.
(. DR.. Rrsh. the greatest and busiest ply.
r tician of his day. appreciated the value
nj time. and when asked how he had
i been abla 10 gather so l:!ucil information
!or his books and lectures ee replied: ~
have been ahlo to do it by econoini:ing
y my time have not spent Gle hour in
/ amusement in thirty years" and tax
r ing blankbook from bis pocket lie said,
Il FIJI Il book like this every week with
y thoughts that occEr to Inc and facts col
Iected i'll the rooms Of my patients"
Napoleon appreciated the value Of
: time when the sun was sinking upon
: Waterloo. and ne thought that 4 little
/, mere tine would retrieve bis fortunes.
$ and he pointed to tho silii1ing SUI and
p said. wv hat would | not give TO be this
day possesse; CT the power OF Joshua and
enabled to retard thy march foc two
a hoursr The good cid woman appreoi-
ated the value OF time when 1t ninety
three years Of age she said, TIE Ju0go
of all the earth does not mean that l
rhall have any excuse for not being pre-
pared to meet him.
yoltaire, the blatant inadel, appreci-
) ated the value of time when in lis dy-
, ling moments he said 10 his doctor, II
, will give you half Of what an worth II
! you will give lie SIX months Of life,' and
when told that he could not I've Six
weeks he burst into tears and said,
(; '.Then l shall go to hell" John Wesley
appreciated tie value CT time wien he
stood Oh LIS steps waiting for dcla! IT.
carriage 10 take hi,A to ali appointmen..
cayinr al have lost ten minutes forcW