Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-01-18

Wesley said. # always do" like TITO
reDroof which n ChinamAn In San
Francisco gave an American. The
American pushed him off the sidewalk
until he fell into the mud. The China
man on rising began to brush off the |
mud and said TO the American: You |
Christian; me heather. Goodby."
stranger entered church in one or |
the cities and was allowed to stand a |
long while, although there was plenty |
of room. No one offered seat The |
stranger after awhile said to one OF
the brethren. "What church Is thisT
The answer was, "Christs church, Sir"
as he in?' said the stranger. The Of
ficer of the church understood what
was meant and gave him seat We
want more courtesy in the churches,
more courtesy in places Of business.
more courtesy in our homes.
But heart courtesy must precede
hand and head and foot courtesy. Cul-
tlvation Of it should begin In the IA
Tiers house. You often notice that
brothers and sisters are often grufr
and snappy and say things and do
things that they would not have the
outside world know about. Rough
things are sometimes said in house
holds which ought never to be said at
all - teasing and recrlmination and
faultfindlng and harsh criticisms. which
Il, inf and forty
and fifty years afterward. In the seet
driven by that east wind no sweet
flowers Of kindness and geniality Will
grow. Let children hear their parents
picking at each other. and those chill
dren will be found picking at each
other. and far down the read of life
will be seen the same disposition to
nick at others Better than this habit
of picking Mt children. which 50 many
parents indulge in. would be one good.
healthy application Of the rod Better
a shower that lasts Il few minutes
than the cold drizZle Of many days
| We never get over our first home, how
ever many homes we may have after
ward.
Cultivate Christian Grnce.
| Let us all cultivate this grace OF
Christian courtesy by indulging In the
habit Of praise instead of the habit OF
blame. There are evils in the world
J that we must denounce. and there are
men and women who ought to be chas-
tised. but never let us allow the OPP
portunity Of applaudlng good deeds
pass unimproved. The old theory was
that you must never praise people lest
we make them vain. No danger OF
that Before any Of us get through
with life we will have enough mean
and ignoble and depreclating and ~
ing things said about us to keep us
humble. God approvingly recognizes
n system of rewards as well as OF pun
ishments.
When you hear a good sermon, stop
after the benedlction and tell the pas
tor. though you never saw him before
that day. your sermon did me good.
When a mechanic does n good piece or
work tell him It Is we'll done. when
n nhysician brings you out of n peril
GUS illness, stop him In the street anu
say. doctor, you saved my life
When you hear OF business man IN
some heavy stress Of financial weather
helping frazier craft into the harDor'
On into his counting room and say, u
hear YOU have been helping your rei-
low business man to Outride the tenn
nest of a panic. and | came in to thank
Won for the good advice you gave ana
TO let you know that all good citizens
anpreciate what you have been doing.
Go down the street tomorrow ana
thank somebody. There are hundreds
OF people who never get thanked at all.
Plenty Of severe criticism. plenty OF
faultfinding. plenty of misinterpreta-
ton, plenty Of depreciation but as 10
gratitude-that is market In whlcn
the supply does not equal the demand.
In the cultivation Of this habit OF
Christian courtesy let US abstain from
Joining in the work Of defamation
Every little while society takes atter
n man. and it must have victim II
Won had q roll Of all the public men OF
this generation or Of any generation
who have been denounced ana despoll
ed of their good name. 1t would take
YOU long while to call the roll 1t Is
bad streak in human nature tha'
there are so many who prefer to be
lieve evil instead Of good concerning
any one under discussion. If a gooc
motive and bad motive have Deer
nossIble in the case In hand. one mar
will believe the conduct was inspired
nv n good motive, and ten men will be
lieve il was inspired by bad motive
The more faults man has Of his owl
the more willing Is he to ascribe faults
to others.
! Sneak Well of One Another.
} What q curse OF cynics and pessi
, mists afflicts our time. affllcts all time
$ There are those who praise no one un
I til he is dead. Now that he Is clea
I | under ground and a heavy stone Is ol
ton of him there is no possibility OF hi
ever coming up again as rlVai. oon
t of the epitaphs on tombstones are s.
Y | fulsome that on resurrection day
Q man rising may. If he reads the cpl
taph. for the moment think he got IN
a to the wrong grave. Speak well on
e of another, and If you find yourself Il
/. circles disposed to SANDER and abus
r he for the time as dumb as the sphin'
l. which, though only few yards ava
Il from the overshadowing pyramid o
5. Egypt, has not with its lips of ston
!. spoken one word in thousands o
# years
= There are two sides to every man
/. character - good side and an evl
eide. The good see only the good an
g the evil only the evil. and the prona
n bility is that a medium opinion is tn
z Most of tho npODlp WlOT