Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-08-19

when they 60 among lIDorlng men NOT
to be touched by the greasy or smirch-
ed hand aud have their bEoadcloth In
jured Be q Christian employer. Re-
member those who are under your
charge are bone of your bone and flesh
of your flesh; that Jesus Christ died
for them and that they are immortal
Divide up your estates or portions Of
them for the relief of the world before
you leave It. Do not go out OF the
world Ike that man who died In New
York, leaving In his will $40, 100000.
yet giving how much for the church OF
God how much for the alienation OF
human suffering? He gave some mon
ey little Willie before lie died. That
was well, but In all this will Of $40,-
OOOOG0 how much? One million? No.
Five hundred thousand? No. One
hundred dollars? No. Two cents2
No. One cent? No. These great
cities grooming in anguish. nations cry
Ing out for the bread of everlasting
life 4 man In a will giving forty
millions Of dollars and not one cent to
God. Ii is disgrace to our civiliza-
ton. Or, as illustrated In a letter
which | have concerning a man who
departed this life. leaving between
five and eight millions of dollars. Not
one dollar WAS left. this writer says, to
comfort the aged worimen and work
women. not one dollar to elevate and
instruct the hundreds Of pale children
who sti1ed their childish growth In
the heat and clamor OF his factory. Is
1t strange that the curse Of the chill
dFen Of toll follows such ingratltudef
How well could one of his many mil
lions have been dlsbursed for the pres
ent and the future benefit Of those
whose hands had woven literally the
fabric of the dead mans princely for
tune. Oh. capitalists Of the United
States. be your own executors. Be
George Peabody If need be, on small
scale. God has made you q steward.
Discharge your responsibility.
A Word TO Labor.
My word Is to all laboring men In
this country: l congratulate you at
your Frightening prospects. con-
graduate you on the fact that you are
getting your representatives at AL
bany, at Harrisburg and at Washing
ton. have only to mention such o
man of the past as Henry Wilson, the
shoemaker; as Andrew johnson, the
tailor; rs Abraham Lincoln, the boat
man. The living illustrations easily
occur to you. This will go on until
you will have representatives at all
the headquarters, and you will have
full justice.
congratulate you also on your op-
portunities Of Information. Plato paid
$1,000 for two books. Jerome ruined
himself financially by buying one vol
ume Of Origen. What vast opportunl-
ties for intelligence for you and your
children. A working man goes along
by the show window of some great
publishing house. and he sees book
that costs IS. He says: 81 wish could
have that information. wish | could
raise SIS for that costly and beautiful
book" A few months pass on, and he
gets the value Of that book for 20
cents In pamphlet. There never was
such a day for the workingmen of
America as this day and the day that
Is coming.
1 also congratulate you because your
work Is only predatory and INTRODUCED
nv. You want the grace Of Jesus
Christ, the carpenter Of Nazareth. He
toiled himself. and he knows how to
sympnthlze with all who toll Get his
grace In your heart. and you Gun sing
on the scnffolding amid the storm, IN
the shop showing the plane. In the mine
punginy the crowbar on shipboard
climbing the ratlines. He Will make
the drops Of sweat on your brow gilt
terIng pearls for the eternal coronet
Are YOU tired, he will rest you. Are
you sick, he will give you help. Ara
YOU cold, he will wrap you In the man
tie of his love. Who are they before
the throne? All" you say. their
hands were never calloused with toll"
Yes, they were. You say Their feet
were never blistered with the long
Journey" Yes. they were, but Christ
raised them to that high eminence.
Who are these? These are they that
came out of great tribulatlon and had
their robes washed and made white
10 the blood Of the Lamb" That for
every Christian workingman and for
every Christian worklngwoman will bs
The beginning Of eternal holiday.
Cured Her Headache.