Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-21

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By Rev.
PRANK DE WITT TALsIAGE. DID,.
Pastor Of Jefferson Park Presby-
tertan Church, Chicago
Chicago. March IL. - How much or
rcol leroism and true nobility are dis
played in ordinary. mconspicuous llVes
is shown by Rev. Frank De Witt TAI
mage in this sermon on the text Mat
thew |. 4. And Naasson begat Sal
mon
Uhv did Thomas Carlyle entltle one
of his books Heroes ana Hero Nor-
shipY' He knew that the vast major
ity of the human race loved TO STUDY
tho lives of its great men and women 7,
Most people are Boswells, bowling be-
fore some Johnsonian shrine. we want
to zoe the hero as divinity, prophet
n priest, man of letters or King
What Dante or Shakespeare OF Lutiie'
or Rousseau or Burns or Cromwell or
Napoleon was In public ana prlVate
life has for most of us an absorbing Ill
terest We are not, as RUE, oNeI-
wrought with excitement when we
come i'm touch with seeming no
hodv" hut we will travel far to sit AZ
the feet of a great orator or 10 clasp
hands with a Goethe or Victor hugo
or 70 see one whose dictum may lhlu-
ence the destiny of nation.
We do well to honor the transcendeht
genius and to take an intense interest
in the characteristics of the great man.
hut we ought not TO overlook the heroic
elements in ordinary lives. There are
mon among us, inconspicuous ana uli-
known. who are living valiant lives,
overcoming the evil within them anu
around them and exercising a beheh-
conf influence on their own contracted
circle These are men who. II great
crisis came OF Sic"I NPP
onened. would achieve fame, but WIFI
ont It will die unhonored save by the
few who know them well. i Is such
men would hold up for your admira-
tion today, and | choose at random as
an illustration of the class an obscure
name from genealogical table.
r,,o cradIe'a influence.
Eirct Noasson's cradle must have
been an important part OF his HE
ministry. 1t is a very common custom
for neopte to sneer at the helpful III
nuence of a cradle. Many critics are
ant 70 say that all baby is good 1oi
Is to eat and sleep, TO cry and get sicf
and to keep the house in uproar IRON
the time he gets into it until. as
Young man, he goes forth to start
home of his own. For nearly tW'
veors ot least the mother is bound L
that cradle as firmly as II she were
linked TO it with a chain of steel. 70
four or five years the baby Is utterly
helpless. II turned out in the cold' III
would not be able to take as mucD car
of himself as five-month-old PUPPY
For the first fifteen years of child
life his opinion upon any subject l
practically valueless. The first twent
vears are for the most part preparauo
for life's work rather than the achleV'
ment of any high purpose "Iher'
fore" some one says to me- 81 90 nc
seq how YOU can affirm that Naasson
cradle could have been n very lmpol
tapt part of his life's ministry
While admitting these facts. stl
contend that the first few years OF
chld's life have a momentous INIT
) ence. They are important not only
the child. but to his parents. no Ia
not witnessed the influence of crad
- IN house? | appeal to your own e
pcrlcnce. 1t must be In essehtlal pr
ciples a parallel OF mine. My crau
md the cradles Of my brother ana s.
ters had hallowing influence in OF
~ homo. They were an inspiration TO II
At father ard mother. My father preac
od bettcr sermons Oh Sunday Decau
he knew that in his nursery the ch
drnn with whom he romped during Z
week would look to him as an eXalhl
md n model. My mother was all I
more consccratcd aud circumspect |
cause her daughters were looking
her for guidance and maternal tral
ing And. my brother. when any 0
saws that YOUR childhood amounted
nothing. you deny it. By the SAINT
Graves of your dead father and motl
Won declare that you know they We
hotter Christians and better citize
because you, as little stranger Oh
& crept into their hearts. Your parel
not only gave you to the LORD JeS
}" Christ when they stood with you
the baptismal altar, but they also
the same time, on your account
newed their conservation VOWS 10
Christ who loved their little chlld'
Child In Camp.
The purifying, ennobling and On
y tianizing influence of little child v
once illustrated by a brother minis
in the following story: One day, ID
far west, a stalwart miner was retu
ing to his encampment when he to'
i q lost child. She was beautifui IL
H. girl of about five summers. "Where
YOUR father and mother, little on
asked the miner. Don't know s
Ill the baby. what are you going
do?" well" she answered, not
least abashed, 81 guess | will go hC
ny with YOU and wait until mamma col
and gets me-" The miner, with lat
picked her up in his strong arms
started up the mountain side. Inc
tie girl in his embrace was not
afraid. She laughed and sang
cbattered all the way. When the
er came to camp. he asked the
what he would do with her, ana
!. said. LET her stay here over nlght'
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