Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-30

how much there Is In them Ior WHICH,
we ought to thank God.
We should in the first place thank
Cod for our homes. ! do not here use
the word home in the broad, but in the
narrow. sense. 1t may be but humble
cottage with poor, worn furniture; out
II is home, and every article In II mas
its tender associations. Perhaps II Ii
more affiuent. Then there is the more
cause for gratitude to God. linen we
should humbly thank God for our beds
and carpets and pictures upon the
walls. our dining room tables and
kitchens and for the four walls OF our
own libraries. l want you to thank
God today for your city house which a
few weeks ago you looked upon as
nrison. but now, with its rooms and
its closets and its familiar entrance
Won consider the most blessed place III
all the world.
Blessings of Home.
IF "a strange fact that, In order
IN oppreciate our city homes as well
as our other blessings, most OF US
have to be deprived Of them for awhile.
We are great deal like that quaint
laborer who was hod carrier. A
friend was commiserating with him be-
cause he had to carry his heavy load
of bricks up the ladders to the top OF
high wall. "Oh," he said, Il do not
mind t Q going up much, for when l
reach the top 1 always feel SO con-
tented when l put my load down" >"
Most of US, once In awhile, have 10
carry a heavy load In order to De
happy when we do not have any LOADS
to carry. We must be separated ror
time from our blessings in order TO
appreciate them when they come back
TO us. We are like some people living
IN the climate Of southern California
one OF the most glorious climates III
all the world. Here people sometimes
grow absolutely tired Of the sunshine
"Oh." said a man to me some time ago
81 wish I could get rid Of the sun.
am so tired OF looking at it. 1t Is beau
tiful day after beautiful day for weeh
in and week out and for month IN ano
month out. would that could sex
inst one old fashioned New EnglanC
storm or Illinois blizzard" yes
answered my friend. You wish yol
could see a Chicago blizzard again, Du
as soon as it begins to howl about you
ears and send its chills running up ah'
down your backbone and make yol
hug the fire you would mighty quicl
wish you could feel again the glowinl
warmth of the California sun" l
does seem strange that perpetual bless
ings can pail upon us. we must .
deprived of blessings for little Will
to appreciate them when we get thel
back. This fact is especially true 0
the comforts of our city homes.
Longing For the Country.
When the summer months drew nea
last spring the city house did not 100
as attractive to us as it is today. w
longed for that little cottage by ID
seashore, or we longed to give u
Q housekeeping and have q change
{ cooking and go and board at the sun
, mer hotels. We pictured the beaut
| full visions of sitting under the tree
3 and hearing the bees hum. Ou
: mouths watered at the idea OF eatln
a the fresh laid eggs and drinking II
. rich milk, thicker than our city cream
r The trunks were packed; the ticke'
: were bought; the city house was d
+ serted. For what? Instead OF u
!, beautiful cottage by the sea, some
t us exchanged our comfortable cl'
: homes for a little bandbox Of hous
Q II was so small that we had to go Of
n into the front yard to turn around,
y else we might have done ourselves
physical injury. Or, instead OF
great wide parlors Of our city hon
Is we were shut up In two or three lit
ic rooms Of hotel, where 1t was so d
lie that. like the chickens on q sultry Ga
IF we had to keep our mouths open mo
lr of the time to catch our breath. Th'
Y the food. Rich milk? Fresh laid egg
&c Delicious vegetables? Oh, no. Il
I'D best of the farm products are sent
re the city markets, not to the counti
nt We were crowded and jostled. We b
IN TO read our books in stiff backed, U
TO comfortable chairs, or sit down und
st the trees. where we were always a1ra
IN of being stung by the yellow 1acket'
es Instead Of our great big city clos
,s- we had to live for the most part
TO trunks. And the beds. Oh, my. l
a mattresses must have been made
N. of shavings. And everywhere
he turned you kept longing for the &C
ds forts Of your city home. Now,
ty friends. we are back to our city hon
ia Let us thank God for them. Let
nm thank God for the simple, wholeso
ed meals we have. Let US thank him
nv the sitting rooms. with their big, cC
NJ Portable chairs, and for the Dedroo
in where we have place foF eyerytn
,re and everything In its place. DO
he talk to me of the sublime blessings
les summer watering place, but OF
an sublime blessings and comforts OF
lat own city homes.
red The Gold Setting.
IT, We should also thank God Tor
i've city homes in a broad sense. W
the gold setting is to the precl
"a. stone, the halls, the walls, the
at. oJaces, the bedrooms, the sitting
es- dining rooms and the parlors are
Ike the family jewels we call our WI
lgs our husbands, our fathers and mott
Of and children and brothers and sis'
ON There is an old motto which we o
us hear upon the street, what Is h
een without q mother?' We someti
the hear it fippantly spoken. But
cal only ask this question in reverei
on. sense. but ask the same kind
ills question In a broader sense.
rd- 4What would home be without all
b a children and the parents being c
for cred together under the same 70
live In truth, 1T would not be q home
hod o.otd 4ba hloceinQa OF OtH