Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-09-14
CalnaQe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID. ID.

Los Angeles, Cal, sept. Oh '"S
sermon the preacher inculcates the les
son that God rules all things and can
turn the apparent trivialties or Ire
into events Of the mightiest Importance
and highest benefcence. The text Is
Kings xii, 81, "And q certain man
drew bow at q venture and smote the
king Of Israel between the joints OF tne
harness.
once held in my hand little Bip!e
that had been carried by soldier all
through the civil war. II had peeh
given 10 him when he was a young
recruit. He always kept II IN DIS
breast pocket, just over his heart. III
one of the great battles Confederate
bullet plowed its way through three
fourths OF that book and knocked the
man senseless, but that Bible stopped
the bullet on Its journey. And, saiu
the old soldier, "God saved my life by
that book on account OF my mother
PRAYERS" Do l believe thatf Most
certainly. Paul tells US in the epistle
60 the Epbesians that the shield OF
faith Is able TO Quench all the merry
darts Of the wicked, so In times OF oa'-
tle God can direct the course OF every
bullet and every missile. He can pro-
tact his children In times OF danger as
we'll as save them from destruction
nfter they have become helpless.
During the late civil war the Two
armies were being concentrates nea'
hawks Nest Bluff in West Virginia.
Ono dav an Ohio regiment was seen
TO emerge from the woods. oonle
vbarnshooters were watching IT, among
whom was William Phillips, afterward
General Phillips. No sooner dld lne
Union soldiers appear than young III
Inns borrowed a long range rlne anu
took steady aim at the colonel riulns
at the head Of his troops, but Tue
sharpshooters rifle was aiIneu JUS. q
little too high, and instead OF crushing
into the brain, the bullet took OH Que
of the plumes OF the colOneis nat
Thirteen wears after the war was emu
cd General Phillips was visiting tue
white House at Washington. IN tue
nresapce Of Rutherford B. Hayes ne
was telling Of this incident. fresi-
don't HAYES remarked: Eyes, remem-
her that shot. l was that Ohio coionei
Won shot at" God had bigger WORK
for Rutherford B. Hayes than 10 ies
him he slain In skirmish. He wanteo
him IN live to become the chief eXeeu-
tive of our nation. God never lets a
man die before his life's WORK Is nn-
tshed. He can protect his children Id
t,mes Of danger as we'll as rescue theu
after they have been Overthrown O1
misfortune and become helpless.
Gods omnipotent Power.
But. though God can protect man
when ne wishes, he can also destroy a
man when he wills. He can direct
the stone from the sling OF DaVlu ~
the forehead Of Goliath and cause MIN
20 die He can foretell the death OF
Jezebel by the walls of Jezreel anu III
matter what the recreant queen may
do or where she may go, she canho!
escape. And God could also 1orete!i
the fate Of King Abab. When EllJal
pointed the finger of condemnation az
the murderer of Naboth and SAID, III
the place where dogs licked the olooo
of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood
even thine" he was the messenger o'
God foretelling how Ahab was 10 uie
And when three years later King Anai
WAS In battle and an unknown SOLDIER
nvt an arrow 10 his bow and pulleC
N IN TO the tip and let 1t fly Coo ol
rected the course Of that arrow AM
it smote the king in the joints OF nN
armor. and he died, and thus was IN
prophecy fulfilled
Now. the whole point of my sermon
is this-the soldier who shot that dr
row did not know where 1t was going
hut Cod directed its course. And 10
day I want you to be very carelu
about the random arrows you let ny
II Is never safe for man to shoo
off gun unless he knows Where ne
shooting or else he might hurt soine
body. There are other injuries, toc
that we NAV do. A needless word o
an inconsistent act may do anothe
an irreparable injury. We may nav
no malice against him, but casually
inadvertently, we may cause a "oun
that will never heal. and certal
man drew a bow at venture az
smote the king Of Israel between u
Joints Of his harness"
A Lesson From Legend.
IF this fact be true, then, my brott
err, want you to be very carelui no'
YOU deal with your fellow men ID re-
erence to your public profession
faith in Jesus Christ 1 start on IN
nremise that you are a Christian. 10
NAV be q very poor Christian; l graz
that You may be leaving undon
those things which you ought 10 u
and may be doing those Things WIG
YOU ought not to do. But II snoui
ask YOU today what is your nope
Immortality you would emphaticail
answer "My only hope OF q hereart'
60 nv firm belief In the pardoning an
saving power Of the atoning Dlooo
Jesus Christ" !
You are like St Veronica as
scribed by the legend Of old. Accor'
ing TO tradition, st. Veronica was
Mons woman Of Jerusalem. Wnen j
aus was being led forth to his cruC
fxion. staggering under the weight
b,s cross. the blood and the persplr
ton were rolling from his face al
BODY. Christ was tottering along fro
weakness. Taking pity on him, :
Veronica took her head cloth to VII
ais face and cleanse his brow. Wh'
Jesus gave Veronica back her clio
the lineaments of his face had bet
imprinted upon 1t, and the old leger
tells us II was from this imprint tn
the present idea OF Jesus featur
have been copied. Has it not been