Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-11-10

Dected his friends 10 SHOW ullh hinu
ness. But here he records the fact as
a grateful surprise that the barbarlans
were Just as kind as friends couid
have been to the shlpwrecked crew ana
passengers and prisoners.
"Oh," / said when | read these
words. chow like Paul's journey to Je'
rusalem to preach the gospel unto the
Romans are our gospel journeys in
life! They are surprises all through.
We naturally expect the household OF
faith" TO greet us cordially, but the
barbarians are kind also. The men ana
the women who do not profess 10 love
tbe Master and belong not to our own
class in society are nearly always KIM
when we meet them. They are nearly
ALWAYS thoughtful. They are nearly al
ways ready to aid and befriend Christs
messengers. think it Is due to them 10
make this fact known, and 1t may en-
courage workers also to learn tna'
when they labor for Christ IN unla'
miliar fields they may find comfort
among strangers, as Paul was nap.
nilv surprised when he wrote, Ana
the barbarous people Showed us no III
tie kindness"
The barbarIans or those who DO not
belong to the 'household of faith" VIII
be Kind to Chrlst's messengers In rel
erence to their temporal wants. III III
| an emergency you are hungry, tney
| will feed you. If you are naked, they
will clothe you. If you are shipwrecK-
ed. as Paul was among the rocks OF
MeIita. they will rush out into the SURF
70 help YOU to land. If you are nome
less. they will invite you to sit by their
fresides 1t is a mistaken idea TO
suppose that all the gentleness and all
the kindnesses and all the helpfulness
of life are to be found only among the
followers and the disciples OF the low
lv Nazarene." / may seem to be max
ing a sweeping statement, but from
nersonal experience | can affirm that II
man. either afoot or in wagon, Will
break loose from the great congesteo
cities and travel through the country
ninety-nine people out Of every nun
dred whom he meets upon the roao
will greet him with smile ana VII
he willing to 90 out Of their way to dC
him a favor II 1t Is in their power 81
TO do. OF course a large per cent Of
those people will not be members ol
the Christian churches, but they all
with very few exceptions, will be klnC
, IN him. as the barbarians were KIND u
[ Paul when shlpwrecked upon the Me
lta shoals.
Kindness of the Common People.
The universal kindness of the com
|, mon people was quantity ILLUSTRATED
? some years ago by the late Mayor Nc
b Lane of Baltimore, who told this stor,
i of n we'll known railroad man. A hum
BILE employee Of the road called upol
this man and asked for pass TO
? certain distant point. "YOu have bee
Q working for us for some time, nav
/ Won notT "Yes," answered the en-
ployee. 'You have always been pal
Q regularly?r "Yes, sir" "Well. nov
n supposing you were working for
:. farmer, would you have the nerve |
7. ask this farmer to harness up III
y horses and drive you a long distanc
e into the country" mo-" answere
n the man. ~ would not. But II I'll
n farmer had his horses already ha
8. messed and was going my way thel
IS Is not a farmer living who would r.
d fuse to give me a lift" The ma
il knew the characteristics Of the clas
r They are nearly always willing to ne
'e their neighbors. To use the parlan'
1t of the railroad employee, they al
lie ready TO give each other'a "lift." A
W most every man who wears rout
ID clothes is at heart kind man. Almo
N everv woman who tolls for her dai
10 bread is generally kind woman. Ii
IT heart of the poor Is a generous heal
IN 1t IS a loving, a gentle, a helpful heal
rs When we go forth into Christian wo
al among the common people we Will
or happily surprised to find that most pc
rs ple are kindly disposed, no matt
es where we may go, even as the barDa
10 ans of Malta went out Of their way
ne care for the helpless passengers al
'r- crew of the Alexandria corn ship.
Oh Not only Is the heart Of the comm
people kind, but the heart of the
to called better social classes also Is kir
or ". General w. T. Sherman told
or beautiful incident of this fact. sh(
an time before his death he revisited I
Ily famous battlefields of his Georgia ca
en- naigu. There was one battlefield
w. changed that he could not identity
$50 So he went to the nearest house, anC
en- beautiful white haired old lady ca
'se TO the door. She said, "Oh, yes, this
re. the place where the battle was tough
ers Then she invited him In and descrif
NE how the field looked thirty years
TOT fore. Every part about it was
en- fectly clear to her. She pictured
tn- beautiful southern mansion which v
JUS once In the center Of that field. ab'
ns which the two armies fought for
To- long a time Then General Shern
| SAID. All, uOW iChiOhoSA - W
And I remember how the soldiers
u beyond our control at that time
'n needlessly burned that mansion
.no left it smoldering heap OF ruiz
'he Then he said: Madam, did you
n.y. near here at that timer Do you
member the old house," The II
quietly replied, Eyes, general; 1t
oys my old home" Not one word OF
on buke did she utter Not one word
he reproach came from her lips. Dur
low all that conversation she uttered
he .,o .
tho one word which might wound the I
,r,s ings of the northern military chleft
lila In leaving General Sherman lifted
rod hat as he said, Madam, you are
oro best bred woman | ever met"
cns though General Sherman may D
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