Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-11-25
Ca(r11aSe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID. ID.

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Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 19.-For the
old folks. the young folks, the inhuen-
tIal and the humble there are words OF
cheer and congratulation in this ser
mon, as we'll as encouragement III wen
doing. The text is Romans xvi, y, Sa-
lutte Urbane, our helper In CHRIST anu
Stachys, my beloved"
| Have you ever wandered over any OF
the great battenelds of the worluE
Have you ever had guide lead you
over the blood soaked soil Of Gettys-
hure? Then you have been struck Win
the fact that no one squad, no one com-
many. no one regiment, no one orlgaue'
no one division alone fought that bat
tle The success of General George q. .
Meade or of Robert Il. Lee depehueu
not more upon the generals Deihs
faithful than upon all the colonies ana
majors and captains and sergeants ana
corporals and private soldiers DtinB
faithful and working together ana in
unison. The difference between con-
ouering army and mob Is the dlnss-
ence between men working together ln
an intelligent way to achieve desired
nurpose and conglomerate COLLECTION
of individuals, each claiming that MS
own will is the equal if not the supe-
rior. of all the other Wits ana lhteiN-
gences about him.
What Is true Of the army is absolute
l.. +r,o in reference to business. How
is the Panama canal TO be dug! by
the United States commissioners ap.
polnted by the presidentf by the cniel
engineer7 BY the cOntractorsF On' no'
As in the mercantile establishment, the
buyers. the advertising agents, lne
eoorvalkers, the statesmen, the delivery
wagons, all work together ID UNISON
and each as a cooperative agent neips
tho other. so In the Panama canal ali
the different departments are WORKING
together. Each man Is helped Dy soile
other man. and each man tries 10 nelp
+bo other men. Now, what Is true III
the army and In the business anu 1"
the contractors world Is equally true
IN reqord TO church work. Here we 10
NOT find the minister himself dong uh
the work. Paul himself could not uo
!. = un had his helpers, his associates,
his workers. He himself tells us tna'
I-rbane and Stachys were his associ-
, o+es in Gods work. Neither can the
church members make a successlui
church unless there is cooperation III
the pulpit. Thus the purpose OIL n's
sermon today is to show you VINO arc
the minister's best friends; VINO are 'nc
,f men and the women upon whom ne
ebouId most wisely lean and whose au-
vica no should be most anxious 10 lol'
low. I speak thus not only to heip tne
now. but also to answer letters NnlCn
KS have come to me from all parts Oh tne
oorntrv written by young minister's
asking what course they should laAe ~
d. reference to their church work.
who are the minister's best trlehus
IL In the first place, they are the OH
folks They are the men and the Wo
men who have been walking VIII 'e
sus Christ twenty, forty, fifty or ever
siv+v wears. They are the church mem
here whose hair is white, whose stei
is often infrm and whose hearihs
sonetimes must have the sounding
- hoord of the palm Of the hand back o
tbe ear In order to hear the serInon
oriqht But though their eyes may d.
vaok and their hearing muflled, VIII
tbose ewes they have been reading lh
promises Uf God, and with those I'd,
thev have been listening to his Woru
az comfort through many DARK lrl"i
:. which have come to them year IN an
vaar ont perhaps for half centur!
Now nv friends, the minister or III
church of the Lord Jesus Christ car
not afford to turn his back upon sue
- counselors: neither can the churc
members themselves afford TO $40
ed tbeir ears to the words Of advice whlc
IT, these aged Christians can speak out
their past experiences.
The Value of Experience.
il Ia not the man of experience IN I'll
temporal world to be more loiio"e
than the young STRIPPING whose kno"
ny edoe consists only of theories ana gel
eralities? Suppose you had very B
rious illness, suppose dangerous u
Grafton had to be performed upon yo
for whom would you sendE Wou
Won call the Young doctor VINO Ia
vear graduated at the head of his me
. ical class. brilliant though he might d.
No You would send for such ma
os Dr Hamilton, who stood by u
bode,de Of James A. Garfield, or tor
man Ike DR.. Janeway, VINO came
fast as revolving wheels could car
him +o the bedside Of William Mchl
Low or for a skillful practitioner IL
sir Morell Mackenzie, who lookeu ~
E. tbe diseased throat of Crown Prln
Frederick. These were all OLD me
For wears and years and years IN
had been examining throats AMI CT
ting away diseased tissues.
Suppose you are going to ascend
conpes. the most dangerous navigat
river of the world. Every day the c'
o0ii rent of that river changes. The pan
ore strewn with the bleaching bones
shins which were allowed to rot IN
oun when their keels were beach'
Would you send for the brilliant lac M
staff officer Of Indla's viceroy! M
You would send for the old, grizzl
white haired pilot who for years a
years has been running up and do
that dangerous stream. He knows
oxnarience where the currents run q
vchere are the dangerous SAND Da
He may be cranky, He may be gr
and fault finding, but he is lmperlC
and peremptoFy because he knows
dangers and knows how many II