Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-04
Calm1aSe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID. ID.

Christian mother as the queen of home,
The true hepmeet and the bright eN-
,mplar Of purity and benevolence. Inc
text IS Psalm xviii, IL Or. W, line
Lord giveth the word-the women that
puhlish the tidings are a great host
We are apt to associate the idea oi
Publishing gospel tdings exclusively
with the pulpit. That is the place
from which the tidings are usually
and chiefly published. But 1t Is not
the only place. There are other ways
of publishing the tidings than ny
nreaching. and one of these is indicat-
cd by the psalmist in my text VINO
cun ever estimate how much good wo-
mon have done in that way? Ihe |
world will never know how much the !
publication of the gospel tidings Dy
tho mothers and wives Of men has |
had 70 do with the usefulness OF their
sons and husbands.
nitv that man who, having been IN
, doilv companionship for years with a
mother. a sister wife and daugn-
.or has not grace enough in his heart
TO appreciate the nobility OF womah'
When | stood by the deathDed oil tna'
great apostle of temperance FRANCIS
NIurphv. his youngest child said to me-
u "Tbe other day was alone with my
. father. He took my hand and salu'
.Dauchter. ever since I was privileged
20 associate with your mother l have
~ never lost my faith in the purity OIL
: rromanhood' When Thomas De
IN witt. the great New York pastor, was
an his deathbed he continually talKeu
- TO the girls about the noble sweet anu
oentle wife who had preceded him lnto
~ rho Gland of everlasting roses, anu
al ba bade them never to forget ner anu
y olvvavs TO pattern their lives after her
Sr life. During the last walk DE- JoSepn
W parker took on earth he turned TO MS
81 ~ companion and with a faraway looA
IS 10 rs though he was trying to pierce TIE
clouds and see to the foot of the grea'
or white throne where his beloved Wl'
was then singing the song OF the re
doomed In heaven, he said, ENel
since she left me | have always trle'
TO do as she wished, and 1eei INA
she has directed my steps so VIII
most Of us. When we think of VIVA
ve owe TO woman we are surrounde'
at once by a great number of women
OF hoth living and dead, whose gentl'
~. Golf sacrificing lives have nodded u
ca and purified us ana made US What y"
II are.
ID Some time ago there came into N
ts. nossession n suggestive epitaph, whlc
was chiscled upon a New Englah
tombstone. Let me read 1t to yo'
5 TO Some one who knew her well had tht
yes sketched the life work of a good Won
ris' an as God had given 1t to her 10 u
sten by step: a Sarah to her hu
va hand. a Eunice to her children, 10
to to her grandchildren, Lydia 10 1ou
call ministers. a Martha to her guests,
ing Dorcas to the poor and an Anna TO IN
you Cod" Was not that a beautiful tes
mony to duty well doneT Dld IL
. that epitaph In a Scriptural comoin
tion round out a woman's perfect III
Atnst of us have been surrounded
our Sarahs and our Eunlces anu o
Ioises and our Lydias ana our Ms
thos and our Decreases. Have III
no< been to US true eyangeilsts. leaui
us along the paths of truth ana puri
ond by the power Of the holy spl
pay nurifying ard ennobling our SPIRIT
nves? Can you not thank God |
vour Christian wives and mothers a
grandmothcrs, your Lydias Martin
norcoses and Annas? Have not
women whom you have seen puph
,lo ing Gods tiGiDgs been a great host!
. A Giving Thanks For Good Wives
hich First let us thank God for the
4. A roha-the Christian wives who are II
&C. by our sides. How many men ID
Tx reason to thank God for the won
an who. as young girls, gave them ii
opoe hands and hearts in marriage WI
they too were young and had notn
and who with them have fought
hattie of life? We ought to thank {
for tie wives who in more senses u
one have merged their lives IN
lves and vet are never so happy
when the world praises us for
work which they to a great extent
ahled us to achieve. J once knew
man who declared in the presence
partv of friends that his wire
a nothing to do with his success.
|SH boastfully said, 81 have made my
cess entirely Independent of my WI
IDS OF But do not believe there is one
At, among us all who can honestly II
statement like that
d will We know. deep down in our hei
lrt that what we achieve in life IS du
great extent to the wives who |
"a. labored faithfully by our side. Hd
,,cve ia the poor man who has good
She NAV be the foundation OF his
coss The good wife does not bee
uhSp a beovv drag upon her husband by
cumulating lot OF unnecessary IL
II 7 we're to ask for the testimon
J some of you today you would say
W those DAYS Of straitness and strr
"a. our wives stepped to our side ana
-- ,Wa will be breadwinners with
ct They went to the kitchen and
NA' over the stove as cooks. They
the childrea's dresses. Iney
thoir own gowns last so long tn
soo,nod os though the clothes Il
I and mother gave would never
-1CL ont They vigilantly guarded
AZ. dollar of expenditure" The
n was. though you had three OF
z bplies children to support, you were al
fur accumulate a little capital ana
l9wsni ually and yet surely you pressed
AP rntIl now you own your home
IL ror have been able to put aside
II money for a rainy day What