Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-25
Calmagl- !
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae. ID. ID.

the literal but in the figurative sense
docs the preacher deal with this un-
usual text by drawing the broad dis
tinction between the life that Is IN
snired bv love of all that is noble and
, pure and one that has become degraded
and brutal through the indulgence OF
selfish passions. The text Is Revela-
ton xii, 10, without are dogs"
81 never could sympathize with the
slur which the Bible casts upon my
canine friends" once said an OLD man
10 me. "St. John in that passage OF
Scripture. Without are dogs. seems 10
despise the dog as | despise the Duz-
zard or the hyena. He seems 10 PIC
ture the Internal regions rs the only
snitoble place for their kennels. lie
insinuates their companionship Tor
man TO be a humiliation and degra-
dation Now, in contrast to that as
sertion. | have far more respect TOT an
honest dog than have for dishonest
deceitful man. count among my uear-
est friends some of the representatives
of the canine race. Indeed go so iar
in nv respect for dogs that II in that
heavenly land | found one OF the neau-
tiful dogs have owned on earth sleep
ing at NV feet in that abode or Diiss
or looking up into my face with the
expression of love and fidelity nave
seen so often should not feel II any
hight. but rather an enhancement oI
my happiness"
could understand my friends feel-
ing. and / love dogs well enough 10
svmnathize with it, There are no
grounds for believing in future NE
for animals but confess that If In the
houndless love Of God we should ma
that even for the faithful dog there
was a paradise l for one shouiu re-
| ,oice | have that affection that sir
Walter Scott had for the canine race
and I always feel a sense OF compah-
ionshlp when dog is doing III my
study. AS boy delighted TO nave
n canine companion in my ramDles, anu
70 this day feel, as Bismarck used 10
say that no man should despise the
friendship of dogs or need hesitate 10
confide in them some Of his innernost
thoughts and secrets. When we are
rambling over the hills or in our city
walks and my dog friends stop ana
listen to what say am always sure
of one fact-that they will not Detray
nv confidence as | have known some
men TO do. Eyes, yes" | said to my
aged friend, like you. have always
loved the dog; but, unlike you, / do mol
believe the Bible really depreciatesT-'e
faithfulness Of good dog" This pas
sage of Scripture, without are dogs
is not casting q slur upon the dog. II
is not sneering at the ancestors OF some
| of those noble beasts belonging to tnt
royal families Of dogs which we nave
adopted into our homes as honoret
babitues OF our flresldes. The seer o.
Patmos had never seen such dogs al
ours. The dogs with which he was IA
= miliar were such homeless, carrion eat
ing dogs as those which to this da!
roam the narrow streets or Jeru
salem and Damascus, degraded ours
: whose presence would have been de
filing to that beautiful city which n
saw in vision. Therefore 1t Is to th
: eastern dog, homeless and frlendiess
which | have SO often seen III III.
travels and by whose howllngs | hay
been awakened at night and nav
watched while standing upon the ho
tel porch Of the far east, when he say
with evident qualification, "Withou
are dogs"
The QuarreIsOme Were Excluded.
But | believe the apostle had ful
ther and deeper meaning than this.
think he meant that the qualitie
which the dog represented to his min
were excluded from the heavenly city
Selfshness, degradation, quarrelsom'
ness. all that rendered dogs hateful
the Jews of the orient, whether l
beast or man, were outside tnos
heavenly walls. And, first, | belieV
he meant that in heaven there woul
be neither physical nor mental MOI
strosities. 1t is to be a place wnel
there would be q perfect mind in ha
mony with a perfect body and the pc
feet soul in every way shall have pc
feet externalities. There are some me
so degraded with their vices that the
80 very forms and features have becon
repulsive. They bear the same rel
L tion TO good living, intelligent men th'
the oriental dogs bear to our nous
hold pets.
We love to look at the masterpiece
of Sir Edwin Landseer, the painter
dogs. There seems to be somethiI
even more than human in his "Hig
land Shepherds Chief Mourner," som
thing more than mere brute ferocity
his Stag at Bay" something mo
than sportsman's halloo in the X
turn From Deerstalking." But Il
flashing eyed, powerful chested, Gle;
limbed. glossy coated models OF Ian
seer are entirely different physic
. specimens from the Outcast dogs OF I
I east Have you ever stopped and loo
> ed with pity upon a poor NANCY c
crawling along the street? Have y
seen disease like porcupine quills stiC
ing out all over him? Have you sc
the people shy off as he came alo
, and heard the passersby say: "Po
dog! Why do not the dog catcht
come along and put him out or
misery" Have you ever seen 90
% with their ears torn off and their ia
-. amputated by some carriage wheel
hopping upon three legs because I
fourth has been cruelty broken by
stone? Well, there are lots OF su
dogs in the east. There are hundre
and thousands Of those poor, miserab
physical mutilations that cover in t
~ dark corners of the Palestine cities
sun themselves upon the hard ston
i;i,o 4ba hind or tho crinnlp1 bpPQ1