Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-05-31

terIan Clurch, ChleaBo
Chicago, May 25.-In this sermon the
Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage presents
in d picturesque and forciblo way the
duty Of Christian fellowship. The text
is Matthew V, Al, "Whosoever shall
compel thee to so Il mile. go with him
twain"
A keen. shrewd lawyer was one day
listening to John Wesley preaching.
The founder of Methodsm had three
different headings for his sermon:
First, "Get all you can without hurting
your soul, your body or your neigh
bOrs" "That is sensible" thought the
lawyer; unless man Is continually
reaching out for something he will new
er have anything. Industry is the foun-
daton Of all success" Second heading,
Save all you can, cutting Off any need
less expense" Fright again." muttered
the listener. ut Is not so much what
a man earns that makes him wealthy
as what he saves" Third heading,
"Glve all you can" "There," exclaim-
cd the hard headed lawyer, "the minis
ter has foolishly gone and spoiled ey-
erythng he has said. He ought to have
had for his third heading, Give as lit
tie as you can. You cannot save un-
less you keep what you have earned"
So some OF Christ's auditors felt that
he was preaching the most foolish Of
doctrines when he used the Illustration
Of the twain mile. They were ready to
obey the;Mosaic law of justice. They
would assent to an eye for an eye, a
tooth for a tooth. hand for hand.
They would travel the first mile will
ingly and pay every penny that they
legitimateJy owed, but they were not
ready to turn the left cheek to a foe
after that enemy had deliberately
struck them a singing blow upon tho
right cheek They protested against
communstic gospel. which allowed
thief to run away with their whole
wardrobe, with their cloak as well as
their coat. They would not enslave
themselves TO any merciless taskmas-
ter. For every days labor they must
have a full days pay. Yet Christ's
statement is strlkingly true. 1t is right
in reference TO the temporal life as well
as the spiritual. The willingness to
travel the twain mile is the forerunner
of all true success. The unwWingness
to travel the twain mile is the cause OF
almost. certain failure.
The twain mile is the place OF test
ing. 1t Is where the powers that be
choose the men who are to be honored
in Hfe's service. There the human race
is sifted. There tie faithful are sep
arated from the irresponsible, She ener-
getiesfrom the sIothful, the true man nan
sBsfI
t1z6scfhSh, the one purpose man rom
the indolent, lazy, shiftless individual
who lives without q definite aim. The
twain mile is the thrashing floor c. ~
man life, where the wheat is separated
from the chaff, the rich grain from the
useless tares.
The Crowded First Mile.
Most Of the human race are huddled
together and jostling each other dur
ing the first mile, where they only do
what they have to do. But in the sec
pnd or the twain mile Of life's journey,
where a man does more than he is ask
ed to do, he always has plenty Of ell
bow room. AS the great statesman
once said, There IS plenty of room at
the top Of the ladder of success, al
though thousands Of hands may be-
reaching for the lowest rung."
Every merchant knows OF the sep
aratlng or testing influence OF the
twain mile. When a position In the
store became vacant, whom, In ali prob
ability, did you promote to the va
cancy-the clerk who has been in the
store for ten or fifteen years, the young
man who has never been willing to do
any more than he was compelled to dor
Did you select the employee who WAS
generally ten minutes late In the morn
ing. the clerk who has his hat In his
hand ready to run for home as soon as
the hour hand points to the numeral
6? Did you promote one who seemed
to be Indifferent to his work and had to
be watched day by day to be kept busy,
as mother mas to watch little childF
No. The young man who received the
promotion was the poor country boy
who entered your store with no recon-
mendatlon except the willingness to
travel the twain mile, the willingness to
do more than he was told or paid to do.
For years the twain mile young man
was the first employee at work in the
morning. For years he was the last
person to leave the store at night.
When the work piled up upon bis desk.
unbidden by the head Of his depart
ment he always stayed many hours
overtime until the work was done. He
was the young man who threw himself
into his allotted tasks with such In
tenslty that he made his employers In
terests bis interests.
Who Is the leading member today or
the New York bar-the lawyer who
when be graduated and could not find
clients spent most his time In the
neighboring billiard hall? The young
man who became an expert In card
playing or In judging the races? NO.
BE was the young lawyer who studied
night and day and kept on studying.
He was the young man who put bis
whole heart and soul into the smallest
cases which came to him. He did not
fritter away his energies. waiting for
the big cases to command his services.
He is the twain mile lawyer. He does
more than he is compelled to do.
!; How Daniel Webster Worked.
"a noted case was to be decided In
New York city. The chief counsel for
the defense was suddenly taken sick.
Within twenty-four hours the plea had
to be made before the jury. Daniel
Webster at that time happened to be
stopping at one Of the hotels. He was
sent for to come to the rescue. The
next day he came into the courtroom
ond rooda ono of fhe plparest interDre-