Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-06-20
TIE BATTLE OF CREEDS.
DR.. TALMAee GIVES A LIVELY SKETCH
oF4THE HeREsY HUNT.

/ DR.. TALMAee elVESA LIVELY SKETCH
oF..THE HEREsYs HUNT.
There lie an Exciting Question In Almost
Every DenemInation-Are the TheoIo-
CLANS Losing Temper in the Discussion9
No One Is Bothered by 1t.
BRooKLYN, June l4.-Dr. Talmage
4 dealt in his sermon this morning with
the very timely topic, The Battle Of
Creeds. y After 30 long and exhaustive
u discussion in clerical circles and in
the secular press. there seemed nothing
lnore to be s;lid on the subject Dr.
TallEage, however. has his own way of
Hooking at all subjects. nnd even peo-
pie who thought they knew ell thnt
could be said on both sides received
light from the fresh and original con-
4 tribution which he made TO the contro-
.versy.. His text was taken from Prov
iEerbs XIV, Z, "He that ipasseth by.tand
4 ..1ncdd lethFwith strife belonging not to
him is like one that taketll dog by
the ears !"
Solomon here deplores the habit Of
rushing in between contestants, Of TAX
ing part in the antagenisms of otbors.
of joining in fights which they ought to
shun- They do no good to others md
get damage for themselves. lie colu-
pares it to the experiment Of taking q
dog by the ears. Nothing so initiates
! the CANNES as to be clutcled by the
lugs Take them by the back of the
neck and lift them and it does not seem
TO hurt or offend; but you take the dog
by the ear and he will take you with
his teeth In all the history Of ken
neis no intelligent or spirited dog will
stand that Now" says Solomon,
You go into quarrels or controversies
that are not yours and you will get lac
Grated and torn and bitten. He that
passeth by and meddlett with strife be-
longing not to him is like one that
taketh o dog by the ears. ="
This is time of resounding ecclesi-
astical quarrel Never within Your
memory or mine has the air been SO
full of missiles The Presbyterian
churcl, has on hand controversy so
great that it finds it prudent to post,
pone its settlement for at least one
more year, hoping that something will
turn up Somebody might die or a
new general assembly may have grace
to handle the exciting questions. The
Episcopal church has cast ont some re
cLcitrants. and its digestive organs are
taxed to the utmost in trying TO assinni,
late others Shall women preachT
"Or be sent as delegates to confer
ences?" are questions that have put
many OF our Methodist brethren on the
anxious seat. and the waters in some
OF the great haptistries are troubled
waters.
Because of the controversies through
out Ctlristendoln the air is now like an
August afternoon about o'clock,
when it has been steaining hot oil day,
and clouds are gathering, and there are
lions OF thunder with grumbling voices
and flashing eyes coming forth from
their cloudy laas, and people are wait
ing for the full burst OF the tempest.
am not much of weather prophet,
but the clouds look to me mostly Ike
wind clouds. 1t may be big blow,
but hope it will soon be over. In re-
gard to the Battle of the Creeds, am
every day asked what think about it.
+ want to make it Ed plain this morn
ing what think that no one will ever
ask again
LEAVE IT TO TER JURYMEN.
Let those who are jurymen in the
case, mean those In the different &C.
clesiastical courts, have the questions
put directly before them, weigh and de-
eide. Let the rest Of US keep out. The
most damaging thing on earth is reli--
gous controversy No one ever comes
out of it as good a man as he goes in.
Some of the ministers, in all denolni-
nations, who, before the present acer-
bity were good and kind and useful,
now seem almost swearing mad.
These brethren notice always open
their violent meetings with prayer be-
fore devouring each other, thus saying
grace before meat. They have a moral
hydrophobia that makes US think they
have taken dog by the ears. They
never read the hnprecatory Psalms OF
David with such zest as since the
Briggs and Newton and MacQueary
and Bridglnan and Brooks questions
got into full swing. May the rams OF
the sheepfold soon. have their horns
sawed OF. Before the controversies
are settled good many ministers will,
through what they call liberalism, be
landed into practical infidelity, and
others, through what they call con-
scrvatism, will shrink up into bigots
tight and hard as the lnulnnlies OF
Egypt which got through their contro-
versies three thousand years ago.
This trouble throughout Christen-
dom was directly inspired of Satan.
He saw that too much good was being
done. Recruits were bei4g gathered
by hundreds of thousands to the Cos
pei standard The victories for God
and the truth were too near together.
Too many churches were being dedi-
Gated. Too many ministers were be-
ing ordained Too many philantfropies
were being iostered. Toolnany souls
were being saved. 1t had been dull
time in the neither world, and the ar
rivals we're too few.
So Satan one day rose upon his
throne ind said. I'VE powers OF dark
ness heart And all up and down the
cayerns the cry was, Heart Heal"
Satan said ..Thpre is that American