Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-21

asked me never to gamble ana never
learned TO gamble. When | was seven
years of age, she asked me never 10
drink. | made Il resolution Of total aD-
stinence. That resolution | have never
broken. And now, whatever honor /
NAV have gained. owe it all to my
mother" What says John Adamsf
"All that am owe to my mother"
What says James A. Garfieldf He says
nothing, but his actions speak louder
than words. We see that his FIRST act
after having taken the oath OF office as
president of the United States was 10
lean over and with smiling lips, under
loving eyes. kiss the withered lips OF
his old mother. When Garret A. Ho-
bart was about to take the oath or or
flee as president elect In the senate
chamber. | saw President Mchlnleys
eyes wander up to the gallery wherein
sat the one who gave him birth, and
he bowed his reverence and love 20 MS
old mother.
The Mothers Heart.
Henry Ward Beecher once sald that |
"the mothers heart is the childs SCHOOL
ROOM 1t is more than that; it is the |
very heart of the child's mental, morai
and spiritual existence. An, womah'
called mother; all, man, called father'
do not say that your humble hfe III
humble home amounts to naught.
When YOU rock the cradle, you are
rocking the centuries. Your boys, your
girls. may vet become mighty men ana
/ women for God and for the betterment
of the world. because you are now
starting them right. They may De
preaching and living the love OF Christ
among the earth's sinful men long art
or YOUR earthly work is done and you
have gone to your heavenly reward.
Again. Naassons life impresses me
with the fact that the greatest of earth
ly works are accomplished by ordinary
people. Here and there in the long list
of genealogical names which are re-
corded in the first chapter of Matthew
there is a prominent man, but -FOUR
nfths Of them-aye, nine-tenths OF them
are names rs humble as that OF Mas
sons Thus we find that everywhere
tho vast bulk of the worlds work Is
done by the ordinaries and not by the
extraordnaries. Why? Because there
are but few extraordinaries and thou-
sands upon thousands and millions up
ON millions ordinaries. When you STAND
nv the grave of Christopher Wren ID
81 Paurs cathedral of London, you
read his epitaph thus: "If you wish 10
see my monument, look about you
But when | look about St Paurs catne-
dral see in the stones OF every wall
and the dovetailing Of every creVlce
, the work of hundreds and thousands OF
hands horny with toll as well as in the
+ complete building the white, SOFT nn
! gers Of the great architect VINO tnere
Iies buried. see the humble laborer'
. digging the foundations; / see the mum
o BILE masons rearing the walls; see th'
> humble carpenters lifting the scaffold
q ings: see the crowd collect ABOUT tn'
moor bruised, mangled body OF tn
workman whose foot misstepped ant
= whose brains were dashed out upon IN
o ground beneath when he fell from tina
:. high scaffolding. Aye, see Naassons
q humble Naassons, everywhere I'D Ire
9 They have builded the pyramids; the
have lifted the dome of st. Peters an
+, the Tai Mahal; they have WORKED o
., the farms and swept out the stores an
9 died in the soldiers trench. 1t IS th
, accumulation of the work OF the OIL
10 scure individuals in this world whlc
: has made this old earth what it II
- therefore, my brother, do not say tha
ID your lifes work is useless because 1t
N inconspicuous.
"a The Humble workers.
~ We'll did the manager of the celeDr'
"a tion which took place in New 1or
N citv some years ago to commemora
- the inauguration of George Washih
- ton rs president of the United Stat
ot appreciate the value of the humD
= workers in the humble walks or peac
. fuI avocations. The first day, for
~ was n three days celebration, the
. rave I'D to the navy, or rather, to u
- scene when Washington crossed ne
rh York harbor and landed at Castle va
=, don Then the bay was crowded WI
"a hoots I'm gala day attire. Then u
90 mighty white squadron, accompany
"a by representatives of foreign NAVE
- hossed I'M the Hudson river in reyie
- As the death dealing, floating arm
~. roants Of destruction passed Goyerno
~ island where | sat, the gunners Wou
shove the noses of their war houn
out of the portfolios. There would
q breath of smoke, then growi'
I've roar and the white ships would ulst
lis- near behind the white clouds of smol
AS The second day Of the celebration W
nd given I'D to the army. Hour after nc
re- nm Broadway and Fifth avenue re
be the different governors at the neau
ere their state troops Cheer after chi
ing went ND to greet the famous m
OF There were the regulars with such II
nc. os Schofield and the one armed How'
hill at their head who followed Sherman
up the sea. Then came the war vetera
Jul ! Side by side with the olues lOOO
his walked the men who once wore
an gray-brothers now, with no rivaii
'ch, sove with the rivalrles of trying
III. outdo each other in kindness and Drc
iicn erly courtesy.
The Strength of the Nation.
was But the third day of the celeDrat
was was the greatest to me Of all.
VINO was the time of the industrial para
lth' What is the navy for? Merely 10
the tect our merchants and artisans
stor the seaboard. What is the army
nan. Merely to protect the homes OF
loes mechanics and the factories ana
Y II little stores. The strength OF our
for tion is not in her mailed hand OF
pet but in her horny hand of toll, Yes
lurt that day we saw Naassons eyerywh
lren We heard the hammer upon the al
+ to We saw the baker cookTg at