Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-11-28

genius. and that, therefore, there is
no need Of close application. 1t Is here
where multitudcs fail. The curse of this
age is the Reniuscs-men with enormous
self conceit and cgotism, and nothing
else. / had rather be oil OK than .sn eagle
plain and plodding and useful, rather
than high flying ard good for nothing
bit to pick out tho eyes Of carcnsscs. Elk
traordinary capacity without work is ex-
traordinary failure. There is no hope
for that person who begins life resolved
to live by his wits. for the probability
| is that he has not any. 1t was not safe
for Adam, even in his unfallen state, to
have nothing to do, and therefore God
commanded him to be farmer and hor-
ticuturist. He wns to dress the garden
and keep it, and had lie and his wife
ohoyod the divine injunction and been
at work, thoy would not have been
sauntering under the trees and banker
ing after that fruit which destroyed
them ana their posterity, proof posi-
tive for Mi ages to come that those who
do not attend 10 their business arc sure
to got into mischief.
l do not know that the prodignl i'll
Scripture would ever have been re-
claimed had ho not given up his idle
habits aud gone to feeding swine for
living. The devil does not so often at
tack the man who is busy with the pen,
and the book, and the trowel, and the
saw, and the hammer. He is afraid OF
those weapons But woe to the man
whom this roaring lion meets with his
hands in his pockets
Do not demand that your toll always
! be elegant and clearly and refined.
There is certain amount of drudgery
through which we must all pass, what,
ever be our occupation. You know how
men arc sentenced certain number OF
years to prison. and after they have suf-
fered and worked out the time, then
they are allowed to 90 free. So it is
with all of US. God passed on US the
sentence, "By tho sweat of thy brow
shalt thou eat bread" We must endure
our time Of drudgery, and then, after
awhile, we will - allowed TO go into
comparative liberty. We must DO will
ing to endure the sentence. We all
know what drudgery is connected with
the beginning of any trade or profession,
but this does not continue MI our lives,
if it be the students, or the merchants,
or the mechanics life. l know you have
at the beginning many Il hard time,
but after awhile those things will be-
come easy. You will be your own mas
ter Gods sentence will be satisfied.
You will be discharged from prison.
Bless God that you have brain to
think and hands to work and feet tc
walk with, for in your constant activi-
ty, o young man, is ono Of your strong
est defenses. Put your trust i'll God and
do your best. That child had it right
when the horses ran away with the load
of wood and he sat on it. When asked
if he was frightened, he said, mo;
prayed to God and hung on like
beaver p"
Respect For the Sabbath.
Respect for the Sabbath will BIO to the
young man another preservatiye against
evil. God has thrust into the toll and
fatigue of life recreative day, when
the soul is especially to be fed. 1t is nc
ne.- tangled notion of wild Drained
reformer, but an institution established
at the beginning. God has made natu.
- - ,,,or,I I,,rc ca bor,nouiOuc th al
the body as well as the soul demands
this institution. Our bodies are seven
day clocks, that must be wound up as
often as that or they will run down.
Failure must come sooner or later to the
mnn who breaks the Sabbath. Inspira'
ton has called it the Lords day, and
he who devotes it to the world is guilty
of robbery. God will not let the sin &C
unpublished, either in this world or the
world to come.
This is the statement Of man who
has broken this divine enactment: 81
was engaged in manufacturing on the
Lchigh river. On the Sabbath used tc
rest, but never regarded God in it. One
beautiful Sabbath, when the noise was
all hushed ana the day was all that
loneliness could make it, sat down or
NV piazza and went to work inventing
a new shuttle. l neither stopped to cal
nor drink till the sun went down. By
that time | had the invention complet
cd The next morning exhibited it ano
boosted Of my days work and was ap
plauded The shuttle was tried and
worked well, but that Sabbath days
work cost NE $50, 900. We branched
out and enlarged, and tho curse Of
heaven was upon me from that day on
ward I"
While the divine frown must rest
upon him who tralnples upon this stat
ute, Gods special favor will be upon
that young man who scrupulously OBJ
serves it. This day, properly observed
will throw a hallowed influence ovel
all the week. The song md sermon anC
sanctuary will hold back from presump
tuous sins That young man who begins
the duties of life with either secret OF
open disrespect to the holy day, | ven
ture to prophesy, will meet with no per.
manent SUCCESSES Gods curse will fall
upon his ship, his store, his office, hi;
studio, his body and his soul. The way
Of the wicked he turneth upside down.
In ono Of the old fables it WAS said thai
wonderful child WIS born III Bagdad
and magician could hear his footstep:
6, 600 miles away But can hear i'll the
footstcp Of that young man on his way
to the house Of worship today the ster
not only of lifetime of usefulness. bu1
the oncomiug step of eternal ages o.
happiness yet millions Of years away.
High Ideals.
A noble ideal and confident expecta