Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-07-07
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sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmage. D. d.

Los Angeles. Cal. July I'm this
sermon, appropriate to the Independ-
encc day festival the preacher makes
a powerful appeal for "A further indie
pcndonce which shall result in the re-
dcmpton of our cities from official
corruption The text is jeremiah vii
L. "Scest thou not what they do in the
cities Of JudahT
This is the sunday preceding our ma
tional holiday. During the coming
week W. shall commemorate the time
when our fJgoluthcrs signed Tie Decla-
ration " Independence, which declares
that all men are born free and equal
This Is the hour when thousands or
patriotic sermons are being preached
over tins land. most of them in eulo-
giStic strain. to prove that this country
H. the greatest of all countries our peo-
pie the best of all people and this mar
velous national condition of affairs the
direct result OF the work Of the Con
tlnental congress which assembled III
Independence huh ut Philadelphia July
J. l776 But though / allow no man to
stand before me i'm admiration OF the
immortnl document pcnned by Thomas
jefferson, yet am not one who would
cry, Peace. peace. when there Is no
peace" / am not one who would as-
scrt that our government and our
people nave reached the acme OF per
lection Tor as our ancestors had
wrongs to right III 11TO we have gov
erumeutal WRONGS to right in 1905.
want this morning to place my finger
upon the most fragrant weakness OF
our national life This is not the weak
ness of national or state legislation
II Is the weakness Of municipal cor
ruption. which we hnd in most of the
large cities scattered over our land
The cancer which Is gnawing and
eating toward the vitals of mans phys
ical body is even more fatal in its re
suits tian the dangers which are threat
eninp him from without Indeed, the
onjv enemies which are threatening t(
undermine our national foundations are
domestic foes and not foreign invaders
! MIR Lincoln i'm one of his addresses wei
said AT what point shull we expect
! the appr0ach of a national danger
| shall we expect some transatlantic mil
itary gient 10 step across the ocean anC
crush las ut IA blow? Never. All th'
armies 0f Europe. Asia and Atrlci
i combined. with all the treasures OF th'
s,.,+h 49,. ,.,,-fr-~--rt11rcui III lheIr mn
[ fafv chest. and with a Bonaparte fo
! commander. could not by force tax
4 drink from the ONO or make traci
Oh the Due Ridge IN "a trial OF a thou
sand years. At what point, then, IS thl'
approach Of danger to be expected
If Il ever reaches us, it must spring VI
amouu US II cannot come from abroad
| If destruction be our lot, we must our
selves be H.. author and finisher. AS
| nation of frccmen We must live througl
! all time or die by sRicidew That state
uent is literally true. No foreign 10
can subiugate rs England could u
more conquer Us upon our own gr0unI
than we could land mt the Liverpool
docks and conquer England The Al
lantic and Pacific oceans are two grea
uoats. thousands of miles wide, whic
say to foreign foes, keep out" ant
! also TO Americans, Keep in.' n
drawbridges will ever be made bl
enough to span those moats. As long n
an invading army has to come to AmeI
lea by ship that army Is doomed to dc
feat before It starts.