Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
creators Of our nations belonged to a

With almost a century for his re-
trospect Mr.. Hamlin declared tnat
some of the mightiest senators WHO
influenced the legislation OF his time
were hardly known outside OF their
states and the senatorial walls. linen
he mentions some of them, whose
names | had scarcely heard of before.
There was Samuel S. Phelps of Yer
mont, whom Daniel Webster declared
TO be one of the soundest and aDlest
men he ever knew In public life. Ihere
were Senators Mcguire and Badger OF
North Carolina and Senator Dixon H.
Lewis of Alabama, whose brain was
relatively supposed to be as large as
his body, and that body tipped lhe
scales at 500 pounds. These men,
wrote Mr. Hamlin, were the great lead
ers of leaders, yet outside OF senatorial
walls the public hardly knew their
names. Thus may it be with the pow
er of Chrlsts disciples. The world al
large may not recognize the power Oh
the Holy Spirit which Is in US, Dut
the power will be there. Christ VIII
recognize it. Heaven will recognize II.
All eternity will recognize it when we
are able to bring sinful men ana Wom-
on IN touch with Jesus Christ. on, ye
men and women who long for power,
will We not take this text as its SYM
Dol. "Seek ye first the kingdom or Goa
and his righteousness and all these
things will be added unto your That
means that the gift of the Holy Spirit
can be yours.
Spiritual Development.
Rut full wardr0bes and cupboards
and assured homesteads symbolically
moan more to me than even power.
They represent mental and physlcai
and spiritual development. They repre-
sent In one sense freedom from care
In the next sense they represent
growth. expansion, increased dome OF
forehead. healthful lungs, steady heart
beat. They represent all that is best
and noblest in the physical and mental
and spiritual domain. l cannot press
home my thought better than by draw
ing two or three verbal pictures.
II Is early morning, still almost dark
near Scranton, the queen city of the
mining regions Of Pennsylvania. In a
little cabin a miner and his family are
taking a hurried breakfast. At half
past 7 YOU can see the long lines OF
working people heading for the mines
and the breakers. "Why are you tax
Ing your two boys along with you, MT
Miner? you ask. 1T is too early tol
school vet. These boys are pale and
thin. They do not get enough sunlight
You must not let them study SO hard
"Study hard! Sunlight answers the
miner. "These boys Of mine do not g
to school. They are earning their Nv
| ing the same as l am. We have
large family in this hut, and all wh(
can must go out and help to earl
the food they eat, the clothing the!
wear and help pay the house rent
"What! DO these boys work for live
llhood? Why, one of them is so small
his dinner pail almost touches tn
ground as he carries it along. Yes
they work. All boys in miners hut
are compelled to work for their living.
I 90 into the breaker, and there mt
hundreds Of little boys all crouched VI
picking out the good coal as it passe
along by their side. The air is u1
healthy. 1t is laying the foundation
of the miners asthma" The hour
are long and tiresome. The "breake
boys" who should now be at schoc
and who would make fine men IL
were not for the money question, ar
being stunted in their growth. All, tn
pitv of it! Do you not see how tn
food question, the clothing question
the house rent question, can be an az
cursed bulwark against physical, mer
tai. moral and spiritual Development
The Real Money Question.
How often have we heard this state
ment made by men and women: "Ol
how I wish this daily bread questlo
were not holding me in its wise. l kno'
I am growing to look like my type
writer. or my yardstick, or my kitche
stove or my sewing table. How
would love to travel and see the VOL
ders of the world. How | would loY
to make the great thoughts Of the gre;
books speak to me. How | would loN
to develop my painting talent or N
musical talent or my natural hlstoi
= talent. But Just as 1 was about to e.
ter college father died. Mother VIZ
left penniless. Then l had to 60
work to become a mere bread earnin
! clothing earning and house rent ear
Ing machine" Grasp you not the syL
> bol? With the cupboard and wardrol
and house renting question anXietl'
eliminated from your life, do you nj
see how in Christ you can grow al
grow and expand and come to the III
physical and mental and spiritual al
moral development for which God /
: tended you!
Let us bring this lesson little nea
> er home. For thirty years you ma
u consecrated your life to money maxim
'' At first you said you had to do it
make a living. Now you do it becau
your mercenary habits have the ma
tery of you. You save every penny "
L can. You are a miser. Your face shoV
It. Your mind, your body, your VINO
life Is warped. You cannot enjoy a p
Vt ture gallery. Music is to you a perfe
IS bore. The only columns you love
IS read are the stock market column
g You are a mere money making ID
It chine. Now, compare your develop
t. life to that of man like Dwight
IT Moody. He had all the capabl!lt
l. of financial success. He had them
IS greater measure than you had. B
e. one day be turned his back upon t
y store and went and knelt in his DC
2. room and said: Lord, l give my i
er I'D to thee. shall follow thee and I'll
r alone. Thy will is to be my Will" W
N he not developed? Was he not dey
s. oood In n hotter WaV than by CrlnSl