Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-05-27


No man who is trying to dc right and
is flung on his back ever appealed to
him for help in vain. Yet that man,
with all his vast influence, has not for
years darkened church doors. Years
ago there was q church difficulty which
revolved about him and his family.
Sad, sad, infinitely sad, that he should
refuse to be one with the church be-
cause Of bitter grudge he holds
against some church members who did
not treat him right! For, in spite of all
he has done, | confidently assert that
the seed he had sown would have null
tipled q thOusandfold instead OF, as
now, producing only sixtyfold had he
been working inside Of the church Of
God instead Of outside. That man for
years has held aloof from the church
because he cherished resentment
against some Of its members. He dis
obeyed the injunction Of my text, "Let
not the sun go down upon your wrath"
"Never ask me to be member Of the
Humane society again." said the wife
Of one Of my elders a short time ago.
"Why notY about ten years ago l
went to one Of their meetings. OF all
the backbitings and censoriOus criti-
cism ever heard theirs were the
worst" Oh, friend IS such a state
ment right? Because Judas betrayed
Christ, is that any reason you should
refuse to be a disciple Of Christ? Be-
cause last year one Of our missionary
leaders or one Of the trustees OF an
orphans home proved rascal and was
found to be a defaulter is that any
reason we should refuse our aid to-
ward those beneficent institutions? In
your hatred for man you are binding
your eyes to the good you can do to
institutions and great reformatory
movements. You are acting as foolish
Iy as the astronomer who would refuse
to climb the stellar ladder Of the night
and walk with God amid the ininities
of space merely because a fly speck
gets upon the lens Of his telescope.
o man, grow bigger. Widen your
horizon. Do not peevishly stop your
tramp up the heights Of Mount Wash
ington, where you can see all New Eng
land under your feet, merely because
a snarling puppy comes out of barn
yard and barks at you as you walk
along the country highway. Do not
sap your life's usefulness by your
grudges against q few men. Live Tor
principles. Live for movements. Live
for institutions. If some people who
are working by your side for those
causes are not what they ought to be,
then do not as a coward desert your
post on the picket lines Of the worlds
great armies in the time of mortal
| combat.
Drop Your Hatreds.
But there Is yet another reason why
you should drop all your hatreds and
anlmosities as kindlings into the great
conhagrations of the setting sun. You
NAV be purified by the divine fires oil
trouble. But no man was ever able tc
make a brother better and truer and
purer by hatred and malice and wrath
| and contempt. You have tried it IN
| the past. You have piled up your ex
coriating rems ks in great heaps. You
have rolled dt vn great avalanches oi
denunciation. You have exhausted youI
whole vocabulary and roamed through
hundreds of dictionary pages to find yer
biage sulphurous enough to depict youl
whitening contempt. But did it do any
good? Have you made your brother love
you any better? Have you made him
truer or a better man3 Have you help
ed your relationship with him in the
least? For fifteen years you have
walked down the street and met hin
on an average at least once a week
You stare at him. What good are yor
accomplishing by such bitter actions
| Absolutely none. Absolutely no gooC
results for yourself Absolutely NJ
| good results for him.
Motive For Crime.
What is the purpose hidden in you
heart Of harboring up that grudge Of
malice or hatred against your neigh
bors or your past friend? One of th'
first moves Of a prosecuting attorney
In trying a criminal IS to find motive
for the crime. The district attorne!
says to himself, "Here IS murder com
| mitted. Who would be benefited By
the death of this victim?" He always
looks for a motive to trace crime
When Senator Leland StanfOrd's wild
ow died in Honolulu the news wa
flashed over the land that she had beeI
murdered with strychnine. Post NOR
TEN examination proved that poisol
had been absorbed by the deceased
But when the motive Of the supposed
cause was sought none could be found
If Mrs. Stanford was murdered th'
criminal has gone free because no de
tective can find a motive to trace ou
the murderer. Every crime, as a rule
has a motive. What motive have yo'
for the sinful hatred against you
neighbor? Because you hate him d.
you think he will be inspired by lov
to return to you fourfold Of what b
tookf Because you hate him do yo
think he will be Influenced to be
better and nobler character? Becaus
you hate him do you think the oil
bonds Of affection will be knitted tc
gether againl Oh, no. Continue
wrath may destroy, but it never ye
purified. DR.. Adams once said, "Th
angry man is like ship sent to Sc
which hath a devil for pilotF sa
in our dealings with brother, bitter
vindictive, hating man is like pirat
sailing under a black flag, whose onl
purpose is to wreck and not to help o
rescue or save.
| We should renounce all our hatred
and bitternesses and animosities tc
ward our brothers because these ha
treds are cursing our spiritual lives a
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