Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-13
Ca(n1aSe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmage. ID. ID.

Frank De Witt Talmaee, ID. ID.
Los Angeles, Cal, July Ito all
who are burdened with a sense OF
lcspondcncy on account OF sickness,
loss of friends or fortune or the fail
IRE of worldly prospects this sermon
romes as message of consolation and
announcement. The text Is Psalm
xxx. 5. weeping may endure for a
night, but Joy cOmeth in the morning"
The Bible declares that 1t Is better
TO 20 to the house of mourning tnan
TO ion I'm the frollcs OF the merrymak-
ers. But that does not mean that we
should talk to those in trouble Win
the lugubrlous and sepulchral coun-
fcnance of an undertaken officiating at
n funeral. If there Is any time In lie
when we need the curtain up ana the
sunlight flooding every room IN the
house II IS when the dark clouds OF
bereavement have shOwered the hearth
stone of the home with bitter, scald-
ing tears. If there Is ever a time
when a visitor should enter room
with a smile upon the lip aud with a
ringing note of JOY In his salutation
and with hope and peace and comfort
radiating from every feature or MS
countenance. that time is when he Is
standing by sickbed or Is extending
the warm clasp of affection to one who
Is bowed under the heavy burdens or
grief. Yet the strange fact Is that not
one I'm fifty knows how to enter the
house OF mourning. Instead or gong
thcre with a message of comfort and
peace and hope, the average man en-
tering the house of trouble depresses
the barometer Of suffering and makes
the gloomy days Of trouble still more
gloomy.
Like Jobs Comforters.
Almost all of us hold in memory the
recollection Of the agOnizing vlsitS
which some weeping Jeremiahs made
70 us when our cup OF anguish was
filled to the brim and overilowing
Thev came to us with long tales OF
woe TO tell us that if we had only gone
to their physician and used his medi
cines our baby would not have dled
Or they came to tell us that perhaps
God took away our dear ones because
we we're not living close enough to nm
ond had not fully consecrated our i've
10 his service. Or they came to us ant
said. "Nfy dear friend, you shoul'
thank God that he has taken ava.
your boy, because your child migh
have lived to grow up very BAD man
70 be some day executed for the Grim
of murder. or he might have become
drunkard, a llbertine or a thief"
Or they entered our sickrooms an
homes of death as the miserable con
: forters of Job came to the patrarc
after he had lost money, children an
health. Those men had the idea tina
heavy trouble was the result of he
nous sin. They believed that God pun
Ished a man in this way when he ha
done wrong. So when they saw 10
suffering the loss OF property ana chi
dren and health they concluded th'
he had committed some serious GRIM
They limited their belief to him an
urged him to repent and confess, an
when the poor harasscd man inslste
that he was innocent they warned HI
e not TO make his case worse by hypo
" risv. Thus they aggravated jobs tro
y BILE. and he exclaimed, miserable COT
!, forters are We ALL"
Il But though the world may nave
J. Eliphazes and ZOphars and Biluau
n thank God that the human race al
: has IFS Davids. 1t has the noble me
r end women who, in times OF gre
II trouble. can come into our lives al
. sneak the sympathetic word IN Ju
- the right way. These men may IA
q tear in the eye, but they always ma
y n smile beaming on the lip. IN
-e come TO us I'm our distress and sa
j. "Brother. it may he dark for you no
IS but believe me, God is good. From I
E. own personal experience | can testl
n that all things will come out right.
d. we only trust him and live for hl
Weeping may endure for n night. L
iov cometh in the morning ina
God. the sunrise of gospel truth c
always follow the darkest nights
despair"
David could speak from eXperief
= about nights of weeping. He was
novice in sorrow. He had tasted
bitter cup Of woe and had drunk
contents TO the dregs. And as | p
trav the sufferings of the shepherd
ld who afterward became the king
10 Israel I want his experience to II
:" You to find the peace that passeth
le understanding which the sweet SIN
4 of Israel enjoyed.
i0 David, In the first place. Khe"
sc about the mental sulfcrings OF an
honrv child. He knew what it<was
lu have n little boys heart beat ana I'd
] with anguish. He knew what II '
lu IN 90 sohbing night after night TO [
He NAV have known what 1t was
crave for parental love ana receive
not And Of all childs trouble
hnlieve there Is not one greater q
| TO feel that a father or mother 10
+, the rest of the children better than
love him. Oh, the awful suiferings
come from parental favoritism!
pity the boys or the girls VINO Il
TO bear that heavy trial In their 20
A Family Story.
I never had this fact more po'
fully illustrated than at my own
ing room table. If you VIII not u