Milford chronicle., 1904-01-29
TALMAGF
SERMON
By Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TAEAfaaR pa
Pastor Of Jefferson Pas& Rrushy.
tetNA CAsreh. chsoaA


WIN MS eyes he speaketh with hi.
leet' lie teacheth with his fingers"
1hls IS the last text and the last scr
monte caption my father ever wro+a
When was summoned to Washington
uurlng his mortal illness | found npon
MS study desk plain sheet OF paner
paced there with these nineteen wards
upon IT, Just as he always wrote down
ms Theme and text before he started
lis sermon. That brief memora ndum
proved TO me that had he not been
quickly summoned away by the mes.
senger of death the next sermon he
purposed to have written womb bavo
been upon "the language of actIo, ,,
1here We're no indications Of the man.
ner IN which he intended to treat the
toplc' but know that the subject had
Deen much in his mind and that he had
Deen impressed by the mischief that 10 I
olten done by gestures and actions
without the utterance Of a word /
Wish we could have had that sermon
Isr the warnings he would have uttered
need TO be spoken. l have therefore
thought it filial duty to fulfill as far
as am able, the intention nv father
I
was prevented carrying out.
All language is not spoken bv the lin
\ rev months ago had this truth en-.
phasized in a striking wav. was vic
lting In the east. The first niqbt Will ,
aGeIe my friend came TO me and said I
want you to 90 and hear what / |
eVnsiuer the finest orchestral playing q
~ Tue United States" "Oh, no." | an. h
s"ered' i cannot go. l am tagged n
out from travel and work. Besides u
am gong to have hard day of preach. II
ing tomorrow, and l must STAY homo 10
ana resi- up for it." But Won mnst l.,
60 said my friend Il not only want -
you TO hear the sweetest of music but n,
want you to sit in front of Mr. So-and- ".
So the leader, and watch the express. o,
i'eness OF his actions while lending his n,
.. - tcnestIa. II your ear was as deaf as fa
that of Ludwig Beethoven who ~,
could not hear the loudest note sound. u,
ed in his 'Kreutzer Sonata or in hts "
Battle SYMPHONY yet you could fell 60,
rnat Tue musicians were playing by sid
their leaders gestures" ma
Language of Action. NO
What my friend said was true. nv,
rent to the concert that night and on. int
Dyed 1t as much in what / saw nc in 70
mat l heard. The movements of that tho
'adsrs hands and wrists. the gentle p
mutations of his baton, the ouicl- nos
iake Of his head and tossing hair. the can,
Jung expressions upon his face tho assc
'ndlng Of his shoulders, the nervous dor
oVement of his feet the quick Hftino, recl.
both arms, told me whether the or, infr
estra was softly signing = Iunsb,, 70 ~
whispering a love song or sounding in 5
IN battle call or playing waltz sins
"euhhs march or moaning a re- publ
leh or sounding forth the defiance n DO,
the warning elements or singing tho nor
q OF harvest home or making ali in p,
'OiCes OF the woods blend in ono your
'e' chorus. In those swift. sbarD or nstra
movements of that impresario
ID see the ever changing sDirit of IT.,
musical night. I'M
us orchestral leaders movenap+s H., =.
ipFeted, in a musical sense what ~ 90,
mans language Of actionr 90 go.
plishes in a moral and snirit,,o, ,,''i'.n -'-Vii
a Dai mans tongue NAV be nal roaiI,.
out he can still speak as do the hoo, .
mutes in the sign language All aov.or.
y WI spirits that are within him can an,oa.
,lei' outward expression before an wars :
ant world in what he does as natnro
as IN what he says. His lfting r,bo,,
Speak' His moving head speaks baord
iHs smile speaks. His scorn- tion Fl
eDIOWs speak. ! would sunnlo- ,,,o,, +,
my text with the warnino u,o,,1, - i
solomon wrote along tba tho +roo
ilne: Let thine eyes look riebt the the y &c
let thine eyelids look straisLt - PIs
thee. Ponder the potb of tt..' I'm ol,ie u
M let all thR ways be establish, nto', Ou'u - 7
Irn NOT to the right nor to the win th, ~,
Ieinove thy foot from eviln ,,,',,,, w',n ~, :
Icked mans evil actions oro 'a.ii "uI,u =
s'eu' IN the first place. bv tbo ,cI,an eln u
uous absence from all pure and H. .,''. ',e
, ,'socIates. He does NOT count an
lis ualiy companions the good roa.',,-, - S''a
{ 'he true. He would naror io'-'-n' e'ieu
proud Of his Christian f1fords a. .I'uieled
uer' oy way Of tribute to +oo MI, uoa III
such an epitaph chiseIed ~ hoa,s ~inss' un
'ollDstone as Lord Brooks bogs ~. - i"to
Il Here lies Sir pbiIir - OIailci
Trend" He would NOT da, 80 - eIs'asy
; welcome to ~. "uo was de- president 6
ne gentle conso.',t ,,s nome sueh a powers Of
Ter Isaac watt- '''Seu' ,,.' christ ster, warbI
sman osked tbo nat Eng lence of til,
) yis.f him fo,. sltat hym- more harmc
mancc and tho- "eeN at his than its he,
FaffS C,br,st;al en Oi account ed. But. 1
led hin, 10 nro,l .,',ll sentieness generally tr
dIiarfeTl of lo.is MS WISH their better
a feafbes aoc,. el'uly' t1I,y' But der observat
est with ll,1va,,'e ,Os' Vier and that their 4
/. the wtcEsd niS us ana doves them that
y Of the eoad IiI" Ia escnews are displayed
rtable asso,.i,.i.,'. ile ieeis Just when under
-ue. tBe no8ie i,,i'ls W win the able shows v
incoin rortalga ,, 81 lne good tc opinion ar
lip oy fhe IA T,i tIgn IN the heinous and I
either gilded by the rising me Wicked
tened BY the ssco,,.i - l's.,is As wicked