Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-11-05

went to your boys room! An, sue re-
Gagged the snarling tiger and the kick
ing mule In his heart! She let free the
lamb of his better nature. When she
first went in his eyes We're blazing
with rage. His teeth were gritting to-
gether. His hands were clinched. He
was rapidly walking up and down the
room. Up and down he went. When
your wife first entered he would NOT
look at her. But up and down he walk
ed. I'D and down. Then he said:
Mother am going to leave home.
am not going to college. am not go
ing to let father give me another cent.
am too big to be whipped, and he
might as we'll know 1t now and once
for all. Mother, hate him. l hate
father because / know father mas no
love for me-" What did your wire 90
Did she begin to scold? Oh, no! She
simply went up to her boy and put her
arm lovingly around his neck and said:
Harry! Why. Harry! Are you going
TO leave met Would you leave your
mother? Oh, my boy, you know not
what you are saying" The boy start
ed. The tears began to flow. he never
even whimpered under your blows, but
with his mother he just sobbed ike
little child. Then she took his heao
upon her breast and began to gently
talk TO him. She told him how anxious
Won were to see him grow up to be
good and true and brave. She told MIN
that YOU had a right to expect oDedi-
once from him and that 1t grleved you
to have to punish him. And while sue
talked his heart melted. and he was as
soft as wax in her hand. That night
in the auietude of your room your wire
said: Husband, never strike that Ooy
again. You will rue the day that you
do. You can get Harry to do anything
II you are only gentle with him. But
strike him. and some day he will either
strike YOU back or leave home In anger
forever"
GentIsness VIII Win.
We all know that II Is only by gentle
ness we have our greatest influence
over our loved ones. Yet, strange 10
say. when anything goes wrong at the
store or In the home and we lose our
tempers we nearly always turn our an
ger against our own children or our own
wives or our own husbands or our own
hrothers and sisters. II the COOK Is
mean and suddenly leaves us In the
lurch or the laundryman ruins our pest
washed dress or we become taugueu
from the spring or the fall house cieah-
ING or our clerks cheat us at the store
then we are very apt to vent our dls-
Measure upon our helpless children OF
our wives or husbands, who have done
nothing. The domestic squalls ana up
heavals are often due entirely to out
side causes and not to inside dissen.
sions. Now, my friends, let us one ano
4 an learn TO guard against speaklns
harsh words against those we love
OF us deal gently with those who are
nv our side and who are bound 10 us
by the strong ties Of domestic anec
tions. -.
remember that in the influence OF
the gentle life In the home we can
serve God just as truly In the smal
things and in the little duties as In TIT
great. "In the effort to appreciate va
r,ous forms OF greatness" wrote Ed
ward Howard Greggs, I'VE must 10
underestimate the value OF simple
good life. Just to be good, 10 keep III
l nure from degrading elements, 10 max
II constantly helpful in little ways y
Q those who are touched by 1t, to keel
J. ones spirit always sweet end avoio al
: manner Of petty anger and irritaoi,ies &
g that il an ideal as noble as 1t IS am
r cultu But that is an ideal which Go
}, will LET us all reach II we daily go l
him in prayer That is an ideal we a
should try to reach, for in order
t have our loved ones spiritually s"ee
n we must set them an example an
It avoid all manner Of petty anger an
B. irritability. We ourselves must iea,
n hv nractice to be true types Oh III
y Christians gentle life.
n Deal gently with father, mother' hul
e hand wife, brother, sister ana cnii'
n Yes but the text goes further Una
i, thie II bids us deal gently with tnos
l. who are fighting US and our WORK D'
10 cause they do not see condiuons as "
le coo them. We should deal gently VII
X our enemies as we'll as our frienu
,r with our defamers and with those WI
s. are doing all they can to destroy u
a. In tbe great coliseum Of the woriu
u struggles we should never do as q
le tho ancient aristocrats, brutallzed |
lr the spectacle Of the gladiatoriai COL
bat When the victor in one Oh tue
force fights had beaten his foe to Il
m earth. he looked up to the spectato
is for a signal to tell him If his prostra
We enemy was to be killed or TO ma
C. mercy shown him. Then even WONT
So co far forgot the tenderness OF the
ne sex as to turn down their tnuml
nd which was the signal to finish Z
w wounded man. We should always Il
h our thumbs up. We should not 81
Us the signal ito destroy" we shou
signal always W saw,
ot how much the PROSTATE foe may ha
rp us and our work. II this Pauline col
e's mandment bids young Timothy TO
zee gentle with his friends, it also co
tie mands him to deal gently with
hs, enemies odv % G
nd Thousands OF men are ready 10
lst they will be kind and gentle 10 III
ou friends. They are not ready, howev
,ur to say they will be kind and forsiVl
Did to their enemies. TheN pride tne
Sc. selves upon the fact that they
ou good lovers. They also pride the
ou selves upon the fact that they
oy good haters. II man does tnen
bis kindness they store that fact away
,ur the most secure treasure room OF
nat temple of memory" They VIII WI
lie. II need be, ten, twenty, thirty OF e
10 oty That kin0nl