Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-01-25
TALMAGE'S SERMON,
TIE Weekly Discourse Of che Great
Brooklyn Preacher
Subject: "DOes Religion Pay:v

happy New Year to one and all
There is 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 and
fearing nothing When the body Of Catiline
was found on the battlefield it was found far
In advance of ali his troops and among the
enemy; and the best way is not for us to lie
down and let the events Of life trample over
us, but to go forth in a Christian spirit de-
ternlned TO conquer.
The papers were made out and some of
you have Just entered into business partner
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.
Hou are expecting prosperity, and l am de-
termined, so far as l have anything to do
with it, that you shall not be disappointed,
ana therefore propose, as God may help me
TINS morning, to project upon your atten-
ton a new element of success You viii have
in the business firm, frugality, patience, in
dustry, 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 in
troduCed by my text: Goodness which is
profitable unto all things, having the prom
Use OF the life that now is as well as of that
which is to Gomez
suppose you are alrwilling to admit that
Goodness is important in its eternal rela-
tions; but perhaps some of you say: IAN 1
want Is an opportunity to say prayer be-
fore | die, and all will he welln 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 mere nod of
recognition which we are to give to the Lord
Jesus on our way up to heavenly mansion;
as though it were an admission ticket, of no
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,
and religion of the coffin, and religion of
the hearse, and a religion of the cemetery,
who have no appreciation of 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 sur ON q post norton
religion, | want this morning, and on the
first Sabbath of the new year. to eulogize an
ante norton religion. A religion that is of
no use to you while you live, will be of no
use to 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 Gomez And l have always
noticed that when the graz is very low in a
mans heart he talks great deal in prayer
meetings about deaths, and about collins, and
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, l remark that God
illness is good for 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 plenrisy from the side; but l do
mean to say that it gives one such habits and
puts one in such condition as is most favor
able for physical health. That | believe,
and that l avow: Everybody knows that
buoyancY of spirit is good physical advan-
tage. Gloom, unrest, detection are at war
with every pulsation of the heart, and with
every respiration OF the lungs. 1t lowers
the vitality, 1t s.ackens the circulation, while
exhilaration of spirit pours the very balm of
heaven through all the currents of life. The
scene 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 ex-
hausting, while the feeling that all things are
working together for my good now, and for
my everlasting WeHare,ls conducive TO phys
lcaI healUn;
You VIII observe that Goodness induces
ihoustry, whlcn IS Ine Iouhdation OF goodi
nealth. mere Is no law OF hygiene mat VIII
Keep lazy man well. fieurlSy VIII stao
MN, erySipelas VIII Durh MN, laundlce VIII
dlscoior nun, gout WI! cripple MN! ana Inc
lnteilgent physician VIII not presGrlne anti
septlc, OF leoTlIuge' OF anodyhe, puG saws,
and hammers, ana yardstckS' ana crowbars,
ana plcKaxes mere is no sucn thlng as good
phySlcai conuitioh Wl0houu PoslUlVe WORK Oh
some kinu, athough you should sleep on
down OF swan, or rlde IN carriage Oh sottest
uIles UnaO msl GU II On tue WIG FaUs VI
ispanah anu ohiEaAs Oul ieli sISit says'
away 10 1he pahK! away 10 uLe nsig! away
70 Ihe snop! away 10 the factory! 40 some
ehlng thaG VIII ehllsI az tne energies Oh your
pody, mlnd ana soul DiIlgenG IN pusi,
ness IerVeht IN splrlC, serving tne LORD;
WINE upon Ihe paTe PACK Oh the ldier ana
dfone comes Gown the sharp lasn OIL lne apos-
tie as ne says: II any man Will MOI work.
nelther shaii ne eau.
On, how important IN TINS day, when 80
much is SAID about anatomy and physlology
ana Therapeutics anu some ne" sVyle VI
menlcnle Is ever anu anon sprinslng u tpo
the world that you shotila understand thal
me hlgnes6 sGhoGl OF nleuiClne ls Lhe School o.
Christ, when declares tha6 "Godhness Is
profitable unto all things, having the promise
of the life that now is as well as that which
is to come" So if you start out two men ir
the world with equal physical health, and
| Then one or them snail GET The rellglon OF Uhe
| Lord Jesus Christ in his heart, and the other
shall not get it, the one who becomes a sor
of the Lord Almighty will live the longer
with long life will 1 satisfy thee, and SHOW
thee My salvation
Again remark that Goodness 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-
dwarfing process. So far from that. religion
will give new brilliancy to the intellect, new
strength to the Imagination, new force t.
the will, and wider swing to all the intel.
lectual faculties, Christianity Is the great
central fire at which Philosophy has lighted
its brightest torch. The religion of the Lord
Jesus Christ is the fountain out of which
learning has dipped it's clearest draught
The Helicon poured forth no such inspiring
waters as those which flow from under the
throne of God clear as crystal. Religion has