Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-05-18
A POISONED DINNER.
OF DR.. TALMAeE's TAeER-
MAclE SERMON, MAY 10.

NASClE S&RWONt WHtf ia.
pnr,,sscd Drawn Iictween TIA: pilza ald the
pr.~ont-The Co,miuinttia of Mighty
Experimentation of Iniquity TO Be
Found Everywhere In Modern Life.
BROOKLYN. May l2.-The Rev. z
Dc Witt Tnlnugc, u. D., preached ct
the tabernacle todny 10 u vast congre-
CATION. who sang with grand effect
the hymn beginning:
NJ so,fi bc on thy guard;
Ten thousands foes Crl:c.
And hosts Of sin Gro pressing, hard
To draw thee from tho skies.
His subject was "A Poisoned Dinner
and his text ii Kings iv, 40 $50 they
poured out for the men. Il eat. Aud
i came 10 pass, us they were citingoi
the s,nttagc, tllGt they cried out, and
said, 0 thou nun Of God, there is
death.in tllo-pot. And they collldsIA't
eat tlioreof.
Elisha had Como down.to lecture TO
tlie students in tho. theological senlill7
ary at.GiIeal. Ho foundtlic students
very hungry, as Students are apt to be.
II is very seldom The world mnkes
largo provision for those who give
themselves to intellectual toll. III OF
der that these students may be pre-
pared 10 hear whit Elisha says, he
first feeds their hunger. He knew very
well il is useless to talk, to prcucai,
to lecture witltllungly men:
So Elisha, recognizing tins common
sense principle. Which every Christian
ought u recognize, sends servnlits out
to get ruml.for these hungry students,
They pick up some good. healthfnl
herbs; but they happen to pick up also
some coloquintitla, u bitter, poisonous,
beautiful herb. They bring all these
herbs, they put theniinto tho boiling
pot. they Stir them up. and then por--
lion of this food is brought To tho stu
dents and their professors. Seated ct
the table, one Of the hungry students
begins Immediately to cat, and lie liult
pens to get hold of some CT The colo
auintid,l He knew it by the taste. liz
cries out: Poison. roisonl o thou
man of god, there is c.cath i'll tho pot I
CONSERVATION is thrown over tho
whole group What y loltunatcth thing
it was that this student SO carly found
the coloquintida in the mixture at the
table! You will By reference find this
story is precisely as have mention,
e<l it.
cALDRoNs OF FIN AND DEATH.
We'll. in our day there arc great
caldrons CT sin urd death. Coloquin,
tid;, of mighty temptation Is pressed
Into 1t. Some dip it out, aud taste,
and reject it and live. Others dip il
out, taatc 1t, keep OH and die. And il
is the business OF every l;li!lister.of re
ligion and every man who wishes
we'll 10 tic human race. aud whe
wants 10 keep tie world beck FROM lis
folics and its suiTcrings, 10 c;y out:
"Bewalcl poison, poison! Look out
for this caldronl Stand buck Dewurcls
Sin has done IN awful work i'll our
world. 1t has gono out through nll
the ages, it has mixed up q great cul-
tlron OF trouble and suffering an(
pain, and the whole race is poisoned
poisoned in body, poisoned in5milsG,
poisoncdil solll but! blessed be Cox
ncrc sIiaiI- NC lxirdofi, rI,u- -wfIcTS
there was suffering there she'll IL
comfort, and where tlicip was dcas
There shall BIO life.
Sule time ago, yy,u will remember
1 persuaded you OF the Importance 81
being charitablci:i judgment of others
At the Same time said To you briefly
what this morning wish 10 Say Will
great emphasis, that while we SYM
Ia,hize with the sinner we must tic
iiouncc the sin, that while VIC lityAlle
unfortunate we must bc vehement
against transgrcssion. Sin is II Jagged
thing that needs TO be roughly han
died. You lave no right TO garland il
with fine phrases Or Iustrous rhetoric
You cannot catch q buffalo with
silkem lasso.
n group of cmigrants settle in Q
wild region. The next day wild
beast comes down frori the mountain
and carries oil one OF the children.
The next day Il wild beat comes dowl'
from the mountain and carries oil an-
other child. Forthwith all tic neigh
bors band together and they go out
with torch in one hand and gun Ill
tile other to hunt these monsters
down, to find their hiding place, te
light up and lansack the cavcrns, and
TO destroy the invaders Of their houses.
So VIC want now not merely 10 talk
about the Sl,ls and follies Of the world,
we vault to go behind them, buck Of
them. Down into the cavcrls where
they hide we need to go with the
torch OF Gods Word iii one luuld and
the sword of Gods eternal Spirit in
the other to hunt cut and Stay these
iuiquilies III their hiding places. Or,
to come Lack to tic figure suggested
BY my text. VIC want To find what are
tie caIdrons Of sin and death from
which the iniquties Of society are dup
ped out.
UNDlscIPLIHED HOMES.
|. In the FIRST place. l remark: that
unhappy and undiscipllned homes
are the ealdOns OF great lni4ulty. q
good home is teatlllcss Units influence.
The parents may be dead. The old
homestead may have been rod and ii
may have gone entirely out Of the POS.
session Of tue family. The house itself
may be torn down. Tho meadow
brook tlict wound in front Of it may
have changed its course or entirely
dried up. The long llllcs Of old fash.
,onctl holly hocks and the ridges and
hedges of wild rose may have been
graded. and in place thereof there
may now he the beauties of modern
gardening Thc.old popl@r trees may
have cast down their ciUr:l OF yer:
dure. and tlihy themselves may have
gone in the dust Some day you say:
Il think I'll go and look 1t the cid