Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-03

D. tunneled the mountains through whicl
N the rail train thunders and launched
d all the shipping and fought all the bat
# ties and built all the temples anC
n swung all The cables under the sea a:
a well as lifted to midair the wire tracks
Q on which whole trains Of thought rush
across the continents and built all the
cities and hoisted the pyramids.
Do not rulogiZe the eye and ear al
: the expense Of the hand. for the eye
may be blOtted out. as in the case of
!, Milton. and yet his hand writes a
- paradise Lost" or Samson Ago
nistes;" as In the case OF William IL.
Prescott. and yet his hand may write
the enchanting Conquest of Peru"
Or the ear may be silenced forever. as
in the case OF Beethoven. and yet his
hand may put into immortal cadences
= the 'Ninth Symphony" Oh. the handl
The God fashioned hand. The trium.
phant hand. 1t Is an open Bible of di-
vine revelation. and the five fingers
are the Isaiah and the Ezekiel and the
DaSid and the Micah and the Paul Of
that almighty inspiration.
A pastor in his sermon told how a lit
tie child appreciated the value Of his
hand when he was told that on the
morrow ii must be amputated In order
to save his life. Hearing that. he went
to a quiet place and prayed that God
would spare his hand. The surgeon. com
ing the next day to do his work. found
the. hand so much better that amputa.
tion was postponed. and the hand got
we'll The pastor, telling Of this in a.
sermon. concluded by holding up his
hand and saying. THAT Is the very
hand that was spared in answer to-
prayer, and | hold it up. a monument
of divine mercy"
Again. the hand is the chief execu
tive officer Of the soul when wrung inl
agony. Tears of relief are sometimes
denied 10 trouble The eyelids at such
tine are as hot and parched and burn
ing as the brow. At such time even
the is suppressed. and there is nc
/, sob or outcry Then the wringing OF
the haIfca tells the story. Al the close
Of } life wasc%d in sin sometimes comes
that expression Of the twisted fingers
the memory Of years lat will never
return. OF opportunities tnm like OF
which will never again occur. ana con
science In its wrath pouncing upon the
soul. and all the past n horror only tC {
be surpassed by the approaching hor {
rOr. SO a man wrings his hands over
the casket Of dead wife whom he has {
crGelly treated. SO n man wrings his 4,
hands at the fate of sons and daugh-
ters whose prospects have been ruined {
By. his inebriety and neglect and de-
pfavity SO the sinner wrings his {
hands when. after life full of offers {
Of pardon and peace and heaven. he |
dies without hope. When there are |
sdrrows too poignant for lamentation t
on The lip and too hot for the tear /
glands to write in letters Of crystal on 9
tie cheek the hand recites the tragedy
with more emphasis than anything in L
'..Eaebeth" and king Lear"
N.rSe tl.an the wringing Of the t
@THeeswas the punishment that Gran t
q life bdcts risbt hand when he put it d
not l.>,' Of sna STAKE Snd without L
h.sJ,g said: "ForaSmuch as my t
! Id offended in writing contrary 10 s
my heart. my hand shall therefore be {
the first punished 1t shall be the first &
burned. This was the hand that wrote b
it," o
Again. the hand is the chief eXecu- S
tive officer Of the soul in salutation. \ Il
former president of the United States Il
said: 81 think handShakng is Il great b
nuisance. and it should be abolished O
1t not only makes the right arm sore. "
but shocks the whole system and units
a man for writing or attending to other n
duties. 1t demoralizes the entire merry ii
Gus and muscular system" But while 81
this exercise may be fatiguing it is b,
also an opportunity. He who knows fC
how heartily to shake hands has one Il
Of the mighteSt arts for conveying ii
happiness and good cheer and life pter n
nal. After you have shaken hands OF
with one line Of communication is b.
opened that was not open before Two II
IN which all sympathPS and kind II
lesses and encOuragementS and bless W
ngs cross over. TO shake hands with 10
some persons does us more good than b,
l sermOn-ayP. ii is Il sermon. To N
shake hands with a good doctor when G.
we are sick Is an anOhynp Il tonic. Il q
'ebrifuge before ne feels the pulse or
writes the prescription TO shake
hands with n cheerful man when we
Ire discouraged fills us with faith to
ry again what we have failed in do
ng TO shake hands with some conse ~
rated man. clerical or lay. after we -
lave wandered away into sin is to feel ~,
he grasp Of Father God welcoming -
home the pr0digal Shakr hands. q yp ~
told and exclusive aud coldbloodcd ''
md precise and conventional Chris ~
ians, jrhn cried ont to Irhonadab: VI
rs thine heart right If it be. give me
hne hand %, 81
There Is i'm an honest and Christian d
a thrill Of gospel electricity. III
lou take part of his trouble. and he op
axes part of your jubilance. In that y
ray you divide up auXieties and con III
The main trunk line of ~
hat handshake has branches Of bless ~
tclegraphy right down to both hearts vi
nd up to both heads, and you both get an
be message the same instant Take ah
ff the glove when you shake hands, 81,
or that glove puts the hide of kid WI
etween the palm Of your hand and the ~ ~
aim of his hand. and that animals
ide is a noncOnductor of this gospel "
lectricity. DO not grip the bone Of Sc
be forefnger and the bone Of the little Ne
niger with crushing power that puts
ne into severe suffering. which many
( us have experienced from those who -.