Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-02-09

patton and see its annoyances ana SO
/ change to another occupation and ina
as many annoyances, II not more. They |
live in one place and know Its uncom' |
Portable environments and move In
TO another place which has just as
many limitations. Their investments
yield them 4 per- cent, and they sell
out TO make investments that VIII
Yield 10 per cent and lose ALL Better
settle down and stop fretting about
yourself and the world.
An officer In Cromwells time was so
worried about public affairs that ne
could not sleep. His servant. Chris
tian man. said he would like the priyi-
lege Of asking the officer a question.
Leave being granted, the servant said,
"Do you not think that God governed
the world very well before you came
into it?" mo doubt Of 1t" was the re-
ply. "And do you not think he VIII
govern It quite as well when you are
gone out OF itY Certainly" Then
pray. sir. excuse me-but do you not
think you may trust him to govern 1t
as long as you live in itf" The remark
was so sensible that sleeplessness de-
parted and tranquility came
A particular Providence Is as certain
as a general Providence. 1t did not
inst happen so that Brunei noticed a
shipworm boring into the wood, so sug-
oesting to the engineer the tunneling
, of the Thames. 1t did not just happen
SO that spiders web strung from tree
TO tree suggested the suspension bridge
/ to its first originator. Nothing just
bappened so In your life or mine. 1t Is
, not an autocrat at the head Of the uni
= verse, but Father
Leave thy low vaulted past
2 Let each new temple. nobler than the last'
D Shut thee from heaven with dome more VAST
Till thou at length art free,
: Leaving thine outgTown shell by lifs's unresting
, seal
r Do any Of us fully realize the fact
:. that God gives us three things In un-
r limited supply, although no formula OF
( PRAYER that ever heard recognizes
: them-water. air and sunlight? water
y by the riverful. Water by the lakefuL
r Water by the oceanful- Some for alb
luton, some for shaking Of thirst, some
l. for baptstery, some for fountains ana
J. aquarlums. | never appreciated what
d n wonderful thing wate- Is until last
l. summer | stood by the fountains be-
n fore and around the emperors palace
l. at Peterhof. Russia.
Il have been familiar with this won
n derful element OF nature from child
# hood. having been born on the banks OF
5. the beautiful Raritan and as bare
n footed boy dabbled in the brook neal
t my fathers house. But | never real
s. ized until last summer what water
ii could do in play, or In strange caprice
j. or Identification. or when climbing th'
y ladder Of the light. or when sklilfu
1t workmen took hold Of 1t to toss II o.
N whirl II. or shape Ii into crowns, o.
IF hoist II into columns. or spring 1t int'
s. arches. or lift 1t into stars, or turn l
I'd into crescents, or build II Into temples
I'd You forget you ever saw the less glori
le ous waters at Chatsworth, England, o
)d Versailles France, as you stand ID I'd
OF balcony of the palace overlooking IN
ut Finland gulf. bewildered and trans
Of ported as you look at the one dispia
te called the Golden Stairway fonnfall
er The water rolls down over "a steps
'e, foot high and 20 feet long. All OF thes
r. "a steps are covered with sheets Q
so FURNISHED gold. Silver step of the wa
or ter ON stairs Of gold! What glee q
VI liouids! Rolling, dashlng foamlng' Ell
be rapturing splendors! Chorus OF hood'
Poetry of watersl Doxology OF tol
rents. But that which most impresse
I'D me there and elsewhere is the aoui
an dance O. water, the fact that there al
)st so MANY waters that the continents ca
he afford TO throw them away into IN
he sea. Hudsons and Ohios. Oregons an
ar Amazons. Rhines and Danubes an
ur volgas. End so abundant that the cart
ne can afford to have its oceans evapora
nd into the heavens, Mediterraneans al
ite Atlantics and Pacifics. How rich Il
'ys narth Is with waters. Best beverage
tic ou the nations. for after the richest ba
ch! ouet with the richest beverages ever
as one wants at least sip of it-wate
as cool water, God descended water
es' Trust the Lord.
With still more abundance Is the
SUI distributed. An earth full OF 1t; 81
ut, full of 1t. Swiftest and strongest eag
s! cannot fly so high as not to have 1t
LUZ tbe nostril or under the wing Al
inu what afluence Of sunlight! No one
leil the infinite God could dispense so mu
lau Of II The golden candlestick set
'es- Tho blue mante Of the heavens!
ety great that the Almighty Is compar
eat. 70 II the psalmist crying out. II
U, Lord Cod is a sun" 1t Is high I'll
ueu that we recognize in our liturgles d
ose IN our formulas Of prayer the tnl
'ne most abundant blessings OF the u
70 verse which come to all.
AIRY Now. T. IT not time that we all beg
'lu' more thoroughly to trust the Lord
ar trust him with our souls; why NOT tr
pail him with our bodies? We trust L
Du' with our spiritual interests; why
su' trust him with our temporal intereS
We We believe what is SAID TO us By e2
- ! dinarily honest HAIL. OouiN NV
vo0 &c, YOU so much or make your cheeKs
l.,n. burn with Indignation as to doubt y
inei truthfulness, and how do you supp
VIC tha Lord of heaven and earth II
stle when you doubt him as he declares
loul the text. "Say ye to the righteous
mes n shell he we'll with himY Sue
they 1t snei' W tbat oucbt to calm Y
II III nulses and irradiate your countena
la.e and halo all the future with rapt
) an ar for, after all, it makes but little oil
LIS ence what becomes Of us here II
..o, come out at the right place, amid
,ndld right SURROUNDINGS "nu On =
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