Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-08-20

toca and Benedict Arnold, the Phii
sheridan OF the second battle OF Sara
toga who turned the ebbing tides OF
defeat into the food tides OF victory
that submerged Burgoyne and MS
troops even as Pharaoh and his hosts
were drowned In the Red sea. Then
SEQ this wounded hero, Benedict Ar
mold. wounded the second time at sara,
toga, being appointed to the command e
OF the city Of Philadelphia, to rest tnere
until his wounds healed. Then see
tho aristocracy Of the American capitai
making q pet. q social lion, OF this nero
Of heroes. Then l see Benedict Arho'o
running into debt to pay the expenses
~ b,s social triumphs and not knowing
how 10 extricate himself. Then l see
him led on by sin to conceal sin unui
at last he had to do something 10 save
h,mself from financial as well as Social
d,ssrace Then / see him. as a last re-
cort 10 conceal sin. trying TO barter
awav the citadel Of American inds'
pendence, West Point All, my rriehus'
when Benedict Arnold started on niS
downward path Of extravaganza NC
never intended to be a traitor. niS
ottempt 10 bstray West Point WAS
merely the elimination OF long series
Of attempts to conceal sin. Beware Vi
the first glass, the first ns' the nrs'
taste OF the fruit OF the forDiaueh
tree. Oh, yes. But, more than tna',
beware OF the internal folly OF trying
to conceal sin with sin.
Rut as we push our way through the
flower gardens and the hedges OF par
odise and see our guilty ancestors
standing before God l feel that they
orc not willing to leave their hiding
places Of sin even after the empowereu
roofs and the curtains or leaves nave
been torn aside, and the guilty pair are
compslled TO confess that the frult vi
the forbidden tree has been placed
against their lips. Even now they are
both trying to conceal sin WITHIN Bill
What "a the man trying to do! why,
no 90 irving to throw all the blame vi
his sin upon his wife. What Is ''he
woman irving TO do? She Is no pet
ter They are both tarred WIN Tue
same black pitch Of meanness. why,
che "a irving to throw the blame OIL
her ain upon the serpent The man
soid "The woman whom thou caves.
TO me she gave me Of the tree, anu
d,d est" The woman said, The ser
mont beguiled me, and l did eat liz
young Adam of the present day says
1T hejieve all my evil desires were III
berited from my ancestors, ana .ne'
are to blame, and not mysen. M
Young Eve of modern times, li'ns Wv
: Lace ~ wine to her lips just pelor'
. nor doom. says: Il am not 10 Diaine
; Other people drink. Every one VI NJ
friends drink; therefore they set III
, an example 1 must follow. Ihey ar
70 blame. not myself" Inc YUM
drrrlard blames the saloon keeper 10
!. ceiling him the whisky. The saloo
= keeper tustifes himself by pleanlh
, that the voter approves Of his having
license to stand behind tne o"i'
. The RespsnsibiIity of SIM
5 7 he,ieve in many cases the respohs
! hilitv of sin may be placed upon o'ne
D chambers than upon those OF III
n ono who has to suffer. That was te'
@ ~ihla indictment Peter Neidermeye
n the Chicago bandit, hurled at u
n ohvrches when in April, 1904. he stoo
Y under the shadow of the gaiiows an
n cold. eft is all we'll enough 10 pra
d with me now, but it is too late W.
v orc nv two companions ana mysei
.e about to die? We belong to the gree
0 army of the poor, miserable. SOCIAL on
d casts We grow up in the sums Nd
IS starved and always miserable. W
20 work day after day like slaves, 10 q
v miserably. II the churches dld SON
II thing more for those who need thel
n. aid In the struggle to earn hVln
ii thew would do more good than they ca
% nv converting men about to be hanged
,r All. yes. there was thunderDoit
N terrible truth hurled in that one ga.
10 ing by man who was facing eternit
ID But. though in some cases the respol
@. ability Of sin may be placed upon OF
g. er shoulders, this was not true OF AZ
ANS sin. 1t was not true or Ewes III
IT is not true of your sin. 1t Is not tri
st of my sin. God is willing to give yo
" and me enough spiritual strength
"a resist any temptation which confron
,e. us If we only go to him for help, as
,is was ready to help Adam and Ev
IN And nv friends, in reference to Of
av own sins let us have the manliness
re-. acknowledge them. In the courts ev'
on q criminal earns the contempt or o
ep fellows when, as they say. he plea
,is the baby act" The way to forgiyene
he is by humble confession, and mere
He no other way. If man will not tai
ID. that way he ought to realize that he
nd booming himself to destruction, IN
nd excuses are Of no avail and that
He himself and no other Is responsib
tie Never charge your doom upon yo
a mother, your wife, your child, yo
surroundings, when you have no o
10 to blame but your own sinful self.
~ not try to conceal sin with coward
nc words such as those which Adam
u tered when he said, eyes, sinned. b
III the woman whom thou gavest to
:. with me, she gave me of the tree, a
did eat"
Us But why should our first ancestC
eu have concealed themselves In their b
-. ing places Of sin? Why should ID
- have run away after the fruit
IN the forbidden tree was eaten? W
90, did they incriminate each other
~ ~. the serpent after they were brout
forth from their arboreal retreat? l
~ God want to destroy them. as 30 ma
~ seem to think? 1 confess that In
tn younger days l used to picture God
or a tyrant, a monster, when he was So
No ing those two frightened, fleeing
,ot ners. | used to think his voice v