Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-09-28
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Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID. ID.

claims of Christ 10 tne nolndSe vi al"
races and all times as divine being |
and the greatest of teachers are elo-
ouently presented in this sermon from
the text John vii, 46, "Never man
spake like this man."
What a strange world this is! AS
soon as novelty ceases to be novel
ty we look upon 1t as k.te common
place. What once arou: " our admlra-
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 pedes-
trlans line the curbstones with interest,"
But that mine days wonder soon
came to an end. Now we grumble at
the speed limit Of the automobile, ap-
ply opprobrlous epithets to the chauf-
feur and cross the street In fear ana
trembling lest one Of these onrushing
machines hurl us into eternity without
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 or
being impressed with the wonder OIL
the telephone wire, we are irritated
by It as all annoyance. Once we said:
"Narvelous! 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 novelty may cease 10
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'
tions as absolutely unique. Why dc
the tourists I'm multltudes annually &C
TO visit Niagara fallsi Because those
waterfalls are different from all othel
|
kinds of waterfalls. Why do the Wis
itors marvel at the wonders OF Vel
loystone park? Because when they
zee the geysers in full play and th'
"Giant Paint Pot" and "HelPs Hal
Acre" where the ground, as In al
earthquake. is moving and trembling
under their feet and where they cal
catch n fish in one pool and withou
moving their feet throw that liyini
fish into natural caldron not tel
wards away and there cook 1t and tax
II up ready to be eaten, these -peopi
say "There are many wonders IN tnl
world. but there Is no wonder any
where else Just like the wonders o
!: Yellowstone park" The same Is tru
about the pyramids. If we knew ho'
thev we're built and why they wer
built. and If there were pyramids i
every land like the Egyptian pyramid
we would have but little interest !
r climbing Pharaoh's marvels. But b'
cause the Egyptian pyramids are oil
ferent from all other piles OF stoIl
TONS Of thousands Of tourists annuall
: make pilgrimage to Cairo as 10 81
cred shrine.
Differences In Men.
What Is true of inanimate things
!, also true of certain men. When yo
|, find a man radically different IN G
pacltv from all other men, then Uni
man stands out conspicuous among d
, fellows. Paganinl, the master wizal
of the violin, was such a man. III
musical critics OF his day declare th
no developed n tone touch which Wi
neculiarly his own. No other man eV
,r possessed it before he did. NO m'
has ever possessed ii since. lie w
/. different from all other musicians. u
j. cause he was different the whole mu
u; cal world sat at his feet and iisten
" and marveled Edgar Allan zoe W
b such n man. There were host
poets before the author OF The II
ven" Many have risen and flourish
since. but he was different from th'
all Never was there a man VINO col
make such rhythmic music out OF me
II. words as he. Read his famous poe
'n "rrhe Rells." lie transforms eve
word into bell note. There
o. sleiphs ring their bells, and the chui
n. towers ring their bells, and the
g. alarms ring their bells, and the soiel
n. funeral dirges ring their bells. a
n. because Edgar Allan Poe was diiter'
from all other poets we find his DOC
by upon almost every library she'll.
ed Infinitely grander, supernally uniq
. even from q human standpoint, Is
ipi t of whom | speak today. Christ v
20 and Is different from all other III
of When he came forth from Nazar
are and began to teach the people tried
er- analyze his power. They tried to
be similarities between his persona
and that of other prophets, but
more they studied him the more {
found ha was law unto himself. 4
!. hecause he was so peculiarly lndl
. nal the people began to flock after
,un. in great multitudes. At last every
urt' and woman who came In toucn
n T this new teacher confessed that ne
OF absolutely and intensely unique. Il
N. the officers of the law who were
assie by the priests and Pharisees TO ar
Jesus would not apprehehd nl'n'
liam they said, "Never man spake ike
'nts' nn:S man" Do you wonder that man
Iesus. who was Of such a unique
2 SecS = dividuaI type, should have gath'
ioia, about his personality the ever incr
hiJs Sis ing multitudes and that he astoui
wife them with his doctrines? wan
~ pohn an chow you this morning some OF
dren respects In which Christ was diHe
,ead, eath from other men and why he want
20 be like him and be in our way q
* . " " ent from the great world at large
en- NJ; How Christ Was Different.
,inia, Christ was different from all
~ 1t men. in the first place, becaus
after claimed that he was the divine 81
at nat is of spiritual life. He spoke as p
: aas s.as of bnt no Was more than q pro