Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-05-12

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trembling and agonized and affrighted
and presses to his parehed lip. and hi
cracked tongue, and his shrieking ye
immortal spirlt-nO room!
Oh. IL this younger son of the parable
had not gone so far off. II he had mo-
dropped so low In wassall the protes
+ would not have been so severe; but
going clear over the precipice, as th'
younger son did. the elder son is angry
and will not go In.
i Pity the Fallen.
Be not so hard in your criticism OF
the fallen lest thou thyself also bt
tempted. DO you know who that mar
was who. Sabbath before last, stagger
ed up and down the aisle in church
disturbing the service until the service
had to stop until he was taken from
the room? He was a minister OF the
/ gospel Of Jesus Christ IN a sister de-
nomination. That man had preached
the gospel; that man had broken the
bread of the holy communion for the
people. From what height TO what
a depth! Oh. was glad there was nc
smiling In the room when that man
was taken out, his poor wife following
him with his hat In her hand and bis
coat on her arm. 1t was as solemn to
me as two funerals-the funeral Of the
body and the funeral Of the soul. Be-
ware lest thou also be tempted!
An invalid went to South America
for his health and one day sat summing
himself on the beach when he saw
something crawling up the beach wrig-
Cling toward him, and he was alright
ed. He thought II was wild beast or
reptile, and he took his pistol from
his pocket. Then he saw 1t was not a
wild beast II was a man, an immortal
man. man made In Gods own Image,
and the poor wretch crawled up to the
feet Of the invalid and asked for strong
drink. and the invalid took his wine
flask from his pocket and gave the
poor wretch something to drink. and
then. under the stimulus, he rose up
and gave his history. He had been q
merchant In Glasgow. He had gone
down under the power Of strong drink
until he was so reduced In poverty
that he was living In boat just off the
beach. Why" said the Invalid, 81
knew a merchant In Glasgow once. a
.merchant Of such and such a name"
An, the poor wretch Strengthened him
self and sal.. II am that mani" Let
him that thinke,h he standeth take
heed lest he FAM"
Again remark that tn. - nor orotn.
er of my text stands for the spis' oi
envy and jealousy. The senior brot.
er thought that all the honor they did
to the returned brother was a wrong
to him. He said. 81 have staid at home,
and ought to have had the ring, and
| ought to have had the banquet, and
| ought to have had the garlands." !"
Alas. for this spirit of envy and jeal-
ousy coming down through the ages!
Cain and Abel. Esau and Jacob, Saul
and David. Haman and Mordecai,
Othello and Iago. Orlando and Angeli-
ca. Caligula and Torquatus, Caesar and
Pompey. Columbus and the Spanish
courtlers. Cambyses and the brother
he slew because he was better marks
man. Dionysius aud Philoxenius, whom
he slew because he was better singer.
Jealousy among painters-Closterman
and Godfrey Kneller, Hudson and
Reynolds. Francia. anxious to see O
a picture. Francia, seeing It. falls In q
6t Of jealousy from which he dies.
Jealousy among authors. How seldom
contemporaries speak Of each other
XenOphon and Plato living at the same
time, but from their writings you new
er would suppose they heard Of each
other. Religious jealOusies. The Mo-
hammedans praying for rain during
drought; no rain coming. Then the
Christians begin to pray for rain. and
the rain comes. Then the Mohamme-
dams met together to account for this,
and they resolved that God was so we'll
pleased with their prayers he kept the
drought on so as to keep them praying,
but that the Christians began to pray
and the Lord was so disgusted with
their prayers that he sent rain right
away so he would not hear any more
Of their supplicatlons. Oh. this accurs-
ed spirit Of envy and jealousy! Let us
stamp II out from all our hearts.
stihe Jealousy.
A wrestler was so envious of Theog-
enes, the prince of wrestlers, that he
could not be cOnsoled In any way. and
after Theogenes died and statue was
lifted to him in a public place his envi-
Gus antagonist went out every night
and wrestled with the statue until one
night he threw II, and II fell on him
and crushed him 70 death. So jealousy
Is not only absurd. but 1t Is killing to
the body. and 1t Is killing to the soul.
How seldom II is you find one mer-
chant speaking well Of merchant In
the same line Of business. How sell
dom 1t Is you hear q physician speak
Ing well OF physician on the same
block. Oh. my friends, the world Is
large enough for all Of us! Let us re-
Ioice at the success Of others. The
aext best thing TO owning garden
ourselves Is to look over the fence and
admire the flowers. The next best
thing to riding In fine equipage Is to
stand on the streets and admire the
prancing span. The next best thing to
having . banquet given to ourselves
ig having banquet given to our
prodigal brother that has come home
to his fathers house.
Besides that, II We do not get as
much honor and as much attention as
others we ought to congratulate our
selves on what we escape In the way OF
assault. The French general riding
on horseback at the head Of his troops
heard a soldier complain and say, ut
is very easy for the general to COM
mand us forward while he rides and
we walk" Then the general dismount'