Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-11-17
Calnaage
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmase' ID. D.


hat the human race originally bore tne
Iiyine image are impressiyely pointed
,ut by the preacher In this sermon,
rom the text Genesis ! n, 80 Goa
,reated man In his own image"
The first leaf OF the worlds history
lad been turned. The stnpendous task
# creation approached completion.
God surveyed 1t and pronounced
very good. The Illuminating fires had
been kindled, and the command had
gone forth. "Let there be light, ana
there was light" The heavens wers
lung with tapestries Of blue, and the
white clouds Of the day were rimmeo
with gold and the black curtains OF
the night bespangled. Every star was
ngleam. "And God saw the light thai
1t was good, and God divided the Ilgn'
from the darkness. And God called the
light day, and the darkness he caiieu
night. And the evening and the morn
ing were. the first day"
That the dry land might be separated
from the deep seas the waters were
driven back until they crouched ana
growled and fawned at the foot OF tne
mountains. The great hollows were
scooped out of the ocean beds ana
tossed into heaps. The rivers were
turned loose and allowed to cut their
way through the valleys and squirm
among the hills and push on and on IN
their serpentine wlndings until they
were lost In the great bosom OF the
seas. Then Mount Shasta arose ana
stood sentinel over the Pacinc. ne
Nfatterborn was detailed to ke' Its
ewes upon the Mediterranean. ana
Mount Washington was stationed 10
warch the Atlantic. Then the voica'
noes had their hemorrhages and breath
ed forth their hot breath and vomiteo
i'm their awful agonies.
Then Flora rambled forth to cover up
the CHASTITY wounds Of a surerine
world. with her bandages Of green and
yellow and white. She planted the
crocus at the foot Of the snow bank, and
covered the hIllsldes with forests, and
scattered her seeds far and wide In the
valleys, Then, chasing the shadows
from under the trees. she sprang from
the lowlands and climbed the loftI
cliffs. clutchlng this crevasse and tina
crag. balancing here and nesting there
until at last the rocks, like JACOBS III
vofite- son. stood bedecked in garment
oflmany colors. The garden OF Edel
was. abloom. The desert was blossom
ing as the rose. The white lily and tn
red rose and the blue forgetmenot, q
ls;.nb prIestesses before the altars OF tn
Y kskps, were swinging their IN
lfse & raise: And the earth brough
| forth grass and herb, yielding seed al
or Its kind, and the tree yielding frul
whose seed was In itself after Its kint
and God saw that 1t was good. An
the evening and the morning were ID
third day"
Then God reached forth his hand an
touched the waters, and the might
IeyIathans of the deep began to NOV
The goldfish swan among the ental
gled thickets Of kelp. The specKie
trout leaped from the eddy. The wo
derful aquarlums of the seas had the
myriads of inhabitants. Then Gt
touched the land, and the woods we
turned into a great menagerie, and Il
valleys became a great pasture mel
filled with browsing herds. Then
touched the air, and the heavens we
filled with vibrating wings and ma
melodious with songs Of the prin
donnas of the skies. And God saw tn
= all the works of his hand were goc
"And the evening and the mornl
were the fifth day."
In His Own Image.
Everywhere we turn we see the Die
ing Of Gods creation. No grass COT
l be greener, no sky could be bluer,
songs could be sweeter. All the sc
and the lands and the skies were I'LL
with glores. Thus all things W.
ready for mans advent. The curt'
of the worlds drama was lifted Tor
chief actors about to perform tn
parts. Two mighty thrones OF pow
were pushed forward, upon which w
10 sit the twain who were created o.
little lower than the angels. so
: the sixth day God created man In
own image; male and female crea
he them. And God blessed them. A
God said unto them, Be fruitful
multiply and replenish the earth
subdue 1t. and have dominion over
- fish of the sea. and over the fowl OF
y air. and over every living thing
4 moveth upon the earth. And COD
- everything that he had made, and,
hold. 1t was very good. And the e'
ing and the morning were the 81
@ day"
., Now, what does the word Image
E. the great climax Of Gods crea'
ofl mean? When God says, Il have m
man in my own image" does II m'
"a a great author suggests, that
on | intended to say that he was only
ar, magnified manT "Oh, no." you
swer; that is not the meaning OF
passage. The catechlsm tells us
we God is a spirit, infinite, eternal ana
changeable. The idea OF worsnll
God as a physical body Is mate
ism little different from that OF
savage. II we do this, we can DO"
fore any painted idol just as the ne
\ ems have their hldeous painted lms
, before which they kneel" Ina
true. my friend; that is absoiuteiy
n we are going to worship Ioo
ply as a physical being, we are IL
actly the same position as some o. ,
AsIatic worshipers, who used to
food every night and lay 1t upon
altar of their idol for their god 10
then because the rats In the
fame and stole the food they tn'
their god ate 1t. Furthermore,
would not believe their Idol die
eat this food until a northern
oueror lifted his battleax ana
the idol and broke 1t and point