Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09
CalnaSe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmate. DID,

nriatelv takes for his theme the grea'
army Of humble everyday workers up
ON whose faithful use OF thelr sinsio
talent in their particular sphere ue-
pend the welfare and happiness OF
nation. The text 10 Matthew XIV TO-
"To another one"
"The Driving Of the Last Spike Is
70 me one Of the most suggestive PIC
lures ever painted, not because 1t 70
the work of Thomas Hill, one Vi
Americas famous artists, who III MS
lifetime has been awarded thlrty-lWo
first medals In competition wluh oenei
nsinters: not because copies OF tnat
nicture have been distributed broad
cast over the United States III lnou-
sands of woodcuts, not because / per
sonally have seen the old artist III his
last d0vs HELPLESS as little child ana
therefore on account Of the personai-
itv of the man, have been unduly III
Auenced by the power Of the picture
but that picture has thrilled me
through and through because II Is III
epoch marking picture. II ls picture
xvhich shows marriage altar, Where
+ba far east and the far west-where
4be Union railroad and the Central IA
ciAc roilroad-were united by the wed
ding ring of a steel rail. 1t ILLUSTRATES
the dramatic moment wnen Tue Blea'
work of Leland Stanford ana u 1.
Huntington and Charles CrocKer anu
Mark Hopkins was consummated' III
the presence Of some OF the nloS.
nrominent men. north, south. east ana
west the golden spike was driven
which forever made the east ana the
west. the metropolis Of New York ana
the metropolis of California, next uoor
! neighbors.
Vast was the amount OF brain ana
physical energy expended whlcn Haue
the scene of that picture possioie' over
tho mountains. down into the Valleys
+ho Ianning rivers and the ravines, has
gone the shrek of that locomotive We
see putting and painting behind Leianu
stanford as the first president OF tho
Central Pacific drives in the last spike
Far. far away from any human resi-
dence went the workmen. cannot you
GOO the deer and the buffalo and the
prairie dogs look up in wonderment as
. that strange looking creature caiieu
railroad train dashes by? How coulu
q man have hundreds and thousands
ond tens of thousands OF men at WORK
for him as did Leland Stanford, ana
not have thousands of financial leak
fire fortuneT asked a great raliroau
d contractor when talking about the les
sons Of this picture. "Simply by per
fect organization" he answered. "Eacn
man has his allotted work to DO Each
- man Is responsible for a gang OF men
| or for certain sections OF the WorA
). until you get down TO the lowest ooss
and the lowest workman digging III In'
le ditch The success Of Leland stan
ford,s railroad enterprises, as well as
NJ all great enterprises, depends al
mucb upon the men Of one talent doinl
their work honestly as it does upon th'
men Of five or ten talents dong lnei
work honestly and we'll" Great lessor
ia that-creat in temporal life, grea
in spiritual. God has no inslgnincan
workmen in the purpose for which IN
human race was created. Inc peopi
who are considered ordinary folks ar
inst as essential in Gods great econ
omy as the men styled mentai glahts'
No Workmen Are Useless.
No vorkmen useless or unimportan
In Gods sight. oh, yes, we can prov
that by the value Of the old HeDreN
talent as we'll as by the conversatlo
of the great railroad contractor III rel
. erence to Thomas Hil's Driving OF III
Last Spike." Was the Hebrew talen
small capital with which to stai
E ufa's battles? No. That talent repr'
santed about 5000 shekels of silver
about S1.916 in American money. Inc
when you furthermore estimate un'
the laborer in Christs day receive
U only penny day, which In our tin
A would be an equivalent of about
cents. you can readily understand I'LL
s. +he good man of the parable of my te'
rom Gave TO even the humblest of his ser
VIII ants an equivalent Of about SZ,oOo
- IN our money. That is no small amour
nts. of money to put out at interest Al
also so This Labor Sunday to the clerk, u
sarvant the IabOrers in the ditch, u
Icommon soldier and the common chur'
member God gives "a powerful o.
talent" My object is to talk apo
some of the one talented people,
wonld show their vast influence up
tho great wide world. | would al
show why all of us ordinary fol
should employ well the talent Goa u
given us to use.
Tn the first place, study the infuer
of the one talented folks in the III
camille world. Your wife some q
saws to you: "Come, my dear, let
90 shopping. You have a day
There is no reason for your not spei
Ike. ing the day with me-" In mom'
of mental weakness you go shoppl
Why do say in a moment OF men
&c. weakness? 1 do not believe any II
O. of on earth can look more out or pi
ond feel more uncomfortable and
erable than In an average dry go
store There the women push
from side to side. When you are
stepping on your own feet you are
. most sure to be stepping on some lac
dress. Then before you have any t
.S, 70 say. excuse me, madam, sc
other woman knocks you in the Ds
and your head flies back until y
neck feels as though 1t had spinal n
ineitis. And then If you are unfo