Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
Catr>1age
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt TalmaGe. ID. ID.

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ONES with Its vivid pictures OF an '
nal life and their spiritual appiica-
ion The text is Psalms xii, l, AS uile
art panteth after the water brooks.
What is the spring fever? what Is
hat tired feeling which creeps over
mo os tbe months Of May and June
lraw near? What is that exhaust
mo- sensation which mafes the .'"nu
,;ueasn at its work and the Dralh
lnll as il tries to originate IL thoush'
md the legs heavy as lead Wheh VIC
cot nm in the mornings just pre-
cedine the summer? We yehemeht
" deny the accusation that we arc
lazy. We never have been lazy III our
lives We daily so to our olilce anu
bepin work even Il little carrier tn'h
nsual We stay there longer thah a'
anv other time of the year But III
snite Of ourselves the results ol oui
work are not only less in quahll'y' pu'
far noorer in quality than at any oulet
time Of the year. We wonder what
oils us. and we 90 to the doctor 10 se'
q tonic. The doctor tells us: "1o ou are
bilious Your liver is torpid VI ne
eovs "You are overworked and must
let nm" But deep down in our hear'S
we know what is the matter. we nave
inst the old longing for the woods IL
tbo snrinctime it comes to us as nat
urollv as the buds come to the ho"ei
cordens IT is not medicine we Wahl'
hut the mountain air, win lhe "Ve
branch for a covering and the SOIL
Grass and the leaves for a bed. mus
rto or,,, cure for a man know
! = :, e,it richt out O. tn town an 20
I9hore ~ m wiz ducks swim an tn seeS'
Al, tb' trout an bass are a-jumpin hisn
| TN, on'v thing thatll cure I'M theh
- =, e,if away from his feller men
Ear ou dav by some latin stream
O. a., csh an, whistle an sing an dream
o., iietcr T. birds an bugs an near
n,,, ,,,icc n m woods in his eager ear
Rut with most of us the longing
,,ust he repressed. We may, however
pive our thoughts a rest by d"einl
ON such a theme as l have chosen IL
this mornings treatment. salu
myself probably there are many VII
como loncing. so | will choose te'
tbot will carry our thoughts away
the woods and the waters and as
Il fbonpht this beautiful text or u
: 'nsoImist sprang to my mind, AS u
hart nauteth after the water brooks
nonteth my soul after thee, o God
Like Painting Harts.
All. yes. said to myself we are
: lilo nonting harts. We are like |
hunted AMI the thirsty deer seeking
wotcr brooks. And, strange to say
soon rs uttered the text in my stu
q wonderful peace came to my SOUL
seemed TO see the great, gentle eS
stag and deer and fawn Watching
from the thickets. l seemed 10 III
tbe birds singing their love dittles.
eeared TO see the trout leaplhg out
,ds the brooks I seemed TO see lile II
cliffs rising above the valleys ana
IA nst baldheaded mountains, like grim
&c. grizzly patriarchs, standing sehu
over ALL Yes. said to myself, 10
little while at least l can go
An forglt that there's cities an no'
ce. vorgit a. that rs got t. go back agin.
Forgit everythin' else in tn whole
put les les God an tn birds an tn
ny That IT live right thar where tn wild str
eu. sings.
Goodby. old city! We are aoou
leave YOU now. We are going 10 G
way up the mountains for
while and as we lie down upon the
of \ creek or river by one of the D
tiful deer licks we learn in the
- nloce that the hart is dependent
- tbo water brook for his physical c
4 orce He is not like the camel
con store up his drinking water
the carry it about with him for day'
"a not like the lizard or the ratlles
or the horned toad or the Gila
ster that live in the desert week Il
wenk ont. month in and month
seemingly without water. or Il tn
cet water. they must absorb 1t
tbo hristlinc cactus, which grow
IL orvvhore around. But deer Is
''.'A' human being. Take water away
ndS b,r, and he will die Thus yol
never find the deer far away lrol
1votar brooks. He has two reaSol
con- bis denendence on the stream
no is NOT q carnivorOus animal
docs not live on flesh, but on herD
no must live where the water
sbe grass spring up into lie.
pext nlace, he must himselt De
,oos+ once or twice q day to d
.ton ort of the woods, lift high III
to sniff for dangers and theh
move down and put his delica
into the cool waters of the pa
brooks. And so certain Is the
co 70 the waters to drink IN tAe t
TIC" ~ tbo aorlv morning that If III
Dor law hunter and knows Where |
~ mails are accustomed to drink
1t IS has to do is to go there and mae
and The Boa and the Deer, ',r
,ables It is by recognizing the daily
place. emue enuotoriaI or ia America the huge al
with moving boa constructor is often ,i,i'.a
| the have his feast o OF oon vgn'sual see the
a we'll umperT'0In varDent. nearly fifty feet in
boiler wriggling and twisting. He lie IS
stream 1t is tending toward Il
ing hour, and he must hurry. II
TO q huge tree whose branches
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