Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-05-03

importers and exporters, and the COM
! bination tends to the general advan-
| tage. We buy where we can buy the
cheapest, and we sell where we can
sell the dearest. All these results come
from the specialization Of talent. The
realization must come that some men
can do things better than we. We In
, turn In another line of business ought
to do some things better than those
who are not proficient In our trades.
A good gunsmith does not always
make q crack marksman. An expert
yacht builder cannot always be turned
into a trustworthy sea captain.
The intelligent traveller gathers infor-
nation wherever he goes When talking
with motOrman upon the street car,
with the farmer in the field. with the
mechanic at his bench, with the sailor
upon the ships deck, with the engineer
in his cab, he can obtain answers to
questions which he himself could never
solve. He can always find man who
knows more, in at least some special
l utlu, Ahuii uG hnOh o. hO AiaNNSA
how intelligent the questioner might
| be. The servant in the kitchen In all
probability knows how to bake bread
| better than her master, even though
the head of the house may be the chief
owner Of the great Pillsbury -four mills,
where thousands and tens Of thou
sands of bushels Of grain are daily
/ turned into the white substance which
forms the staple Of every meal. The
! skill of the eminent surgeon Is never
/ lessened by seeing a carpenter handle
| a saw, and there never comes time
when the man Of ten talents can afford
to desplse the lessons he may learn
| from the man Of one talent.
The Strong Mans Duty.
Proficiency being granted to US in
mental or manual abilities, there Is also
! proficiency given to US In spiritual
abilities. Certain temptations which
assail one sinner do not appeal to an
other sinner. One man may have
lurking propensity for gambling, an
: other for drink, another for licentious-
ness, another for sloth, another for pro-
family, another for theft, still anOth-
ed for perjury. Some men are born
liars. Parents testify that certain chill
dren In one family have a tendency to
! falsehood from their cradles; other
children born in the same family never
show a disposition to preyaricate. Par
ents can often trace the life's weak
nesses of their children almost from
the time those children began to walk
and talk. They can distinguish certain
satanic characteristics as distinctly as
q stranger can tell whether a child by
the color of the skin is born from
white or black parents. or course 1t Is
often a great deal harder to tell wheth-
erthe white child has black heart or
q black skinned child has a white heart
than to tell the color Of the outside
epidermal covering.
AS nearly every man is stronger In
spiritual sense in some one way than
his neighbor, It ought to be that strong
mans duty to use his strength to COM
pensate for the weakness Of his neigh
Dor. Bear and forbear Is the teaching
of the Bible. This Is the reason Christ
sent forth his messengers two by two.
This Is the reason we find impulsive
Peter often walking by the side OF the
well poised John; the gentle Mary liv-
ing in the same house with her sister.
who lost her temper in the kitchen,
spirituallzed by her own sweetness or
soul that entire household. This Is the
way in which we can double our loved
ones spiritual usefulness and diminish
their temptations to sin. "Bear ye one
another's burdens has a wider and
deeper significance than most of US
have ever realized.
Tighten LIfe's Burdens.
In helping brother bear bis burdens
we make the back stronger by which
we can bear our own. A few years ago
q dear friend Of mine was threatened
with the loss of one Of his eyes. He be-
came very much depressed. The sur
geons said the eye must be cut out. For
some time he stayed at home and brood
ed over his nearing misfortune. He was
rebellious against God and would not
be comforted. But one day he started
down Broadway. Ahead Of him he saw
an old blind colored woman standing
upon the street corner waiting to pass
over She dare not without help. This
old colored woman had a long stick In
her hand by which she would find her
way along. Upon her arm she carried
a market basket The gentleman went
up and accosted her with the words
swell. auntie, can | help you over the
street," The colored woman's face was
wreathed in smiles as she answered,
sSThar k you, massa; thank you, suh!'
On the way across the street the color
ed wcman said: "Massa, some people
aav I'M old and blind and no account
TO anv one. But, massa. life Is very
sweet to me. | find the goodness or
God everywhere. He has taken away
my two eyes, but the people are always
kinder o me than to any one else-l
am blind. And then, sir, | have still
my heal ing. My children love me, ana
I con never cease to praise God for the
percies with which he has surrounded
my life." My friend stopped his brood
ing then and there. Surely" said be-
sff God can make poor old blind COL
pred W. man happy. he does love and
care for me-" When man tries to help
carry p brothers burdens, he finds
that hi. own become lighter to bear.
Members Of a Christian church are
IN the sight Of God one spiritual fam
lly and therefore have a right to ex-
pect help one from another. Every ship
wrecked mariner has a claim upon ev-
cry stout keel floating the wide seas.
The religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ
eannot be hemmed in by the four walls
of a religious ediGce. The parable OF
the good Samaritan teaches that we
should love our neighbor as ourselves.
Our npirhbor Is not alone the friend