Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-08-25
Caln,ase
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae. d. d.

sermon the preacher shows US John
the beloved disciple. In new light
sud as Il model of strength. courage
and herolsm for Christians Of every
age The text Is John Kill. %, Now
there was leaning on Jesus bosom one
OF biz disciples. whom Jesus loved"
No ait student feels that be has truly
| studied II the best advantage unless
he has sat as the feet OF the old mas
ters What Mecca is to the Moham'
| medans and Bensres to the Hindoos
| and Jerusalem 10 the Christians, Rome
and Venice and Florence and Milan
! and Paris and Antwerp are to the
young artists and sculptors, so over
come was Michael Angelo when ba
first looked upon the wonderful figure
OF st, George carved by the sculptor
| Donatello on the outside of the church
| OF San Michel at Florence that for q
time he could not speak. Then as be
studied the magnificent proportions OF
! that greatest of all the great works OF
tite Florentine sculptor he raised his
hand majestically and cried, Now,
manf,hp' In these two simple words
the a0chitect of ST. Peters, the sculp-
tor OF <David" and "Moses" and the
artistic creftor OF ''The Last Judgment
Nad of the frescoes Of the Pauline
oh Npes affirmed chat the statue OF ST.
Go. Sge WAS perfect IN It's physical pro
porti. ,Os and haS everything In It's
makeu y but a humar sopi.
The works Of the rd masters are
almost Snerp0wertng; hence we nno
that the gneatest art schools OF tne
world are YEAR to ths galleries VI whlea
are presery ed the immortal pictures
and the statues Of the greatest artists
and sculptors OF past eeRturies. Inc
Louvre has moreto do N~ith &ttraeting
art students to the Latin quarter Oh
Paris by the hundreds and olotsanuS
than any other caalse. Not d. y pass
es but you can see scores Of you'll sh"'
dents. with their easels, copying WI"
rllo's Holy Family" or his "AssuS1. "
ton of the Virgin" which hang upon
the Louyres walks. There Rubens and
mFDsbrandt and Velasqua"------.-,,t. thev
wer9r .-5seo and Da " *nat Is true
of Paris is equany true OF all the i'ai.
ian cities. So much are the modeHs Vi
tho ancient artists sought after ior
copying purposes that the Italian gov
ernment has forbidden any OF its SUD-
iects to sell any Of these OLD master
njeces to any buyer outside OF tne
country. The king of Italy knows lna'
the loss of the works OF the old mas
ters would be irreparable. and IL tney
were scattered one Of the greatest gio-
ries of Italy would have vanisheo ior-
ever.
Whn Raphaers Madonnas are 10
the Young art students as MODELS tne
cbaracters of Moses and Joshua anu
samueI and Nehemiah and Daniei anu
Joftn the Baptist and Peter ana faui
and John. the beloved disciple are
to young Christians. These Bible cnar-
acters are not perfect, any more tnan
tho artistic works OF the old masters
are nerfect Paul Veronese. one OF Tue
greatest OF Venetian artists, painted
his female characters OF The Famhy
of Darius at the Feet OF AleNnue'
After the Battle OF Issus" In the Ipop
skirts and low bodiced waists or ih'
venetIan costumes Of the sixaeerUi
century. although the battle OF 1ssu'
was fought a third of a millennium pe
fore Christ was born. There is ON!
one nerfect being mentioned IN tfh
Bible. and that person Is Jesus Cni's'
Rut though the best Bible characters
are lot perfect. yet, many OF 1nsm are
rightly held up as prototypes for young
Christians to copy after. Today wan.
N sneak about one Of the best aho
| noblest Of the apostles for US 10 emu
late. want to show how st. JONI
| was strong. and how he was one o.
| the most influential and perhaps tn'
| best beloved of ali the disciples wn'
gathered about the table at tne 'as
supper, Just preceding the crucihxlon.
st. John a M0deR-
4 The model of my text IN tne nrs
place. was, 1 believe, a Christian o
superb physical proportions. He wa
not as some people suppose, a pnys'ca
weakljng. He did not have his hea'
4 pillowed upon Christ's breast at tn
4 BANQUET table of the last supper pe
cause he was q suffering invalid. on
ne. Far from that. or all the sta
| wsrt young men gathered about tnl
tabse-for at that time they were prot
ably all youngest. John, Deiieve' na
the best and the strongest physics
frame His eye, like David's, the sheI
herd boy. must have been clear an
ouIck. His limbs must have been SUI
Die and sinewy. His chest must nav
been broad and deep. His skin nus
have been aglow with health II
must have had the body OF an atniet'
| He must have been young man Du'
bling over with fun and good humo
i on account OF the resileDcy OF d
| strong physical constitution He mus
| have had all the advantages which a.
crue from good health. because 10
Bible Indirectly afflrms II.
How does the Bible assert thisf 70
must read between the lines. The b
BILE Implies that John lived 10 be
very old man. You must not STUDY D
John the young man at the foot OF th
cross unless you study St John an ol
man on the island Of Patmos. Ther
! he was supposed to have lived 10
| very advanced age Albert Barnes o'
/ clared that In all probability ST Jon
must have lived far on In the niDetIe
before be died. Like Titan the grea
arust, who died of the Venetian plagr
In his ninety-ninth year, st. John ma
have almost reached the century mar
before he passed to glory. Now, Z
! man could have lived as long as )