The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07
A PROFIT In RELIGION.
IT MUST BE BROUGHT TOBEAR ON
THE DEEDS OF EACH DAY.

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dition If Taken in T!me-It is also
Good for the Intellect.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 6-At the Tabernacle
to-day the Rev T. Dewitt Talmage. d. d.,
preached a discourse on the subject, docs
Religion Payl" The opening hymn was:
My days are gliding swiftly by,
And l, pilgrim stranger,
Would not detain them as they fly,
Those hours Of toll and danger.
The text was: Goodness is profitable
unto all things, having promise of the life
that now is and of that which is to come"
i. Timothy iv., s. DR. Talmage said:
A happy New Year to one and ALL
There is a gloomy and passive way of
waiting for the events of the opening year
| to come upon u.s. and there is a heroic way
| of going out to meet them, strong in God
aud fearing nothing. When the body Of
Catiliue was found on tho battle field il was
| found far in advance of all his troops, and
among the enemy; and the best way is not
for us to lie down and let the events Of lie
trample over us, but to so forth in q Chris
tian spirit determined TO conquer.
The papers were made out, aud some Of
you have just entered into business partner
I ships, and others Of you take higher posi-
lions in the commercial establishment whera
| you were engaged, and others have entered
| upon new enterprises, and there were
last week in these cities len
thousand business change. You
are expecting prosperity, and / am
| determined, SO far as | have anything b. do
| with 1T, that you shall not be disappointed,
| aud therefore | propose, as God may help
me this morning, to project upon your at
| tentl0n new element of success. You
will have in tho business firm, frugali5y,
patience, industry, perseverance,, economy
| "A very strong business firm, but there
needs to be one member added, mightier
than them all. and not silent partner
either-the one introduced by my text:
| "Godliness, which is profitable to all things,
| having the promise of tho life that now is
as well as of that which is to come"
suppose you are all willing TO admit that
Godliness is important in its eternal rela-
tons; but perhaps some of you say: ''All /
want is an opportunity to say prayer to-
| fore die, and all will be wel.n There are
| a great many people who suppose that if
they can finally get safely out of this world
into better world, they will have exhausted
the entire advantage Of our holy religion.
They talk as though religion were a mere
nod Of recognition which we are to give to
the Lord Jesus on our way up TO "a heavenly
mansion; AZ though it we're an admission
| ticket, Of no use except TO give in at the
door Of heaven Aud there are thousands
Of people who have great admiration for IA
| FellBlOh VI tllo suTeui4 anu IellglOn OF Jn0
coffin, and a religion Of the hearse, and q
religion of the cemetery, who have
no appreciation OF a religion for
the bank, for the farm for the
factory, for the warehouse, for the
jewelers. shop, for the brokers' office. Now,
while | would not throw any slur on post
nlOrtGm religion, | want this morning aud
on the first Sabbath Of the now year, to Gu
logizs an ante morteDI religion. relig-
ion that is of no use to you while you live,
will be Of no use to you when you die.
"Godliness is profitable unto all things,
having the promise Of the life that now is
az well as OF that which is to Gomez And
have always noticed that when the grace
is very low In mans heart he talks great
deal in prayer meetings about deaths and
about collins, and about graves. and about
church yards | have NOTICED that the
healthy christian, the man who is living
near to God and is on the straight road to
heaven, is full Of jubilant satisfaction, and
talks about the duties Of this life, UNDER
standing well that if God helps him to live
right he will help him to die right.
Now, in the first place, | remark that
godiness is good for a mans physical
| health. | do not mean TO say that it will
restore n broken-down constitution, or
drive rheumatism from the limbs, or neu-
ralgia from the temples, or pleurisy from
the side; but do moan to say that it gives
one such habits and puts one in such condi-
tiOn as is most favorable for physical
health. That / believe. and that avow.
| Everybody knows that buoyancy Of spirit
| is good physical advantage Gloom, un-
rest, detection arc at war with every pulsa-
| ton Of the heart, and with every respira-
tion of the lungs. 1t lowers the vitality, it
slackens the circulation, while exhilaraton
| Of spirit pours the very balm Of heaven
| through oil the currents OF life. TIE sense
| Of insecurity which sometimes hovers over
a-ufa
with tho blast Of ten thousand trumpets Of
terror, is most depicting and most exhaust
| ing, while the feeling that all things are
working together for my good now, and
for my everlasting welfare, is conducive ~
physical health.
You will observe that Godliness induces
| industry, which IL the foundation of good
| health. There is no law Of hygiene that
| will keep lazy man well. Pleurisy will
stab him, erysipelas will burn him, juandice
| will discolOr him, gout will cripple him,
and the intelligent physician will not pre-
scribe antiseptic, or febrifuge, or anodyne,
| but saws and hammers and yardsticxs and
crowbars and picksxes There Is no such
thing as good physical condition without
| positive work Of some kind, although you
| should sleep on down OF swan, or rido in
carriage Of softest upholstery, or have on
| your table all tho luXuries that We're poured
| from tho wine-yats OF lspahan aud Shiraz
| Our religion says; Away TO the bankl
away 10 the field away TO tho shop away
TO the factory do something that will enlist
all the energies of your body, mind aud
soul.n "Diligent in business, fervent In
spirit, serving the Lord" while upon the
bare back Of tho idler and the drone comes
down tho sharp lash Of the apostle as no
says 'Tf any man will not work. neither
shall he eat"
Oh, how important In this day, when 50
much is said about anatomy and physiology
and therapeutics, and some new style Of
medicine is ever and anon springiug upon
the world, that you should undo. stand
that the highest school Of medicine is the
scnool of Christ, which declares that
Goodness is profitable unto all things,
having the promise Of the life that now is
rs well as OF that which is 10 come" So Il
you start out two men in tho world with
equal physical health, and then one Of them
shall get the religion Of the Lord Jesus
Christ In his heart and tho other shall not
get It, tho one who becomes a son Of the
Lord Almighty will live tho longer "With
long life viii | satisfy thee, and show thee
my salvation
Again | romark that godliness is good for
the Intellect. know some have supposed
that Just as soon as a man enters into the
christian life, his intellect goes into a be-
dwarflng process. So far from that, relig-