Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-03-18

faults, tney TuSteu you'
Won would do right. You see now, as
thev see. that it would have been bet
fer for YOU If they had been more stricI
and severe. But will you blame theln
for that? 1t was their love for you
that was their fault. How have you re-
maid that love? Return. beseech you' |
and beg their forgiveness.
HACKS Too Weak For Burdens.
put there Is another reason why we
svmpathize with broken hearted par
ents who are bearing the heavy Dur
dens of wayward and sinful children
Those burdens are placed upon DICKS
foo weak to carry them and upon
hearts when they are too tenuer u
suffer 1t makes great deal OF uller-
ence how a man can bear Duraen'
whether he is old or young, sick OF
we'll. totterlng or straight limpeu' lou
would not hitch an old horse up to
load he could easily have drawn IN MS
nrlme Neither, foolish son, should you
make your parents in their old age
hear the burdens of your sins.
HOW old are your parentsi on
.vo,, saw, ssfather- is aboat sixty years
of age, and mother is about the same.
Won know when our parents married
thev did not do as do many people OF
tbe present day. They did not walt
| until they had amassed q fortune
| Then the daughters were ready TO start
with the sons at the bottom or the lau-
| dor 70 climb up. Therefore they mar
rIed when they were young. once
Young together, now they have grown
old together" And then your lip qulV-
ers as YOU say: But mother is not as
strong as she used to be, and that ola
main has come back in fathers heart'
He had a fainting spell last week
All YES. they are growing old together!
Perhaps one Of them is already gone
10 II not a mean act, an awfully mean
act on your part to take broken
down woman or an old broken down
man and place upon them the burden
Of your unpardoned sins? They once
carried YOU in their arms; now you
ought TO be willing to let them lean
unon your arm They once wlpeo
away your tears; now you should DC
> willing to wipe away theirs. Inc!
. once lived and are still living to make
Won happy; now you ought to strive tC
a make their last days happy. DO no
Q mt that heavy burden Of your wicked
@ ness upon their hearts. They are to'
!. old to bear It,
g "But." some one says, "my old fathe
| and mother are not entirely dependen
e unon me for their happiness. | am NO
d the only child. AS my parents are Oh
# fashioned folks, so they had an Oh
IL fashioned family. Their family wa
e q hip one. | have four brothers an
e three sisters, and, with the exceptlo
n of one brother, we are all alive toua
o. and have families Of our own. l"
n- of my brothers are gospel minister
k. am the only black sheep in the ran
fe ilv. Thus you need not worry aDo'
the old folks. Five children out
or six who are Christians is not sucn
I'd | had record" All, my brother, wht
rd | Won sneak like that even though yC
Id are married. know you have not y
e. fothomed the depth Of your mother
he | ond fathers love. The true Chrlstli
ey parents' happiness is dependent II
es mon the Christian lives of few, b
Id of all their children. No matter no
tn many children a Christian mother ni
o? she is never happy unless all are IN
he gospel fold. She will never be nap
"a II one fingers outside. You rememu
rls the old story Of how rich man wal
if ed TO adopt one Of the children oi
by large family belonging to a Gern
IRE neasant The rich man said to the
ther. Il will take any chlld you
loot That night while all the CT
ats dren were asleep the father ana
ng mother went from bed to bed 10 ni'
err their choice. "Not this one," SAID th'
ess "not that one:" mot the other on
cir So they went through all the rool
ses Though they had many children, u
as could not let one Of them go. So
to friends. though you may have Droth
you who are Christians and sisters VINO
hat Christians. that is not enough tor Z
,en old gray haired father and mou
GRE THEY want all their children to
emf christians. Will you not leave
low crooked path Of sin today 10 III
+ it them happy? Your sins, your UNI
.fr doned sins. are pressing heavily u
und their hearts.
ned "Oh." says some one, would Una
on,t could do as you ask! | would 90
ON. thing on earth If could only litt
.our burden of my sins, which | compe
hon nv dear old father and mother 10
flor rv but it is too late-it Is, alas'
how late They are now forever past
rs rvinp the burden Of my sins. My
- thor died as did the father OF
mo. Scotch poet. On his sckbed ne
,o,,r asked by his minister II he was wor
ovor about anything. Then my father II
hoz. ed at me as the father or ROBERT ID
ho looked at his son on similar occas
ond he answered: Nothing. l am
flor rving about nothing except my
ntod Rohert.' But father is dead now. L
:, 70 never bring him back to tell him nc
bovo have repented Of my past sins
that Bearing Burdens In heaven
then Your father and mother beyond
else burden of your sins? Friend, do
70 TO know about that. Even in heaV'
had think they are still longing ana no
and for our salvation. l for one cannon
rned derstand how there can be JOY IN L
thou- en- over one sinner that repenteth
from not any thoughts about us WHO
not still unrepentant. One Of the gre
age IF New York pastors once told me
him when anything went wrong IN niS
has he used to feel the warm, loving
Of his redeemed daughter aoou
mar. neck and he could hear her dear
o for sneak to him words of counsel v
ar bv would bring him to his better SELL
t0tAnd tbo range OF