The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-22
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVNEs sun.
DAY SERMON.
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There is a gloomy and passive way Of
waiting for the events Of the opening year
30 come upon US. and there is a heroic way
Of going cut TO meet them. strong in God and
fearing nothing. When the body Of Catiline
was found on the battlefield it was found far
in advance Of all bis troops and among the
enemy; and the lest way is not for Us to he
down and let the events of life trample over
US, but % 20 forth in a Christian spirit oe-
termined 70 conquer.
The papers were made ont, and some OF
you have Just entered into business partner
chips, and others of YOU take higher positions
IN the commercial establishment where YOU
were engaged. end others have enlcred upon
new enterprises. and there were last week IN
these cities ten thousand business changes
You are expecting prosperity end am de
termined- 50 far as / have anything 10 DO
with il, that YOU shall not lie disappointed,
md therefore propose, as God may help me
this morning, to project upon your atten-
ton new element Of success You viii have
10 the business firm, frugality, patience, in
dustry, Perseverance, econ0my-a very
strong business firm, but there needs to be
one member added, mightier than them all,
and not q silent partner either-the one in
fr9duced by my text. Goodness which is
profitable unto al things having the prom
lse OF the life that now IS as well as Of that
which Is TO come
4 nlFHl-t you hIc all MlllAuB 70 l1ib
Goodness Is important in It's eternal rela-
tons; but perhaps some Of you say: IAN 1
want Is an opportunity % say prayer be-
fore die, ana al will be welLn There are
great many people who suppose that If they
can dnally gel safely out OF this world INTO
better weird. they viii have exhausted the
entire advantage u our holy religion. They
talk as though religion were mere nod of
recognition which we ara 70 give to the Lord
Jesus on our way up 70 a heavenly mansion;
as though it were an admission ticket, Of no
use except 10 give at the door of heaven
And there are thousands Of people who have
great admiration for "A religion Of the shroud,
and religion ~ the colin, and a religion Of
me hearse, aud religion Of the cemetery,
who have no appreciation OF a religion for
the bank, for the farm, for the factory, for
the warehouse, fof the jewelers. shop,
Tor the brokers' Office. Now, while ] would
net throw any slur on a post mortem
religion. ] want this morning, and on the
hrst sabbath Of the new year, 10 eulogize an
ante-mcrfem religion A religion that IS Of
no use 10 you while you live, VIII be OF no
use @ you when you die. ''Gudliness IS
profitable unto all things, having the prom
Use OF the life that now is as well as OF that
which Is to come And ] have always
noticed that when the grace is very low in a
mans heart be talks a great deal in prayer
meetings about deaths, and about collins, and
about churchyards I have noticed that the
healthy Christian, the man who is living
near 70 God. and is on the straight road to
Heaven, IS full OF iuhilant satisfaction, and
tails about the duties Of this life, under
standing well that If God helps him to live
right be viii help him 10 die right
Now, IN the first place, remark that God
Illness q good Tor mans physical health l
40 not mean 10 say that 1t will restore a
broken down constitution, or drive rheuma-
tism from the limbs, or neuralgia from the
tenples, or pleurisy from the side; but / do
mian 10 say that u gives one such habits and
puts one IN such condition as is most favor
able for physical health That | believe.
