Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-07

What they want you uoH l. ANU "n"'
Won should want these men do not
want" There is the whole question OF
political life In a nutshell.
Now. care not how brilliant saul
may be when he is king ! care not 10
which political party he belongs, Dut
this is what you should want to know:
Whom is Saul serving? What kind OF
men wish him to be elected to the
throne? Is this Saul who Is seeking Of
flee today prepared to fight the saloon!
Does this Saul promise to obllterate
the gambling hells Of the city? Does
he promise to close up the dens of In
fanny? Does he want the Bible IN the
public schools? Is he the friend or the
foe of the dissolute members or the
community? With whom Is he train
ing? Do you elect Saul to position OF
politicaI life and keep him there mere
" because he is brilliant of tongue and
overlook the fact that he is rotten IN
morals? That is the question Samuei
had TO answer. And that is the reason
God is hurting the rebuke of my text
at the prophet of old, as well as at
some of lis today: "How long wilt thou
mourn for Saul? How long? How
longY
His Political Protege.
But there was still another reason
why Samuel clung to this recreaht
king Saul was Samuel's political pro
tege. Samuel was the instrument ID
Gods hands chosen to make him king.
Samuel lifted the amounting horn TO
pour the sacred oil upon SauTs head,
and in one sense Samuel looked upon
him as a loving parent sometimes looks
unon the erring deeds Of a favorite
child. He tried tc shield him and pro-
feet him and to ward off his coming
doom. And when Samuel did this he
was like Eli. He only fastened the
coming tragedy of this handsome king
Oh II Is an awful thing to see ta-
tber and mother shutting their eyes TO
the sins Of child! | almost tremDle
when | speak upon this. Yet | am
firmly convinced that many young men
and women have gone to destruction
in the past not because their parents
have been too strict, but too lenient
with the self evident shortcomings OF
their children.
There is only one way to deal with
the sins Of children, and that Is 10 erau-
icate them while they are young. Ana
the more insignificant those sins seem
to be if LET alone the more surely they
will destroy the temporal and spiritual
life of the child. Do you see that mag
nificent oak tree growing there Oh the
hillside? Yes, it is a beauty. IL mas
lifted itself like a mighty giant. NC
tornado is strong enough to blow tha'
tree down. 1t has struck It's roou'
clear down to the solid rock.
But" you ask, what are thos'
strange looking vines crawling up th'
sides of that tree?' Then you come
nearer and say: "Why, they are th'
vines of the wild grapes. See how I'M
they are. | must take some nome u
the children" "Ah," | say, sis tina
soP Is that tree covered with tn
i erapeyines? Then when you are ea'
ING the Wild grapes YOU are, eating "a
y lifeblood of the tree" II you WI
carefully examine the stems OF ID
wild grapevine, you will find then
filed with a lot of rootlike suckers
These suckers fasten themselves int
the tree and draw the life out OF IN
: tree. and. give them time, like all van
nire iyies. they will grow bigger an
bigger. Then the suckers will sin
: deeper and deeper into the tree uht
t after awhile that mighty tree WI
) droop and die. Those few wild grape
Z may be very appetiZing to your palat'
] They are very costly when they XIII
D tree to produce few punches OF lruI
. Such are the bitter vampire sins {
( the child. 1t may not seem to be muc
: when the child steals the candy atte
g vou have forbidden him to have 1t.
: may not seem to be much when chill
e tells YOU a falsehood. 1t may NJ
? seem to be much when child pr
d tends to 90 to school when he is goin
r skating. 1t may not seem to be muc
o when a schoolboy commences TO smoh
= cigarettes and drink beer 1t may NJ
r seem to be much when the boy refus'
e 10 90 10 Sunday school or to churc
d These are little things in a chids III
e But. though the wild grapes ere app
tizing remember these little sins a
y the vampires sucking away the child
% spiritual life. That fruit Is made o'
+ Of the lifeblood of the child's spiritu
n existence Beware, parent, how 70
t like Samuel. allow the sins of Saul
L develop unrebuked.
~ No One Like Saul.
If But. lastly, think Samuel griev'
IA for Saul because he said: "If Sa
4 fails. who can make success? WI
* fn all Israel there is not another IL
" him. He is the handsomest and t
,k best. What shall we do? What shi
60 we do?' But God said: Fear NJ
A. Samuel. will raise up another. Ia
ip thy amounting horn and go where I
ut thee. David will do for me what Sa
er has failed to do" SO when we find
IN great man go astray we say: "C
,e- what shall we do? What shall
ne do?" But God will bring us anoth
he Fear not. Fear not. Only follow q
lie. aud he will bring the right man
rs thee. If God anoints man, then
he Is Gods work, and we have only to
m his will.
lst And is it not blessed thought Il
no one is essential to the Lords woI
God is always able to send some
a. TO take the vacant place. Oh, how
80 ten we think we are necessary to