Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-12-01

Arc Only "a Few Inches Apart, and What
Affects Ono Affects tho Othcr-Somt
Dieting Parallels.
BROOKLYN. Nov. 25.-At the Tabernacle
this evening the great congregation sang the
hymn beginning:
Awake my soul to joyful lays
And sing the great Redeener's praise
Rev. 7. Dc Witt Talmage, D. D., preached
taking for his text: .And these arc they
which We shall have in nbomination among
the fowls: the OWL the vulturc, and the bat
These also shall he unclean to you among the
creeping things that creep upon the earth;
the chameleon and tho snail."-Ievit ri, H.
80. : Following is the discourse in full:
Tho Bible offers every possible variety OF
theme, of argument and of illustration. We
care not much in what kind of q pitcher the
water of life is brought, if it is only the clear,
pure water God gave the nncients list of
the animals that they might eat and u list of
the animals they might not eat. These peo-
pie lived in hot climate and certain forms
of animal food corrupted their BLOOD and
disposed them to scrofulous disorders, de-
PRAYED their appetites and bemeaned their
and opportunity of selecting it, suggests his
moral nature. The reason the wild Indian is
as cruel MS the lion is because he bns food that
gives him the blood of the lion. A mis-
sionary among the Indians says that,
by changing his style Of food to
correspond with theirs, his temperament
was entirely changed. There are certain
forms of food that have tendency to affect
the moral nature Many Christian is try
ing to do by prayer that which cannot be
done except through corrected diet For in
stance, he who uses swine's flesh for constant
diet will be diseased in body and polluted of
soul-al his liturges and catechiSms not
outstanding Tho Gadarene swine were
possessed of the devil, and ran down steep
place into tho sen, and all the swine ever
since seem to have been similarly possessed.
In Leviticus God struck this meat off the
table of his PEOPLE, and placed before them a
bill of fare ut once healthful, nutritious and
generous.
But, higher than this physical reason,
there was spiritual reason why God chose
certain forms of food for the nncients.
God gave a peculiar diet to his people,
not only because he wanted them
to be distinguished from the surround
ing nations, but because certain birds aud
animals, by reason of their habits, have al
ways been suggestive of moral qualities. By
the list of things from which they were to
abstain, God wished to prejudice their minds
against certain evils; and in the list of lawful
things given he wished to suggest certain
forms of good. When God solemnly forbade
his people TO eat tho owl, the vulture, the
bat, the chameleon nnd the snail, he meant
to drive out of his people oil tho sins that
were thus emblemiZed.
BALEFUL EFFECTS OF owLISHNESs AMONG
MEN.
take the suggestion of the text, and say
that one of the first unclean things tho Chris
tian needs to drive out of his soul is the owl.
Tho owl is the melancholy bird Of night. 1t
matches out whole broods of superStitions.
It is dolcful and hideous. When it sings it
sings through its nose It loves the gloom Of
night better than the brightness of the day.
Who has not slept in the cabin near the
woods, and been awakened in the night by
the dismal "too-hoon of tho OWL Melancholy
is tho owl that is perched in many Chris
tian- soul. 1t is an uncleGn bird, anu
needs to be driven away. a man whose
sins arc pardoned and who is on the
road to heaven, has no right to DO
gloomy. He says: ~ have so many doubts. F"
That is because ''you are lazy" Go actively
to work in Christ's cause and your doubts
will vanish. You say: 81 have lost my prop
erty;n but reply, "You have infinite treas
urcs laid up in heaven" You soy: 81 am
weak and sickly and going to die" Then be
congratulated that you are so near eternal
health and perpetual gladness. Catch few
morning larks for your soul md stone this
owl OF your premises.
cHEERFULNEss AS A PANACEA FOR ALL EVIL
As little girl was eating the sun dashed
upon her spoon, and she cried, 70, mamma,
I have swallowed spoonful OF sunshineW
Would God thut VIC might all indulge in the
Same bevcrage Cheerfulness-it makes the
homelest face handsome; it makes the hard
est mattress soft; it runs tho loom that
weaves buttercups, and rainbows, and au-
roras. God mado the grass black1 No, that
would be too somber God made the grass
redo No that would be too gaudy. God
made tue grass green, that by this parable
oil tho world might be led to a subdued
cheerfulness. Read your Bible in the sum
shine. Remember that your physical health
is closely allied to your spiritual. The heart
and the liver are only n few inches apart,
and what affects one affects the other. A
historian records that by the sound of great
laughter in Rome Hannibars ossaulting army
was frightened away in retreat. And there
is in tho great outbursting JOY Of Christian
soul that which can drive back any in
formal besiegement Rats love dark closets,
and Satan loves to burrow in u gloomy soul.
"Rcioice in the Lord, o We righteous and
again 1 say rejoceI"
Hoist tho window of your soul in this, the
IL o'clock of your spiritual night. Put the
gun to your shoulder and aim at the black
Jungle from which tho hooting comes; pull
the trigger and drop that croaking, loath-
some, hdcous owl OF religious melancholy
into tic bushes.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GossrPs.
Again: taking tho suggestion of tho text,
drive out the vulturc from your soul. God
would not allow the Jews to eat it. 1t lives
on carcasscs; it fattcns among tho dead;
with leadcn wing itcircles about battle fields.
Wilson, tho American ornithologist, counted
237 vulturcs around one carcass. II crossing
tho desert when there is no sign of wing in
the mir, camel perish out OF the caravan,
Immediately the air begins to darkcn with
vultures There ore many protested Chris
tians who have vulture in their souls. They
prey upon the character and feelings Of 9TH
ers A doubtful reputation is banquet for
thonl Some rival i'll trade CT profession
falls, mud tho vulture puts out its head
These people revel in the details of a mans
ruin. They say; II told youso They rush
into some store and say: "IIavc you beard
tho news? Just as expected Our neigh
bor has gone all to pieces! Good for himl"
That professedly Christian woman, having
heard of tho wrong doing Of some sister i'll
tie church, instead of hiding. the sin with O
mantle of charity, peddles it all along the
streets. She takes the afternoon to make her
long neglected calls. She tells the story ten
times before shutdown, and every time tells
it larger She rushes into the parlors to tell
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