Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-05-24

regularly. But now you lnd that most /
of the clerks and students in the board
ing house consider Sunday play day |
instead OF holy day. time for out |
door sports Instead of sacred commun-
ion. Then you begin TO grow hard |
ened. Instead Of keeping your toe to |
the straight line Of principle you are
willing to make small Gigressions. |
You say. This will not hurt me. and
the other thing will not hurt me-"
Now 1t will be taking n Sunday drive;
tomorrow II Will be drinking glass or
beer or lounsing about II poolroom; the
next day 1t will be playing game or
cards for q small wager; the next day
II will be going to cheap variety
show. Oh. young man. beseech you'
by the help Of God. to resist these first
Weddings to sin. 1t Is not stupidity to
se pure and good and upright; 1t Is not
c1wardly to run away from the bland
isflIpents OF sin. The first wrong step
may be the step over the brink OF eter'
nal death: the first flush of shame man
tling the check may Ge the hell flame
destroying the soul My son. If SIN
hers enticp thee, consent thou not"
Avoid Danger.
A wealthy gentleman once advertised
for coachman. TO every applicant
vho came he put this one question
tHow near cnn you drive team or
horses to the edge of precipice with
cut going overT We'll" answered
one would be coachmrn. Il can 90
within twenty feet" well" answered
another. Il could 10 within twelve
feet" well" answered third. Il
could 60 within eight feet" and anoth-
er said. within FIVE feet" At last
one applicant snid. "If the horses
amounted to anything, | would be SO
frightened that would take the other
side of the road and get rs far away
from the preciplce as could AN,
answered the gentleman. you are the
man am looking for. do not want
the driver who runs into danger. but
the man who will stay away. I'll hire
you" Who Is the wise naYigator-the
helmsman who points the ships Prov
toward the reef where hundreds or
wrecks strew the coast or the pilot
who keeps the keel In deep watersI
Are you recklessly going TO do thai
which your father and mother, the Bi-
Bile. the church and all good men ana
an good women tell you not to do?
King Solomon warns against sin be-
cause young people are apt TO become
despondent. Perhaps this discourage
ment will be caused by homesickness.
The loneiest place on earth is a great
city. In the country town you knew
everybody. and everybody knew you
While the village minister was preach
ing YOU would be watching the neigh
boris daughter. whom you expect some
day to make your wife. When you
4 trudged away to school. every rarm
wagon which went by was ready to
: give you lift When the poor woman
! back among the hills was sick, your
: mother made up a package and bade
you carry it to the house. That poor
: woman always greets you now with a
smile. But here I'm this great city you
, do not even know the man who lives
e onldren's day Perhaps you say
Whetu y uou Come iome at night, there
is nothing but the cold. uninyiting bed
room. You long again for the farm. for
the thatched roof Of the old home
stead. for the smell of the new mown
hay and the sight Of the cider presses
yehemently at work squeezing the or
chards blood into barrels and casks
st Johns wilderness of rock Is q I'll
name for a great city. 1t is wilder
ness. and there are no wilder beasts OF
passion roaming among forests than
some of the human monsters which
live here.
Perhaps your discouragement comes
from injustice. You may have beer
living IN the great city now for two
wears. You worked. and worked hard
Then came vacancy in the store. Oi
course YOU expected the promotion. ou
, another clerk under you who was no
as bright nor ms faithful as you ha(
influence. ard be was pushed ahead
. Then YOU protested-and vehement.
/. protested. All that the manager dit
was to laugh and say. well, II yo'
+ don't like 1t get out" You could no
get out. You had no place to go. Yo'
sullenly went back to the desk, say
j ing: what is the use Of tryingf Hon
esty is not the best policy"
"If sinners Entice Thee"
Perhaps your dscouragement cam
: in a cruel way. You had your foo
upon the lowest rung and were begin
ming to climb the ladder OF success
! when suddenly the hard times came
The firm dissolved and you were dis
charged. You are now not only lookin
for new place, but you have to con
, mence all over again. Now comes th
warning against temptations. Now tn
old sage tells me to put the hand O
. love upon your shoulder and say, M
D son. IL sinners entice thee. consent tho
II not"
+. 1 give you this warning gladly an
y willingly. my brother. because these al
- The troubles which are fitting you fc
- the mighty successes which are
- come. Remember this great lesson
- anything which develops quickly Ue
!. ouickly. The insects are generated an
"A grow to maturity In few hours. bt
70 they also die of old age by night III
4. gourd which spread itself as an IN
"a brella over the head Of the proph'
40 Jonah withered as soon as It was toucl
NJ ed of the east wind. The flower Whlc
m blossoms IN the spring goes to SEED D
as fore the fall. 1t takes years and yea
at to develop cedar Of Lebanon.
as takes centuries upon centuries to oui
ID a coal mine. 1t takes at least onescoI
at wears TO make mnn, and the more 0
IN stacles you can overcome the more
TX q giant you will be. Only tie gO'
of can reach the stars. Man can DecoH
is like unto god II God Is with him al
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