Milford chronicle., 1905-08-04
Calnaoe
Sermon
Dy Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmase, DID.


Of a gospel Of good cheer and helpful
ness and shows that Christianity bar
no one from innocent enjoyment. Th
text is John ii, IL. ''This beginning O
miracles did Jesus in Cana of GaliIee.
Finding the rational causes for tn
Inception Of things is a passion in tn
human heart and mind. But next t,
1t is the desire Of making a right star
when, after years Of hard work and
toll we would give to the world the
results Of our labor and our investlga-
tion. When Henry NJ. Stanley came
from his exploration Of the dark con-
tinent he did not let the facts thus
gained lie dormant in his mind. He at
once headed toward the great metropo-
lis Of London There, in Albert Me-
mortal hail. before the representatives
of the English throne and the greatest
OF scientists, he described the results
Of his daring journey. What he did
not tell by lip he told as soon as pos
sibie to the world by his pen. No
sooner did Samuel F. Morse cry, as
did the Greek mathematician. Eureka!
have found it! l have found that
a telegraphic message can be sent over
the wires" than at once he applied to |
the American congress to help him |
build a line from Baltimore to Wash
ingtOn. He would prove to all the
world, In the best and most emphatic
way, that telegraphy was to be classed
among the found arts"
I enter a great artists studio. say
10 Jean Francois Aiillet, What are you
working so hard about?' "Oh," he
says, Il have consecrated my life to
a new mission of art. | used to be
noted for the skin with which 1 ap-
pealed to the lowest passions Of life
10 the evil desires of the world through
suggestive figures of the nude. heard
some bystanders looking at one of my 2
pictures say, 1t is too bad that Millet
with such Il genius as he has, paints
pictures like THAR at once left Paris
and went back to my old home. There b
among the hamlets Of France | began !
to study the pure beauties to be found :
in the face Of my old grandmother. :
Now | am trying as an artist to depict y
the hOmely virtues Of the French peas n
ants. As this is my first peasant pic a,
ture to be sent to the French salon. /
want to make my mark in my new o.
held, for when man is to make a q,
great success in any one line he must -
le very careful about his beginning. -
This is new beginning for me as a -
hr1stlan artist" To make right be- -
'lnning for his new art-his Christian -.
rt-Tissot the former artist Of the ~ ~
french society women, secluded him H'
elf for years in the Holy Land that he tu
llght walk and live amid the scenes M
7here Christ lived and died. As a lol
hristian artist he wanted to make a Go
ght beginning. tia
Right Beginning. -,
The desire to make a right begin -, ~
ing is implanted in every ones life 81
ho starts upon a great career for the -+s --s
Of the customs and the e'e
abits Of the world. Thus, when 1 be- Is %
IN to think upon this subject, this ~
iracle at the beginning Of Chrlst's u
inistry began to grow and widen and lrle
sepen and lift Itself higher and high par
IN the purposes OF Jesus Christ. WV
by? It was Chrst's first miracle. anu
)r thirty long years he led the life nan
obscurity. Now Jesus comes forth Dus
d practically says: II have come to mgr
veal my Father to the world 1 want aro'
win the belief and trust Of the peo- not
:. How shall begin my work in 10
, most attractive and jmnressivo So-a
"? I will do it at the wedding in him
ma Of Galilee." Thus we must ap- ana
zach our subject with awe and rev. got
nee. This miracle is not mere bad,
open 80. The first miracle Of Christ bad.
S one by which we may catch the fact
note for the onward musical move not ]
nts OF a perfect life. man
Where does the active scene OF Why
lists earthly ministry open? At a give
'tial song. At a time Of joyful fes- get t
ties At a time when not only the and s
ng but also the old and the middle expe,
d are trying to be happy and to prom
Ee every one happy. At a time did
n laughter and merriment and frienl
/ cheer are making tired men and many
nen feel for a time at least that negle
and worry and anxiety and dis Chris
t have no part to play in the great
n economy. The celestial song No+
h was sung on the morning Of the ,oo,io,
vity was no more joyful in note b,,t Il
the songs we hear as we come hin, =
the hills and see the wedding -
= dancing upon the grass upon the C,I7,st
xirts Of the Galilean village Of ,,ae,a,,
'uld you have me describe the joy nsstor
wedding festival / once witnessed said.
e east? / did not see it at Cana; an
see It. however, at one Of the Ar- 9
boring towns Of Galilee. First N,,tb
the wedding guests came from oil a.
nd near, as they once came to whom
over, where Colonel William Nv
lawyer, statesman and landed apsu,a
man. married his daughter to a Devt =
guished representative Of yir- 70 IN,