Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-10
rALMAGE SAYINGS.

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TALMAGE SAYINGS.
some True Remarks by the Eminent
Brooklyn Divine.
A correspondent of the World recent
lv had a Photographic interview with
/ the celebrated DR.. Ialmage, OF BROOK
Ilvn. I'm the course of which the eminent
divine said
81 think we are I'm a state Of transition IN
religious thought The present discussion
Of questions of creed revision ana the IKE
/ Fl "a manifest symptom of coming change
I INIT me change win be- less radical than Va
YOUR anticipated. IL viii not involve the
abandonment Of Christianity, put us more
perfect adaptation tO human needs
..Relieion has about the same hold on the
Ie3neafed classes that DO has always had.
hrs nirhtiest hold has always been upon
those who are not severely trained.
This is especially the case IN religion.
The Christian religion, as ! understand ~
is "a religion OF faith; not logic, out ialtn
not profunditv. but faith, not scholasuc
exploration, but faith Now what docs
that meant Ii simply cannot Dee explained.
..Our religion is securely based on teSti-
monv. Whose testimony. As 90 the resur-
rcction Of Christine central tact OF Chris-
tianitv-we have the testimony OF 500 Wit
nesseS sixty of them his sworn enemies.
Testimony of the most unimpe achaole char
acter establishes the foundation facts or
Christianity.
As 10 religion I'm the soul, that also rests
upou testimony. III thousand men say
they have felt the power OF religion ana
know from their Owl experience what re
generation is. what conservation IS, what
faith is what the comfort Of the Gospel Is,
am bound as an honest man and "a man OF
common sense 10 believe them.
IL have no sympathy with the wholesale
indiseriminatc bOmbardment OF rich men,
which is Just now the fashion. All men
would be rich III they could get money hon
estlv. Rich men need the Gospel, and they
ought 10 have t. 10 is better 20 preach the
truth 10 them than % drive them out with
scourgings
Communism is not taught anywhere IN
Christianity. and 10 never has been. IL IS
"a theory az war with the whole system OF
religion ~
"If a man has the spirit Of Jesus Christ
he will Doe ready 20 listen 10 amy question
ing on the subject of religion, and Will be
very kindly I'm his treatment of those VINO
cannot see as he does.
IL do not think intelligent people have
any confidence Ina Ignorance. 10 IS very
po0r reliance The man who is ignorant
cannot hope that his descendants VIII
remain I'm the same ignorance.
Although / was born in New Jersey, l
was born under the Puritan idea. like
entire silence and entire quiet on Sunday.
As TO the devil. feel no shadow OF
doubt of ms existence. He is the one SUI
prenle scoundrcl i'm the universe. He IS the
foeof AN Righteousness He has his imps
bv toms of thousands and hundreds of thou
sands. Ina the Bible one group Of them said
their name was legion. They busy them
selves with law, with religion, with COM
merce. with everything. / think Il Is proved
also that every man has guardian anger
and AN attendant devil
speaking of Calvary. is 10 not a little
strange. that during an these centuries II
has never occurred 20 any one 20 erect there
"a monument of some kind 20 Jesus the man,
Inc reformer the teacher asked the re
porter
roNo. l do not think 50. There could be
no monument 50 impressive rs the bare
mount itself As 20 lis identity there can
be no doubt 10 is SO accurately uescrioeu
I'M the Gospels and its surroundings so diS-
tinctly mapped out tnat there Is no nlore
doubt about where Calvary is than there IS
that that is "a chair which YOU are sitting
ON Remembering the other details given
in the GOSPEL narrativc-the fact that the
criicihxion occurred outside OF the walls
and nm the rest of it Calvary is perfectly
identified That bare hill. seen without
any monument or mark, is more impressive
than any shaft or column or architectural
work could be.
Indeed do not think politics is hope
lesslv undermined oy corruption. \ on
..a.Naa aNUN al
the Deriod from lSO 90 1910 in order 10 dis
cover that. instead of retrOgressiOn, there
has been very great Improvement IN
Senatorial and Congressional character
and conduct Things We're seen without
murnur iu Congressional halls then which
vrould not De tolerated now. There are
more cousccrated Christian men in public
lie now than there ever was before.
Women are the better for education OF
the highest character When they become
highlv intelligent they are better prepared
10 encounter the drudgeries of hte-and
there is drudgery I'm every occupation.
.Clphs are of two kinds good and bad.
There are men who have not at their homes
either the comforts or the intellectual asso-
citations they need. Some are men without
families. some have their families away. IN
Europe or elsewhere. while some are lntel-
lertual men who DO not ind in their homes
the intellectual society they need luetc
for, while 1 see clearly that in some cases
me clubs have done damage. can see also
the practical need and the great advantage
Of clubs. ,.,,....
1.-The time viii come WHOM repNohc3u
forms Of government viii dominate tnS
whole earth: but the worst thing that could
hefall some nations I'M their present state
would be- the Institution of rcpuDnc-
Without adequate Intelligence % control II,
repuhlicanism is lawlessncss. Our own
country is the only one IN the world Wnlcn
could now successfully managc republican
institutions on a large scale. Ine reason
il that there is greater mtclhgence among
the common people I'm this land OF ours IMAM
in any other .,, M,
..Noy. for woman suffrage, ] would Ike
IN s,e the experiment tried of having wo-
man take her place 40 the ballot box ana IN
LEGISLATIVE halls. but / do not think IL
,,-onld change existing conditions very
wuch Take the question of wages for eN-
ample The cruclcSt people on earth IN the
natter Of women's wages are women
,I,,,,,- Grind their sisters down rclenileSSly.
have heard again and again OF me most
1,,frac,,ous treatment Of women oy
nembers of their .own sex, and do not
halieve that woman's wrongs Will ever %
,i,,bfed by woman's rights hut oelleFe
I'M ,vonan think she is naturally octler
than man and that she IS % DC tiS V"'Si
agency in the salvHti0uot the woriu