Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-04

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ions den. Everywhere around you G
were lions Of temptation, ready 10 eat =
Won IN. There were the lion OF taise-
hood the lion of theft, the lion OF
dr,rt the lions of innumerable dlshon- .
esties "Oh." you said, what Is the
good of my trying to live right Wnen
so many Of my business associates are
dishonest and trying to overreach me-
When you came home at night ana she
came to greet you at the door, as you
looked into her honest blue eyes you
knew that no impure or dlsnones'
thought had passed through her mlhu'
when YOU saw her gather the children
about her for prayers and then Kneei
70 commend her own soul ana the soui'
of ber husband and dear ones 10 the
Heavenly Father somehow all your
evil thoughts disappeared. Ihrousn
tba torch of her hand you went DacK
a truc man to your work. Tel me
honestly. would you be the Chrlstian
man vou are today If your wires lailn
had not been as sheet ahchor 'p'iuin5
Won TO the cross? Am | wrong wheh
sov that God giveth the word, but the
Christian wives who surround US ana
nnhlish the tidings are a great host!
But the second proper name oil this
old New ENGLAND epitaph is even more
suggestive than the first: "A Sarah 10
, her husband, a Eunice to her chh-
dren" Who was Eunice? She was
, the mother Of young Timothy, the IA
vorite co-worker and protege OF the
Apostle Paul. The greatest of all the
! apostles loved him not only lor MS
own sake. but for the sake OF his
mother and his grandmother. lie De
gins his second epistle to Ilmothy
with this salutatiOn: when l call 10
remembrance the unfeigned falth tnat
is in thee. which first dwelt III thy
grandmother Lois and thy mother
Eunice." Ah yes, it was not dlrncui'
for Paul to trust and to love Timothy
when he knew in what kind OF a
Christian cradle Timothy had been
rocked. Neither is it very dlihcult
: matter for some of us to be good When
T we look back upon the influence whicn
. our Christian mothers had over us dur
, ing our infancy and childhood.
| a Eunice to Her Children.
| Would you like to picture this WON
D an. who was a Sarah to her husband
/ and Eunice to her children? why
d she was Just the same kind OF
+ Eunice as your mother was to you
h Once like Sarah of old, your mother
$ was fair to look upon. After your Ia
(, ther died you found among his treas
e ures an old daguerreotype whlcn
It though faded, still showed what
e pretty and fun loving girl your motne
e. must have been. But one day the an
IT pel Of the Nativity whispered in ne
d oar q solemn secret. Then a serlou
IT look came to her eye. Then, when sh
III was tempted to any inconsistency, ID
at first question that always sprang
ID hor Inns was: SHOULD do that? Wha
n. will be the example for my children
e. All YES. | can understand why IN II
rs last chapter of Proverbs Lemuel
We mother describes the good wife III u
words, MANY daughters have dol
nv virtuously, but thou e1cellest the
ch ALL" The purity and nobility OF
nd woman's life are never so glorious
NJ. developed as when she, a mothe
us walks daily as a spiritual eXamp
m. before her children. God bless u
To- Eunicesl God bless them for u
is prayers they are lifting for their ch
MS dren and for the constant sacrlnc
d's they are making for their homes!
a But a child cannot always remain
Ter child. Neither can young mother
,ti- wovs remain young. Time Is no
not specter Of persons. First comes [
na- blossom. then the fruit. Then I
feP green leaves of the trees take up
nv themselves the variegated hues OF q
,ur tumn. Then comes the Indian SUNNI
ar of life. The smooth cheeks OF you
ley womanhood change into the wrlnKl
ing skin Of old age. The black halr
.itv Eunice changes into the whlten
irit locks of Lois, the children grow
nal and the grandchildren come. 1
for mother, who once sat at the neau
and the table, now sits at the side.
,as. easiest chair In the sitting room
the grandmother's. And yet Lois eS
ish. cises her influence upon young Til
? thv. and it is very good. Paul e'
mentions the grandmothers infuel
ca before he mentions the influence
,ou. I Eunice. Why is that? l think
,Um "ra tell you why 1t is on account Of
,1oO mellowing influence Of our grandm'
heir ers.
hon The Mothers Busy Life.
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