Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-05-02
A.. SATURDAY, MAY D, 1908.

definition which | have abridged from
different dictionaries. That definition
means this: Love is the strange pow
er born I'm the human heart, which, like
long arm, reaches out and draws an
other life into that heart and makes
the joy and the happiness Of that other
| life more important than the Joy and
the happiness Of its own llfe." In 9TH
er words. "love is the power which
Will make human tree graft upon it.
self other human branches, and then
that original human tree shall live SIM
ply for the purpose Of bearing luscious
| fruit for the benefit Of some other hui
man life" In other words, true love
finds its happiness in the benefits which
! that human life can bring to other
| lives rather than for the benefits Of its
own selfish life.
The Grating Of Trees.
"How do you graft one tree on an
otherY | asked an old California hor-
| tlculturlst. "Well," he answered, that
depends upon the tree you intend to
graft. If were going to graft lemon
| tree upon an orange tree "WhatF'
| interrupted. Are nearly all our lem
on trees grated upon the orange treeT
, "Yes," he answered; NEARLY all. III /
were going to graft lemon tree upon
an orange tree, would go out to my
orchard in springtime and cut slender
branch off my lemon tree. From this
branch | would cut the healthiest bud,
making the grating bud about three
quarters of an inch long. Then would
cut the bark of an orange tree about
two years old and gently press the
lemon bud into the bark. Then | would
Theoretically seal the woods together
with wax. Then, when the lemon bud
took root and got to growing fully, L
would cut off the orange tree just
above the lemon bud, so that all the
strength Of the trunk Of the orange tree
would be conserved to develop the lem
on branch and the lemon fruit as 1t
ought" All, yes, said to myself while
nv friend was talking; the orange
tree has its branches cut off so Its
trunk can produce sustenance for the
lemon branches. And that Is love. we
are the human tree and will have the
branches of our own selfish desires
amputated In order that we may bear
fruit In the lives of our fellow men.
That is the whole definition OF love In
a nutshell.
Tell me. friend, is your life a life OF
love? Are you the human orange tree
with the lemon buds grated into your
bark? Have you had the selfish limbs
of your own life cut of? Are you
standing like tue trunk OF Tic orange
tree in the center of the multitudinous
orchards of the world with your own
name forgotten and obliterated that
/ the honor and the glory Of Christ may
shine in the lives Of your dear ones'
Are you driving your roots farther and
farther into the ground In order to
gather up the rich nourishment OF the
soil to nourish and feed hundreds OF
buds which have been grated on your
foundations? If you are, then you
have the priceless characteristics winch
God honors above all other virtues
then you have love-purifed love, tri'
umphant love, divine love; then you
are like the Lord God Almighty him.
self for God is love and love Is God.
Loves First Duty.
Now, If the whole essence Of love Is
to put the joys and the blessings ano
the happiness Of others above all self
ish happiness and joys and blessings
what is then in It's crudest form the
first duty Of love? First, never to
give another pain; never do anything
which will bring the tear to the eye
or the culver to the lip or the sob to
the aching heart. 1t does not take
much to wound the sensibilities OF an
other. And, II your first duty of life Is
to learn not to hurt yourself, so the
first duty of love should be never tc
hurt or to wound the feelings of an
other
Now, it was no easy matter to learn
how not to do yourself physical dam.
age when you were young. 1t was
only by painful experience that those
} laws Of caution were mastered. Fol
} instance, when you were a boy you
had great habit Of balancing upon
the chair In the dining room. Youl
father again and again warned you tC
stop He told you that you would hur1
! Yourself. But there was a fascination
In making that chair tip back. Yor
felt like q trapeze performer In mid
} air. But one day you lost your balance
and fell backward and struck youl
head against the mantelpiece. The Gu
, was deep, the blood flowed, and yot
have a scar upon your head to thi'
} day. Then after that you never bal
anced upon a chair, because you knew
: YOUR father was right. Or take tina
old habit you had Of sliding down th'
banisters of the staircase. 1t was grea
: fun until your hand slipped and yo'
fell stunned upon the floor below. o
do you remember that toy cannon
3 You asked your mother If you coul(
/ have one, and she said you were to-
l young, but you thought differently
e and you went and bought one on tn
sly. When you were about to pla.
E Bunker Hill the cannon went of at tn
e wrong time, and instead Of knocking
f down the toy soldiers your face re
ceiyed the charge, and your fathe
7 and mother had to sit for hours dig
e ging the powder out Aye, It was no
: easy to learn the lesson of physica
e caution. You learned 1t by suffering
and pain; you learned 1t by tearfu
sorrow. And now you know that fir
burns and a sharp knife cuts and
tumble will hurt. So you guard you
!. body In the light of warning expert
: ences.
Mental Sufferings.
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