Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-01-25

The Right 90 borrow.
Furthermore. In that scene OF the
text God sanctions borrowing and sets
forth the Importance of returning.
do not think there would have been
any ylmiracle performed If the young
man had owned the ak that slipped
the helye. The young man cried out
in the hearing Of the prophet, Alas,
master. for It was borrowed" He had
n right to borrow There are times
when we have not only right to Dor
row, but it is duty to borrow. There
are times when we ought to lend, Tor
Christ In his sermon on the mount de-
clared, "From him that would borrow
of thee turn not thou away" 1t IS
right that one borrow the means or
getting an education, as the young stu
dent Of my text borrowed the ak IL
Is right to borrow means for the Tor
wardlng of commercial ends. Most OF
the vast fortunes that now overshadow
the land were hatched out of a bor-
rDwed dollar.
tIf In any assembly 1t were requested
4hat those who had never borrowed
hold up their hands. none would DC
fitted. or If here and there hand were
lifted we would know that 1t was
case Of inveracity. Borrow! why,
Ne are borrowing all the time. We
rorrow from the Lord the sunlight
that shows us our way. the water that
elakes our thirst. the food that re-
freshes us three times day. the pill
iow on which we slumber. We borrow
oladness from our friends; we borrow
n,l elevated surroundings. The church
borrows all its beauty from the Christ
who founded it. In our songs and ser
mons we borrow from the raptuFes OF
heaven.
we borrow time; we will borrow
eternity, and that constant borrowing
implies return. For what we borrow
from God we must pay back in hearty
thanks and Christian service. In I'M
movement Of ourselves and heip1ui-
ness for others. For what we borrow
I'm the shape of protection from good
government we must pay back In pa
triotic devotion. For what we borrow
from our parents in their good exam
ple and their hard work wrought Tor
us In our Journey from cradle to man
hood or womanhood for all the ages 10
come we ought to be paying back
The halleluahs of heaven will be re-
turned for cruci6xion agony.
Debt Calamity.
Haydon the painter said his rum De-
Gan the day he began t. 5orrow mon
ey. and he wrote in his diary, Here
began debt and obligation, out OF when
have never been and never shall be
! extrlcate5 rs long as l live" Dr
Johnson said. DO not accustom your
If to consider debt only as an III
convenience. You will find it calam
ity.v We have a right to borrow foi
the absolute necessities, expecting u
pay back again, but we ought never t'
borrow for the luxuries. According t
the 'Iay Of Amasis," in Egypt If
man dieo aolt paying that whicl
he had borrow cd ne was deprived Of al
obseouies. If that law were in vogue
in our times, how many postponed ant
impossible funerals!
Furthermore, let us admire ines
Young men of Elisha's theological SEN
inary for the fact that they were earl
. ing their own way. The most of thos
today who are successful In the pre-
{ fessious. medicating the sick or adVC
! eating the law or preaching the gospe
! fought their own way on ana vi
t Those are the kind of men who kno'
: what education Is worth and kno'
how to use 1t. Many Of us rememDe
8 that In college days the sons OF at1uer
D fathers. with plenty of money to spen
I and horses to drive and librarlf
j crowded with books never read an
S wardrobes that kept them in perpleXl'
D as to which Of many garments Wa
I annropriate for the weather that da
e were worth to the world nothing tho
e ond have been worth to the world not
e ing since. while the young men IN CO
o lege who had to economlze thr'
q months in order to get some book the
4 needed and who could hardly ran
money for their diploma have sin
wrought nightly for God and Il
e truth. turning the world upside dow
e because 1t was wrong side up
l. In the summer watering places mort
n south. east and west. in the great D
IS tells serving at table and in baggaI
n roo5n. are theological students VINO q
s. In preparation for the ministry, ear
h ing in July and August the means
% which they may study the other mont
D. of the wear. hail them; cheer thel
ii | bless them. They will be the III
Il schels in the observatories, the L
Df Motifs in your medical colleges I
TX Rufus Choates in your courtrooms' |
* Bishop McIlvaines in your pulpits' l
I them not now be ashamed OF the
te with which they hew the beam
81 Elisha's seminary.
r Superiority of God.
Il Those students In the valley
.' palms by the Jordan had physi
~ strength and hardihood that wo'
'i help them in their mental and spll
q nal achievements. We who are TOLL
70 for the worlds betterment need bra
'es as well as brain. strong bodies as W
n -, os illumined minds and consecra
III souls. Many of those who are now
oi ing the best work in church and st
."y rot muscle and power OF endural
~ from the fact that In early lie u
90 -" were compelled to use ak or pl
i"' ior fail or hammer. while many v
oWie W were brought up In the luxuries OF
~ i've out before the batTe Is won. IL
are keen and sharp of mind, Dut III
la no physical endurance. They have
- - tx head, but no handle. The body
the handle OK the soul.
leu m Let all those who toll for their e
Se htion remember they are especl'
udt - c,,d 10 thinCS 90 against tn