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

did for his friends. He provided, by
last will and testament, that mo serv-
ice of a religious character be held at
his grave; that a special train Of Pull
mans be chartered to take his remains
from Louisville to Ci&tinnati to be Gre
mated: that the buffet cars be well
stocked with good things to eat and
drink; that while his remains are being
cremated an orchestra render pro-
gramme of popular and select music,
and that when an intermission is reach
cd fhe friends ask the members of the
orclestra to drink to the dead man
menory."' That is the consistent out |
co,nes Of the total annihilntion bellef. |
The iearnest Christian disciple says, |
Life IS mot joke; death is not
6nale.n Life is an opportunity for do
ing good and for struggling against
evil Because. the good as well as the
eyil4iiyes on for ever and ever we
oughtsto put ourselves in the hands OF
thesAlmighty, who arranges our lot Tor
us. and say. rs did job, "All the days OF
my appointed time will wait till my
change ccnIe."
The nnbeliever in the gospel says: III
there is hell 1t is to be found this side
and not the other side of the grave
wien things go wrong the best way
TO escape suffering is to snap the silver
cord of human life and silence the
heating heart.p The Christian disciple
saws: wSanctifed troubles are n spir-
itual means by the grace Of Coo TOT
raising al Immortal soul on and up.
Js0sancfiied troubles are the ineXora-
| bIe means of dragging sinful, de-
! fAnt soul ON and forever down. lie
that is unjust let him be unjust still
and he which is filthy let him be hlthy
still and he that is righteous let him
l,e righteous still. and he that Is holy let
| lin be hoy stillp Such are the two ex-
;tremes-tse tenets Of the believers III
total annihilatlon at the brink OF the
crave and those of the earnest disciple
Of Jesus Christ. Dc you wonder that
! I charge the hideous monsters athe-
ism. agnosticism and infdclity with
being the chief causes Of this accursed
suicidal epidemic? Do you wonder
that I look TO the gospel Of Jesus Christ
TO stay the hand of self immolation!
Wilkyou not. by buckling on the gospeI
armor, prepare to wage incessant war
against the insidious demons who
blight the lives of your fellow men by
robbing them Of peace, Joy and faith
and leaving them so despoiled and i'm
bittered that they prefer death to lie!
False etandards of Happiness.
False Standards for happiness can
be catalogued among the frequent, pro
life causes of the suicidal sin. They
are the dcfoying mlrages which tempt
the weary lIfe's traveller to lose himself
in the nidskof Sahara of sand. They
are the dcefitfuI stars, twinkling theil
: benedictiors over altars of silver an1
of gold ana of fame, which suddenly
90 out and leave the devotees worship
Ing. IN IT,, .-lsssl-asss. they are tn
musical voices of the sirens singing
their sweetest songs when Turing thei
victims on to fatal shlpwreck.
2 In the false standards Of happines
8 can be found the origin Of the dlsap
, pointments which so often end IN SUI
i eide. Men do not first seek wealth.
S fame TO possess those treasures, as
+ miser might hoard up his gold. They d'
sire the merchant princes palace an
the kings throne because they 1ooilsl
" think that happiness is coy malde
who loves TO robe herself In SILKS an
: n have her throat and fingers a-glitte
t with precious jewels, and THEREFOR
i +hev can the more readily find her !
! the rich mans mansion than III III
e moor mans hut. If they cannot nav
wealth or fame or worldly honor
+ about TO be taken away from then
Il then they feel they cannot have happ
L moss Then. with one pull of the pl
u tols trigger. they fling away the
II blirhted lives. as did the late "cotto
u ling" Of Louisiana, who lost his 10
III tune in Wall street, or as did the Ia
Sir Hector Macdonald of the BrltlS
IT. army. who killed himself to avoid Ia
Il ing the publicity of court martial al
le q dispraceful dismissal from the king
90 service.
Source of True Happiness.
10 Now. my friends the human belr
IN who commits suicide merely Decau
the golden breasted Oriolc of veal
pd has plumcd her wings ana disappear'
10 from sight or because the iconoclast
~ trouble has shattered the idol of far
III is doing fools business. Happlhe'
ON true happiness. the happiness l
.lv which we all long and for when sol
"a of us ar, seeking. is not dependent L
ne on outside surroundings, but upon |
,s, condition of the heart Some OF [
ed most unhappy human beings III
N. been the so called worldly succesSl
81, men. Did all the unlimited financ
"a wealth of Nathan ROthschlld ma
70 him happy? For many years he W
,or the universally recognized finahc
ny. king of Europe. In single day
ia made over S9.00O,C00. At the bat
let of Waterloo he was an anxious spec
or' for. As soon as that battle was
oIv cided he put spurs to his horse a
IN rode like the wind toward Lond
,he He had relay of horses await
DO. him and special boat chartered
NM. take him across the channel IN
hot next morning. he appeared upon
I,Io London Exchange and circulated
Of report that Wellington was defea'
ro Securities tumbled. His brokers DouI
itv them up by tine millions Of dolii