Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-10-14
Calnnage
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. D. d.

Los Angeles, Cal. Oct. SIN this ser.
mon the preacher shows how the d.
vine voice IL constantly speaking to
man and how we may recognize and
obey IT, The text Is ! Samuel Ill. 81,
speak. Lord. for thy servant hcarcth"
How the mighty men and women OF
the world found their cAilings In life
would make very interesting reading.
Sometimes n genius. like Mozart, il
born. From his cradle his parents
knew what vocation this child would
pursue. ut three years OF age. with
his little chubby fingers. he could make
the piano speak with the touch of q
master. A five years he appeared In
public nj the University of SalZburg.
At six. with his little sister Marianne,
he was travelling about Europe on a
concert tour. the pet of kings and
queens and the wonder and astonish.
ment of the musical world. But. though
Wolfgang Mozart was born TO music,
most of our great men and women live
years and years and years before they
recognize their right spheres In life.
Some of them try four or five different
lines Of work before they place their
feet upon the lowest steps To mount
their thrones of power. Some. like
Odysseus. the IIomcric hero Of the
Trojan war. had to be bound hand
and foot To the masts of duty. else they
wouh have leaped overheard and fol.
lowed the false wooing of the SIRENS
song.
George Washington did not wish &c
be u soldier, but Il sailor. 4 British
man-of-war came TO Chesapeake bay
when he was II young man. He want
ell TO enlist. \ midshipman's commits
sion was obtained for him by his
elder brother Lawrence. His trunk
was already packed and placed on
board ship. But his widowed mother
could not bear to let her baby" boy
leave her side. For her sake he turned
his back upon the quarter deck OF q
British warship and thereby paved his
way for the wonderful career which
has made his name the most famous
In American history. Oliver Cromwell
wanted to cmigratc TO America. lie
and his family were down ut the dock
with their tickets In their pockets and
had their bcrtlis engaged when u royal
command forbade him leaving the
kings country. Frederick W. Robert
son came from long ancestral line OF
r..fs I'LL. L.. "A L..
soldier. Indeed. for II time he did wear
the soldiers uniform. but physical In.
trinity made him forcgo camp life lie
entered Edinburgh university. When
he became pastor Of Trinity chapel nj
Brighton he found his right position,
which nightly influenced his own gen.
GRAFTON and will also influence the Eng
fish speaking race for all time. Thus
many of our most famous men and wo
men have been compelled to grope and
struggle along. sometimes for years
for their right vacations In life, just
the same rs you and have done In the
past or may be now doing In the pres
cnt. Where there IL one Mozart who
was born child genius there are a
thousand Frederick w. Robertsons
whose intellect and material life have
developed gradually. First came the
seed. then the sprout. then the bios
som AMI then the luscious fruit.
The First Calls.
The first calls of the temporal life. as
rule. fall upon unheeding ears. The
first calls Of the spiritual life In tile
same way usually fall upon unheetline
ears. When God first called to Samuc
in the midnight hour. samuel. Sam
uel." the lad lcapci up and ran to the
old priest. ELI. supposing that It was
he who called him. and said. Here am
l." Then Eli answered: MY son. ]
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