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

gon temple uponthe beads of the 5000
Philistines u But when Samson de-
stroyed the enemies Of his people he
also destroyed himself. so when we
. attempt by harsh criticism TO destroy
Others we contribute to our own de
struction. When a party of', Alpine
climbers wish to ascend the dizzy
heights, they, bind themselves togeth-1
er with. q long rope Slowly and eau.
tiously they creep over the, glaciers
and standoupen the edge Of the black
and yawning cpevasses. Ifione Of their
number falls, the others must be very
quick of action. They must not only
bury their spiked heels in the ice; but
they must jam in the ice STATS also.
They know that If they cannot keep
their brother from falling he may drag
the, whole party with himo into the
opened Jaws Of denth. = We are all, In
one sense, bound togethercin this Jour-
neyYof life o1yvlnh we try to- fiing q
brother down there is a. Jerk at our
own. belts, 40 a, greater or less extent
We will be dragged down. = But when
we. try by the golden lips OF gospel 81.
lepee to screen fallen brother and
make it9eHsier for him to recover and
iwhen3we refuse to advertise his faults
we ourselves are helped up in the
struggle OF. ife.o Wei help ourselves
wheii we try to shield cur fallen breth-
ren. - -~ - ''' --"E 1'., |'-''-- 80 p" o.
The golden lips of gospel silence rev-.
er Intentionally speak a harsh word
against (, q sinful neighbor' o Whyf
Their owner knows, that in the sight
of God he is O, sinner and that as a
lost sheep heD has erred and strayed
far from the divine dpastura ge.5 q The
better Christian is the. more he real
ICES the enorrnity Of his own sins, the
more inclined lie is to be less harsh
upon the sins of others. When Paul
first bad his blind eyes opened by the
good Ananias. he was able. to, some ex-
tent to see his own faults He wrote,
81 am the least ofythe apostles Then
Paul swentIon in his spiritual growth.
He saw his past baekerl and hlanker
In the eyes of God. Then he wrote,
"Tnto nae. who am less than the least
of all tile saints" Paul went on
growing higher, and higher in spiritual
life until a. last, just before his mar
tyrdom,. he could cry out in, rapture,
''This is faithful saying, and worthy
of all aeceDtation-7ithata Christ Jesus
came iato the world to save sinners,
of whom am chief" Oh, my brother,
by. prayer and conservation and by
grace cannot and will not yen come so
near to God that you will cease to con-
demn your fellow men? Cease because,
like Paul. you Gan feel, that you are the
chief of sinners? ,,rsg4Gs8 .1na
10 Would that every. one Of US could
have the beautiful oeulngy passed upon
us which President John Adams once
passed upon his great. predecessor.
When the sage Of Massachusetts, stood
| for the first time before Stuarts ia.
NOUS picture Of Washington, he said,
''There was a man who when occasion
required knew enough and had. self
control enough 10 keep his mouth shut
and say nosbhg 81 When we hear peo-
pie harshly criticised. nlayqwe, in the
name ofsehglsts I sag p ptli9g or only e
learn this lesstn7 not BY standing be-
fore The 'pic:tl..e 8. IN earthly hero, but
| by the tomb Of pariyrea Lord. l.q
sfconyrigbt. dseai byJ.ergis Flopsch1L