Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-07-18

follow these VIII the WisPs' tnousn
the shining lights may lead them over
miasmic swamps and quaking Dogs
and into the fatal quIcksand. Ihey
will seek and struggle and continue 10
struggle to possess these supposed
priceless treasures, because they De-
lieve that in them the great heart OF
happiness, rich blooded and life giving
can he found. Then when they nave
been defeated in the struggles OF lie
thev sometimes drive the destroying
dagger into their own arteries as
tantalized serpent buries his poison
Gus fangs in his own flesh.
JOY of Helping Others.
Moral application: DO not try 10
build the temple of happiness out OF
vellow bricks. Think not that the
broad highway which leads to the
throne room of JOY is always lined with
applauding and vociferating muiu.
tudes. The ground mole may tunnei
his way into gold mine, but he stlil
remains a ground mole. The bat, ny |
ing about in the darkness, may be able
TO push his claws into trembling mems
rockets. but he is still nothing Dut
hateful bat.
Envy and covetousness also lead 10
suicide. The unwillingness TO love our
neighbors as ourselves Is one OF tHe
Indirect causes Of this dreadful sin.
Two ways Of looking at this OLD woriu
-thc one Is through the green glasses
,af envy. the result unhappiness; the
other way is through the sanctlheu
CRYSTALS Of a tender. holy love- the
result GOSPEL JOY. The one way Is 10
bitterly bomoan because some peoPle
are supposed to be better of than we
ore The other way is to try 10 nhu
ont how many people are worse OH
than we are and then with ChrlStlall
desire try TO help them as we woulo
like to be helped if we were IN ther
nioces. Through what kind OF lenses
have YOU been scrutlniZing the human
roceP Through the green glasses OF
envy. which make all the world iook
dark or through the clear, transparent
CRYSTALS of gospel love, which always
make all the world look bright! NO nap
nv man ever wanted to commit suicide.
No man can be truly unhappy who Is
trying TO help his fellow man. Wnen
he finds that he is making others nap
DIV. their joys become part OF MS joys
The suicidal knife is blunted upon
the milestone Of kindness ana ioVe
and self sacrifice for another reason
When Christian earnestly consecrates
his life TO helping his fellow men ne Is
= amazed how many troubles are piieu
ot his neighbor's door and, instead OF
repining at his lot thanks God Tor Tue
4 mercies he enjoys. He becomes more
= contented TO carry his own burdens De-
Y couse as his brothers sorrows gro"
t larger and larger in his eyes his OWL
( necessarily by comparison shrink ano
y dwindle and become less ana less
r Beautifully illustrated Is this though
d nv an old Latin classic: The gods, near
y inc the continual grumblings OF tn'
j. human race. decreed that all mel
G should be able to choose their own Duf
z dens but they must choose some Tne,
II decreed that every man, woman an'
child should bring their load OF trouDl'
IS in q pack and throw it In one piace
J. Then all the different troubles OF III
l. world were piled in a heap. Inc ricl
" man came from his palace; the poo
a man came from his hut. The old maj
G. came tottering upon his staH' III
ID voung man came leaping as roe upol
l. the mountain side. The father came
n followed by his swarm of children; th
ID eincle man came alone. The bride
1r groom came, leading his bride; the VIC
re over came after his wife had bee
IN snatched from his side. All came VIII
le ther troubles. All threw their pack
'e in the one pile. "Now," said the goo
is N the assembled people, "let each II
H. diyidual select any one pack of trouDl
d. that he would" OF course the mutt
IS tudes were overjoyed. Each man
1T first lifted and weighed the troubles
on ovorv other man. Then at last,
" zoos the fable leach individual at
te given signal was satisfied to iltt
Sh ocoin his own troubles and in conten
, mont 90 Ills ON II way
j." The Cownrd's Heart.
No mower on earth can make n
MON heing more contented than TIL
which comes from being brought IN
ng svmnothetic touch with other people
se trials. for all people have them. IL
th white, feecy clouds off in the distanc
ed circling about the mountain *f, mi
Of lool, like sea gulls sporting with u
NE orest of n wave. On nearer approa
ss, they are only fog and drizzling NIL
for THE ships far out at sea have spotle
me sails and trimmest hulls. But up
lp- nearer approach we see that their ca
he vas is befouled and their hulls scarf
The with the blows OF many tempes
I'VE Clear crystals Of tender love VIII
full only make us try to help our tell'
,ial men and desire to live as long as
Ike can for that purpose, but they VIII d
7as teach us to be more and more conte
.iol ed with our own lives. Brother, Detl
he change the lenses in your spectacle
ttle Retter be a sunbeam playing IN |
ia dsv than a sulking owl, solitary a
de. alone. croaking during the night.
md A towards heart is direct eau
lon. for the suicidal sin. "Oh, no. sa
ing some one; that cannot be. A suicl
to may be this or that or the other thli
ION. but he is not a coward. No man Is
the coward who dares to commit self III
tbe der No man is a coward who "
ted calmly look death in the face and d'
ght the grinning skeleton of the tomb"
ars' All, my friend, you are wrong. 1
hos direct cause of the suicidal sin Is
w. variably the result of towards hes
So. It is the act of a man who runs a"
Na. from trouble instead Of courageou
ons grappr.s with it. The bravest
+hs. deeds is to die If necessary to save G
D4 - ,,,ould not no heroic