Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-07-05

Chicago, June 29.-Reyersing the
usual course, Rev. Il. De Witt Talmage
in this sermon, on the approaching ma
tional anniversary. takes look for
ward. The text is Matthew xiii, So
THE field is the world"
Every republic has a Fourth of July.
1t has an annual holiday, set apart for
living over again the scenes of its
struggle for independence. 1t has a
birthday celebration for banquets, fire
works. oratorical pyrotechnics and for
the arouscment Of patriotic enthusi-
asms.
The French republics Fourth of July
is celebrated on the l4th day Of July.
This is the anniversary when the grim
fortress Of prison for state criminals
was razed to the ground. The Bastilie
was to the French what the Tower Of
London was to the British. 1t repre-
sented to all the common people the
tyrannies of a dcspotic throne. 1t rep
resented to them the place where men
and women. to please Il royal .whim,
might be lodged for little while on
their way TO Quench with their lifes
blood the Unsuitable thirst of the heads
mans AK. SO on the l4th day Of July
every car and wagon is stopped in the
Partisan capital Then the young men
and maidens. dccked in holiday attire,
turn the broad boulevard Of the
Champs Elyscos into ballroom. Then
in the French cities can be heard the
songs Of the merrymakers and the mu-
sic from the different bands playing
uD and down almost every street. The
Brazilian republics Fourth of July IS
celebrated on the lG,h day of Novem-
Der. the anniversary Of the time when
Dom Pcdros empire was Overthrown
and the eXiled imperial family had TO
sail away from the waters Of the Anna
Zon. one Of the first acts of the Cuban
congress which assembled after the
American soldiers had been withdrawn
was TO appoint national holiday to
commemorate the day on which the
Cuban republic had gained her inde
pendence So the people Of the United
States government should hold sacred
the day Oh which jefferson and Adams
and Franklin and sherman and John
Hancock and Samuel Adams signed
the memorable document which made
the Goddess of Liberty a full grown
queen.
But there is an unwse rs well as
wise way Of celebrating the modern
Fourth Of July The first way is to
ylorify the past, as though our forefa-
theirs had won all the American victo-
ries that can ever be won. The other
way is to take national retrospect for
the purpose of rOusing our ambitions
fo 90 ahead and win the further victO-
ries that must be won in order to ful-
ill Americas mission, and if any min
lister tries the latter way he cannot
take in the full sweep Of America S fu
tllre influence and work unless he dis
cusses them from a worldwide stand
point. He must attune his Fourth of
July sermon to a worlds theme. as
Phillips Brooks. the most beloved man
of New England in his day, keyed his
ministry to an international tone when
from European city he sent to
friend at home letter which read
something like this: Dear Harry
wish you might 90 as ] DO every year.
| wish you would annually spend two
months abroad in travel. Such va
cation teaches you the immensely OF
Gods proviCcnccs and how small are
the circumsCriptiOmS Of our own indi-
vidual lives and how small even the
Episcopalan church appears to be
when it is focused from across the
seas" SO the purpose of this Fourth
Of July sermon is to try to discuss the
worldwide influence Of Americas fu-
ture mission rather than to spend our
time eulogizing what has been done AT
Bunker HILL Saratoga, Brandywine,
Valley Forge and Yorktown. The field
Of America future usefulness is not
to be limited by the Atlantic on the
one side and the Golden Gate Of the
Pacific on the other side 1t is to be
as wide asJhe five continents, as am
pie as the two hemisphercs- 1t ic to
take in all the mainlands as well as
the isles Of the seas. .
Americas Creates; Mission.
Emphaticaly the most important of
all America's future missions is the
spreading Of the gospel until ii shall
"be preached in all the world for a wit.
ness unto al nations" The Bible does
not state that the millenniai day shall
come gradually. as the sunrise first
tips the eastern hills with light, max.
ing it appear as though the under
brush upon the tops of the mountains
had been set aGre by some careless
campers 1t does not state that the
milennial day shall come as when the
dawn in the beginning shoots its long.
slender bars of yellow gold across the
heavens. 1t does not state that the
glory of the Lord shall cover the earth
MS the waters cover the sea. rs the
food tide gradually creeps up the
beach. But the Bible does teach that
when the gospel of Jesus Christ shall
be proclaimed in every town. village
and city of every nation; when it shall
be proclaimed in the mountain log hut
and in the ships cabin; when it shall
be proclaimed under the shadow Of
every legislative hall and by the camp
fire of every heathen tribe; when it
shall "be proclaimed in all the world
for a witness unto all nations. then
shall the end come" Then the millen-
nial day shall be flooded with light.
even as a darkened hall is instantly
Illuminated when the many different
electric lights fash out at the touch
Of q single button Then the millen-
NAL day shall be full of brllliancy, as
the blackness of midnight was charged
into the brightness Of midnOOn when