Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-04


bad And iGlwe have any. good in our
own amalxeupl ii. is very important that
we have the "silEer tongue Of speech
in, order to- talk about other peoples
virtues. Let others, If they Wit" adj
vertise the errors: we will only speak
about the good, .-.i4 ~, [s+i..,. &,
The golden lips of gospel silence new
erl foolishly whisper sinful tales, into
the ears of wronsdoers by which they
shall try TO justify their own sins. A
good example-is infectious. When Mr..
Beeeher was young pastor in Indiana,
he made up his mind that he would
try to preach the love Of God from a
flower garden as well as from his pull
pit. lie laid out his parsonage grounds
in rows of roses and .geranlHms, yio-
lets and hydrangeas, One year he
planted n bed of over 1900 hyacinths.
At first the village people in great
wonderment would come and look at
his garden. Then they would 'sohlo-
'dufze. '"Why cannot we have flowers
In our front yards7" After awhile the
little flower gardens began to grow ev-
erywhere- one, there another. At
last Mr.. Beechcr was able TO say pub.
licly, Let your flowers so shine that
men, seeing how beautiful they are,
will go and make gardens for them
selves" The young preachers love of
flowers began o'take root and blossom
in many hearts. ..-
What is true IN reference to the in
fectlon Of good example is also true
OF the Infection, of bad example,
Some of. the toll keepers i'll New Zear
aland have trained sheep, which, for
small consideration, they let out to the
sheep .droverso 60. lead. ltheir fOcks Of
sheep across the bridges which span
the rivers OF the favines. When the
sheep which are being driven to mar
ket come UP 10 these bridges, they are
frightened and will not go over. Then
these trained sheep come to the head
of the flock and lead the Way.. When
the untutined sheep see that soIHe OF.
their number. can cross the bridge,
with assteady rush they follow after
their l5adcrs. There are scores and
hundreds and thousands OF men and
women who want to do wrong, They
are afraid to do wrong. But when
they hear of the shortcomings Of their
fellow men, they say to themselves;
"WelL if So-and-so can SOW his wild
oats. guess we can. Ii SO-and-so can
safely cross the rickety bridge span
ming the river of death, guess we can
also trust ourselves upon the swinging
span. Here goesv'' Finder is not
more apt to take fire." once wrote
Phillips Brooks, nor wax to, take the
impression of the seal nor paper the
ink than youth is to follow i'll exam.
sples.n t'When the abbot throws the
dice" goes an old legend, "the whole
convent will gamble alsor The reason
the Chinese ladies Of today crush and
distort their feet is because centuries
ago q. Chinese empress was born with
deformed feet, and, they are initiating
the deforndty. Everywhere we find
that when great man does wrong his
owl enrdnct IS takenlas an example, or
thousands OF Similar -sia.-. ..~sfs and
l4o1V The Artists Masterpiece. = :
Never give any man chance by the
recital Of some wrong or sin to turn ms
face for one instant from purity ana
right. When Leonardo da Vincl mn
ished ehis lgrna painting. lthe Last
Supper" he made cup when was
masterpiece. In form and character
and In the luster Of the precious metal
this central cup was clearly and beau
I. tifdlly wrought out. The common
nraise which was first heard from ey-
cry lip was this: "How marvellous Is tne
art displayed in the wine cup Ihls
euloeinnl so -incensed the great Italian
artist that he took a great brush ana
blotted out the splendid cup rs he salu;
~ meant the face Of Jesus Christ TO
no tIe only and the central and the
most important part of that picture
Whatever draws away the eyes OF Inc
beholder from that must be olottep
OUT And so. whatever draws AVA
the ,tlioughts and the desires OF oui
| hearers and companions from Otfltf
and purity and love- must be biottec
out And mark you this, my brother
I'm pinety-nine cases out Of a hundred
no man is as gocd a man after hearlns
the rehearsal of a scandal or sin al
no WAS before. There may be iexcep
tions. There may he times when peo
nley by illustration. ought to have TN
red hight of warming flashed befor'
their etes. But IN ninety-nine case
ont of d hundred a mans spiritual III
is developed better by hearing OF IN
virtues- and self sacrifices and Chrls
tian purities of his fellow men than D.
wallowing in the mud Of scandal an
4 of1sin. - ~. ~" -
! = The. golden lips of gospel siienc
never demean their owner in the eye
of-his- fellow men When people 81
..ato,t1td md hear him talk, II he doe
talk. they say to themselves: "Well,
do not know~whether he is a good or
bad man. One thing do know-he a
ways speaks we'll of everybody. Una
is Certainty q good characteristic.
feel that can trust him on that a.
count. always like him around.
know when am absent he will spea
well of me, us. be does of others" y
the other hand, when man has ne
the golden lips of gospel silence peop
say3 Of him 81 do not like that ma
He may. be good, kind and true, but
certainly has poor way of shown
J It. You cannot be in his company ny
minutes before he is harshly criticism
some one, lie criticises his wife, b
mother, his employer, his absent trieT
as well as his absent enemy. ! alWa!
/ feel when am with him that he
, watching me, so that he can harsh
criticise me when my back IS turne
. do not like such man around
? This harsh criticism which we m;
r utter against our neighbors always h
b. bad Peactionafy> effect upon tho
/. who make it. Therefore if we want
:, Have a great influence for good "
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