Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-08-30
Calmaoe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De ittTalmase. D. D.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 25.-In this
&EermOn the preacher shows the upllft.
{ ing power and influence of a strong,
J upright character upon the lives and
: conduct of those with whom he may
: be associated. The text is Acts xvii,
SO, Then they were all of good cheer >"
The prejudice against ministerial
: passengers formerly held by sailors
aboard ship was very bitter. Yet to
day in the scene of my text we see
Paul, the gospel missionary, overcom.
ing the prejudice of the crew. Amid the
Mediterranean eurOclydon we see him
winning their confidence to such an ex-
tent that he becomes practically the
captain instead of the captive. After
weeks of tossing about upon a treach-
erOus sea. with all bearings lost, the
215 souls aboard turn to this little Jew
and beg his advice as to what they
should do. They say. Eve will obey
your orders; we will eat when you tell
US to eat and cast off our anchor ca
ibles when you tell US to cast them off. -
"And when he had thus spoken he
took bread and gave thanks to God in
presence of them all, and when he had
broken it he began to eat. Then were
they all Of good cheer, and they also
crook some meat'
no Now, why did these sailors upon the
mediterranean corn ship have such faith
tau this evangelist? In the first place be-
solause they realized that there was a SUI
~ ernatural power about this strange
ian of God. They could not analyze his
nie0wer. They could not tell theologic
ler ly from whence it came. But they
Is 1.lt its power just the same, as we can
et9el the thrill of the electric current as
sti BON as we place our fingers upon the
acAndles of an electric battery. And the
do an Of the world does not have to |
~ atriculate at a theological seminary
in order to learn the power of one who |
is in touch with God. AS soon as such /
a man comes in contact with a spirit |
filled life he realizes the supernatural |
influence. The more worldly the man
the more that spiritual influence will |
be made manifest to him. 1 was never
more impressed with this fact than
witch L AGdu an lANlAltuL III ALG AlAC u
the great French surgeon Dupuytren.
DR.. Dupuytren was the greatest Pa
risian surgeon of his time, but he
was an ungodly man. He hated the
church with an intense hatred. Be
sides that, he was one of those brusQue,
cruel unfeeling men who have no sym
pathy with pain. The knife to him
was the remedy for all ills. As long
as his knife could cure he cared not
whether the patient suffered mental or
physical anguish. Surgery was to him
! business. The spiritual development
Of his soul seemed to be entirely lack
ing. But one day there came into his
Office an old, gray haired, gentle, beau
tiful faced priest. ''What do you
wantY gruflly asked Dupuytren. For
answer the good priest began to take
off a big wooden cravat and showed
the surgeon a hideOus tumor upon his
neck. Dupuytren looked at it a mo-
ment. He pressed it roughly with his !
finger and then brutally said: you'll !
have to die with that. This tumOr can
never be cured" "Thank you" said
the priest Then he began to replace .
the wooden cravat as he replied, Il now I
know that must prepare myself for
giving up my life's work and also pre-
pare my poor parishioners who love me {
much for my leaving them" The great {
surgeon turned his cold gray eyes up l
on the priest a minute, and those eyes /
bored straight down into the patients |
heart Then he said with gentle {
voice: "Come to nv hospital tomOr- &