Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-03-09


of the inner sanctuary Of the Solomonie
temple which is capable Of the mos |
wonderful carvings. That one dooi
leads into a music room, or Into
teachers room, or into an art gallery
or into writer's study. do not know
what that one talent Of your mind Is
but I know that you have one great
talent. Develop it for Jesus Christ
Develop It to the very best OF youi
ability. Make its sounds the sweet
est. Make its colors the brightest
Make its parallels the most convincing
Make its orations the most powerful
Say, "By the help Of God l will take
this talent of mine and develop 1t In.
tellectually that I may truly serve my
Master in an aesthetic as well as In q
spiritual way"
When I was a student our honored
theological professor, DR.. Thomas 8
Hastings. was lecturing to the boyl
and giving us a long list Of books
which he wanted US to study. These
books. If I remember Alright covered
all the fields of literature, poetic, sci
entific. historical, as well as Biblical
He was not only telling us how tc
study the Bible by commentaries, bu'
also how to enrich our sermons by
gathering our illustrations from all
sources. You all know what 1t means
In plain English. II you would serve
God Alright, serve him with the best
developed brain that you can produce
Go to the best of music schools and
train your songs for Christ. Go to the
best of all colleges and train your
brain for Christ. Gather for Jesus all
the best products Of the scientific az
well as the artistic and the historical
and political life. Make your intellect
the fir tree doors Of the inner sane
tuary carved with cherubim and palm
trees and flowers in blossom. The best
that we have or can have in the intel
lectual life should all be consecrateo
to the Masters service.
If it is important for us as individu'
ais to develop our intellects along the
lines Of the beautiful, how much more
important is it for us to have homes
every door Of which Is engraved witn
cherubim and palm trees and blossom
ing fowersl If it Is important to
adorn our own Individual lives, how
much more important Is 1t by the di'
rect or indirect examples In the home
TO adorn those lives which are living
close to US!
A Staggering Thought.
1t is a staggering thought to me that
| individually can do just about what
| like with each one Of my children fol
nearly twenty years, or for nearly one
half or one-third Of their lives. can
tell them what time they are to go TO
bed and what time they are to get up
I can tell them what kind of food they
are to eat and what they are not to eat
I can pick out all their clothes and
limit them in the books they are to
study and to read. l can tell them
what pictures they are to look at ano
what they are to do in my house. In
other words, for fifteen or sixteen
wears of my children's lives l can alb
solutely do as | will in forming theil
| characters when they are living within
the four walls of my house. OF course
mean | can do as l please II then
mother agrees. On the other hand,
sometimes think the wife can do a:
she pleases with the children, whether
the husband agrees or no. Now, my
friends, if we as parents have such
marvellous influence upon the lives Of
our children do you not feel that We
should do everything in our power t
| deyelop their minds in an intellectual
way for Jesus Christ? Do you not be
lieve that every door Of our homes
should be engraved with cherubim an(
palm trees and flowers in blossom?
To speak literally, do you not be
lieye we should have flowers in th'
home? 1t does not take much work t
plant a few flowers in your back yar'
or even to plant few geraniums o
petunias In q box Of soil and hay'
them catch the sunlight as 1t come
streaming through your windows OF
winters day. Can you not place Il
the middle Of your dining table fern
cry? No child ever yearned to low
flowers, but through flowers 1t wa
easier for him to love Christ. Can yo
not hang copies Of the old religion
masters upon your walls? 1t does no
cost much to get a copy OF RuDenS
descent From the Cross" or "Cnrls
at the Last Supper" or an "Easte
Resurrection" or a Millet's "Angelus
or a Ruth Cleaning After the ReaT
ers." You had better teach your chi
dren to love good pictures, for, mar
me. il you do not teach them to loy
good pictures when they are youn
they may learn to love bad picture
when they are beyond your contro
Can you not buy for your childre
some musical instrument, If 1t Is onl
n phonOerqph, and have that phonC
graph ply some Of the worlds bes
| classical IluSlC Vi SOluC VI ehS 'N"Ns
full hymns which have come singin
down through the centuries?
1t Is important to have a beautift
. home IN which our children shall liV
. Is 1t not also important to have bea
4 tiful temple and a beautiful cAur'
7 service with which we shall worsh
2 God Alright on the Sabbath dayf Shi
/. not the door of our earthly sanctuarl
e be engraved with cherubim and pal
? trees and blossoming flowers? Sh'
g not the songs we sing from the che
s lofts be sung by the most beautlf
}. voices? Shall not the sermon when
/. preached be something more than
q old fashioned camp meeting exhor'
ton? Shall not our organs be de
% throated organs and our church w
D. dows whenever possible have IN sta
b ed glass pictures Of Jesus as a go
s. shepherd caring for little lamb,
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