Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-11-07
CalnaQe
sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaec, y. D.


showing love and kindness toward hi'
fellow men. The text is Peter H. "
"IIonor all men"
There are three great sources 10
knowledge Though the intelectul
reservoirs may be wide and deep, So
for the mos! part they Gre fed from tbs
waters Of three streams. which, H..
pure, sparkling fountains bubbing oit
Of the mountains Of perpetual youth
never socm 80 lose their strength .r
to exhaust their source. The fit
stream Of education is that which q
receive from the old nomeste',u
Though we may live on TO our three
score years and ten and our hair j.
come white as snow, yet what orr
l mothers and fathers taught US contir-
! uallv rccurs to the mind with new sig
piGcanrc.
! The second stream Of knoNletze
comes from books. ny that I DO at
mean simply what we learned WHOA
We we're at school. The teachers -
our youth impaired comparatively liz
, tie knowledge 10 US. Their cnief wort
/ was 10 teach us how 10 study. The,
! lowered the bars SO thpt We could on
/ ter the fields Of truth aud browFe s,
/ them. as cattle step over tho Lowered
! bars 20 get their fill of the rich sweaC
/ clover And | believe that most col
lego men will agree with me when
say that their CHIEF education from
books came to them after they lert
their alma mater. The third great
| source of information comes to us = -
from the horne or from books, but froLl
reyelng in the haunts Of nature and ia
the busy marts OF the world, studying
the endless procession Of multitudes ei
mon. Oh, how many men there arr
aud how many the different lessons
which they teach.
! When some one once asked Henry
Ward Beecher how he knew SO much
! about the human heart he replied: Ky
gtudying men am indebted much 20
hooks. for | have always been a great
raaGr. But | am most indebted TO
the speakirg lips Of men. l never ride
upon street cGr but try 70 talk WITH
the driver rarely talk to q driver
but he tells ne something | do not
know. never cross the broc klyn fer-
~ but try TO minGle with the Other
messengers and have them tell ne
about themselves. Rocks have parr
In the great .ntcllCrtpal uplifting %
mankind but 10 TRUE public teacher
can do his full duty unless, for time
at least. ne takes off his pricstlr ronea
aad miug.es with men
Peter Was No Hookworm.
One of the reasons why the author
Of nay text takes such deep hold
upon AL cur human sympathieS IS be-
cause he gathers most OF his informs"
ION from living men. You caunD,
imagine Peter IS q hook worm. N0r
cannot think Of him as q Gowned al
capped graduate OF sore classical un'-
versity. You cannot think of Rim -
hermit or a clustered rsc!Ose. Pc.
ter was essentially a man OF affairs. =
man among men. When he came to I
town or village I do not believe h
Gought the retirement Of his room
where be could read ard rest, but With
that intense energy of his lie used TO
20 to the place where the people werC
gathered. There he would talk an1
draw them out. After awhile he wouii
get them telling him the innermost 50
crets Of thoir hearts. Then when Ne
was thrown among the Weather class
es, rs he surely must have recn at
times. he dropped the fathum line into
} the depths Of their hearts as Well. Ana
If were to send warning 70 nv
brother ministers | would make this
} blunt statement. If The Christian pui'
pit is making any mistake today, il -
that some of the ministers are becom
Ing so disniiled tat they are not will
Ing to take off heir black clothes and
don tweed suits and wander about in
their vacations ncCgnito among all
classes Of people. The true preacher
must get acquainted with living men
or else he cannot be Il helpful messon-
b ger Of Christ
Now, after Peter. the rough, uncut
I diamond among the apostles, had spen.
J. so much of his life among all classes
Z of people lie sums up his experience in
one general law. He says. Honor al
. men" He declares that one of the
: chief duties of the true Christian is To
q learn to respect man. no matter who -
,. he may he found. AS there are 10
4 many people who in the social as W..
b as the theological sense are talking
n about the total deprayity" OF man,
b am today going to speak about man
a as the nobcst creature God has eve
produced. Thus ! shall try TO pon,
a out four or five great reasons WHY We
:, should have universal respect To-
: the human race.
g Mans Supremacy.
First bid you honor mans iutcI
lectual supremacy over the beasts II
the field. the birds OF the air, the tisr
of the sea and the mineral and vcFe
table worlds. II there IS elnnhati2aA.
$ one ANNA! 10 whom God IS given
; the right to rule over all other liviL
y animals and over the elements, that
e creature is man. Though man ear
u aptly be likened to II farmer with 4
large landed estate which be has No
all under cultivation yet more an.
more, like Joshua with the land q
. Canaan, he is going up 10 possess 1t
t He is reaching out and continuing I,
reach farther out and is making e.
Z wealth of toe land and Of the sea ant
Il of the air tributary 10 his wealth an
10 his mower