Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-11-10
Calm1aSe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID. ID.


Los Angeles. Cal, Nov. Ain this
sermon the preacher shows the bright
er side of human experience and espe'
cIally the rewards and encouragements
that gladden. the hearts OF those VINO
are loving and helpful to their fellow
men. The text is Acts xviii, 2 "Ahu
the barbarous people Showed us no III
tie kindness"
a great book is yet to be written un-
der the caption The Bright Side OF
Foreign Missionarys Life" When fa-
nous missionaries like Bishop William
TAYLOR used to visit my fathers nome
when | was a boy | would stand aiar
OF and look at them as the Florentine
people used to watch the passing
Dante. After the famous Italian au'
thnr returned to the city OF his youth
his neighbors always said when ne ap'
peared upon the streets. There goes
the man who has been In hell" 80 iof
wars I felt that foreign missionary
fiald was such an inferno as Dante de-
scrlbed. l felt that it was place III
habited by savages and fierce canni'
bals 7 felt that when man like Dr.
Duff or William Carey or David LiV'
inrstone decided to go to India or Per
sin or Africa or to the Fiji ISLANDS ne
went to live among monsters MISSION
aries cut adrift from all heart afec'
tions.. They forever separated them
sslyes from the humanities and the
kindnesses and the loves Of their rei'
INV men. But after l took journey
eround the world and visited a few Oh
the great missionary stations l had o
complete change In reference to my
ideas of missionary's sacrifices. True
the missionary has to give up many
things for Christ, but what he gives up
"a small compared to the joys which ne
has in missionary service. The faith'
ful foreign missionary has the same
Kind of daily kindnesses shown 10 MIN III
HE missionary labors as the home pas
tor has by his congregation which sur
ronnds him week by week and year by
wear. The only difference between tne
work OF the home pastor and that Oh
| tho missionary to the heathen Is thaI
the one Is a settled minister over one
nulpit In q civilized land, while the Tor
eIen missionary labors in virgin SOIL
and. like Hunter Corbett or Blsnol
Thoburn. is travelling evangelist, With
many native pastors under his control
Of whose work he is superintendent
His Greatest Pleasure.
Though the foreign missionary may
have many joys, can think OF not on'
greater than his opportunity OF travel
ING from place to place to meet ane
kcom,nune with the Christian native
| workers who have been laboring II
Christ's vineyard during his absence
have heard my uncle, the late Rev
John Talmage, the famous misslonar.
70 Annoy. China, tell how the natlV'
nastors and the Chinese Christal
workers would come out to greet Mn
when he took his missionary tours
They would come forth with smile
and gospel salutatlons. They woui'
send messengers everywhere TO TEL
their absent members that their spii
itual leader was coming. Ihen 'ne9
christian workers would gather aDou
the missionary and tell him how tn
church was getting along and nov
many new converts were made an
what q glorious revival they had pee
having. MY Uncle John would turn
nv father and say: "De Witt, thel
greetings make regular Chrisoa
love feast. Oh, these missionary toui
are mighty trips to me for spirltu'
inspiration! When see what some
those moor native Christian worker
are willing to do for Christ 1t zoe
y seem as though l could never
enough for the Master" Such was OF
Of the joys l think Paul, the great 10
eign missionary, had when he was
his missionary tours.
Whenever Paul thought OF going
Ephesus or Phllippi or Galata
Tbessalonica or to the churches
Iaodicea or Corlnth I think he begf
70 saw to himself: "Oh, If 1 can on
take that trip l shall be able 10 prea'
the gospel to thousands who have ne
. er heard 1t preached, and l Shall al
u meet the consecrated men ana woh'
of God who are laborlng In tho
churches! Yes; they will all be tnei
They will greet me with their prave
and happy smiles. They will tell !
about the successful campaigns
20 Christ In which they have been G
4 qaged. I can already see them ga'
a erlng around me and hear the glorio
talks we will have after the preacni
Of the day is over. We shall meet
eether In some upper chamber
: Christ went off again and again IN
~ ouiet place with his disciples alone
~ teach them and to have Christian co
OF munion." Such, l believe, were I
joyfuI antlcipations with when
mighty Paul, the foreign missioaa
es, went forth on his missionary tours.
'i Kindness From Barbarians.
Such. I believe, was one OF the j
we which were thrilling his heart when
his last journey to Rome. He knew
was to preach Christ under the shau
of Caesars palace. He knew that
would be welcomed In Rome oy
saints who were living In Caesa
household. Yes. Phoebe and frlsc
and Aqulle, the women who iaoo
with him in the gospel, were tht
Epaenetus was there. and Andronl
and Junla and Amplias and Urp'
and Stachys and many other Christ
workers were all in Rome. He
tinctly tells this in the last chaptet
his Epstle to the Romans. Ihey W
all there and ready to greet hl'n. u
I think / hear him say as he Is pac
up and down the Alexandria corn
what a glorious time we shall