The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-07
BEHOLD THE SHIPS"
DR.. Talmage breaches on the Glory
OF the Navy.
An Appropriate sermon Tor Admiral
DeWeS's Hotnr Coming tse-
ful Lessons from the Lives
OF Naval Heroes,
(Copyrghl lNs. by Louis K.opschl
Washington.

F'''a''' '' vr.'-r....-f.r
Al time when tb, whole nation D,
s.ure5 vim p,trigtir emotion al the re-
turu OF Admiral GEORGE Dewey and his
g8tiuUt pF,,. am. rIl,, cruiser iiympia and
The MAGNIFICENT rrrepfiop accorded To
tbem Rev Dr. r. Dewitt TaImagc. I'm
this sermon. preaching To vast audi
euce. appropriateg recalls for leyout
and pafriotir purposcs some of the
great naval deeds OF oldcu and more rec
cent times. Text, James iii, q. Behold
also the ships"
If this exclamation was appropriate
about ls.2 ycars ago. when il was writ
tepconcerniug the crude fishing smacks
that sailed Lake GaliIcc. how much
more appropriate in an age which has
launched from the drvdocks for pur-
poses of peace the Oceanic. OF the White
Star line: the Lucauia. of the Cuuard
line; the 81. Louis. of the American
line: the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
of the North German Llovd line: the
Augusta Victoria. of the Hamburg
American line. and I'm an age which for
purposes of war has launched the Ore
CON. She BROOKLYN. the Texas. the Oym-
pia. the l3wu. the Massachusetts. the
Indiana, the New York the Marietta of
the Town. the Massachusetts. the In
diana. the New York. the Alarictta of
the last war and the SCARED veterans
OF war shiuuiur. like the Constitution.
or the Alliance. or the Constellation.
that have swung into the naval Yards
10 spend their last laws, their decks
nowaIlsiIeut of the feet than trod them,
their rigging all silent of the hands
that chung To them, their portfolios Sic
lent OF the brazen throats that once
Numbered out of them.
II in the first century. when war yes |
sells were dependent on the oars that !
padded at the side of them for propul- |
sion. my text was sugges tive. with how |
much more emphasis and meaning and |
overwhelming "Reminiscences we can cry |
out as we see the Eearsarge Law across |
the bows OF the Alabama and sink it.
teaching foreign nations they had bet.
ter keep their hands off our American
fight, or as we see the ram AIbemarle
of the coufederates running out and in
throwing everything into confusion as
no other craft ever did pursued bv tbe
Miami, the Ceres. The Southffeld, tie
Sassacuss the NIattabesetr the White
head. the Commodore Hmm fine Touisf-
ana the Minnesota and ot ,ar. armed ,...-
sells all rrvfno fl, vain I'm catch her nm
iii Cant CH-bfrar Of yaars of agr and
his mon brr,y b.r mn bipself and o.nI,.
@le other escapirg. and asT see the faG-
shin Hartford and the Rfobnord and
the NIopornaheIa with o7ber qr,pboet-
syy4en nasf The b,ttarfes If B,rt Ind z
son ard the Erissi..in,i ag,.s f,ro,or
free In an northern and so,,,I,orr, .,r.oft ,
and under tbe fire or Do,ve,- ~ l,is ,,,e,
the Spanfsh Sims at Manila hmm ~, 2
sirL, and the aaet rrs1,f,,,- ON, ~ s,.,- +
ti,ro borbor .rs Tor,alisla5 t,,- orr
orne and ,ba I,rave Cs,-e,.s, 'sI,,.ra,,5.,rs
cr,- am, ,,.irL q, ,,a..,,+fo, -, .t,,,t
/ cannot sunnrass If + ,,o1,1J nd Ill a
NOT if T oorid. ..poLoI5,1sa +La.t,i,,gr,, ,
Fuu hstfca has b.o,, ,Io,,o a. Aha. I,,.,,,
who o. 5ftForor,. .;,,,,. 81 49,. ~
rord hrt Not ,n,,,,rr, I,,,. -. l-t., 90
+Loea VIII, NJ. lin. ,J,,I- - -
fered all tr,fros ra,.,I C,I - -. =
and +Lo sa, t,,I-, 'll,- -
So va .1r,tr,I-
riI,ts - Iat'. "a ,'''iio
ars sr,s1oans ..,I.a,- 5'',''',,
soo,,,o, 81 III - Nv
-, ~ i, o''-
,,,o,, I'D 1901 - :
Ir,har. aNi.S-, nm Ts.'i - an -'li
NJ. ~, ''' SP'eu Ho" >
~ ..f,..,,, .f.-...-. e.,..-sr
H., GOO ~ - ~ 'ai!t w.