Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-18

Work Tor MS OWN nieh'"i ""' P''
and spiritual development. SO hrmly
do | believe it Is the mountain upon
the man and not the man upon the
mountain that brings man to the high
est development for which God intend
ed him that | have compelled my boys
10 work for every cent they have re-
celved. even when they were little chill
dren. | never give them anything
without a return. If they want spend
ing money they must earn 1t by paint
ing the fences or cutting the wood or
gathering the walnuts. If they want |
a gun or a riding horse they must Duy |
II with their own money which they |
have earned. | have not told them that !
each year they have an $S,OOO income
which was left them by Il dead rela-
five. and that at twenty-one years OF
age they will be independently rich.
I know that knowledge would rum
them. | make them work for every
cent they spend. In their working
am developing two Of the finest boys
In all this part Of the country
The Dead Heart Led On.
That earthly parent is developing his
children by work. Cannot we reailZe
God is developing us spiritually, men
tally and physically by work, and hard
work? Why were the old Yankees, born
amid the New England hills, ana the
old highlanders, born amid the scot
tish heather, of the same heroic moid!
We have read that III the chivalrlc
times the Scottish crusaders were De
| ing driven back, when an old hlghiahu
chief took from his girdle the leathern
bag which incased the heart OF the
dead Bruce. He flung it far into the
| ranks of the enemy, as he cried: Inou
brave heart of mighty Bruce, lead US
on to victory Lead us on! Lead us on
| Then the fleeing highlanders turned
and charged where the dead Bruce
would have led them. oh, how we
thrill at the story of that mighty deed!
! But why did the Scotchmen ana the
| Yankees of old belong TO races OF
! giants and the Latin people OF Cehtral
| America and of the southern parts Oh
Portugal and Spain degenerate INTO d
race of pygmies? Difference OF Diooo
! Perhaps. But / believe it was not SO
much n difference of blood as dlHer-
/ ence of geographical surroundings.
In the southern parts of Europe all
that the inhabitants had to do fOr cen
uries was TO tickle the soil ana IL
would laugh with plenty. WINE
among those northern snow ciad Nils
not only did the inhabitants nave to
fight human enemies, but climatic ones
ANY man who wrested harvest IRON
the New Hampshire valleys or from
the Scottish highlands had by neces
sitv TO be strong of brain and power
fully muscled of arm. 1t was the Gil
matte obstacles which made the New
Englanders and the Scottish clans tn'
mighty men they were and are, ana
,s trouble great trouble, which alway'
davelops men. The old parental eaSl
nushes her fedgelings Off the nest L
teach her young how to fly. uo'
pushes us one and all out INTO III
abyss qf,afe eshGeSsltless5r cure 5r fTo'atsefves. Co
does hot want to run perpetual nurs
cry. He wants to make us OF men an
women of fully developed powers. IL
d,stnrhs MS from our places OF ease an
comfort and thrusts us forth III
D Scenes of conflict and difficulty Ill orue
4 thot xvo may learn to use the spirltui
movers with which we are ehuo"e'
and TO teach us in dire extremity wiz
,n6nite resources there are III MN II
/ VERY ono of his children who ioot
> confidently up to him and cries. W
;. Father"
I Cod again stirs up our nests Ill
Il nuohas us off our eyries, as the eas
q does its young, to show us our iiin,u ~,
!, tions as well as our possibilities. II
= eaglet has to learn what II callhot
- os we'll as what it can do IL ihu
~ 10 +ouoht I'm one sense how to depel
Il rnon itself: it must be taught III Il
IL othor sense how it must depend u
e e on the parent bird. The Blole III
is n beautiful figure of my text pictures
III old eogle. when the right time conn
= stirring up the nest and pushing
~ youno off the cliff. Oh, yes, that
al beautiful. but the next statement
90 the verse is just as beautiful W Il
ne tbe Young bird drops down ana uo'
No and the futtering wings grow wear
H. ond weaker. then the fledgellng give
H. faint frightened call for heip. ~
nc nc what happens? Why, the ola piru
~ once starts to the rescue. SWiiter u
Iu- onv sea gull ever dropped into the
ne tors to clutch a fish, swfter than e
n hawk bounced upon chicken III
III hornvord the old mother bird sta
"a TO save her young. How! ohe s"o
eu down below the futtering eaglet Il
rising with outstretched Wings
nS' caives II on her shoulders and De
III II oloft into safety. Is not this De
-ne W tiful symbol of Gods care Tor his {
US US drenP The psalmist says, "He walk
'i'e unon the wings of the wind.
ne that IS like the eagle. He pushes
1u off the nest, but he does not leave
w to perish. He is near, and unuerhe
ms are the everlasting arms. "hen
'e. ,s are losing our strength and cry 10
iI., he bears us up. Do you not see
,' o. beautiful teachings of my text!
ne. nc nm eagle stirreth up her nest, nutte
' - over her young, spreadeth abroad
~ ~ wings. taketh them, beareth them
ond her wings"
"a Lesson of Dependence.
the The words of the text teach US
ght we must learn our limitations ana
,ofs TO trust God, and to depend upon
lom MS we'll as to learn how to depend U
ana ourselves. We must learn 10 |
re- ourselves to the Heavenly -fali
pon strength and care, as the eagiet u
less the mother bird. 1t is lesson ol
ions pendence as well as of effort III
ton lesson of this kind when, with