The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-24
Calrna9e
Sermon
By Rev
Frank De Witt Talmace, D. D.


claims of Christ to the homage Of all
races and all times as a divine being
and the greatest Of teachers are elo-
quently presented in this sermon from
the text John vii, 49, Never man
spake like CHS man.
What strange world this is, As
ty we look upon ia as quite common
place. What once aroused our admira
ton and enthusiasm is now considered
one of the ordinary, prosaic incidents
of everyday life. We marveled not
long ago at the revolving wheel of the
horseless carriage along our boule
wards, which made thousands of peles-
trianS line the eurbstones with interest
But that nine days wonder soon
came to an end. Now we grumble AZ
the speed limit of the automobile, APP
ply opprobrious epithets 70 the chauf-
feur and cross the street in fear and
| trembling lese ole of these onruShinS
a moments notice. Once the sound Of
| the telephone bell would make us take
down the receiver with joyful anticipa
| ton to find who next of our friends
had ordered his name put into the
| telephone book. But now, instead of
| being impressed with the wonder Of
| the telephone WIRE we are irrtatcd
1 Il
| Marvellous. Marvellous invention"
| Now we say, Il wish this miserable
telephone had never been invented, for
then I could have few hours in
quiet for work.
| But though a novelty may cease to
be a novelty in reference to some Of
the great inventions Of the world, yet
some creations Of God and man have
never ceased to be novelties because
they stand out from all other crea-
tons as absolutely unique. Why do
the tourists in multitudeS annually go
| to visit Niagara falls? Because those
| waterfalls are different from all other
kinds of waterfalls. Why do the Wis
itors marvel Il. the wonders of Vel
| lowStOne park: Because when they
see the gaysers in full play AMI the
Giant Paint Pot and "HelrS Half
Acre" where the ground. as in an
earthquake Is moving and trembling
under their feet and where they can
catch a fish In one pool and without
Knowing their feet throw that living
fish into natural caldron not ten
wards away and there cook it and take
it up ready to he eaten. these people
say. There are many wonders In this
world. but there IS no wonder any
where else just like the wonders OF
Yellowstone park The same is true
about the pyramids. If we knew how
they were built and why they were
built. and If there were pyramids II
every land like the Egyptian pyramids
we would have but little interest II
climbing PharaOh's marvels. Rut be
cause the Egyptian pyramids are DIFF
ferent from all other piles OF stone
tens of thousands Of tourists annual.
make pilgrimage to Cairo as to ST.
cred shrine
Differences In Men.
What is true of inanimate things L
also true Of certain men. When YOU
find a man radically different In ca
pacitv from all other men. then tina
man stands out conspicuous among hi
fellows. Paganini, the master WHARF
Of the violin. was such 4 man. Th'
musical critics Of his day declare tina
he developed tone touch which wa
peculiarly his own. No other man eve
|. possessed it before he did. No MAJ
has ever possessed it since He wa
different from all other musicians. Be
cause he was different. the whole mus
= cal world sat at his feet and listene'
and marveled Edgar Allan Poe wa
such man. There were host o
poets before the author Of THE Ra
yen," Many have risen and 1ourishe
since. but he was different from ttei
all. Never was there a man who conl
make such rhythmic music out OF mer
words as he Read his famous poei
THE Bells" He transforms ever
word into bell note. There til
sleighs ring their bells, and the churc
towers ring their bells, and the hl
= alarms ring their bells, and the soem
funeral dirges ring their bells. An
because Edgar Allan Poe was diHerel
from all other poets we find his bool
upon almost every library shelf.
n Infinitely grander supernally uniqu
even from a human standpoint, Is
Of whom l speak today. Christ WI
and is different from all other me-
When he came forth from Nazare'
and began to teach the people tried
i analyze his power. They tried to fir
similarities between his persona1
and that Of other prophets, but II
- more they studied him the more the
found he. was law unto himself. Al
because he was SO peculiarly iDdivi
ual the people began to flock after nj
in great multitudes. At last every nj
and woman who came In touch wi
This new teacher confessed that he vi
absolutely and Intensely unique. Ev'
The officers of the law who were Sc
by the priests ana Pharisees to ARE
Jesus would not apprehend him, I
they said, Never man spake IKE IL