Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-07-02
xo, n. Important nv We Think.

far AS | can make out, you are gettlhg
I'm life lust about as much as you ue-
serve Instead OF complaining, you
ought to get down on your knees ana .
thank God for the position which he
has given to you. Why should you
expect God to make you his favorite
child and allow you to rest upon Deu
vf roses? Are you any different from
any of his other children? Are you so
smart or so good or so humble that
YOU have a right to expect more thah
they? Instead OF grumbling ABOUT
your small position, you should see
men. in every way your superiors'
physically, mentally and spiritually oc-
cupying smaller positions than you
Be patient in that work God mas given
TO YOU. Most Of usage, perhaps all Vi
us-haye all we deserve In life, anu
more too. II God wants us to go hlgh-
er. he will open the way. II he does
not open the way, then let Us 90 WIN.
he wants us to do. You and l are not
so importaift or SO brilliant or so per
fectly sanctifed as some OF us thinK
we are In order to impress upon you
this fact. I would read to you quaint
piece of poetry by James Whitcomp
Riley. II has helped and encouraged
me much In life. l hope the reading
will make you contented in the heid
Of labor TO which God has called you
| to work.
The signs are bad when folks comhence
: Handing fault with Providence
| And baking cause the world don't snake
| Al every prancing step they take
No man IL great till he can see
How less than little he would be
II stripped to self, and stark and pare
He hung his sign out anywhere
Nv doctrine is to lay aside
Contentions and be satisfied
lost do your best. and praise or plane
That follers, that counts JUS, the Sai"s
rye alters noticed great success
Ia mixed with trouble. more or less
Ard Us the man who does the best
THAT gets more kicks than all the rest
Rut roaming in and out among tht
Isroelitish hosts encamped at Pl-hahi
roth 7 find the ranks Of the Mosaic ar
NV cursed and retarded with hahger'
ON There were many brave men IL
that army. Men there were ike JOSH
ua and Caleb, but there was Also
host of lazy, good for nothings' as II
everv army, who expected-others 10 d'
al, the work. When the tents were u
he lifted, they were not there; wne'
[ the mama was to be collected the'
wore like the FIVE foolish virgins wh
wanted TO borrow the oil OF the nv
wise virgins. And 30 today wheh sc
s+rono willing man l inevitably SO
i a lot OF human leeohes clinglng 10 'nu
; man az barnacles stick to ships hui
!, Furthermore, today l see scores III
= hundreds of you hardworking men an
y women rebelling at the injustice u
n which others are trying to hve OH u
!. results of the sweat Of your brow
v Let me illustrate my thought
% drawing a verbal picture OF what "
n all know to be true: There are four
y us boss. all brothers, born In a humD
I farmhouse away back In the countr
"A Two OF my brothers and myseif a
ID inst happy -go-lucky boys. on yes
10 york hard when we work, but we Wol
al lust as little as we can, ana WHEN
TO have dollar We always spehu
I whole dollar. If there Is count
a dance. my two brothers and aiwa
" % there. II leisure hour you can
n ways find us lying around the VIVA
he store or playing pranks upon the DO!
Mt We are not bad; we are just ordinai
is- banny-go-lucky, everyday boys.
ng are like most Of boys. We do wnat
he ore told TO do and do nothing more
re Tho successful Mans Burden.
hit Rut | have brother Jack. L
of Young folks say he is queer ana me
Ill and stingy. Some people say he
crazy. My brother Jack is not Ia
er. He works just as hard as we do'
Mt whan he makes a dollar, instead
,ur snending that dollar as we do, he sa'
ely n or goes and buys some books.
the stood of loafing about the village 81
nd in the evening Jack Is always ho
d." studving. If he is not crazy. JACK
ers certainly queer. One day Jack COZ
Is IN and tells us he Is going 10 .e'
ley winter school in order to 20 10 cone
are We think then he Is crazier sun
an or awhile Jack. by working all his 81
,py mers and all winters, gets through
ich LOCO and then comes home ana
hey us that he is going to the law scn
mid wo think he is craZier still. A
ny- awhile Jack, by years of self sacrl
Why and hard work, is graduated. Ihei
MIS- goes TO New York city. AFTER a"
God nv brother Jack PUSHES his way u
Of front Of the NcN York bar. ia
ton the result? Do we boys praise
for his labors? DO we say, III we
n. worked as he worked we coulu
,osi- where he isY Perhaps. But Una
, it? not the general rule OF the ave-
you family. We Immediately begin 10
) of plain because Jack does not SEM
lose money and help to support u.s. we
vou from him all we can get. Anu
way when any man honestly tries to I
the a success out Of life, he lmmedl'
his mas a lot of INDECENT, selfish, lazy
hing about him trying to live off the re
D oi Of his hard earned toll.
IN Some one listening to me says,
elect that is So" Then you turn and
po- "What shall do about my dru
did brothers family? Shall l pay
e he more money to let him keep on q
'und. ing?" what shall I do abou
Lake daughter?" says another. Il az
men want her to leave her husband
He vet certainly do not want TO
,ther, on supporting both of them IN
fish. foolish extravagances." What
Tvs a I do about my wayward boy
II DO. another. "Shall l let him go I
posi- dogs and not support him any Ion
- sI- HyVhat shall I do In reference tC