Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-12-14
CalnnaSe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID. d.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec SIN TINS
sermon the preacher shows that the
Babel builders of old. with their evh
ambition, were the prototypes OF the
modern Babel builders, who pile up
material possessions in the vain nope
of reaching limitless power and inde-
pendence and regardless of God, Inc
text is Genesis xi. 8, Therefore Is the
name of it called Babel, because the
Lord did there confound the language
OF all the earth"
LET us travel back In Imagination 10
the age after the deluge. The ark
stranded upon the heights OF MOUNT
Ararat had been deserted. The deluge
Of water had been carried away 10
the seas. The sheep, the horses ana
the cattle had multiplied into great
herds and flocks and were pasturing
in the valleys. The forests again were
redoleut with the beautiful perfumes
of the trees The foliage was the EN-
lowered retreat where the sweet
throated songsters and their mates
were rearing their young. The Diue
heavens were tapestried with CLOUDS
The earth was again yielding her III
crease. responsive to the labor OF man:
But though man was multiplying ana
buildinc towns and villages, he couiu
not and would not forget the HORRORS
or the flood which had taken place over
4 century before SO the descendants
NJ Noah's sons decided that they would
nrovide for their safety If such catas-
trophe happened to them again. mus
ono dav down in the land OF Shlhar
they entered into great conspiracy
AGAINST God. Though God had saved
them In the past, they could not trust
him now. o.,,or
So the people assembled together
md said: Let us build tower so ple
and strong that the mightlest hoous
cannot prevail against 1t. Let us oullu
Il so high that it will reach up 10 tne
r very heavens themselves. Then IN Tue
5 futlre If any deluge comes we can Ell
fer this tower and climb higher anO
higher as the waters surge up. Ihel
. we can laugh at the elements WhlcL
r are trying to destroy us so the peo
nle collected from far and near. 1hel
orconized themselves into great arm!
of workers. Some were hewers o
stone. Some drove the OK teams whlci
drarced the stones to the walls. SOM
lifted the scaffoding. The great foun
dations we're laid. The walls began L
rise high above the plain. The sharl
II commands Of the engineers, the W
, beaves' of the men as they tugge'
hard at the ropes. the rasp of the saw
,, and the blows Of the hammers Wer
l. heard everywhere. But, though the di
, and fine racket Of the builders Wer
great. there came a day wheh III
sboutinrs. the vocferations and ID
10 velllngs of the wOrkmen became grea
es or. Voices of bitterness and basphem
st seemed to rise higher and higher ina
the angry shrleks Of a tornado
Became Pandemonium.
m Have you ever noticed that Wheh d
N untutored man is talking to a Chin
lg man. nm Indian or Mexican who cal
)u not understand him he generally shou
ot him? When | meet Chinaman
california and want to ask him
ouestlon. | first speak to him in an o
dinary voice. Then when he shak'
his head and answers. "Me no unde
stand" shout my question a lltt
= louder. Then | yell it at the top OF II
= voice and turn away disguised as
70 say. Did YOU ever meet such peop
as those Cinnamon are" Thus a m;
ay treats foreigners who cannot undt
stand his language Well this is wh
happened at the tower of Babel. u
saw the evil of these men OF Shni
He saw the walls of the tower risi
higher and higher. Then God said,
will stop this evil work" So he touC
cd the tongues OF the wOrkmen. Th
oh the workmen began to speak in diff
A ent languages. As the different VOL
LC. ! men tOEIl IUl IllAltl SAtlAt t'NNh C'a'~
a language. in all probability they
lust what you and do when we t;
pa to foreigners-they yelled at their
lce low men loudly. And the other wo
men yelled back their answers in
same way until the building became
pandemonium of confusion.
AS the different workmen could
understand each others language,
. course the work on the tower of Ba
ceased. Then the people scatter
themselves abroad upon the face
the earth and settled in different grou
the members Of which spoke the sa
| language. You can readily understa
/. that each person did not necessal
speak a different language from ev
8 of other person My text means t
those people OF the land Of Shinar
u, to scatter into small groups OF fa
mill lies. Each of these groups or pee
:: spoke a different language from ey
other group. This was the first 81
cause of the many distinct angua
being spoken upon the iace or
On'' earth.
&c Comparing this account of the bu
that ing of Babel with our own metho'
life and art" wrote DR.. Joseph
ker. lit Is clear that from the be
ming of time men have been doing ?
,, ty much the same as now all the w
A. over" The sins Of our time like
. diseases of our time. may not bear
1E same names that they did In o
Z, .:me: but, after all, they are the s.
old sickness and the same old
When the ancient workmen gain
together trying to rear the walI'
Babel they were doing just Wnat
OF generation is doing. They were
~. ing. LET us gather together enoul
material and lift our walls as hlg
plies heaven, and we will be independel
fur Cod indeDendent Of our fellow