Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-08-20
CalmaSe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt TalmaGe. ID. ID.

Los Anktl0S, Oai', nus
sermon the preacher shows how one Sill
breeds other sins, how remorse TOT
tures and makes towards Of men ana
how human nature is pretty much the
same today as in the time OF Adam /
The text is Genesis iii, s, And Adam
and his wife hid themselves"
..Where was the garden of EdenT
il the theme Of a never ending discus
sion. Some think its site was at the
north mole The site of the garden
does not, however, concern us so nuch
az the event which took place there.
Man was put on his trial in that gar
den. and he failed. The consequences
of his disobedience have come down 10
ne for all his descendants have been
derived of the blessings which would
have been theirs had he obeyed Goa
do not wonder that the sterile region
around the north pole should nave
seemed a fitting scene for the catas-
trophe. In the course OF the ages IL
may have been that the glory and fer
filthy of Eden may have been trans
formed into region Of ice and snow.
Many have tried to penetrate II anu
have failed.
II seems as il the guardian angel,
with her sword, who once stood at the
gate Of Eden, saying to the first an
cestors Of the human race, THUS Tar
shalt thou 20 and no farther, STANDS
TODAY with the same warning message
for the children of the twentieth cen
tury Her garments of the white
"wings Of a dove covered with silver,
and her feathers with yellow golu'
have been changed for the long flowing
robes of spotless snow. She is perhaps
the same sentinel, although her ward
robe of springtime has been thickeneu
into the heavy toga Of winter. instead
of swinging in her hand SWORD ol
fire she now holds in tight grip her
glittering blade Of ice.
site of Garden of Eden.
Some think the garden of Eden was
fragrant with the flowers of CONT
nent which once stretched between
the old world and the new. Expior-
ing parties have gone forth ana nave
claimed that they have located VIII
their sounding lines the lost Atlah'iS'
Thsv assert that the islands or the
New Hebrides are only the highes'
mountain peaks of that famous conu
nent which was sunk by tidal wave
and engulfsd by earthquake Some
claim that the garden Of Eden was
in Persia. others that it was walereO
nv the. onfiowings of the mighty Me
others that it was in India and sill
others that it was in central Ohlh'
But here today, in the words Oh nil
text we are not concerned WIN III
site Of the garden of Eden, but VIII
the conduct Of our first parents ave
thev had sinned. No sooner had Aoan
and his wife eaten Of the forDluuel
fruit than they hid themselves Il
frightened hares hide themselves
the tungles Of the forests from III
baying hounds. The voice OF Goa c"i
ing them to confession OF their SIN wa
summons to judgment which the
would have evaded if they hau oee
able o.
Our first parents hid themselves al
or thev had sinned. That is alwa!
the impulse of the conscious Slnne
He shrinks from meeting the 20
whom he has offended. A famou
writer once declared, The SINS Oh u
garden OF Eden are as old as the IA"
az creation. vet, like the rising SUI
each day they are ever fresh anu na'
now applications for each changlI
hour" G.
What we first want to do is to mn
ont how Adam and Eve suIKeu a""
into the Edenic jungles to hide tnen
solves after they had eaten OF the lru
of the forbidden tree, then 10 as
whether living men and women al
NOT now acting i'll the same way
irving 10 conceal themselves in slmll'
hiding places. l want to sho" the
how vain are such attempts at co
cealment from the Omniscient eye
God and by the help of the Holy Spil
TO WOO them from their retreats i'll
lead them to bend in humble coh'riti'
at the foot of the cross.
Application of the Text.
Modern application the first. We III
Adam and Eve hiding away from G'
in the garden of Eden when we
men and women stunning the faces
those whom they have wronged. '
find the Satanic retreat OF the 1rst pa
adise in the skulking feet ana l
ayerted gaze and the conspicuous q
sence of those who after they nave
iured q brother flee his presence eV
as the prodigal son when he desired
do wrong planned to take his goo
and leave his fathers house ana
into the far country where he WOl
not be in the presence of his paren
whose hearts the hayward boy W
breaking. 1t is a peculiar but inc(
trovertible fact that sin, no mat
whether spasmodic or habitual, p
duces q sense of humiliation and d
radiation in the presence of its vlcu
whom it has deceived or injured. III
Herod, the tetrarch, although he
great Roman governor, tremD
when he thought the beheaded 10
the Baptist was risen from the dead
Remorse is a terrible castigator.
has in her hand the grip of an
breakable steel wise. She Yields
whip which has thousand lasf
Each revolution of her avenging a
fetches the hearts blood thousf
times. Even under the very bright
of conditions remOrse is a mercil
and an implacable tOrturer. | o
asked an old soldier this questi
Captain, did you ever kill man
the civil WARP At once his eyes t
on faraway look. Then he SLOW
and regretfully answered me: Il hi
asked myself that same question