Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-12-08
the worlds redemption"
BE Patient Under Wrong.


In some form? 1t comes to all peopl
In professional life in the shape of b,
ing misunderstood. Because of thi
how many people fly to newspapers fo
an explanation. You see their car
signed by their own name declarin
they did not say this or did not do tina
They fuster and worry, not realizin
that every man comes to be taken 70
what he is worth, and you cannot, b
any newspaper puff. be taken for NOR
than you are worth nor by any news
paper depreciation be put down. Their
Is spirit Of fairness abroad In tn
world, and If you are public man yol
are classified among the friends o
foes Of society. IL you are friend o
society, you will find plenty Of adher
ents, and If you are the foe Of societ,
you cannot escape apprehension. Paul
you were right when you said, no
more to the Hebrews than to us, "Y,
have need of patience" | adopted 1
rule years ago which has been Of grea
service to me. and 1t may be Of som'
service to you: Cheerfully consent t
be misunderstood. God knows wheth
er we are right or wrong, whether W.
are trying to serve him or damage hi'
cause. When you can cheerfully con
sent to be misunderstood, many OF the
annoyances and yexatlons Of life will
quit your heart, and you will come In
to calmer seas than you have ever sail
ed on. The most misunderstood being
that ever trod the earth was the glori
Gus Christ The world misunderstood
his cradle and concluded that one Sc
poorly born could never be Of much i'm.
portance. They charged him with In
ebriety and called him a winebibber.
The sanhedrin misunderstood him. and
when 1t was put to the vote whether
he was guilty or not Of treason he got
but one vote. while all the others voted
"Aye, aye" They misunderstood his
cross and concluded that II he had d.
vine power he would effect his own res
cue. They misunderstood his grave
and declared that his body had been
stolen by Infamous resurrectionists.
He so fully consented to be misunder-
stood that, harried and slapped and
submerged with scorn, he answered not
a word. You cannot come up to that,
but you can initiate In some small de-
gree the patience Of Christ.
Need of Grace.
Again. this grace Is needed to help In
time of physical ailments. What vast
multtudes are In perpetual pain while
others are subject to occasional parox-
ysm. Almost every one has some dis
order to which he Is occasionally sub
jected. 1t Is rheumatism or neuralgia
or sick headache or indigestion. A
draft from an open window or hasty
or overwork brings on that
old spell. and you think you would
rather have almost anything else. but
that is because you have not tried the
other. Asthma would like to trade off
for eryslpelas and erysipelas for asth-
ma. Almost every one has something
which he wishes be had not. There are
scores Of diseases ever ready to attack
the human frame. They have been in
pursuit of our race ever since Adam
and Eve resigned their innocence as
we'll as the worlds health. 1t Is amaz-
ng how persistent and methodlc those
disorders are In their attack on the
world and how regular is the harvest
which with the sharp scythe Of pain
hey NOW down for the grave. No
iuch disciplined and courageous army |
.ver marched as the army OF physical
suffering. They do their work In the |
,rder / name. and you may depend
lpon their keeping on In that same
rider for a good while yet. First Of all
next organic heart dis |
ase, next pneumonia, next In number
f its victims Is apoplexy. next Bright's |
lisease. next cancer. next typhoid fe-
'er, next paralysis. Those eight dis
ases are the worst despoilers Of hui
nan life The doctors with solutions
nd lancets and anodynes and cata-
,lasms are In a brave fight against
hese physiological devils that try to
ossess the human race. But after all
be scientists can do there is a demand
or patience. Nothing can take the
lace of that II Is needed this mo-
lent In every sickroom and along the
treets and In business places and
hops where breadwinners are com.
elled to toll when physically incom-
etent to move pen or calculate col
mn Of figures or control shovel.
This grace was well demonstrated
y a prominent Christian man who
,as laid aside by severe Illness dur
lg a revival when his services were
lost needed. and when some one de-
lored this be said cheerfully, "My part
to lie here and cough" My friend.
0 not give up useful activities be-
luse you are In pain. Some Of the
.orld's best work has been done while
physical distress. Walter Scott was
agony of pain while writing Ivan
De-" Oh. beautiful grace Of patiencel
takes dIscords and turns them into
armony: It smooths the chopped sea:
kindIes gloom into glow; 1t turns
quiem into grand march; 1t trusts
hen it cannot understand; 1t forgives
fore forgiveness is asked. Gracious
cd, give 1t to US now; give 1t to US in
)undance!
Turn Over a New Leaf.
Now let us this hour turn over new
af and Danish worriment and care
It of all our lives. Just see how these
,rversities have multiplied wrinkles
your face and acidulated your dis
,sition and torn your nerves. You are
n years older than you ought to be.
0 two things-one for the betterment
your spiritual condition and the 9TH
for the safety of your worldly inter-
ts. First get your heart right with
od by being pardoned through the
onement of Jesus Christ. That will
We security for your souls welfare.