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

has awful results. HOW huN"
,orr;b,e Is il for one to look upon the
face Of one whom the sinner LAS
oh sinner let me prove to you that
Won are now, like Adam and Eve niu-
inc, IN one OF the Satanic retreats. why
40 Won dislike Mrs. So-and-so! que
,vas the wife of one Of the best rrlehos
Won ever had. Has she wrongeo YOU
No The reason you dislike her an'
navar want to be seen in her compah-
ionship is because that dead friehu iei'
Won the executor of his estate. lou
mismanaged it. You criminaiiy iuis
it. You used her money 10,
vour own benefit. II that widow hau
wanted. she might have put you III JAIL
Now, Won hate her. You never want 10
meet her, not because she has wrohseu
Won but because you have wrohgeu nei'
WHY We Do Not Forgive.
WHY is that lifetime friendship De-
tween you and your school chuin
broken up? You were Doth DOTH ia
the same country village. You grew up
together. You played ball toge'ner'
dow kites together, went fishing i'll the
old brook together, sat side by sue Do
It'd the same school desk and ate your
lunches out of each others basKet.
You came to the city on the same 'Ain,
lived In the same boarding mousse ANU
won't 70 work at the same city store Oh
the same day. Why are you estrangeu'
7 will tell YOU. You both fell IN love
with the same girl. In order 10 WIN
that girps affections you lled aoou'
vour old friend. You circulated eVl re-
norts about his past life, when you
tnew that no squarsr, truer man ever
lived You said his family was not re-
spectable. when his mother used 10 De
q second mother to you ana helpeu
nurse YOU when you were SICK hou
bote your old school friend not because
he has done an injustice to you' out DC
cause you have done an hJustice ~
him What Is the matter Win MI
So-and- so?" | once asked my la'ne''
"tJe never comes around the house az
bo used 70 do" NO" said father. me
IS my enemy. loaned him some Nun
CIV. He would not pay me DacK' 40"
over for old times sake | forgave nm
tba debt and said 1t was all right. bu'
he has never forgiven me the inJus'io'
he has done me-"
But again | learn that our nrs' "n
cestors sought other refugees DesiueS
leaf and flower and clinging vine ahO
tree trunk and bush. 1t Is true ina
tho tronical forests are so dense ina
they make excellent hiding places. Oh
Gordon Cumming, the great hunter o.
wild beasts. tells us that the Ceyloi
iungles in places are so lmpehe'r"or
70 the eve that the keenest ana mos
evnerienced hunters may sometimes D'
unable 10 distinguish the wouhue'
elenhantine monster only few yaru
away. though the valleys ana Tie
mountain sides may be numerous
with the bellowings Of the dying WIN
boast But sin never tries to cover VI
sin bv the curtain Of leaf alone. 81
always tries to conceal sin behind IN
bulwarks of other sins. Thus, whe
Adam and Eve hid themselves troI
the presence of God in the garden the
tried TO conceal their sin with the 81
Of falslty. They pretended they III
not hear God when he called. Inc
tried TO conceal sin by saying, Id
reason we have not answered thee'
God. is because we were unclothed al
dare not appear before thee naked, Q
thou didst create U.S." They trleu
conceal sin in exactly the same wa
nc thousands and tens Of thousands
living men try to conceal sin win 81
:, All the poisonous ivy" behind VINO
Adam and Eve concealed themseiV'
was not an arbor of oak, but an arD'
t of lies and deceits. If they had SPOKE
the truth. they would have SAID, III
l. shame we feel, the shame that forct
us TO hide ourselves from thy present
3 &c dine TO our consciousness or wron
4 doing"
COnceaIinR Sin.
How does man try to conceal MS Ut
= sin behind a mighty bulwark Oh maj
= sins? Here is young man VINO III
"A been brought up in a country nom
c He was raised up right. He had
Il first gospel lessons instilled INTO III
u at the family altar, in the ouhu'
= school, and in the church pew whe'
. as q little child, he used 10 De uah
u to hear the service, and would sic
!. through the long sermon, clasped Ill
~ mothers arms. Away from nome
'" falls into bad cOmpanionship.
gradually gets into the habit OF spei
inc his evenings in billiard halls, a
III his SUNDAYS on excursion trains a
III picnic parties. He drinks lttie.
&c nlovs cards a little. He dresses III
"a better than he can afford. de rune
- little in debt. One night while seeil
10 some Of his companions gambling
~ says to himself, why cannot ma
- a little money that way" He is a c.
- lector for the store. He plays a.
~ loses He plays again ana loses.
~ feels again for money in his pock
80 Now his cheeks pale and his han
"a tremble, for his fingers have touch
~ the envelope which belongs to his e
30 ployer. He says to himself: Il mi
~ win. l will borrow So and pay it ba
or very SOON" He plays again and los
80 again, and loses. What is the resu
No. The next day he dare not confess,
20 he doctors his accounts. He kee
NC on using other peoples money until
os last one night in order to conceal
"a past sins he FORCES. Then all the
hn fernal regions clap their hands for J
At last they have new victim. l
Tho law places its heavy hand upon u
m young mans shoulder. A striped s
a and a penitentiary cell and a DroF
oe hearted mother are the results OF
RIM sinner trying to conceal his sin BEN
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