Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-11
Caln1aSe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae. ID. d.

home Is assailed from without and
within. the advice of the preacher who
takes love for his theme may help to dis
mel the clouds that now overhang many
a household. The text is Epheslans
V. %, Husbands, love your wives
Two startling facts about Paufs per
sonality have always vividly impressed
me The one Is the estimate OF his
physical personality formed by his en-
emies In the COrinthian church VINO
had sat under his ministry and there
fore knew him well. Paul himself
tells us that they said, His bodily
presence is weak and his speech con-
temptible." Chrysostom, according 10
Albert Barnes, declared that "Paurs
stature was low, his back crooked ana
his head bald" According to Nice
phorus. Paul was a little man with
curvature Of the spine and pale
countenance long and wrinkied' ana
with head like julius Caesar, noteo
for its scarcity Of hair. Whether these
descriptions are true, we know not;
but it is little likely that the CORN
thians would have spoken OF him as
they did and that writer's 50 near MS
own time as Chrysostom and Nlcepho'
rus would have so described him, II
this intellectual and spiritual giant nae
possessed an imposing personality. Ano
vet all through the Pauline writings
figures OF speech bristle with th'
( symbols of the athletes arena. Th'
runner, the fighter, the gladiator th'
struggle with the beasts OF Ephesus
all have their inspirations ana gospe
teachings.
The second fact, which stands sid'
Inv aide with the first about the per
sonality Of Paul is this: Paul was
/ bachelor 1t has been contended ina
he WAS a member Of the sanhedril
and, IL so, must have been married
but the expression in Acts XVI, lo' ol
which the theory Of his membership
is based, Is vague and may nav
amounted to no more than the test
monv Of witness. On the other hanc
his argument in | Corinthians TX,
clearly implies that both he ana bai
nahas were unmarried This cond
ton. however, by no means indicate
that he was deficient in the affection
ate side Of his nature. His letter
show that he layished on his childre
in the faith the love that other me
give to their offspring and that he wa
an exceedingly affectionate, war;
hearted man. He taught parents tn'
they should love their children an
children that they should care for the
parents, wives that they should homo
their husbands and husbands that the
should love their wives. 1t Is IN rete
ence to this last commandment that
would speak today.
Marital Affection.
There is a special reason at this TIN
for showing the need OF a husDal
being truly devoted and loving to b
= wife. because there seems to be po
ular theory abroad that the old fas
ioned idea Of a family home Is gol
and gone forever. But, instead OF D
: lieying that the old fashioned idea
love should be done away with, l 0
lieve that, like the garden beds whi'
: used to be planted in our ancestor
front yards, they should be cultivf
ed more and more. Marital affecti'
NAV be old fashioned, but believe
is one Of the noblest finest, most pea
tiful things in life. What could
more tender, more pathetic. than I
words uttered by the great DR.. Thom
De Witt when, struggling win I
trollable grief, he stood by the op
= grave In which he had just laid I
mortal remains Of his beloved VII
He said: Farewell, my beloved a
bonored and faithful wife. The
that united us is severed. Thou
with Jesus in glory, and he Is WI
me by his grace shall soon be w
YOU. Farewell" The Holy Book
clares. Whose findeth wife findetf
good thing" 1t is no part OF my p
pose to tell young men how IN
should proceed In trying TO WIN
affections Of the girls they desire
marry. My design rather is to III
married men to show their wives
same Difference, the same love ana
votion. that characterized them bef'
". the twain stood at the marriage all
hearing and saying the solemn wol
1 which made them one flesh
Why is the true wife's value ab'
the price Of rubies, as King Scion
declared? She is her husbands D'
ness partner; her husbands equai
brain as we'll as in heart power. J
fights with him, in a financial W
the great battle of life; therefore,
her husband, she has right to exp
the same rewards for her labors I
he has for his. 1t has been the ia
of some cynics to represent wiIe
n mere parasite, q hanger on, Gil
ing vine, a barnacle or human lie
sucking out the life's blood of her II
. culine partner. Polygnotus. the 81
= Grecian artist, painted her 426 b.
=, as a four legged beast in "The Rope
Genus" devouring all the labors OF
husband, while he works on ana
weaving out his life work in a
of straw. But that is not my ldea
!, the true wife. The true wife Is
sumer as man is consumer, but sh
also a financial producer as man
producer. Like man, she produces
10 more than she consumes. AS the
-. of Proverbs pictures: "She Is ike
merchant ships; sha bringeth her
from afar She considereth field
buyeth it; with the fruit OF her ha
she planteth a vineyard. She mai
herself coverings of tapestry her cl
ing Is silk and purple" Mark
IN these words A true wife "perceiN
that her merchandise is good;' ne
slattern, not female DOLL not pa
ed millinery establishment l