Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-10-21

seph out Of prison; I must nave nin
by my side, I must have this interprs'
ter of dreams here to warn me against
any dangers which are ahead. ne
must keep me from doing wrong again.
But. no. That was not the CHIEF Dut-
ler,s yay. After tho different court OF
ficials had congratulated him ne nunt-
ed I'D his gold chalices and looked at
their sides. There he sees his own
amilIng face. Then he said: ANA,
am safel I am safe! No danger nowl
7 am safe foreverr' Then In his sup
posed safety he forgot the warning
signals Of the past. Perhaps ne ieii
info the same evil ways which he once |
followed, which evil ways may ulti-
mately have caused his execution, IKE
the bakers. His decomposing nesn
NAV have been eaten by the hyenas
and the vultures who banquet on tne
dead bodies of all Egyptian criminals.
MY brother, can it be that we are 1or-
getting our past misfortunesF have
we forgotten the awful results OF our
mast sins? Do we forget the patience
and the pardon and the love OF Goa
which once rescued US, as the Dutisf
was hardened from death by his royai
master?
ForgetfuI of Past
The misfortunes Of the past can De
reproduced In our lives II we go on re-
producing the evils which once caused
our downfall. The forgetfulness OF the
butler may be compared to the dyspep-
tic's forgetfulness Of his physical ago
MES Nature takes him In hand ana
flaws him with scorpions. BY eating
what he ought not to eat some n1ght
he nearly dies. He is careful one day'
one week, perhaps one month"; 1nen
the past sufferings are forgotten. Inc
cravings of gormand are satisned'
Another night Of horror or perhaps
even death is the result. The Dutlers )
forgetfulness is like that OF the drunk
ard. Delrium tremens has grippeo
him. He imagines serpents are crawl
; ing over his bed. Demons, with eyes
Of burning Goals Of fire, are glaring al
him. Wild beasts, with their angry
roar and their glittering white teetn
and their lolllng red tongues and their
sharp claws working conyulsiyely, are
springng upon him. But In le"
weeks he feels so well and strong tha'
he forgets his past terrors. Anothe'
glass of fiery liquid turns his brain intc
, ! n madhouse. The butler Is ike you ahC
mo ~ we forget the past evils Whlci
we brought upon ourselves through oul
: nost Sins. O God, teach us never u
I take orr ewes off the awful precipice
4 of temptation over which we nave tuln
4 bled again and again into the yawnihI
: chasms of despair unless it be TO rals
y them in gratitude to the face OF ou
J, Saviour, who, though exalted 10 u
Y right hand of God, remembers US Still
o Let lis never forget our rescue ana ou
r deliyerer as the butler forgot Joseph.
h Rut I must hasten on. l brand Uni
d butler Of my text with one OF the Diacl
le est marks ever placed on man
e brow IT is as black as the mark upo
y the forehead of Cain, who killed u
T. brother Abel. He is not only Dllnd
le his own interests, but he is an ingrat
ie He has turned his back upon the OF
ne friend who was true to him in MS tln
Il of difficulty. He is like a miner WI
r reading about who discovered III
at ve,n of gold ore. He went and show'
ig n 70 a friend that they might
be sharers together in the wealth. INT
m this supposed friend slew the MIN
e. that he might possess all the gold hi
Y" self This butler was not only p'
ne iurer; he was an migrate as well.
40, That Good Sister.
VI Is the ingratitude of the chief Dutl
y, 10 Joseph duplicated, o man, IN 70
~ life? You are a successrul ia"y'
" Your income may be ten or TWEEN
. thousand dollars a year. You are o
io' of the most honored men ia the co
III munity. How did you get starr
~, ~ life? "Oh," you answer with prioe,
~ ~ started myself. When | came 10 u
Ia citv did not have friend mere.
worked my own way through cole
I was a poor farmers boy. am
made man" Are you? Oh, you mis-
nis able boaster You are contempt
lls- hutler of Pharaoh's court. You hs
lus forgotten your Joseph. You are
the moro Of a self made man than
or AWAY back on your fathers farm
ems had an older sister. She was the "pt
-or- horse" of the family. She wanteo
his get an education and go to college,
one she could not. She did, however
cry cate herself enough to become co
thi- try schoolteacher. But what she 60
'om NOT do herself she set her heart
but YOUR doing. You were her only DIT
ing or. When you were little fellow
lain ming barefooted about your fatn
had farm caring more for fishing and p
tails ing baseball with the boys tnan
'ous work she would call you in and
he "Now. Samuel, you must come and
and vour lessons. Remember, some DAY
lilsr are going to college. You must 81
hen hard You are to be great, ricn
his YER for sister to be proud Of"
lard You finished your course at the ct
hich trv school. Your father said you d
late 90 10 work on the farm. mo, ratn
put said she; Samuel must go to cole
"But cannot afford it," "Weii'
tion said. 81 can do extra work after
bak- school is over. 1 am saving up
ID to school money for Samueps col
but bills" Your mother did not have u
cup to say. Your sister did 1t all:
the money helped pay your way. her
N Of pushed you through. What have
IS to ever done for her? "Oh," you ans
that 81 paid her back her money VIII
l or terest." The few dollars you gave
the did not cost you anything. tell
says: it cost your sister her very blood.
king leave her up there in the countr
want though you were ashamed OF her
m of tell me that she is not fitted 10
W, II in your wife's social circle. l tell