Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-09-10
junction of misfortunes have not enough


ourselves until we cannot choke down
another crumb of cake and begin the
supply of others necessities So far
from helping nppease the world hunger
are those whom Isaiah describes as
grinding the faces of the poor. You
have seen farmer or mechanic put o
scythe or all ak on grindstone, while
some one was turning it round and
round and the man holding the ak bore
on it harder and harder, while the wa
ter dropped from tho grindstone and the
edge Of the AK from being round and
dull got keener and keener. So have
seen men who were put against the
grindstone of hardship, and while one
turned the crank another would press
tho unfortunate harder down and hard
or down until ne was ground away
thinner and thinner-his comforts thin
ner, his prospects thinner and his face
thinner And Isaiah shrioks out, "What
mean ye that ye grind the faces of the
poor?''
Battle For Bread.
It is an awful thing to be hungry. 1t
is an easy thing for US to be in good
humor with Ill the world when we
have no lack But let hunger take full
possession of us and we would all turn
into barbarians and cannibals and flends.
Suppose that some of the energy we are
in useless and unavailing
talk about the bread question should be
in merciful alterations. 1
have read that the battlefield on which
more troops met than on any other in
the worlds history was the battlefield
of Leipsic-l60, 900 men under Napo-
Icon, $50, 900 men under Schwarzeberg.
No, no. The greatest and most terrific
battle is now being fought all the world
over. 1t is the battle for bread. The
ground tone of the finest passage IN one
of the great musical masterpieces, the
artist says. was suggested to him by
the cry of the hungry populace of Wen
ma as the king rode through and they
shouted: "Brcadl Give US bread" And
all through the great harmonies of mu-
steal academy and cathedral hear tho
pGthos, the ground tone, the tragedy,
of uncounted multitudes. who, with
streaming eyes and wan cheeks and
broken hearts, in behalf of themselves
and their families, are pleading for
bread
Let us take another look around to
see how we may serve our generation.
Let us see ms far as possible that they
have enough to wear. God looks upon
the human race and knows just how
many inhabitants the world has. The
statistics Of the worlds population are
taken in civilized lands, and
every few years officers of government
60 through the land and count how
many people there are in the United
States or England, and great accuracy
is reached. But when people tell us
how many inhabitants there are in Asia
or Africa at best it must be wild
guass. Yet God knows the exact num-
Ger of people on our planet, and ne has
made enough apparel for each, and if
there be fifteen hundred million, fifteen
fifteen hundred and fifteen
people then there is enough apparel for
fifteen hundred million, fifteen thou
sand, fifteen hundred and fifteen. Not
apparel, not ragged apparel,
not insufficient apparel, but appropriate
apparel. At least two suits for every
being OH earth, summer suit and a
winter suit. A good pair of shoes for
every living mortal. A good coat, a
good hat or good bonnet, and good
shawl and a complete masculine or fem
mime outfit of apparel. A wardrobe for
all nations, adapted to all climes, and
not string or button or pin or
hook or an eye wanting.
Redistribution.
But, alas, where are the good clothes
for three .fourths of the human race?
The other onc-fourth have appropriated
them. Tho fact is, there needs to be and
will be redistribution. Not by anarch-
istic violence. If outlawry had its way,
it would rend and tear and diminish
until, instead of three-fourths OF the
world not properly attired, four-fourths
would be in rags. l will let you know
how the redistribution will take place.
By generosity on the part of those who
have surplus and increased industry
on the part of those suffering from de-
felt. Not all, but the large majority of
cases of poverty in this country are a
result of idleness or drunkenness, either
on the part Of the present sufferers or
their ancestors In most cases the rum
jug is the maelstrom that has swallow
ed down the livelihood of those who
are in rags. But things will change,
and by generosity Oh the part of the
crowded wardrobes and industry and
on the part Of the empty ward
robes there will be enough for all to
wear.
Gcd has done his part toward the
dressing of the human race. He grows
a surplus Of wool Oh the sleeps back
and focks roam the mountains and val
leys with burden of warmth intended
for transference to human comfort,
when the shuttles of the factories,
reaching all the way from Chattahoo-
chez to the Merrimac. shall have spun
and woven it. In white letters of snowy
fleece God has been writing for thou
sand years his wish that there might
be warmth for all nations. While others
are discussing the effect of high or low
tariff or no tariff at all on wool you
and had better see if in our wardrobes
we have nothing that we can spare for
the suffering or pick out some poor lad
of the street and take him down to
clothing store and fit him out for the
reason. Gospel Of shoes Gospel Of hats i
Gospel of clothes for the naked
Food For Souls.
Again, let us look around and see
how we may serve our generation.
What shortsighted mortals we would
be if we were anxious to elothe and feed
only the most insignificant part of a
his body-while We put
forth no effort to clothe and feed and
save his soul. Time is little piece
broken off great eternity. What are
we doing for the souls of this present