Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-03
Ca(rnaSe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. DID,.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 25.-An up
lifting sermon, profuse in Illustrative
incident and suited to the needs OF the
times was given by the preacher To-
day. who took for his text Matthew TX
%, According to your faith be 1t unto
you"
Rev. John Watson, better known 10
Americans by his literary sobrlquet Oh
Ian Maclaren, wrote a powerrur para
eraph in a retrospect Of his lifes MN
istrv This IS his message to the preach-
ers of the present day: "The review OIL
the past has convinced me that WINE
nreaching has various ends the chieI
ought TO be comfort 1t is useful IN It's
wov to eyplain the construction OF the
book of Isaiah and to give the history
of Hebrew literature, but it IS better
to minister the consolation OF Isaiah
fftv-third chapter TO the weary hearl.
No one can blame a preacher TOT eA-
pounding Christian dogma put his
words will be more useful Wheh they
declare the Christ himself, or whom
DOGMA ot its best is but the garments.
The preacher Is justified in attacking
Gin with righteous Indignation or soul
and with burning inyectiye OF Worus'
Inf nerhaps he would come more quick
" 70 his purpose if he turned the SIN
ner from his sin by causing MN 10 lail
IN love with goodness" In other wOrus,
according to DR.. Watson, the chiel
work Of the ministry is not iconoclas-
tic hnt constructive. 1t is not so much
70 wield the dissecting knife and eX-
nose the awful ravages Of the disease
called sin as it is to lead ms cohsre,
cation out into the flower gardens VI
Gods love and to show his people Wna'
20 nossible for them to attain II they
ora only willing to drink the water ol
uco oP which. if a man once drinks, nc
shall never thirst again. always uio
holieve that the sight Of a good man De
inc honored for his virtues had more
bonefcent influence upon community
tban the sight Of a grewsome gallo"'
unon which murderer had been strah
cIed 70 expiate his crime, and l Away
did holieye that MurillO's Ascension
and William Struts "a Little Ohil'
SholI Load Them" have had more pow
or 70 eradicate evil than Michael Ange
los horrible agonles Of lost souls, de
) nicted in his great masterpiece OF III
LAST Judgment"
Thus we turn to my next today VIII
feolings Of infinite JOY. When W
, study the assurance which Jesus Cnri'
"a gove 70 the two blind men of the eaS
, vbo came TO him crying, Thou son
Dovid have mercy on u.s. we 90 n'
Is have TO explore with Dante the dai
covcrns and the lakes of fire or an aN
eul Inferno or have John Milton % eei
for us the despairful calls of his ia
odise Lost" or climb with Ignatlus 10
neIlv the funereal pyre of his caesar
Colnmn" But we can walk WIN ;
p Thomas More amid the incense lau'
ovonues of his Utopia. We can wat
men by the power of faith lifting niou
.oine. we can see Christians, as mlgh
roforming chieftains, going forth
oonoucst as David, the shepherd DC
wont forth to overthrow the glgah
Phllistine; we can see men assalieu
the hosts Of temptations raising Ill
tho Golden shield of faith so that
eorv darts of Satanic attack fall 10
ground with harmless ring. U lai
thou art not a mere gospel tneol
Thou art a mighty workman, aDle
craft all the powers Of the superil
urol into our being. Thou art the III
sencer ready to lift man to Goa Il
70 bring God down to man. "Acco
ing TO your faith be it unto yo
snake Christ to the blind men OIL
"According to your faith be 1t u
YOU" says Christ to the men anu
a. women of the present day.
Physical Stamina.
In order to make our subject IL
,' more ineligible let me remind you
the blessings of faith from Wori
or n temporal standpoint. Let US,
the first place, try to see VIVA,
,oiohtv factor faith can be in deve
inc our physical stamina. ArchoiS
TEMPLE once said, Faith IS the iaS
hold Of the future in the midst Oh
nresent. of the unseen IN the lniuS'
the seen" And so faith can SO
tain and stimulate the physicai pow
u,o+ . frame weak and feeble ana c
imnerfect can achieve tasks tllat WI
. tax the powers Of a vigorous cons,
ne tion. Let me illustrate my thousn'
the scene Of my text.
OS' There is great excitement on tne
OS. v,,rts Of Capernaum. Christ has
been working a number OF MS L
clos The most startling Of these
tbe raising from the dead OF the da
tor of the ruler Jairus. OF course
can understand the tremendous
cotton such an act caused. The Il
snread like wildfre. The people eN
whore were focking about Jesus. W
the multitudes were following
tbere were two blind men by the
lido 7 believe from the constru'
NG. of this chapter they were Des'
. When the crowd surges past them
acute ears hear the commouon.
is the matter?' they ask. "Oh'
one SAYS. "Jesus, the worker OF
cles is passing by" do you De
he can open my eyes" tremul'
osks one of the blind men. i u'
= know" Is the reply. "You were
blind we're you not? No one tn
horn blind mas ever been know
see" Yes" says the Dl'nu
"but did not Christ raise the
daughter of Jairus? l feel kno
can give us sight" Then the
. men. who could not get near 10
m account Of the crowds, beg'
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