The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-02-19
SUNSHINE.
Sermon by the Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage, ID. ID.

, Sermon by the Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage, ID. ID.
> The New York Herald of the 10th
; publishes synopsis of Rev. T. De-
witt Talmage's sermon in the Taber-
nacle in Brooklyn last Sunday.
Mr.. Talnage chose for his subject
Sunshine" and announced his text
from Proverbs, iii, 17-"Her ways
are ways Of pleasantness." You
lave often heard, said he, of Gods
only begotton Son. Have you ever
heard Of His daughter? She was
born In heaven. One day she came
down over the hills of our world.
She had a queenly step. On her
brow was celestial radiance. Her
voice was music. Her name was
Religion, and my text introduces
her. Her ways are ways of pleas
antness and all her paths are peace"
Much has been said of late concern
ing my theories of religion. Are
they orthodox or heterodox? II
shall in this and ether sermons from
time TO time state my religious doc.
trines. The effect of theological
study on me is different from the eff.
feet on some. Every year tear q
leaf out of nay theology, until 1t has
become very brief statement, aud |
l have only three or four leaves left.
| give you page Of it to-day. The
first element of my religion is sun
shine. AS soon as get into a room
L have a passion for throwing open
all the shutters. That, by Coos
help, l mean to do to-day. We put
SO much of the sepulchral in our reli-
gion, and are so disposed to close
the shutters and to pull down the
blinds, that it is only through a Gre
vice here and there that the light
streams. | want now to pull aside
the curtain and food your souls with
eternal sunshine. Wherever | can
get hold Of bell | mean to ring it.
If there be those who have made up
I heir minds to hug their misanthropy
they had better go now before the
fairest and brightest and gladdest
being of the universe comes in.
Gods son has gone but his daughter
is here. Give her room; come in, I
thou queen of heaven. Make this !
house thy throne.room. Hail! thou
daughter of the Lord Almighty
THOSE WHO LAUGH.
l find much of the sunshine Of re
liglon in Christian society. The
most doleful people have ever met
are the perpetual fun-makers. They
make the world laugh, bat their BIZ
ographies and their auto,biographies
.ell us that there is down in their
.oul a deep disquietude. Laughter :
s no sign of happiness. The hyena y
aughs the maniac laughs the loon
among the Adirondacks laughs; the :
oacchanal. crashing his decanter :
against the wall, laughs. From
merely worldly mirth there is :
treadful reaction. Such men are al
ways cross the next morning. There
s more genuine exhilaration among ;
ruly Christian people than any 9TH
# class. They have within them the
vitality of the Christian
eligion. When a man is filed with
he peace of God he is not only hap. =
y himself but he makes all around
i'm happy. Put dozen Christian
eople 10 one room 10 social conver-
alton, and between eight and ten
clock they will have more resound.
1g gIee, more bright strokes of =,
lit than all the worldly parties that =
ill be gathered for the next 1000
ears, mean that coming together =
T people who are invited because it
best under all the circumstances
lat they be invited, and who 90 be-
ause under all the circumstances it -
best that they GO. leaving their :
lawls on the second floor and their
ats on the third, marching in to
rect the gentleman aud lady of the
ousehold with formal salutation.
nd then spending the evening in m,
iscussion of the weather and apollo. its
les for treadiDg on long trails in
aughter)-and perpetual effort 10 A
eep the corners of the mouth up to wi
le appearance Of pleasure. and 90 ne N
round with an idiotic "he-hee'' no