Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-02-19
that company.
Penalties of Prominence.

mention these things to prove it is
extraordinary people who get abused,
while the ordinary escape. The weather
of life is not so severe on the plain as it
is on the high peaks. The world never
forgives man who knows or gains or
does more than it can know or gain or
do. Parents sometimes give confection-
cry to their children as an inducement
to take bitter medicine, and the worlds
sugar plum precedes the worlds aqua
forts. The mob cried in regard to
Christ, "Crucify him, cruelty him!'
and they had to say it twice to be IN
derstood, for they were so hoarse, and
they got their hoarseness by crying a
little while before at the top of their
voice, "Hosanna The river Rhone is
foul when it enters Lake Leman, but
crystalline when it comes out on the
other side. But there are men who have
entered the bright lake of worldly pros
perity crystalline and come out terribly
riled If, therefore, you feel that you
are an ordinary, thank God for the de-
lenses and the tranquility of your posi-
tion.
Then remember, if you have only
what is called an ordinary home, that
the great deliverers of the world have
all come from such home And there
may be seated, reading at your evening
stand, a child who shall be potent for
the ages Just unroll the scroll of men
mighty in church and state, and you
will find they nearly all came from log
cabin or poor homes. Genius almost al
ways runs out in the third or fourth
generation. You cannot find in all his
tory an instance where the fourth gen.
Grafton of extraordinary people amount
to anything. In this country we had
two great men, father and son, both
presidents of the United States, but
from present prospects there never will
be in that genealogical line another
president for thousand years. Column
bus from weaver's hut, Demosthenes
from cutters cellar, Bloomfield and
Missionary Carey from shoemaker's
bench, Arkwright from barber's shop,
and he whose name is high over all in
earth and air and sky from a manager.
Be Content.
Let us all be content with such things
as we have God is just as good in what
he keeps away from>us as i'll what he
gives us. Even knot may be useful if
it is at the end of thread.
At an anniversary of deaf and dumb
asylum one of the children wrote upon
the blackboard words as sublime as the
"Iliad," the Odyssey and the obi
VIVA Commedia" all compressed in one
paragraph. The examiner, in the signs
Of the mute language asked her, "Who
made the world?" The deaf and dumb
girl wrote upon the blackboard, In
the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth" The examiner asked
her, "For what purpose did Christ come
into the world?" The deaf and dumb
girl wrote upon the blackboard, "This
is a faithful saying and worthy Of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners. The exam
liner said to her, "Why were you born
deaf and dumb, while hear and speak?'
She wrote upon the blackboard, Even
so, Father, for so it seemeth good in thy
sight. Oh, that we might be baptized
WIrH d Ovnvo.-e~t. Sri-is'-- est--- -ral---
draws poison out of flower, the bee
gets honey out of thistle; but happi-
ness is heavenly elixir, and the con-
tented spirit extracts it not from the
rhododendron of the hills, but from the
lily of the valley.