and that I ayow. Everybody knows that
buoyancY Of spirit is good physical advan-
tage Gloom, unrest, detection are at wEr
with every puisatiun OF the heart and with
every respiration Of the lungs. It lovers
the vitality, Il sackens the circulation. while
{ 4hilaiailon OF spirit rours the very balm OF
heaven through all the currents of life The
scene CT insecurity which sometimes hovers
over an unregenerate man, or pounces upon
hiin with the blast Of Ten thousand trumpets
Of terror, Is most depicting and most ex-
haustinc, while the feeling that all things are
working together for my good now. and for
my everlasting welfare, Is conducive 10 phys
icai health
You viii observe that Goodness induces
Industry, which IS the foundation Of good
health There is no law Of hygiene that viii
keep lazy man well. Pisurisy viii stab
hsin, eryElpelas VIII burn hun. jaundice viii
1isc0lor him. govt VIII cripple him. and the
intelligent physician viii not prescribe anti
'eptic, or tebrifuEe. or anodyne. but saws,
md hammers, and yardsticxs, and orowbars,
= no.sneh thils zaE-7 - Z
Jhysicai coma. Ia without positive work of
oEae kind, although you should sleep on
ioWn OF swan or ride IN carriage OF softest
upholstery, or have on your table all the lux
aries thar were poured from the wine watts Of
Ep1han and Shiraz- Cur religion says:
Away TO the bank away 70 the ieldi away
% the shop away 10 the iactoryl do some
hing that viii enlist all the energies Of your
lody, mind aud soul" ''Diiigsnt in bust
hess, ferTsnt in spirit. serving the Lord;H
shile uron the bare back OF the idler and
iross comes down TIE sharp lash Of the apos-
le as he says; II any man viii not work,
ieltber shall he eat
Oh, how important in this day, when so
much IS said about anatomy and physiology I
md therapeutics and some new style Of 4
medicine IS ever and anon springing upon
he world, that you should understand that /
be highest school Of Medicine Is the school Of /
-hrist which declares that ''tiodlsuess is /
lrottable unto all things, having the promise
Il TIE Life that now IS as well as that which (
70 come" 80 il you start out two men in .
1e world with equal physical health. and I
IN ~, one Of them shall get the religion OF the 4
orc Jesus Christ N his heart. and the other
la.i net get it. the one who becomes a son
II, IT, 4.7ra Almighty viii live the longer.
Win long life viii satisfy thee. ard show
lee Ny salvation
again remark that Godliness is good for
e intellect know some have supposed
-. ~ l!st = soon as a man enters into the
..l.ss-.-n ne MS intellect goes into q be-
warning process So far from that, religion
III give nsw brilliancy to the intellect, new
renEth 70 the imagination, new force to
y WILL ane wider swing to ali the intel
ciual faculties Christianity Is the great
Mira fire az which Philosophy has lighted
brightest torch. The religion Of the Lord
sus Chrsst Is the fountain out OF which
irnlnE mas dipped its clearest draught
De hehcon poured forth no such inspiring
zters as those which flow from under the
rome OF God clear as crystal Religion has
yen ne" energy . Ioesy, weeping in DR..
1ungs wight Thoughts teaching in
- peE's Task, flaming in Charles Yves
hymns, and rushing with
..anselic splendor through Nil
aradise Lost The religion of
sus Christ has hung in studio and in gal
y OF art and in Vatican. the best pictures
iltians Assumption RaphaeTs Trans
urauon, Rebenss Descent from tba
os~ Ciaudes burning Bush.r and An
20 Last JndDent" Religion has made
I - music OF tue Worid-Haydn's "Crea-
~ Eznde's Messiah M0zart-s asRe-
Ieln" Is . possible hat a religion which
ids such understandable monuments, and
ich lliis its ensign on the highest promon-
Zee q worldly power, can have any effect
IN a nlhnia intellect but elevation AMI en-
Eemeuti NOW. = commend C;odIi,,sss a.
best mental ipline-bettert than haite4- I
res 70 purify the tlsts, better than roatha- 7
tics % harness the mind to ali in4rfcac, Y
elaboration, better than loqlc Il, rnarsIsI c
Intellectual forces for onset and yictorv j
VII 60 with Hugh Miller and show bir,, he Y
prints Of the Creator In the red sand t
ne u VIII 90 with the botanist and show 1
J celestial giOrles oncamped under the J
tain Of a water-lily. II viii go with tic {
ronomer on the great heights where God e
3neris the great flock Of worlds, that I
nder on the hills Of heaven answering His S
&c es he calls them all BY their names {
! gam remark that Goodness is profit e
4 20 onss disposition. Lord Ashley, be- s
= - vent INTO a great battle, was heard
l-ief this prayer: 20 lord, shall be very
Z, Z. lD-iay' 4 forget Thee, forget me not
.1 sn'h Christian disposition as that, :
Z : independent Of all circumstances. c
I p.eiy Will have tinge OF our natural =
~ ainenl II a man be cross and sour,
lieilui naturally, after he becomes a
'is.lsa be VIII always have to be armed
lllia. 10 rebellion OF those evil inclina- Q
- Dat religion has tanned the widest II
'ire; Il has turned frstfulness into graft o
= dependency into good cheer. and those IL
were hard and ungovcrnaole and IN y
~ o.ilsing have been male piinbie and