St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-26
SHAM In RELIGION.
A Sermon from the Text ssFaith With
out Works is Dead.'' stt#
some of the Pretenses of HypOcrites Ex-
posed-The shaHns That Are to be
Found i'm Everyday Life Re-
pr0yed-NIen Who Have Been
True to Themselves and Religion, and
Helped 10 Make the World Happier
and Better. ss@

eNFue to Themselves and Kelig giOm, and
Helped TO Make the World Happier
and Better. @
Especial to the Times Democrat.l
New York, May 6.-The Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage preached in the Brook
lyn Tabernacle this morning to large
audience. The opening hymn was:
$50 let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess
So let our works and virtues shine
To prove the doctrines all divine"
DIR. Talmage made running COM
slentary upon Christ's arraignment of
the hypocritical Pharisees in the New
being "Sham in Religion" Text,
James ii, 20: "Faith without works is
dead
The Roman Catholic Church has been
charged with making too much OF good
works and not enough of faith. chal-
ienge Professionalism with not making
enough of good works. For his good
works no man will be saved, but it there
be no good works it is sure sign that
there is no genuine faith and no reli-
gion. There are many people depend
ing on the fact that they are sound IN
side, although they are inconsistent out.
side. Their religion is made. up OF
talk-vigorOus talk, aff1uent talk. per-
petual talk. They will entertain you
by the hour in telling You how good
oiSy aa. i,s ,;el, ..,at th1r hara no nat;ance
@ a..a;a ne .s Thrs+ ,rba o. ahnnt
M, Misii d oLu.haay i,nss I,.a.'a +ho;r - 5ntias
nt: nns p:aln uaspna ase a.ti,, ,.ada IN IF
III li.Is rasoa aI,,ast Sa nn % .onnona foraton-
sai 'aa ata ss. a;I eonntonn,ast st etnd;no.sail
nus s..,y 81 s'', ,;nrentpn'sa;i and every,
th:na eao,,, a,-;,c IN, ~ n,;1zen snanLer
an. S,.ns sa11;as aaHln ~ ,s Jsaenl Enuoep The
ar,d Uu. "a 4;nsd nf ali th;s Tfey want a
10 h;ah VI ,,aLos ssl mar, hattar in ail
4s,a a;ra,as " III af i;sa There is =
sl'' es To ~ nr a' rEynInTIoN
- 4ho+ ,1;raot;n,, In = not ~, . naw ral;oinn but
sIe o1u it.Is xs.p appneu .;.o ~ .,;th rnoI-v
s.anees IA Us .s. onIei r. r. ,nars ae l;ka small
a;ao ia a,sp ;tirni,s nyar III ron Oh he'd, II
&c taais II, +la - row frnn, ;ts
sa!hs auu..a 4, i.sell ..i amo - ,,,+;as Tic
~ .iv sva' 80 Snmr ~ staan s;das to
da;',1e 'a r Ia 80 ant saw'n,;II ~ factory
- :. ~ s;sa ~ r. : ,,,ns M fartilizin1
III III :a.et ;4n - asuS & falas r. snll.s in
.,.a. ..n in.o saa o,;li;no fnos No
wv wv naatnsa a.aa ~ +ha ,;r,ar was horn
and nd iii I nara .r,an = dies Rnt
S,ara am ie ;s on anothar r;varN3sIt MOSES the
s,s.I s,I- - 81. ~ 1,,a,.,., +;5as r. rocks
:., ua"s sanai M 1n1Sahr The watar Iiil;as nm
~ tssn Won n 9 r. ] ;n";tss anoks nf sheen and
haras e d. of cattle and and cnreVs - Of birds to re-
freshment. On one side it turns three
grist mills, and on the other side hiatt
dozen cotton factories: 1t is wealth to
two hundred miles OF iuxurIant farms.
The flowers OF heaven chanted at IT'S
birth in the rocks, and the Shipping Will
come IN from the sea 10 nali It's afrlvai
on the Atlantic coast. ne one is q man
living Tor others. have you heard now
the site OF ancient Jerusalem was cno-
sen Two brothers mad ADJOINING
farms the one had large family, the
other no famlly. me one Win no Iam. lll
lily saId nave no one % care Is .l Ior y ouc
myself, ana my nro!ner mas 9 iaIge TAM
siy to support. l VIII III the hignt tlIne
take some OF my sheaves oI gram ana
set them on my brothers farm ana say
nothing about IT, Ihe otner oroIner
said to himself: nave large Iamlly
to cheer and comfort me, ana my oroth-
ar is lonely. ana | feel sorry TOT MN.
I will by night take some oI = the sneaves
of OF my farm ana put .nem on ms
farm, and the great crop win cneer !, MN,
and Will -say notnlng aDoug IT,. ~
the following morning IL was lounu tnaI
both farms were mucn as DeIore, ior
each brother havlng taken OL ms
sneaves 70 Ine osneI ylo.nef; TOY sacn ~ oiie
gained as mucn as ne 7- iost. Anu 50
THE CHANGES OF sHEAVEs II