Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-05-04


} Himness of eyesight or dullness o.
bearing or priyatlon or disaster or un
fortunate environment makes lifea per
petual winter. But In most lives ther,
Is period of summer. although 1t may
be short summer. and that is the
lime to provide for the future.
One of the best ways of nsuring the
Future Is to put aside all you can fol
charitable provision. You put a crum
bling stone in the foundation of your
fortune ifsyou do not in your plans re
q. gard the sufferings that you may allie
Siate. You will have the pledge of the
: high heavens for your temporal vel
= fare when you help the helpless, for
Y the promise is BLESSED Is he that con-
Y sldereth the poor; the Lord will deliver
e him In time of trouble" Then there is
Z another way of providing for the fu-
e ture. IL you have $1,000 year in
Q come, save 500; or $1,000 year. save
$500; or $1,000. save $1,000 Do you
say such economy is meanness? | sdy
7 1t Is vaster meanness for you TO
: make no provision for the future and
1 compel your friends or the world to
take care of you or yours In case Of
! bereavement or calamity.
\ There are women who at the first in
4 crease of their husbands resources
wreck all on an extravagant wardrobe
There are men who at the prospect of
larger prosperity build houses they
will never be able to pay for. There
are people with $4,000 a year income
who have not one dollar Laid up for a
rainy day. 1t Is ghastly dishonesty
practlced on the next generation. Such
lmen deserve bankruptcy, and impover-
lshment. In almost every mans life
there comesa winter of cold misfortune.
Prepare for 1t while you may. Whose
thermometer has not sometimes stood
below zero? What ship has never been
caught in storm? What regiment at
the front never got into battle? Have
at least as much foresight as the lnsec-
tile world. Examine the pantrles of
the ant hills In this April weather. and
you will find that last summers sup
ply is not yet exhausted. Examine
them next July. and you will find
them being replenlshed. "Go to the
ant. thou sluggard. Consider her ways
and be wise. which. having no guide. 1
overseer or ruler. provideth her meat |
In the summer and gathereth her food
In the harvest"
Avoid Avarice.
This Is no argument for mlserliness
Ayarice and pcnurIousness destroy q
man about as soon as any Of the other
vices. We have heard of those who
entered their iron money vault for
business purposes. and the door acci-
dentally shut, and they were suffocat-
ed, their corpse not discovered until the
next day. But every day and all up
and down the streets Of our cities there
are men, body, mind and soul. forever
fast In their own money vaults. Ac-
cnmulation Of bonds, mortgages and
government securities and town lots
and big farms just for the pleasure of
accumulation Is despcable, but the put
y6lr right hand has forgotten It's cum
ming, or your old age needs a manserv-
ant, or for the support of others when
you can no more be breadwinner for
beautiful. that is Christian. that Is d.
vinely approved. That shows that you
have taken Solomon's ant bill for an OBJ
ject lesson. Going out of this world
without leaving n dollar for those who
remain behind, II you have done your
best, you have a right TO put your head
In calm confidence on the pillow which
Jeremiah shook up In the forty-ninth
chapter Of his prophecy, Leave thy
children. will preserve
them alive. and let thy widows trust in
ne." But II, having the means, through
mortgages or houses or life insurance
FOR providing for helpless widowhood
and orphanage you make no provision
'or post mortem need, how dare you go
up and take palace In heaven and let
your wife and children 60 to the poor
house or into struggle for bread that
makes life horror and sometimes ends
n suicide?
But my subject reaches higher than
poralities-foreslght for the soul.
provision for eternal experiences, prep
lratlon for the far beyond. Ant bills,
peak out and teach us larger and {
nightier lesson Of preparing food for |
he more important part Of US! Do {
-ou realize that a man may be mil I
lonaire or a mutimillionaire for time {
nd n bankrupt for eternity. a prince t
or few years and pauper forever? I
The ant would not be satisfied with r
athering enough food for half win. I
er or quarter Of a winter. But how I
aving prepared for the ten-milllonth b
art of what will be our existence! b
'ut yourself In right relations to the
,hrlst of the ages. through him seek
ardon for all you have ever done (
7rong and strength for all you will be b
allied to endure, and there will be no b
orce In life or death or eternity to dis I,
omfit you. | declare IT. There is r
nough Of transforming and strength a
ming power in Christ for both hemi- n
pheres! o.
Importance of Little Things.
Furthermore. 20 TO the ant and con- c,
der that II does not decline work be- n
luse II Is Insignificant. The fragment II
T seed ii hauls into Its habtatlon may C;
e so small that the unalded eye cannot 81
ee II, but the lnsectile work goes OH II
le carpenter ant at work aboveground. IL
le mason ant at work underground. e'
ome of these creatures mix the leaves -
the fir and the catkins Of the pine =
II the root or wall of their tiny abode, e,
Id others go out as hunters looking n
IT food, while others in domestic du- T
es stay at home. Twenty specks OF !,
e food they are moving toward their cl
put upon balance, would W
rdIv m ale tho scalps 0lliypr All OF y