Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-07-14

eat it, In other words, such an In
crate ought to have flock of crows for
pallbearersl l congratulate you If you
have the honor Of providing for aged
parents The blessing of the Lord God
Of Joseph and Jacob will be on you
Closing Days of Peace.
rejoice to remember that, though my
father lived In plain house the most
Of his Days. he died in mansion pro-
vided by the fllial piety Of son who
had achieved fortune. There the octo-
genarian sat, and the servants waited
on him, and there were plenty Of horses
and plenty Of carriages to convey him,
and bower In which to sit on long
summer afternoons, dreaming over the
past, and there was not room In the
house where he was not welcome, and
there We're musical instruments Of all
sorts to regale him, and when life had
passed the neighbors came out and ex-
lessed all honor possible and carried
him to the village Machpelah and put
him down beside the Rachel with whom
he had lived more than half century.
Sta rRae8 B rsSnGs aasses with the old peo-
ples they inculcated achieved your for
tune. Give them Christian percentage
of kindly consideration. Let Joseph d.
vide with Jacob the pasture fields OF
Goshen and tho glories Of the Egyptian
court
And here l would like to sing the
praises Of the sisSerhood who remain
unmarried that they might administer
to aged parents. The brutal world calls
these self sacrificing ones peculiar or
angular, but If you have had as many
annoyanoes as they have had Xantippe
would have been an angel compared to
you. It is easier to take care Of five roll
licking romping children than of one
childish old man. Among the best wo-
men are those who allowed the bloom
Of life to pass away while they were
caring for their parents. While other
maidens were sound asleep they were
soaking the old mans feet or tucking
I'D the covers around the invalid moth
er While other maidens were In the
cotillon they were dancing attendance
upon rheumatism and spreading plasters
for the lame back of the septenarian
and heating catnip tea for insomnia
women to BE Honored.
In almost every circle of our kindred
there has been some queen Of self sacri-
fee to whom jeweled hand after jewel
ed hand was offered in marriage, but
who staid on the old place because Of
tho sense Of flial obligation until the
health was gone and the attractiveness
of personal presence had vanished Bru-
tai society may cali such a one by q
nickname God calls her daughter, and
heaven calls her saint, and 1 call her
domestic martyr. A half dozen ordina-
ny women have not as much nobility as
could be found In the smallest Joint Of
the little finger of her left hand. Al
though the world has stood 6, 900 years,
this Is the first apotheosis OF maiden
hood, although in the long line Of those
who have declined marriage that they
might be qualified for some especial
mission are the names Of Anna Ross
and Margaret Breckenridge and Mary
Shelton and Anna Etheridge and Geor-
giena Wflletts, the angels Of the battle
fields of Fair Oaks and Lookout Noun
tain and Charlottesville. and though
single life has been honored by the fact
that the three grandest men Of the BIZ
ble-John and Paul and Christ-were
celibates.
Let the ungrateful world sheer ut the
maiden aunt, but God has throne bur-
nished for her arrival, and on one side
Of that throne in heaven there is vase
containing two jewels the one brighter
than the Kohinoor of London Tower and
the other larger than any diamond ever
found in the districts of Golconda-the
one Jewel by the lapidary of the palace
cut with the words, "Inasmuch as ye
did 1t to father" the other jewel by the
lapidary of the palace cut with the
words, "Inasmuch as ye did 1t to moth
er" "Over the Hills to the Poorhouse"
is the exquisite ballad Of VIII Garlic
ton. who found an old woman who had
been turned off by her prosperous sons
but 1 thank God l may find In my text
lover the hills to the palace
Jacobs Resolution.
AS If to disgust us with unflial con-
duct, the Bible presents us the story OF
Micah, who stole tho /, 100 shekels from
his mother, and the story of Absalom,
who tried to detlrrone his father. But
all history is beautiful with stories OF
fllial fidelity. Epaminondas, the war
rior, found his chief delight in reciting
to his parents his victories There goes
Eneas from burning Troy. on his shout
ders Anchises, his father. The Athen-
ians punished with death eny nnflial
conduct. There goes beautiful Ruth es-
corting venerable Naomi across the des-
ert amid the bowling Of the wolves and
the barking Of the jackals- John Law
renee, burned ct the stake in Colches-
ter, was cheered in the flames by his
children, who said, 20 God. strength
en- thy servant and keep thy promised
And Christ In the hour Of excruciation
provided for his old mother. Jacob kept
his resolution, II will 60 and sec him
before de-" and little while after
we find them walking tina tessellated
floor Of the palace, Jacob and Joseph,
the prime minister proud of the shep-
herd.
may say in legard to the most Of
you that your PARENTS have probably
visited you for the last time or will
soon pay you such visit, and I have
wondered If they will ever visit you In
the Kings palace. "Oh, you say, Il
am in the pit Of sinr' Joseph was In
the pit "0h, you say,'1 am IN the
prison of mine iniquityf' Joseph Yves
once in prison "oh, you say, II didn't
have fair chance was denied ma
ternal kindnessr' Joseph was denied
maternal attendance "Oh," you say,
II am far away from the land Of my
nativityr Joseph was far from home.
ooh, you say, ~ hove been betrayed