Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-11-21
TAlNaAGE
SERMON
By Few.
PRANK DE WITT TALbiAGE. DID,,
Pastor Of Jefferson Park PreSby.
teric.n Church. CEisaso

teric.n Church. Chisaso
Chicago, Nov. l5.--In this sermon the
preacher makes plea for the observ'
ance and practice of Christian courte-
sizes and OF the minor virtues that 60
very far toward making up the sum OF
individual human character. The text
is Zecharlah iv. 10. who hath despised
the day of small ihrgsT'
The worlds favori;p monoclc Is the
telescope. We admire objects for many
different reasons One Of the chief Is
their bigneSs. Every tourist wants to
see Niagara falls 1t Is the biggest OF
all falls. And Mount Everest. II Is
the highest of all mountains. And
Kilauea, because that volcano has the
largest crater in the world. We wOuid
ascend the Eiffel tower II is higher
than any other tower Ard we would
circle the Ferris wheel because II Is
larger than any of the other wheels.
The human race, conscious that 1t is
finite, aspires to explore The infinite.
Its conception OF TIE sub,.me is not
the dwarf, but the giant.
But. though tremendous bulk or mae-
nituds or hngcHess or i!nIrnai;g Las
for the human eye an awe inspiring
fascination. yet today | want to poIrt
out some seeming inSigniicLncPs which
are more essential for the worries
peace and harmony than WAS the Co.
lossus of Rhodes, or tic hanging G'tf-
dens of Babylon. or the tcI:p." Of Di-
ana at Ephcsus or the palace Ct Cyrus.
cemented with gold. or any of the 9th
er seven wonders Of the world. | Tina
that, though my watch has its large
wheels and bars and regulating Eand
and handspring AMI adamantinc jew
els, yet 1t has also its little screws and
little wheels and little cogS and little
pegs, which the jeweler Las to study
under the clarifying eye OF tie maeni-
fying glass. also find that the abb
sence perhaps of one Of these little
screws or cogs might stop the whole
machinery of my watch as surely as IL
| should snap the handspring.
Vital Essentials.
Seeming insignificances may be vital
essentials. Some years ago, when cross
ing the Atlantic ocean, the companion
with whom | was travelling one day
suddenly flung open my stateroom door
and cried: Come on deck! Something
has happened to the ship!' When / ar
rived on deck | found scores and hun
dreds Of passengers excitedly watching
the strange movements Of the ships
course. Instead of plowing ahead. we
were slowly moving around to the
right in a perfect circle. Just then an
officer passed me, and | asked: What
is the matter, lieutenant? Is the rud-
der broken? "Oh. no." SAID he. We
are merely testing a new compass. In
order to find out whether 1t Is perfect
we had to wait until we were far away
from the magnetic effect Of rocks and
land. Those influences may not seem
to be much. but they may entirely de-
feet the accuracy of the compass nee
die" Many years ago large ship was
wrecked because a small piece OF steel
from the point Of a knife was driven
into the wood near its compass box and
made the compass finger false guide.
Thus, my friends, | would take for
my theme today the "Small Essentials"
of life. I would try TO show you that
many of the seeming insignlfcances
and the despised monads are pregnant
with large broods Of influences. every
one Of which will have large progenies.
A cholera germ may be so small that 1t
is not visible to the naked eye. II, how
ever. 1t is let alone in its work Of devas-
tation it can soon crowd the wards OF
the county hospital with invalids and
keep the undertakers' wagons busy by
day as well as the nurses busy by
night. ask the striking question
which Zechariah put in times Of old.
"Who hath despised the day OF small
things"
Personal Apparel.
Small essential the first: Appropri-
ateness and neatness Of personal ap-
1srel-appropriatenpss and neatness In
reference to the coat a man wears
upon his back, and to the shoes on bis
feet and especially in reference to the
cleanliness of the linen he wears about
his heck, and to the modesty with
which lie is attired in public God
would nfver have condemned the
"cauls AMI tie chains and the bracelets
and the riles and bonnets and the or
namcnts / the legs and the headbands
and the dbets and the earrings and
the nose Jewels and the changeable
suits of ipparel and the nantes and
the wimIles and the crisplng pins ana
the glasss and the fine linen ana the
hoods anl the wells" of the naughty
daughters of Zion. who walk with
stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,
walking nd mlncing as they CO. anu
making tinkling with their feet" un-
less there was a direct connection De-
tween mans inner character and his
"Sartor R,sartus,' or PHILOSOPHY OF
Clothes" Paul would never have COM