Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-12-08

Patience Is Wnnting-Pity Rather
Than Condemn the Erring.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-This discourse
Of DR.. Talmage is full length portrait
Of virtue which all admire, and The
lessons taught are very helpful; text
Hebrews K, SO. aye have need Of pa
tience."
Yes, we are in awful need of It. Some
Of US have little Of 1t, and some Of us
have none at all. There is less Of this
grace In the world than Of almost any
other. Faith, hope and charity are all
abloom In hundreds Of souls where you
find one specimen of patience. Paul,
the author Of the text, on conspicu-
Gus occasion lost his patience with q
coworker, and from the way he urges
this virtue upon the Hebrews, upon the
Corinthians. upon the Thessalonians,
upon the Romans, upon the Colossians,
upon the young theological student,
Timothy, conclude he was speaking
out of his own need of more Of this ex-
cellence. And I only wonder that Paul
had any nerves left. Imprisonment,
fagellation, Mediterranean cyclone. ar
rest for treason and conspiracy, the
wear and tear Of preaching to angry
mobs, those at the door Of theater
and those on the rocks of Mars hill, left
him emaciated and invalid and with a
broken voice and sore eyes and nerves
a-jangle. He gives us a snap shot of
himself when he describes his appear
ance and his sermonic delivery by say
ing. "In bodily presence weak and in
speech contemplate" and refers to his
inflamed eyelids when, speaking of the
ardent friendship Of the Galatians, he
says, "If 1t had been possible. ye would
have plucked out your own eyes and
have given them to me-"
We all admire most that which we
have least Of. Those of us with unim-
pressive vlsage most admire beauty;
those Of us with dlscordant voice most
extol musical cadence; these Of us with
speech most wonder at ell
oquence; those Of us who get provoked
at trifies and are naturally irascible
appreciate In others the equipolse and
the calm endurance of patience. So
Paul, with hands tremulous with the
lgitations of a lifetime, writes Of the
God Of patience" and of ministers Of
God In much patience" and of patience
If hope" and tells them to follow aft
er patience" and wants them to run
with patience" and speaks of those
with all might to all pa
ience" and looks us all full In the face
Is he makes the startling charge, "Ye
nave need of patience"
Do Not Boast.
Some of the people ordinarily most
excellent have a deficit in this respect. !
That man who Is the lmpersonation OK
Iniiability, bis mouth full Of soft words /
md his face a spring morning, If a |
,assing wheel splash the mud across
lis broadcloth, see how he colors up |
nd hear him denounce the passing |
ehu; the Christian woman. an angel
f suavity, now that some social slight
s put upon her or her family. hear how
er utterance increases in intensity.
Oh, 1t Is easy enough to be patient
vhen there Is not hing to be patient
bout. When he bank account Is
ood and in no 6aIt'ar Of being over
rawn, and the 'vlr1robe is crowded
nth apparel app lite for the cold
r the heat or the ct, and all the fam
y have attested their health by keen
ppetites at a loaded table, and the
ewspapers, If they mention us at all,
ut right construction upon what we
o or say, and we can walk ten miles
yithout getting tired, and we sleep
Ight solid hours without turning FROM
de to side, the most useless grace car
link of Is patience. II has no bust
ess anywhere in your house; you have
o more need of it than Of a life pre-
erver while you are walking the pave
tent of city. no more need of II than
[ an umbrella under cloudless sky,
o more need OF II than of Sir Hum
hry Davy's safety lamp for miners
lille you are breathing the tonic air
an October morning. Do not boast
vat you are placid and optimistic and
zee from the spirit Of scold. If those
ho are unfortunate could change lots
ith you, they would be just as sun
liny. 1t Is not religion that makes
ou SO happy. but capacity to digest
our food In three hours. and enough
,upons cut off to meet all your ex-
enses, and complimentary mention
I'd capacity to leave your horses in the I
able because you need brisk walk
OWN the avenue.
Easy to Go Down. 4
The recording angel. making a pen
1t Of some plume Of bird OF para
Sc, is not getting ready to write op- 7
,site your name anything applauda-
ry. All your sublime equilibrium of I
is the result Of worldly
ccess. But suppose things nightly \
Iange with you. as they sometimes do |
ange. You begin to go down hill.
I'd 1t is amazing how many there are
help you down when you begin to @
in that direction. A great invest
ent fails. The Colorado silver mine
ases to yield You get land poor; S
ur mills, that yielded marvels of
ealth, are eclipsed by mills with new
invented machinery; you get under Q
e feet Of the bears Of Wall street [
)r the first time In your life you need s
borrow money. and no one Is willing
lend. Under the narrowing worri-
ent you get a distressful feeling at
e base of your brain. Insomnia and 1
rvous dyspepsia lay hold of you.
,ur health goes down with your for /
ne; your circle Of acquaintances mar
ws, and where once you were op- l
essed by the fact that you had not I
ne enough to return one-half Of the
cial calls made upon you now the |
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