Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-03-11
Caln1age
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID.


Los Angeles, Cal, March 5.-The Sc
cret so long sought by the ancient al
chemists is the topic discussed by the
nreacher in this sermon. IN which ne
shows how, though the body may grow
old, the spirit may retain its youth anu
freshness. The text is Job xxx. D.
'When my children were aboat me.
Misfortunes are generally gregarlous'
They are not recluses. They live not
hermit's existence. Like the beasts OF
the fields or the birds of the air or the
fish of the sea, they browse IN herus Vi
Av in f1ocks or swim in schools II one
appears upon the edge of our horizoh
others often follow it with great rapid
CIV ne do the April showers when
"the clouds return after the rain.
Tbev nile themselves upon each other
IN great drifts, as do the snoWnaKes'
Thev foil their death knells In chorus'
As "nothing succeeds like success so
"nothing destroys Ike misfortune
Where there is one emissary or aestruc-
tion roaming there are, as rule many
emissaries treading closely upon lts
heels Even when they are small ana
insignificant they cripple us by the per
e,stenev of their attack. Naturailsts
tell us that the small, 1nslgninc"n'
humming bird sometimes alights upon
tho head of a mighty eagle. There ne
s,ts and pec<s and pecxs, no matter
how fast or how high his huge wingeu
carrier NAV fly. There he sits ana
pecks and pecks until after awhiie he
hur,es his small beak in the prain VI
Sta oioontic foe. who could crush him
os easily as hawk might XIII spa
row II the eagle could only get at hiln'
|. Trouble is like unto the hummihg oilu,
Whom trouble struck the grand oiu
rotriarch Job, it hit him again anu
again First came financial trouoie,
then domestic trouble, then pnysica'
n tronble It was pain In the head, pam
q IN the heart, pain in the limbs pam III
. tho hack and pain everywhere. 1nen
what happened? Job tried 10 gan
1 comfort from his "reminiscences. JoD
5, looked back upon the scene OF the nap-
o ,ios+ time of his life. He pictured hiln-
:, Golf when he was young husDanu
D1orn,np and working for his future'
ua thought of himself when his young
wife was by his side and his little ooy
and girls were playing around III us
nursery. Then Job breaks for'n al W 'n'
Iamenfation Of my text, which mas
come TO most fathers and mothers alu
or they have reached their tWoScoi'
years and ten, "Oh, that were as IL
months mast. . when my children
were all about me-" 1t Is a pathetl'
longing not only that time be halted Il
its onward sweep, but be compelieu u
retrace the steps it has already TAKEN
Not a Sinful Desire.
1s Ioh,s longing a sinful desire? L
II wrong for us to want 10 Decon
voung again or at least to stay younl
No inst as long as we can? l trow no'
Therefore the purpose of this sermon
Is to show how we can turn Dach u
c. shadow on the dial of Ahaz not ohi
- ten. fifteen, but even twenty ana tnir.
- wears for some : US. There Is an oi
nroverb which says, "A man is not
ola as he looks. but as old as he feels.
am going to prove that a man ca
ALWAYS feel about thirty or thirty-nV
Years of age, even though his hair
- white. his nose is bridged with pa
of glasses and he has to walk aDo'
with staff
How shall we renew the days OF OF
strong, young manhood? tlrst' ny d
sociating with young people, ana e
pecially with children; by making u
intimate companions OF our matu
wears and Of our old age those VINO a
on the threshold Of life or playing
the nursery; by stealing or rather co
tinually borrowing from our marrl'
children their babies; by making o
grandchildren come home and live WI
ms or. if we have no married childr'
of our own. by borrowing the chlldr
of some neighborly grandfather al
loving them as we would our OWL
firmly and deliberately making Vo
with ourselves and with God, "1nou
7 NAV live to be sixty, seventy, elgh'
ninety or a hundred years old, "
never allow myself to outgrow L
fondness for little children, and I
sympathy for their joys and sorroV
and nv unceasing desire for their da
companionship."
Daily association with young peoi
esneciallv with children, is essentlai
MANY ways for a mans deVeioplhe
It keeps his heart young. YES II u'
more than that. 1t teaches him WI
,hould be his attitude toward ChI
and toward his fellow men. some p
ple cannot understand what thls q
eating power Of childs life IS upol
. matured man. Why? Like some Oh
they have not placed themselves un
the tutelage Of children. Some mon
ago l hired a big wagon. put lnto
wagon not only my own chlldrth' pu
went around and raided the nelghD'
houses and piled in some OF tners'
was the only grown person am
them. We took a long drive OF aD
fifteen miles. Then, at the head OF
cohort of little ones, l proudly marc
into a restaurant to give them
cream before we started back. AS
went In a gentleman standing upon
sidewalk sa. l: MY, man, l pity }
What have you got there-an orp
,oo4 asylum?" NO." 1 answered; Il D
no asylum. I have lot OF teacl
here who are making me love COO
love mankind and love life and
everything God has made upon
beautiful earth"
How to Be Young.
When we took that long ride
the greatest winner. When those
folks began to sing l found M
singing in spite of myself. When