Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-07-02
Caln,aSe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae. ID. ID.

what the world calls faliure Vi ny
os well as to the impatient ana ois-
satisfied this sermon conveys prae-
tical lesson. The text Is EXouus NY,
13 "Stand still and see the SALVATION oi
the Lord"
To fall back, in order to 90 iorwaiu'
10 retreat, In order to advahce'
evacuate. In order to conquer; aye, ihht
,s the course most great military cnish
toins have had to take, at least once IN
ufe before they won their ultimate
triumphs. Such q line of tactics won
for our nation that independence the
onniversary festival Of which we are
soon to celebrate. George Washlns"i'
at Yorktown would never have peeh
possible had there not first peen y
Washington's retreat from Long ~
land When General Miffiin, win
small detachment Of troops acting as
sentinels over wooden guns decei'eu
the British army while the American
troons in a dense fog, quietly paddieu
mast Lord Howes feet and srppeu
tbrough the fingers of Sir Henry Chn-
ton Americas liberties were rescueo
from almost certain strangulation' hau
Washington stayed to obstinateiy hoiu
his ground after the bloody battle ol
Long Island, the American army woulo
have been annihilated or captured. IL
ia not always a good plan for genera
to cut his bridges behind him. hho
there been no retreat from boheniia
n flor the battle of Kolin and no evacu-
otion of Berlin after the slaughter Oh
Kunersdorf. there would have been no
humiliation Of a Maria Theresa, ana no
Erodorick the Great, whose name mas
been the marvel not only OF Prussia,
hut of all Europe and the civiiizeu
world. Nathaniel Greene, the mighty
military leader Of the Revolutionary
war second only in power TO George
Washington, was aptly called 'Ihe
Great Retreater." He never won
decisive battle in his life. so IL mas
L heen with other military chieftains
There is strategy In eluding Toe
whose strength is superior. Many
general has kept the field and worn ou'
the patience Of an enemy by aVoiuint
n decisive battle and In the end hai
proyed victorious.
Can Do Nothing but Wait.
There may come times In the Dattl'
NJ life when q man Is to fight, ane
times when man Is to run. lher'
also come other times when man II
To he like Moses ''encamned aoeiof'
:. p,.hahiroth. between Migdol and TN
es sea. over against Baal-zephon." On u
one side of him was the Red sea, on th
other side of him were the pursuin
hosts Of the Philistines. lie couiu ho
run There was no place to run u
ll He could not fight Pharaoh. He kne'
no would have been annihilated IN III
-, conflict. He could do nothing but wal
He had to stand still and see the sa
yation of the Lord" Moses was ilk
Sir Henry Lawrence, entrapped IN III
IL residency Of Lucknow during the sepo
rebellion OF 1857. For three long montf
the little English garrison, surrounde
nv a hundred thousand murderous u
y r,ons bad TO do nothing but wal
They Just kept on waiting "ior u
rescuers, who fought their way up ITO
a. Calcutta under the leadership OF ID
:, hero of heroes. Sir Henry Haveioc
g Moses was like General Charles Georl
q Gordon. who for ten long months ]u
Z" had to wqit and continue to wait
" the besieged city Of Khartum, al
" then gave up his life only Few Ga
" before the English rescuers hove
Id. sight Moses was like the foreigne
praying and hoping and hoping
. praying in the missionary compoun
Of Peking, waiting for the allied troo
to deliver them from their impendi
fate during the Boxer uprising OF Z
ma in 1900. They were too strohe
body to have to surrender LII
wore not strong enough as a body
fight their way to the Engilsn shi
And so. hemmed in and driven Ill
r all sides, they just stood their grou
fighting for their existence by day
sleeping on their guns by night. Ii
were waiting-simply waiting II
were standing still, to see the saiVa'
Of the Lord.
Very easy it is for most OF us 10
forward in the battle Of life when
....... divine command Is given clearly
distinctly: Charge! Let the whoie
ger charger Easy it is for most or III
retreat when the command Is -
clearly and distinctly: Fall back!
the whole line fall back!' But
another matter for us to stand stlli'
ia another matter to patiently
Yet waiting is a very great elemen
spiritual success, as 1t IS ID temp
success. How much a factor III
waiting crisis" in the successes ol
can he well learned in the words W
DIR. Cuyler taught few years
when he said, IL have been conver
IN nv time with thousands OF ran
of talented men, both IN Ne" io,A ,A
Rrooklyn, and l can bear tesun
that ninety-nine hundredths Oh
III !, those failures were, without DOUBT
70 the lack Of patience, both In 81
nal sense as we'll as In tempo
II is TO teach the important lessor
sanctifed patience that ann pi'
nes, ing this sermon.
The waiting crisis comes to
sands upon thousands Of faithful
and women in the struggle for a
m cial existence 1t comes not tc
''o ,ozy good for nothing human be
who think the world owes them
~ ing, and, therefore, they do mol
30 II comes not to the tramps, the io'
the deadbeats. who. as derellc's 0
great highway seas of life,
menace to all with whom they
1on0 IN L touch, ,'hn osts Ss' nm promptly at o