Milford chronicle., 1889-01-11
DOES RELIGION PAY?
DR.. TALMAeE's DISCOURSE FOR
THE NEW YEAR.


Good for the Intenect-It Is Also
Healthy.
BROOKLYN. Jan. Cat the Tabernacle
today the Rev T. De Witt Talmage, D. D.,
preached discourse on the subject; 'Does
Religion Payq The opening hymn was:
Ny days are gliding swiftly by,
And l. pilgrim stranger,
Would not detan them as they dy,
These hours Of toll and danger.
The text was: "Godliness is profitable unto
all things, having promise Of the life that now
Is and of that which Is to come. NJ Timothy
iv, s. DR.. Talmage said:
A happy New Year to one and ALI
There is a gloomy and passive way Of wait
ing for the events of the opening year to como
upon US, and there is heroic way Of going
out to meet them, strong in God and fearing
nothing. When tho body Of Catiline was
found in the battlefield it 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 tho events of life trample over
US, but to go forth in Christian spirit deter
mined to conquer.
The papers were made cut, and some Of
you have just entered into businessspartner-
ships, and others Of you take higher positions
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 were expecting prosperity, and l am de
termined, so far as ! have anything to do
with It, that you shall not be disappointed,
and therefore propose, as God may help me
this morning, to project upon your attention
a new element Of success. You will have in
the business firm, frugality, patience, indus
try, perseverance, economy-a very strong
business firm, but there needs to be one mem
Der added, mightier than them all, and not
silent partner cither-the ono introduced by
my text: "Godliness which is profitable unto
all things, having the promise Of the life that
now is as well as of that which is to come"
TOO MUCH LEvITY IN LATTER DAY RELIGION.
suppose you are all willing to admit that
Godliness is important in its eternal relations;
but perhaps some of you say: Gan ! want Is
an opportunity 70 say O prayer before ! die,
and all viii be we'll" There arc a great
many people who suppose that if they can
finally get safely out Of this world into bet
ter world, they viii have exhausted the en-
tire 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 heavenly mansion;
Us IL MtA0 tAlA htllllln1AJl lAS4ASb VI AAo
use except to give in at the door Of heaven.
And there nre thousands of people who have
great admiration for a religion of the
shroud, and a religion of the coffin,
and a religion of the hearse, and
a 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 l would not throw any slur on
post-mortem religion, want this morning,
and on tho first Sabbath of the new year, to
eulogize an ante-mortem religion. a religion
that is of no use to you while you live, will
be of no use TO you when you die. "Godi-
ness is profitable unto all things, having the
promise Of the life that now is as well as Of
that which is to come" And have always
noticed that when tho grace is very low in
mans heart he talks great deal in prayer
meetings about deaths, and about collins, and
about graves, and about churchyards. l
have noticed that tho healthy Christian, the
man who is living near to God, and is on the
straight road to heaven, is full of jubllant
satisfaction, and talks about the dutiesof this
life, understanding well that if God helps
him to live right he will help him to die right.
Now, in the first place, l remark that
godliness is good for a mans physical health.
/ do not mean to say that it will restore
broken down constitution OF drive rheuma-
tism from the limbs, or neuralgia from the
temples, or pleurisy from the side; but / do
mean TO say that it gives ono such habits and
puts one in such condition as is most favorable
for physical health That believe and that
Iavow Everybody knows that buoyancy
of spirit is good physical advantage Gloom,
unrest, detection are at war with every pull
sation of the heart and with every respira-
ton Of the lungs, It lowers the vitality, it
slackens the circulation, while exhilaratiOn
of spirit pours the very balm Of heaven
through all the currents of life. The sense
of insecurity which sometimes hovers over an
unregenerate man, or pounces upon him with
the blast Of ten thousand trumpets Of terror,
is most depicting and most exhausting, while
tho feeling that all things are working to-
gether for my good now, and for my ever
lasting welfare, is conducive to physical
health.
You will observe that godliness induces
industry, which is 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, jaundice will
discolor him, gout viii cripple him, and the
intelligent physician win not prescribe anti
septic or febrifuge or anodyne, but saws and
hammers and yardsticks and crowbars and
pickaxes There is no such thing rs good
physical condition without positive work Of
some kind, although you should sleepon down
of swan or ride in carriage Of softest uphol-
stery or have on your table all the Injuries
that were poured from the wine vats Of Ispa-
han and Shiraz. Our religion says: Away
to the bank away to the field away to tho
shopl away to the factory Do something
that will enlist all the energies Of your body
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tho bare back of the idler and the drC
comes down the sharp lash of the ap0su
he says; .If any man will not work, nei
shall he eat y
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