Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-19
IN Eden.


the living spcal-Eye, the first the
fairest and tho best.
IN Eden.
make re a garden. inlay tie paths
with mountain mess, and / border them
with pearls from Ceylon and diamonds
from Golcorda. Here and there are
fountains tossing in the sunlight and
ponds that ripple under the padding OF
Ike swans. / gather me lilies from the
Amazon, and orange groves from the
tropics and tamarinds from Goyaz.
( There are woodl;nc and honcysucklc
climbing over the wall and starred
epanicls sprawling themselves Oh Tie
Grass. / invite amid these trees the
larl:s, and tic b1oWn thrushes, and tic
robins, and all the brightest binds Of
heaven, and they stir the air with iii
finite chirp and carol. And yet the place
/ is Il desert filed with darkness and
death as compared with the residence
Of the wolaan Of tie text tie subject
Z Of MY story. Never since have such
skies looked down through such leaves
into such waters. Never has river wave
had such curve and sheen and bank as
adorned the Pison, the Hayilah, the
! Gihon and the Hiddclel, even the pcb-
hles being bdellium and onyx stone.
What fruits, with 10 curculio to sting
tho rind! What flowers with no slug
Ito gnnw tie root! What atmosphere,
with NO flcat 10 clill and with no heat
10 consutie! Bright cclcls tangled IL
tie Grass. Perfume i'll tie air. Music
IL the sky. Great scene Of gladress ant
love and joy.
:. Rieht there under Il bower CT lea
aad vine and shrub occurred the frs
Inarriace. Adam tock the hand of thi:
Immaculate daughter of God and pro
nounced the ceremony when he said
.,Bono CT my bcno, and flesh Of my
flesh. I" A forbidden tree. stood i'll TIE
midst of that exquisite park. Eve, saun
tering out enc day alone, locks up Il
the tree and secs the beautiful frui
and wonders if it is sweet and wonder:
if it is sour, ard standing there says
~ think Will Just put my hand upol
the fruit. 1t Will Go no damage TO th'
tree. will net take the fruit to eat
but will Just take it down to examine
it," She examined the fruit. She said
81 do not think there can be any harm
in my Just breaking the rind OF it. ;
She put the fruit to her teeth, sht
tasted, she allowed Adam also to tast
the fruit, the door of the world opened
and the monster sill catered. Let TIL
heavens gather blacliness, ard the wind
sigh OIL the Eesom of the hills, and cav
crn, and desert, and earth, and sky joil
in ono long. deep. he'll rendinG howl
1.-The world is lost!''
Beasts that before were harmless ant
full OF play put forth claw and stinnI
and tooth and trsl1. Birds whet thei
leak fer prey. Clouds troop i'll the sky
Sharp thorns shoot up Though the sof
grass. Blastings Gil the leaves. All tn
chords Of that great harmony ar
snapped. Upon the brightest home thi
world ever saw our first parents turnc
their back and led forth on "a path Q
sorrow the broken hearted myriads OF
ruined race.
Danger OF Curiosity.
Do you not sec, in tie first place, tn
danger of il poorly regulated inqulsl
tivcncss? Size wanted to know low tn
fruit tasted. She found cut, but G, 90
years have deplolod that unhcalthfu
curiosity. Eealthful curiosity has don
great deal for letters, for art, &c
science aid fer religion. 1t has gon
down into the depths CT the earth wit
the eeologist ard seen TIE first chapte
Of Genesis written i'll tie book Of Ia
ture illustrated with engraving Oh rocl
and it stood with tie antiquarian Will
he blew tie trumpet of rosIrrectio
over buried Herculaneum AID Pompeit
until from their sepulche1' there cani
up shaft ard terrace and aniIhiilleatel
Eealthful curiosity has enlarged tn
teleseopic vision of the astronomer, unt
,, worlds hidden in tie distant heaven
have trcoped forth and have joined tn
choir Jruising tie Lord; planet wci9he
, against planet and widest comet la
sooed with resplendent law. Healtfft
curiosity has gone down and found tn
tracks of the eternal God i'll the polyI
and the starfish under the sea and tn
majesty CT The great Jehovah encampe
under the gorgeous curtains of the dai
liza. It has studied the spots on the SUI
and the larva IN q beech leaf, and til
light under a frefy's wing, ard II
terrible eye glance Of condor pitohin
from ChimboraZo 1t has studied I'll
myriads of animalculn that make Il
the phosphorescence III a ships wal
and the mighty maze OF suns and sphere
and consultations and galaxies TIL
blaze Oh in the march OF God. HEATH
f,.l curiosity has stood by She inventor
until forces that were hidden for age
come to wheels and levers and shat
and sbuttles-forces that fly the air
swim the sea or clcave the mountal
until the earth jars and roars and rlnf
and crackles and booms with stIan9
: mechanism, and ships with nostrils
hot steam and yokes OF fire draw u