Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-08-18

) the woods from which the eterna
shadow Is never lifted, on the shore OF
the sea over whose iron cOast tosses
the tangled foam, spripkling the crack
edscliffs with a baptism OF whirlwlnd
and tempest. In the best place to study
God; but in the rushing. swarmlng
raying street Is the best place to study
man,
Going down TO your place Of business
ana coming home again. charge you
look about: See these signs OF poverty,
OF wretchedness. Of hunger Of sin, OF
bereavement; and as you go through
the streets and come back through the
streets. gather up in the arms Of your
prayer all the sorrow, all the losses. all
the sufferings. all the bereavements Of
those whom you pass, and present
them In prayer before an all SYM
pathetic God. In the great day Of
eternity there Will be thousands Of
persons with whom you In this world
never exchanged one word will rise
up. and call you blessed. and there
VIII be thousand fingers polnted at
you In heaven. saying. That Is the
man, that Is the woman. who helped
me when | was hungry. and sick. and
wandering. and lost, and heart broken.
That Is the man, that IL the woman"
and the blessing VIII come down upon
you as Christ shall say: IL was hungry
and ye fed me. was naked and ye
clothed me, ! was sick and In prison
and ye visited me; inasmuch as ye did
1t 10 these poor wallis Of the streets.
ye did 1t unto me-"
Brotherhood Of Man
Again, in all cities am impressed
with the fact that oil classes and con.
ditions Of society must commIngle
We sometimes cultivate a wicked ex-
cluslyeness. Intellect despises igno- |
rance. Refinement Will have nothing |
to do with boorIshness. Gloves hate
the sunburned hand, and the high
forehead despises the fiat head, and |
the trim hedgerow will have nothing
to do with the wild copsewood, and
Athens hates Nazareth. This ought
not so to be. like this democratic
principle Of the gospel Of Jesus Christ
which recognizes the fact that we
stand before God on one and the same
platform. Do not take on any airs.
Whatever position you have gained IN
society. you are nothing but a man,
born OF the same Parent. regenerated
by the same Spirit, cleansed In the
same blood. to lie down In the same
dust. to get up In the same resurrec-
tion. II is high time that we all ac-
knowledged not only the Fatherhood
Of God, but the brotherhood Of man.
Again. In all cities l am impressed
with the fact that II Is a very hard
thing for man to keep his heart
right and to get to heaven. Infinite
spring upon us from
places Of public concourse. Amid so
much affiuence, how much temptation
TO cogetousness and to be discontented
". 4 cur humble lot Amid so many
for oyerreachlng, what
to extortionl Amid so
much display, what temptation to van {
lty! Amid so many saloons of strong
drink, what allurement TO dissipation
In the maelstroms and hell gates of the s
street. how many make quick and
eternal shipwreck! If man-of-war {
comes back from battle, and Is towed
nto the navy yard. we go down to look {
It the splIntered spars and count the {
)ullet holes. and look with patriotic 4
ldmlration on the flag that foated IN t
7ictOry from the masthead. But that d
nan Is more Of curiosity who has Il
zone through 80 years Of the sharp C
hooting Of business life. and yet sails q
N. victor over the temptations Of the t
treet OH how many have gone o
lown under the pressure. leaving not o
% much as a patch Of canvas to tell G
where they perlshed. They never had Il
ny peace. Their dshonesties kept b
olling In their ears. If had an Ak, Il
nd could split open the beams Of that II
ne house, perhaps would find In cl
be very heart Of II skeleton. In e
Is very best wine there Is a smack a
poor mans sweat. Oh. Is II strange Il
hat when man has devOured T
Tidows' houses he Is disturbed with CT
All the forces Of nature h,
re against him. The floods are ready I'll
, drown him, and the earthquake to 81
wallow him. and the fires to consume sa
I'm. and the lightning to smite him. st
ye, the angels of God are on the kr
rect. and In the day when the crowns af
heaven are distributed some Of the be
rightest Of them will be given to ki
lose men who were faithful TO God Is,
nd faithful to the souls of others tn
MD the marts Of business. proving m
Iemselves the heroes Of the street. M
lightly were their temptations. mighty
as their deliverance, and mighty
Iall be their triumph. Of
Pretension and sham. ste
Again. In all these cities | am I'M tal
'essed with the fact that life Is full ha
pretension and sham. What subter- WI
ge, what double dealing, what two IN
cedness! Do all people who wish you tn,
'od morning really hope for you a 10
ppy day? Do all the people who Of
axe hands love each other? Are all l {
Ose anxious about your health who Lo
quire concerning It? Do all want to an
e you who ask you to call? Does all pal
e world know half as much as it fro
etends to know? Is there not many Ing
stock of goods with a bril- he
mt store window? Passing up and 9th
wn the streets TO your business and Ian
ur work, are you not impressed with wo
P fact that society Is hollow and that WI
ere are subterfuges and pretensfons! no,
l. how many there are who swagger his
d strut, and how few people who are his
tural and walk! While fops slmper for
d fools snicker and simpletons gig r
}, how few people are natural and the