Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-08-19
Calnnage
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID. ID.

Los. Angeles, Cal, Aug. 19.-ln this
sermon the preacher shows that II the
church ever means to win the world
for Christ 1t must be true TO It's pro-
fessions, collectively and individually
The text is solomon's Song vi, ~
"Terrible as an army with banners.
Difficult is It ito keep sweet and keep
moving" as a poet once wrote-dim-
cult not to look upon the dark SIDE OF
l,ee and be impressed BY the mean
nesses and the contemptibleness Oh
men rather than by mans good quail
ties and by his nobilities. Almost Ill
people every day Of their hyss nave
some injustices or selnshnessss prae-
ticed upon them. Unless very enreiu'
we are prone to become pessimisuc
and to entertain disparaging views OK
our fellow men. 1t may be that inc
conduct Of some with whom we coln"
In contact leads Us 10 think them Us
xyorthlsss az that man whose life Paui
Royton saved few years ago. MI
povton was spending few weeks IN
Atlantic City, on the New Jersey coast
One day the cry Of Help" was raised
A hather who was a very wealthy
man had been swimming far out De-
xond the life lines. Caught IN the cur
rents. he was being swept out TO sea-
nv Boyton at once jumped into ths
wafer and at the peril Of bis own Ire
hrouoht this millionaire to shore In an
unconscious condition. Next day me
rescued man hunted up Paul boyton.
After thanking him for what he mao
dome he took out Of his pocket Dig
roll OF bills. He turned them over ana
over. Then be put the bills back INTO
his pocket. Not one was small enough
For his fancy. Then he took ONT
nfty cent piece and handed It TO tne
rescuer. what is that for7" asked the
great swimmer. "Why. for saving my
ufe" "Ohy" said Boyton. Then the
swimmer took out his own poeketDook
and counted out 40 cents and handed
them hack TO the millionaire. Here
"a vour change" said he. "For what!
"Why." said Boyton, "you haye over
maid me. Any millionaire ike you
wbo would offer a man 80 cents for
ssv,ne his life has a soul 80 mean ana
ANAL that 1t is not worth more tnan a
nennv II It Is worth even that II
was the reproof Of a justly incenseu
man. But we have to beware lest uh
J dor nroyocatons similarly eontempn
hlo We come to entertain too low an
a.t,mate of human character 40
whole.
Pssstmistfo Views.
The pessimistic way In which soni'
q, Ma regard men Is very similar TO tn'
ast,mate some OF US place upon th'
: sn,r,tusl movements Of the day, espe
cially those which find expression IL
tho work of the church OF the Lore
Josus Christ. We try to honestly ah'
, Intelligently read 'the signs OF I'M
t,me" There we find much 10 dls
courage US. We do not see the chii
dren Of this generation loving th'
word of God and the house OF COO al
d,d the fathers and mothers of the pas
generation. Wo nnd our Sabbaths LOOK
sd upon az holidays Instead OF mol.
davs. We and the golden caif tn
,hrine at which the human race
ANXIOUS 10 worship and that the salool
Is being intrenched everywhere. W
And the Bible being driven out OF ou
public schools and that many OF ou
st.te colleges have men In their Pre-
-essorial and presidential chairs wh
never darken the doors OF the churc
ana whose whole influence. direct an
indirect. Ia to lead their students in'
the paths Of Stree thought and nc
into the paths convereing at tne reS
. ~ tho Lord Jesus Christ YES som
= Of you say, at Ia Gil well enough
talk about q coming Millennium Du
10 wbere are the signs Of Its coming
Ths verlA 10 growing darker an
darker. This 10 not 4 spiritual land
the midnight sun. but one OF midda
, blacknsss. Everything spiritually seen
b. to be- going askew." Is 1t, my brother
7 would not have you take such q
nressed view Of things. am tooa
~, going to take my stand upon the prop
i'll ecy of my text. l am not only goin
to show you vision of a eonquerlr
in church In the years to come, but Co
SO ouerlng church In the years that a.
~ now at hand. -,
Because Paul Boyton saved the III
y, q millionaire who offered him
ATTY cent piece for his service IL oo'
NOT follow that all men are misers al
- rngrsteful. Because the morning 81
Gov so,ne of US seems to be obscure
nv the fog banks Of mist, that does n
prove that these mists shall never
cleared away. Listen to the propnec
"Wbo ia she that looketh forth ~ 4
morning. fair as the moon, clear
the sun and terrible as an army WI
hsnnersf" exclaims the sacred write
.sThis is the church." comes I
answer. "This the conquerlng chur
=. Of the Lord Jesus Christ, which sh'
''' usher in the millennial morn OF
Saviour's earthly enforcement"
q. The future of the conquering chur'
:, in the first place, is not to be estlmat
I" by the myriad numbers Of her soldie
nor the costliness OF her barracks, u
the lofty altitude Of her watchtowe
nor the inexhaustIble gold OF her tre'
ury. nor the sharpness Of her ST
- weapons. The text does not a a
"yyho is she that cometh forth, leadl
: on an armed host like that with Will
- the invading conqueror, King Dari
overthrow the Babylonian walls,
like that with which XerIes bridG
the Hellsspont, or like that with wh
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