Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09

my poor boyw He kept this crying and
waillng up for hours and days. At last
Joab heard Of the kings ingratltude.
He walked into the royal chamber and
said: MY king, have you any hearth
Can you not realize the sacrifices we
have made for you? Can you not come
forth and thank us for shedding our
blood, instead OF weeping over that IL
cehtious, unflial child who tried to
murder youg And today, o man,
ask, cannot you stop weeping over the
lives of some people who have been un-
true to you and open your eyes to the
sacrifices of those who have been de-
voting themselves to your comfort and
happiness for the last ten or perhaps
twenty years?
You have lost a child. He died as
the result Of his sins, and you know 1t.
Yet you weep and cry for that child as
t,soush he had been to you a saint.
What about the other childrenP What
ABOUT those lovely daughters and that
fine young son who are growing up by
your side? Are you just to them? DO
you try to make home happy for them?
Are you true to them? You have dis
solute father. "Oh," you keep COM
planning, IF my father were only what
he ought to bew Well, he is not. You
cannot help that But what about your
mother? Have you ever thanked God
that you have such mother? Have
not her noble example and her tender
sacrifices been enough to start out
dozen boys like you right, even though
YOUR father has not been what he ought
TO be? And yet the strange fact OF life
is this: Most of our modern King Da-
vids will go on whining and groaning
and complaining about one person who
has done them wrong and neglect to
show gratitude to the scores Of noble
souls about them who are doing all In
their power to make them happy and
blessed.
A Brave Girl.
Oh. the meanness of not trying to do
erything for u.s. Some years ago there
Joined my church one of the bravest
young women ever knew. Her father
died when she was young girl. Then
the executors robbed the widowed
mother of her ali The young girl, who
was brought up I'm luxury, went forth
to earn her daily bread. The mother
never seemed to care or to realize what
that daughter as doing. From morn
ing until night che kept up her never
ending series oi complaints. She COM
planned about being left a widow; she
complained about loss Of money; she
complained because she had to 1.-Two
where she did and that her daughter
had to he away all day long. "But,"
said one day. madam, you surely
should be thankful for that girl of
yours. \ nobler girl never knew. OF
course YOU have to be alone, but think
of her down at the Office working. II
is not very pleasant for her" Yes
Sal9 nl9iIn{n IlG 6ut L Is my disposition, ana
: non.t holm it." All, me! How many
Of us are like that dissatisfied old LADY!
How many Of us are like King David!
We brood over our misfortunes so long
that we not only make life miserable
for ourselves, but add to the burdens
Of those who are striving to make our
lives happy and blessed.
But King David was awakened ~
more than a sentimental realization oi
his blessings. General JoAb gave 10
him moral and spiritual galvanic
ehock which startled his hands, MS
oars his eyes, as never before. lie
made the king leap to his feet ana stol
bis foolishpess. General Joab pracu
coIlv said TO King David; at Is moi
only mean and contemplate for you tC
ignore the sacrifices your people nave
made for you, but it is more. Ini'
foolish crying proves to the worlu Una
Won are unfit longer to be king. l.
Won do not stop it your best frlend
will turn against you. Within rev
weeks YOU will have another insurrec
ton upon your hands, compared i
which tbe late uprising will seem oni'
q nlavthing. You will be hurled frol
vour throne. and another Will tax
vour place. and that rightly, for IL
man does not do as he ought TO 90 III
world will throw him aside, and he WI
have no one to blame but himself
Ab that was a brave act OF Gener'
Ioohi It was one of the bravest ac'
% his life. He was willing, If nece
sarv. TO sacrifice his own life IN ord'
! that his friend and king might see u
error of his ways and guard agaln
the danger lurking at his feet. Al
. Won and willing to be as true 10 o'
friends as Joab was to his kingF
An Easy Task.
If Is easy to praise our friends WHIT
:. they do right or to defend them WIN
. they have injustice perpetrated again
:, them. The story is told that maj
vears ago the officers of the army
y the king of Hanover refused to ha
ANYTHING to do with young lieutena
" who had been promoted on the field
- battle for gallantry. They claim
T that he was not their social equal e'
~ though the shoulder straps OF co
- missioned officer were his. The ki
.. heard about the boycott. Ihe ne
=. day at parade he called the young IN
~ 10 his side. Then, arm in arm wltn
II lieutenant, he walked before the wn
o army assembled on dress paraue' III
"a that night, as his special guest
" king took the young officer with D
q to a banquet. OF course when the X
,d went arm in arm with the young IL
al the other officers at once felt he v
is. not only their social equal, but Iri'
no we'll worth cultlvating. Yes, 5
'or 70 myself rs read that story, d
oh easy It is for some of us to walk d
'or IN arm with our friends when they
no doing right, but how hard 1t IS
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