The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-30
DOES RELIGION PAYg"
Rev. Dr.. TaImage Answers the
Question AHrmatively.
Goodness Good FOR Both Mems Physical
and Mental Well Beirg-A Plea for
o ReltSion Of the Bank. tho
Store, and tho Workshop.

and Mental Well BeirS-A Plea for
q EeliSion Of the Bank. the
Store, and tho Workshop.
At the Brooklyn Tabernacle recently,
Rev. 7. Dewitt Ts!mage preached dis
course on the subject: "Does Religion
Payr' The text was: Goodness is profit
able unto all things, having promise Of the
life thst now is snd Of that which IS to
comet. Timothy, iv.. s. Dr.. Taimage
said: -
A happy New Year to one and ALL
There Is q gloomy and passive way Of
waiting for the events Of the opening year
to come upon US, and there is heroic way
OF going out to meet them, strong II God
and fearing nothing. When the body OF
Cs.iline was found upon the battlefield 1t
was found far in advance Of all OF his
troops aud among the enemy; and the best
way b not for US to lie down and let the
events Of life trample over Us, but to 80
forth in Christian spirit determined 70
conquer.
The pspers were made out, and some OF
you have Just entered into business partner
ships, and others OF you take higher posi-
tions In the commercial establishment
where you were engaged, and others have
entered upon new enterprises, and there
were last week In these cities ten thousand
business changes.
You are expecting prosperity, and am
determined, 50 far as I have any thing to do
with It, that ycu shall not be Disappointed
land therefore propose, as God may help
mo this morning, to project upon your at
~sentSon new element Of success. You
will have IN the business firm, frugality,
patience, industry, perseverance, economy
"a very strong business firm, but there
needs to be one member added, mfGhtier
than them sll, and not silent partner
,either-the one introduced by my text:
s'GodNness, which is profitable unto al
things, hsving the promise OF the life that
NOW is as well as Of that which IS to come y
suppose you are all willing to admit thai
-go6liness Is important in its eternal rela
:ttors; but perhaps some Of you say: Gail
want Is an opportunity to say prayer be-
;Sore I die, and all will be well" There are
a great many people who suppose that Il
they can finally get safely out OF this world
they win haye exhausted the entire advan
tsse Of our holy religion. They talk a;
though religion were mere nod Of recog
aittan which we are to give to the Lore
Jesus on the way up to heavenly mansion
as though it were an admission ticket, OF nc
use except to give in at the door Of Heaven
And there are thousands of people who have
great admiration for religion Of the shroud
,snS religion OF the coffin, and religion o.
the hsarss, and religion Of the cemetery
-;x=A> s--A ernraciation Of a religion fol
the bank, for the farm, Cor the factory, FOL
the warehouse, for the ?e--~a~-,- -l-os, So.
The brokers' Office. Now, while would no
throw any slur on post-mortem religion,
want this morning, and on the first Sabbath
: % the new year, to eulogize an ante-morteu
= religion
A religion that Is Of no use to you while
VOC live, will be Of no use to you when yol
die. Goodness is profitable unto all things
having the promise Of the life that now i:
ss well as Of that which Is to come" And
F.: have always noticed that when the grace /:
very low In mans heart he talks grea
deal IN prayer-meetings about deaths, ane
about collins, and about graves, and abou
>churchyards. have noticed that the
-hsalthy Christian, the man who Is living
near TO God and is on the straight road Il
:Heayep, is full Of jubilant satisfaction anc
stalks about the duties Of this life, under
sssspding we'll that If God helps hsa to ly'
ztshs he VIII help him to die right.
How, in the first place, remark saSS god
liness is good for mans physical health.
do not mean to say that it viii restore {
broker-down constitution, or drive rheu1a
tisnn from the limbs, or neuralgia from th'
temples, or plerrIsy from the side; but d
mean to say that It gives one such habits
and puts one In such condition as Is mos
favorable for physical health. That be
Ne4e, and that avew. Everybody knows
that buoysncy Of spirit Is good physical ad
vsntsge. Gloom, unrest, detection are g
war with every pulsatton Of the heart, ant
with every respiration Of the lungs.
lowers the vitality, it slaokens the ciccula
-tson, willis exhflaration OF spirit pours tn
very balm Of heaven through all the cur
sents Of life. The sense Of insecurit.
which sometimes hovers over an unregen
crate man, or pounces upon him with tn
blast Of ten thousand trunpets Of terror,
most depicting and most exhausti1g, Will
the feeling that all things are working to
gether for my good now, and Tor my ever
lasting welfare, Is conducive to physica
heaAA.
You VIII observe that godliness induce
Industry, which Is the foundation Of goo
health. There is no law Of hygiene tha
win keep lazy man well Pleurisy vii
sssb him. erysipelas win burn him, 3aundic'
wSll Siscolor him, gout will cripple him and
theintelligent physician Will not prescrto'
.,>s.,,4Io or
saws and hammers, and yardsticks an'
erowoars and pickaxes- There Is no sucl
thing as good physical condition withou
positive work Of some kind, although 70,
.sheuld sleep on down Of swan, or ride Il
scarrisge OF softest upholstery, or have o.
ycur table all the luxuries that were pouret
2rom the wineivats Of Ispahan or Shiraz
Our religion says: AWAY to the bank
away to the feldl away to the shop! ava,
10 the factory DO something thai viii On
list all the energies Of your body, mind ant
.souL" 'DEigent IN business, fervent il
:,nirit, serving the Lord" while upon tn
nare back Of the idler and the drope come
down the sharp lash Of the apostle 40 b
says: ''If any man will not work, neithe
shall he est''
o, how important in this day, when 8
much Is said about anatomy and iphysiolog,
and therapeutics, and some new style o
medicine Is ever and anon springing upo,
Sse world, that yeu should understand tina
the highest school, Of medicine is the schoc
hS Carist. which declares that Goodness i
profitable unto all things, having the prom
Sse Of the life that now Is as we'll as Of tina
which is to come" So If you start out tw
men in the world with equal physica
health, and then one Of them shall get th
religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ in hi
heart, and the other shall not get it, the on
,rhn haco,neS 4 son OF tha Lord AlrciQht,