Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16
SUNDAYS SERMON.
rr Of REV. DIR TALMAGE'S
STERLING DISCOURSES.
snb;ect: "Does Religion Pay 2"

aGodliaess is profitable unto all
iLA bcriag LrOmise OF the life that now
hng3 gtLat ,ooaich is to come. vi. Timothy
u.s.
New Year to one and ALL
= naffi a gloomy and passive way OF
w. for the events of the opening year
f4nn ao ,non MS. and there is a heroic way
9chno INT TO meet them. strong in God and
asgn noflling When the body of Catiline
Fanns NM on the battle field it was found far
Hi"nce of all his troops and among the
lr. and the lest way is not for us to lie
S.n9 md let the events of life trample over
Inf TO 90 forth in a Christian spirit de-
s,mined 10 conquer.
Tba nauers were made out, N some OF
- have Tust entered into business partner
~ and others of YOU take higher positions
W. commercial establishment where you
engaged. and others have entered upon
antsr9rise and there were last week in
ge n,,;es ten thousand business changes.
VA are expecting prosperity, and l am de-
lined 50 far as | have anything to DO
ktn II that YOU shall not lie disappointed,
M ~ therefore | propose, rs God may help me
~ morning. to project upon your aUten-
v! W. ! nav element of success. You will have
,Ga hnsiness firm, frugality, patience, in
a'trv perseverance,, economy-a very
.song business firm, but there needs 10 De
ss member added, mightier than them all,
.na not a silent partner e~ither-the one IN
tmduced by my text: GOODNESS Whlch ~
..'ftable unto all things, having the prom
aof the life that now 10 as well as OF thai
which i ito come. b.,
ISnnosa YOU are all willing TO admit that
caSTness Is important in its eternal rela-
Nm, Int perhaps some OF you say: A L
~snt is an opportunity to say a prayer be-
t Vs. I lie ana ali will be well.n There are a
.,ot many people who suppose that IL they
~ 6nahy get safely out of this world into a
S1tsr wcrid. they will have exhausted tho
mira advantage of our holy religion. They
an as though religion were a mere nod or
r~cognition which we are to give to the Lord
ISus on our way up 10 a heavenly manslon;
y though il were an admission ticket, OF no
ma except 10 give in at the door OF ave.
Ind there are thousands of people who have
s,sst admiration for a religion Of the shroud.
ssd A religion OF the coffin, and a religion of
ta besrse. and a religion of the cemetery,
Wa have no appreciation OF a religion for
M hank. for the farm, for the factory, for
MAJ warehouse, for the jewelers. shop,
fr the brokers Office. Now, while / would
nal throw any slur on n post mortem
rIgion, | want this morning, and ON the
AM Sabbath Of the new year. to eulogize an
sntamoriem religion. a religion that is of
rouse to you while you live, will be of no
uy 10 YOU when you die. "GVdliness IS
wofiable unto all things, having the prom
s Of the lie that now is as well as OF that
which is to Gomez And l have always
noticed that when the grace is very low in a
mans heart lie talks a great deal in prayer
meetings about deaths, and about collins, and
about c~hurchyards. | have noticed that the
healthy Christian, the man who is living
near to God, and is on the straight 0 to
Heaven, IS full of iubilant satisfaction, and
tabs about he duties of this life, under
sanding well that if God helps him to live
ngAt He viii help him to die right.
Now, in the first place, ! remark that God
Enes is good for a mans physical health. l
do not mean TO say that it will restore a
broken down constitution, or drive rheuma-
tsm from the limbs, or neuralgia from the
temples, or pleurisy from the side; but | do
mean to say that it gives one such habits and
puts one in slch condition as is most favor
able for physical health. That | believe,
and that | avow. Everybody knows hat
buoyaney Of spirit is good physical advan-
tage. Gloom, unrest, detection are at war
with every p~ulsation OF the heart, and with
every respiration of the lungs. 1t lowers
Tie vitality, it s.ackens the circulation, while
eKhlaration Of spirit pours the very balm OF
heaven through all the currents of life. The
Sene Of insecurity which sometimes hovers
over an unregenerate man, or pounces upon
bin 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
NY everlasting welfare, is conducive to phys
ial health.
You will observe that Goodness induces
Industry, which is the foundation of good
hslth. There is no law of hygiene that viii
Esp a lazy man well. Pleurisy will stab
hua, erYsipelas win burn him, laundice will
dsro,or him, govt will cripple him. and the
Intelligent physician will not prescribe anti
SpnG or febrifuge, or anodyne, but saws,
and hammers, and yardsticks. and crowbars,
and pckaxes There is no such thing as good
PHYSICAL condition without positive work of
ONE kind, although you should sleep on
Gown O swan, or ride in carriage of softest
ulaoStery, or have on your table all the lux
gffs that were poured from the wine-vats of
l4ahan and Shiraz Our religion says:
sway to the bank away to the field AWAY
ths shop! away to the factory do ONE
wing that viii enlist all the energies of your
oay' mind and soul" "Diiigent in bust
=; iervent in spirit, serving the Lord
sle upon the bare back of the idler and
gene comes down the sharp lash of the apos-
sShe SAYS: IF any man will not work,
nsher shall he eat.S
Vl, how important in this day, when so
a1eh Is said about anatomy and physiology
Il therapeutics and some new style of
nsaleine is ever and anon springing upon
word, that you should understand that
~hghest school Of medicine is the school of
DiSt which declares that Goodness is
Eelaoie unto all things, having the promise
ue lte that now is as well as that which
s"come" So If you start out two men in
a, world with equal physical health, and
lone oil them shall get the religion of the
NV Sesus Christ in his heart, ana the other
saln not get it, the one who becomes a son
sw9. Lord Almighty will live the longer.
"n9 long life will / satisfy thee, and show
Ss Ny Salyation.n
Asall l remark that Goodness is good for
NJ .Geiiect know some have supposed
n .at as soon as a man enters into the
5ws-s- Afe his intellect goes into a be-
Sing process. SO far from that. religion
sne new orilliancy to the intellect. new
n .s1l 70 the Imagination, new force to
Ill ana wider swing to all the intel
Aiaculues Christianity is the Lneat
h hre at which Philosophy has lighted
~gatest torch. The religion of the Lord
,rs1 Is the fountain out of which
IIHg mas dipped its clearest draught.
nsleon poured forth no such inspiring
as those which flow from under the
y 6oi clear as crystal Religion has
M 1sN energy 70 Poesy, weeping in DR..
49, .Slght Thoughts" teaching in
Task flaming in Charles IVES
aagehc splendor through Nil
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