Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-11-07

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YOUR children you are rich! lou are
and glorlously rich. Goa
has made you sole guardian or your
little ones.
Maternal Opportunities.
Oh the paternal MS well as the ma
ternal opportunities which are offered
TO the consecrated Christian widow
hood of the present century! Some
fine ago Il beautiful faced lady was
going through one OF the great depart
ment stores in Columbus, o. She saw
there large eyed. wlstful looking cash
boy. who was watching her and her
son. "My child" said she. would you
ike TO 90 home and be my little boy!
There you could have money and play
things and horses and carriages TO
make your life happy, as my little
boys life is happy" 81 do not know
mum, whether would like those things
or not" he answered. HAS your little
boy a papa? If | go with you' Will his
papa be my papa! | want papa.
Because, mum, before my papa died
had all those things. and now that my
papa is dead have nothing" All, yes,
there was pathos. unfathomable pathos'
in the answer Of the little cash boy.
But that answer is not true In refer-
ence to all fatherless children. When
their fathers died they did not gil lose
everything Their mothers not only re-
mained their mothers but they became
their fathers also. o woman who art
a widow, | sympathize with you In
your sorrow and your hard lot, Dut
let me congratulate you, too, on the
opportunity God has placed within
your reach of honorably and heroicaily
performing a double duty. In a pater-
nal as we'll as in maternal sense you
are accomplishing much for the tenn
poral and the eternal lives Of your chill
dren.
The consecrated widow is rich In the
kindnesses and sympathies which are
shown to her by her friends and neigh
bors; rich because the chalice OF sor-
row which is placed at the lip Is not
entirely filed with acldlties and bitter
nesses and unsavory nux vomlcas, but
II is also saccharined and nectared with
the helpful sympathy Of her true
friends which mingles in her cup OF
woe.
The World Il Kind.
It is amazing how many kindnesses
there are in this world If only one
stops to catalogue them. You can see
those kindnesses manifested every
where. A few years ago n. man was
caught In the crowd that surged into
the cars of the Brooklyn bridge. He
was damned this way and that. His
hat was battered and crushed. The
more he vehemently denounced the peo-
ple as savages the more he was nus
tied and pushed along. When he was
at last seated and was still complaining
a gentleman next to him turned and
said: my friend, | am afraid that you
have got into the condition OF only
looking upon the bad side Of human ma
1 ture. Now, have schooled myself to
look upon the good side. and to help
me in my task Iof looking upon the
bright side every day l carry note
book and jot down every good thing l
see people do to other people. For in
stance, today on my way to the bridge
nv hat blew OF. / chased 1t, but be-
fore | could get it three other men
whom | had never seen before ran
after that hat. One Of them caught II
and brought it back to me. Now, tha'
action was certainly unselish on his
mart. and yet you can see the same un'
,, selfish act performed on any windy
day.
"As was crossing City Hall park
he continued, "a woman in front OF me
lost her glove. Two newsbOys saw II
and ran to get it for her. That certain
Iv was unselish. On my way dowr
Broadway truckman's horse fell. I'm
mediatelv the drivers of three othel
trucks stopped their horses to help th'
man who was in difficulty. That als(
was unselfsh. These are but little
things. but everywhere you Will SCI
men and women doing just such kinC
things to their neighbors. When thi
car stops. you will see four or five gen
tlemen take their papers and give then
TO the newsboys for them to sell then
over again. All these facts certainl.
show that the human race Is not
collection of savages. My friend, yo'
had better look upon the bright side o
human nature and not dwell too mucl
y upon the dark side"
The widows Riches.
l. The sermon which the Christian ger
:, tleman preached in the cable car or III
q Brooklyn bridge is certainly true. E'
d erywhere one can see many kindnesse
?, manifested toward those who are /
II distress, If those people in distress ar
Il worthy of human kindness. And 81
r, widow, though you may have had you
e bumps and knocks, as that indignar
passenger had who was trying to ge
into the train. though you may haV
e had injustices practiced upon you-fc
e. thieves and murderers from time IN
ID memorial have always felt that widow
Is and orphans were their legitimate pre-
1t you have also had many kindnessf
lie shown you and yours. In old Englis
t folklore there was supposed to be
lie Alderley Edge a great cavern. And
y this cavern was concealed, said II
n. legend. nine hundred and ninety an
d. nine horsemen, equipped and ready
" come forth and fight for any lead'
IN who would blow for them the rigl
Mt bugle call. No sooner did your husDar
OF die and the cemetery bell had tolled II
ee knell when his body was carried to l
d. last resting place than that bell seer
n ed to call forth hundreds Of helpers
ps your side from recesses as dark as Il
nr caveYns ID Alderney Edge. Every u'
o and faithful widow always gathe
as around her true and faithful friends.
op The consecrated widow is rich in q
eo | Lo;ohto ond denths and intenstt1eS