Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-11-24

I do not wish to eat anything" About
two hours later Charlie comes to his
mother and says: Mamma, l am hun
CRY. Can l have some candyT she
saws. mo, Charlie" With that Char-
lies face begins to twist and his mouth
to open. Then, in order to stop his cry
ing. the mother says: YES, Charlie.
Here is the candy. Take 1t and don't
cry." What is the result? Instead OF
giving that boy healthy food which
will develop bone and muscle and
sinew she develops for him perni- |
cious appetite. The boy gets into a
condition where he absolutely refuses
TO eat food which Is healthy for him.
Thus some OF us treat our minds ike
spoiled children. We say: Il am resting
INV mind. will 20 to a cheap theater
or to a dance hail." No, you are not
resting II. You are feeding 1t with
cakes and candy. Rest Of mind SIM
ply comes from change Of work. What
YOU need to do Is to give your winter
evenings to good reading, to good
thoughts and TO high Ideals. ms
means work, but 1t will mean work
that will recreate and strengthen your
energies, depleted by the struggles OF
| the dny. Are we willing to pay the
price by which our evenings can pro-
vide us with true, benehciai mehlai
| development?
True Development.
Rut take a step farther and declare
that q large per cent OF your evenings
| should be consecrated to direct service
10 Jesus Christ. These should be the
sacred hours when you say, LORD
what wilt thou have me to dor not
ord what wilt thou have me to DO
for nv own self or for my own ram
| uyY You should say, Lord. what Wilt
tbou have me to do directly for thee
You know that the Lord commands Us
IN give a tenth of our income to him.
Rut that IL not enough We must also
give to him our time and our service.
Most of us cannot give this time ana
service during the day. Those hours
belong to our employer. Man goeth
forth unto his work and to his LABOR
until the evening" But we can give
TO Gods service part of our evenings
And we must give to him these hours
IL we are to do the work he wants us
to do.
But" you say, 81 cannot understand
Won Is not this inconsistent with YOU
, advice to stay home with our families
. Now. how can visit hospitals ana &
, 70 sickrooms and look after the poo
, unless l turn my back upon my famliy
, Can q man be In two places AT III
, Same time? Can farmer help neish
hor build his barn and plow his owl
fields on the same day? How can on
Look after his own children and We
associate with those who need help AM
who are not members Of his own ram
ly?" I am glad you mentioned ina
= You are just the person with whom
want to talk. You say you are a ram
" man. You say you would be wiilln
10 give I'D certain evenings OF your III
10 serve Christ If thereby you woul
not have to neglect your home dutie
= Go forth and invite to your own nom
the young men and the young wohe
who are living IN boarding houses. AS
them sometimes to supper. Surroun
~ them with the influences Of your Chri
tian home. You cannot serve COO DE
- fer than by working for him In Ju
y, this way. l want to tell you the nj
u, torv of a noble Christian woman al
- what she did In a city of the east.
~ This lady was not wealthy. She ha
=. Int little money and a family OF groV
- ing children. She had to do her o"
- Homework. Man may go forth IN
work and to his labor until the eve
,nq but this woman had to work In u
~ evenings as we'll. So she said to he
10 self: 81 can do little, but that little
~ will do for my Master. My home shi
III always be my Saviour's home. ana
cry one I can welcome here III u
name I gladly will" She went
work for Christ. She gathered up
large Sunday school class of boys WI
s for the most part, were homeless. b
that mean those boys who were ava
from their fathers and mothers al
living In boarding houses. There WEI
~ eighteen or twenty Of them. These 81
- used to invite to her home Ever
week she would have some or them
- dinner. Her parlors were their pa
lors. Her books were their book
n When they were sick she took the
~ into her own home and cared for thei
80 Would you like to know the result
70 that humble Christian woman's lii
When | was called to my Chicai
church l found every one Of the mel
hers of that Christian lady's Sundi
school class harnessed up in Christie
'u work. Although these young men III
been boarding house boys when tn
first came to Chicago, they were TN
grown up men, all Of them members
the church Of Jesus Christ and wor
ers in his vineyard Cannot you do t
'n same for Christi Can you not ma
p your Christian home the place of sp
Itual refuge for those who have
,at Christian homes and who can be W
i'd for Jesus by gathering them arou
FOR your Preside during the winter eve
on. ings?
,is- But cannot close this talk on eve
Ing occupations without placing 81
arb cial emphasis upon the fact that
rhe least q part Of each evening shot
the be consecrated to God for study
tin bis holy word and for prayer.
hen should be the time when we Shot