Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-31
TALMAGE
SERMON
BY Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE. DID,.
Pastor Of Jefferson Park Presby.
terian Church, Chicago

the DOuy through Slu anu hebicSl az"
plea for its conservation to Gods
service and to holy and upright living.
The text is Corinthians vi. 10. know |
We not that your body is the temple o!
the Holy GhostY
More than Westminster abbey Is to
London or Notre Dame to Paris or the
Vatican to Rome or the mosque OF 81.
Sophia to Constantinople, more than
Dianas temple was to Ephesus or the
shrine Of Athene to Athens, King Solo
mons temple was to the Hebrew heart
1t was the one spot about which ma
tional pride and religious fervor cen
tered; it was the one place above all
others which the lsraelite wanted TO
see, as the Mussulman devotee says,
Let me, | pray thee, worship once at
Mecca before | die" In 1t was the
Shechinah. the holy of holies. the re-
pository of the covenantal ark. 1t was
Gods footstool 1t was like frag-
ment of heavens manifested glories.
Like the Tai Mahal of India, whose
walls were once inlaid with gold ana
precious stones to the value OF mil
lions upon millions Of dollars, the Solo
monic temple was famous not so much
for it's size as for its intrinsic worth.
'The weight OF the nails employed in
the temple" the book of Chronicles
tells us, "was fifty shekels of solid
gold" .Josephus. the secular hlsto-
rian. records that its walls were COM
posed entirely of white stone: that the
walls and ceilings were wa!nScoted
with cedar. which was covered with
the purest gold" so precious were the
materials and utensils OF this wonder
full sanctuary that the fame OF them
spread TO foreign lands and excited
the cupidity OF Shishak and JehoaSL'
who iourneyed to Jerusalem TO pun
der 1t. All its glory and grandeur.
however, were reduced to ashes when
King observation-disclosures. after stripping
It of It's gold and removing its jcweled
vessels applied the torch. and It's splr-
il. after an earthly existence OF III
years, Elijah-like. ascended toward
heaven in chariot of fire. Can we
be mistaken in thinking that building
so beautiful and so exceptionally nal
lowed by the Divine Presence had Il
spirit? Victor Hugo. the author OF
"The Hunchback of NOtre Dame,
thought that there must De spirit III
that "poem in stone" Is there not a
spirit incarnated in st. Paurs the
work of Sir Christopher Wren! In
the chaste architecture Of the Church
Of the Madeleine in Paris? In the
grandeur of the cathedral OF Milan
and in st. Marks OF Venice. Why not
then, In that magnificent edihce III
which God dwelt among menF
Sacred Temple.
!. Not alone In gold and precious stones
vos the temple of Solomon unique. II
was great in its spiritual associations
Its very site had sanctity of Its own
, II was so sacred in the eyes OF king
and people that when the temple was
erected measures were taken 10 aVol'
even the ordinary sounds Of tools. IL
the book of Kings we read. And th'
! house, when it was building. was DUH
Of stone made ready before 1t was
brought thither. so that there was mel
ther hammer nor ak nor any tooi U
iron heard In the house while 1t was II
huilding." AS the steel bridge toua.
is sent from the foundries with eacl
' pirder and trestle and beam marked
beforehand for its position, so III
temple's stones and beams were Gu
T and fitted together miles away iron
their ultimate destination. when ID
temple's walls were reared they ros
amid the impressive sacredness OF S
y lence. So sacred was the place that o
the day of the temples dedication o
the day when the ark OF the coVenan
was placed within the holy OF holle'
'the glory of the Lord filed the nous
Of the Lord" 1t filed all the hous
> with a bright cloud; it filed the nous
with the same majestic symbol as tni
which led the Israelites through III
- desert, as that which the prophet sa'
/, around the throne of God and as thi
, which overshadowed our Lord whe
he talked with Moses and Elias on IL
Mount of TRANSPORTATION.
Paul had in mind both the intrlns
value and the surprising sanctlty
y the Solomonic temple In the compaI
son of the text The physical body
man is a temple in both senses OF u
word. Paul was not one OF those WI
despised the "hpsh.' as we term u
"Aesh." He did not believe that pea
ty is only skin deep and that "ug
ness sinks to the bone" He believe
that the connection between the boo
ond tho soul is so close that you ca
not injure one without affecting u
other So Paul. in these words OF u
text practically says to all men al
women. "Be careful what you DO WI
that hand; be careful how you mlsu
TINT foot; he careful that you DO Il
o., LET the tongue become defiled WI
wicked words" Know ye not ID
your body is great cathedral. NC
q. mOmentOuS III us luhOtiO"" '" -
called st. John the Divine. when
Fniscopaian church is erecting III NJ
o. Yos4 city today? Know ye not III
. your body is the place where u
looks through the window Of the e
=. and speaks through the trumpet OF
throat and feels with the appendat
Of the fingers? BE careful OF u
frame of bone and muscle ana sinev
"A that physical frame of yours ni
with arterial canals through when
blood courses. "Know ye not that "
q body is the temple of the Holy "hos
II. The physical body. in the first pia
should be a strong temple. It's cn
should be broad and deep, lts III
supple and sinewy, its nerves ste'
and like cords Of steel, its heart pt
ing with the regularity OF pump
are automaton; it should be made as 81
ses, as possible because all temporui