Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-09-07

/ firmly believe thar, all
othor things being equal, environment
IS the more potent. No one IL hopeless
" handicapped by his birth cohuitions'
In other words, with so many cniiuren
IN our founding asylums VINO heeu
your helm. are you going to turn your
back upon them and keep on growing
moro selfish and mean as you are
oo,ng7 For Gods sake, for your own
etc ~ we'll as for the chlldren's SAKE
odopt a child just as soon as you can.
Cod never meant you to live witnou.
the loving influence of some little GNU
IN vour home. Take some chiiu u
vour heart and throw your protecting
arms about 1t.
The Helping Hand.
We are to help. those standing upon
the threshold of life. We must 10
more than that-we are to extenu nli"h-
c,al aid and spiritual help TO 'nose
who seem to have made compie'e
foilure of life. We should extehu
the helplng hand TO those whose SINS
and errors have flung them down. ana
90 those who have lost faith In them
solves. and TO those whom the woliu
has cost aside as useless ana Oh no
account One of the hardest tasks Ill
the world is to save a man aiter ni'
hockhone of faith in himself has Deeh
broken. Men are often spoileu ioi
life nv too much censure. A man ooes
wrong. he commits an awful sin, ana
st once the world pitches into MN.
10 is driven out Of the store, out Vi
the church. out of respectable society,"
No matter where he goes, his SIN uoss
his footsteps. Now, my 1riehus'
want to tell you that no man mas eve.
fallen so low IN sin but there Is ye'
some good in him. If we only &c
about it in the right way, we can WIZ
that man back to the paths OF trut'
ond of right. Don't growl man lntC
heinp bad. but love man into Delnt
good. 9Th,
LASTLY. we should help those wh'
have lived their lives and are no" II
the Indian summer Of their earthi.
ox,stence AS we'll as the middle age'
who have erred, and those VINO ar
Young. We should help the ageC an'
the cripples and the chronic lnVallu
and those whose lives Will always D
. denendent upon others. You are I
do this not only for those who ar
your kith and ain, but also for mos
who have no direct claim upon you
! | benefaction.
: Pity the Unfortunate.
Now, why should you not heip ID
] manned and the halt and the dea
md the dumb and the blind! Al
( YOU going to save your money an
l leave it to your ablebodied children,
Y that they can lie around in ease and Q
r nothing? DO you not realize that e
e cry dollar you give to your chlidre
8 after you have given them a gooo eo
e cation In all probability Will Jesse
: their mental and physical vitality!
d Won want Your boys and girls TO
e strong and brave and self reliaI
Z | then you luuSl tSdNh 'hNni ~
i Won have labored. Are you going
Q turn your backs upon Gods helple
a sick and aged and give your all
J. YOUR children, so that they shall I
o come weak and helpless? Just n
l. over for me the list Of the sons
70 wealthy men Of your youth Tic
,e have they turned out handicapp
I. with their fathers wealth? Won
YOU like your children to become
those sons Of wealthy men areF A
you going to take this necessity OF
y struggle away from your boys n
rs girls? Are you going to unman yc
u children and take from them the We
u. discipline and struggle which ma
OIL made you what you are? Then
III YOU are not going to squander yC
Is money upon your ablebodied chiidr
H. will you not spend 1t where 1t Is
~, much needed, IN helping along the -
10 folks homes" in endowing hospi
81 beds for the sick and in helping
alleviate the sufferings Of those W
70 are dependent upon human medi
I'M ment?
- In Codis Vinevard