Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-08-25
WAS DEAD, YET LIVES.
REV. DR.. TAtMAGE's SERMON ON AN
ONLY SON.

REV. DIR. TAtMAeE's SERMON ON AN
ONLY SOM
CHRIST tho Man and Christ tho God-The
/ Master of LILO end Dcatil-Tho Wonders
| of tho ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In Season of
| Sorrow.
BRooKYN, Aug l0.-Rev. DR.. Tnl-
image, who is now IN Australia on his
round tho world tour, has selected as
tho subject for today's sermon through
tho press IAN Only Son, " the text chosen
being Luke VII, 1915, Nov, when he
came nigh to the gate Of the city, behold
there was dead mon carried out the
only son of his mother, and she was a
widow, and much people Of tho city
was with her. And when the Lord saw
her he had compassion on her and said
unto her, Weep not, and ne came and
touched the bier, and they that bore
him stood still And he said, Young
man, I say unto thee arise! And he
that was dead SAT- up and began to speak,
and he delivered him to his mother. "
Tho text calls Us to stand, OF the gate
of tho city Of Main The streets arc
a-rush with business and gayety, and
the ear Is deafenod with Tho hammers
! of mechanism and tho wheels Of traffic
Work, with its thousand arms and
thousand eyes and thousand feet fllls
all the street, when suddenly the crowd
parts, and funeral passes Between
the wheels of work and pleasure there
1 comes o long procession of mourning
| people, Who Is 1t? A triher says; "Oh,
its nothing hut funeral It may have
! como up from the hospital of the city
| or the almshouso, or some low place of
I tho town. but not so, says the serious
\ observer.
/, There nre so many evidences Of dire
+ bereavement that we know at tho first
/ glance some ono has been taken away
! greatly beloved, and to our inquiry,
Y "Who Is this that Is carried ont with so
ltmany offices Of kindness and Affection
| tho reply comes, "The only son of his
fmother, and sho widow" Stand back
! and let the procession pass outl Hush
lall the voices Of mlrth and pleasurcl
Lot every head DO uncovered Weep
with this passing procession and let 1t
Efbe told through all the market places
iand bazaars of Main that IN Galtlee today
1.-the sepulcher both gathered to itself
s''the only SOD Of his mother and she
Ewidow.'
T. There aro two or three things that, In
lsmy mind, give especial pathos to this
scene The first is, he was q young man
that was being carried out To the aged
death becomes beautiful: The old man.
shalts and pants along the road. where
once ne bounded like, the roe. From tho
midst of immedicable ailments and sor-
rows no cries out. .:.How long, Lord
5how longY' Fo5tsore and hardly be-
stead on the hot Journey ne wants .t9
get home He sitsin the church apSd
.sSsEso O. tremnulous voice, some
| tune he sang DO years ago and longs to
join tho better assemblago Of the one
hundred and forty and four thousand
who have passed the flood How sweet
ly he sleeps the last sleep Push back
the white locks from the wrinkled tenn
plea. They will never ache again. Fold
! tho hands over the still heart They will
never toll again. Close gently the eyes
They will never weep again.
But this man that / am speaking OF
was young man. He was just putting
on the armor Of life, and he was exult-
ing to think how his sturdy blows
would ring out above the clangor of tho
battlo. suppose he had q young man s
hopes, q young mans ambitions and
young mans courage he said: "1f I
live many years, will feed the hungry
and clothe tho naked In this city OF
Main, where there are SO many bad
young men, I will be sober and honest
and pure and magnanimous, and my
mother shall never be- ashamed Of me-
But oil these prospects are blasted IN
one hour There he passes lifeless in the
procession. Behold all that Is left on
earth of tho high hearted young man OF
tho city Of Main
There is another thing that adds very
much to this scene, and that Is he was
an only son. However large the family
flock may be, We never couldthink of
sparing one Of the lambs Though they
may all have their faults, they oil have
their excellencies that commend them
to tho parental heart, and If 1t were
peremptorily demanded of you today
that you should yield up one of your
children out of very large family you
would be COMPOUNDED, and you could
not mako q selection. But this was an
only son, around whom gathered all the
parental expectations. How much care
In his education How much caution III
watching. his habits He would carry
down the name to other times he
would have entire control Of the family
property long after the parents had gone
to their last reward He would stand in
society thinker worker philan-
thropist, Christian No, no 1t ts all
ended Behold him there Breath Is
gone. Life is extinct The only son OF
his mother.
There was oneother thing that ndded
10 the pethos Of this scene, and that
was bis mother was widow. The
main hope Of that homo had been bro
ken, end now be was come up to be the
staff. The chief light Of the household
had been extinguished- and this was the
only light left Isupposeehe often said,
looking at him, "There are only two OF
us" Oh. it Is q grand thing to see
young man step out In life and say to
his mothert Don't be down hearted l
VIII, as far as possible, take fathers
place, and as long as 1 live you she'll
never want anything" 1t Is not always
that way. Sometimes the young people
get tired Of the old people They say
they are queer; that they have 50 many