Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-12-01
Caln1aqe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmage, ID. ID.

Frank De Witt Talmase' DID, t
los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 25.-ln tnis .
thanksgiving sermon the preacher re- |
lows tbe many causes which ought 10 ,
,snIre nations gratitude and arouse |
+s natrlotism The text is Deuteroho-
nv viii. 10, Thou shalt bless the Loru
hv God for the good land when ho
lath given thee"
Tn former Thanksgiving sermons
,ovo snol,en Of the corn and the wheat
md the rye and the apples ana 'no
,oors and the oranges and the sheep
nd COWS and horses and the machines
md the manufactures and the noiiieS
.nd tho stores and the railroads ana
tho ships and the public buildings
which have been produced during ,no
year. but today l would dweli OIL 'io
four great geographical developments
which took place in our American ni0
torv that have given US this soou
broad land for which we give 'ii"nA''
! would dwell especially on the heroio
mon to whom. under the providence
- Cod we owe those vast regions OIL
hnd rich in fruits and minerals
baord of those men in our schoolooy
days hut as we reach middle llie tneir
non,es hecome unfamiliar, and we lor-
cot their splendid achievements. 1hls
/. onaht not so to be. Our gratltuue do
nation is due, and we owe 1t 10 lleln
that in orr national thanksglvings 'len
|tnames are remembered. IT,.
E let rs first study the causes whlch
!. led mn TO the famous treaty OF fario
~ 1854. In order to do this we must
nn, hack the dial of Ahaz to the pc
oinning Of the Revolutionary war. Anu
{. xvo onter the town meetings OF Ne"
| England and afterward attend tne 9e'
elons of the Continental congress VIC
/, IA not hear one word uttered OF nhu
1 ono nuhlic document indicating that
i tho thirteen colonies set any Vaiue vi
| Tho land of the northwest or even Oh
4 that land lying just beyond the OnlI
river ont of which the great states vi
4 ohio and Indiana and Illinois ahC
4 Michigan and Wisconsin have Deel
carved The thirteen colonies took nj
more interest in this region thai
Americans do today in Manchurla'
Hunter and Dreamer.
rho,r awakening was the work
ono man. out of the wilderness Hi"
co,na who knew its value. He was
/ hnnter and a dreamer, man VINO Id
lived with the huge mountains an
great rivers, who had rested unut
tyees hundreds of years old, an atnie'
who used Thousands upon thousands
+ enuare miles of land for playgroun
George Rogers Clark Is his name q
is one Of the most influential factors >,
American history. He was one ol u
great plyots upon which the far
% trootv of 1888 turned. He first can
east in 177S as n delegate from u
modern state of Kentucky to the
lonIal assembly Of Virginia, with
netitIon that Kentucky should be
cornorated into the colony of virgin
I nc n new county" l am now quoti
W tho exact words of the hlstorl
( Fletcher Johnson In reference " u
petition. ,oa ho
After his mission was ended ne
IN - homo While east he heard
story of the uprising against brl.
rule Then he commenced to BROOD
only q worlds dreamer can brood.
saw in Imagination not only the II
toen colonies winning their indepe
ence. but he also saw that vast 'e
- tory extending from the Ohio 10
NIississippi Joined to the goyernm
about to be formed. Then III 'ne u.
est days of the Revolutionary upris'
in the winter of Valley Forges nor
George Rogers Clark retraced MS 81
lOl 70 Williamsburg, Va, and knocked
the office door Of Governor Fat
Henry. "Come in" called Cover
Patrick Henry. "What do you wal
he asked the strange western pc
+r,on T want" answered Ge'
ROGERS Clark. "an army to go ana
ture the great northwest from
British" "Absurdw said Cove
Henry. "We have no soldiers ant
money" "Then," answered clark
yht Won have no soldiers or money
letters of authority to organize
hunters Of that region into an d
and I alone will do the rest
ernor Patrick Henry gave to thi
sionary schemer the letters he req
ed. TO make long story short, UT
Rocers Clark gathered together
men. They were Gdeon's bar
,r+ronid heroes. With this little
frl of followers he plunged int
forest and attacked the Brltlsii az
koskio He then marched on, gain
I'M his army as he went, until
no vrested Detroit from the gra
the British Commander Henry Il
TON Such is the history OF the
orost of the great northwest |
all due to the foresight OF one Ok
dreamer, George Rogers Clark
had time to go more INTO
However before we leave the
tracks of this valiant American
would say be careful and 40 Ut
fuse the name of George Rogers
with that of a william Clark
Clark and Lewis expedition 10 y
They were two different men
no relation, although they Do
same family name.
The Scene Changes
The scene changes. The W
American independence mas pra
come to an end. We are no"
most beautiful capital or 'ne
This is Paris We are now IN u
once of the four American conn
. ers who had charge Of the sign