Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-03-06
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINES sun
DAY SERMON,
Subject: Faith Without Works

let: Faith tcithOut tCoTIts is dead. -
JAS IL, 90
The Roman Catholic Church has beer
charged with putting too much stress upon
good works and rot enough upon faith.
charge Professionalism with putting not
enough stress upon good works as counectej
with salvation. Good works will never save
man. but if a man have not good works ma
mas no real faith and no genuine religion
There are those who depend upon the fact
that they are all right inside while their
conduct Is wrong outside. Their religion for
the most part is made up of talk-vigorous
taiK, nuent talk, boastful talk perpetual
talk 1hey will entertain you by the hour
In telling you how good they are They
come up TO such higher life that we have
no patience with ordinary Christians in the
plain discharge Of their duty. As near as I
can tell, this ocean craft is mostly sail and
very little tonnage. Foretopmast staysais.
1oretopmast studding sail, maintopsail niz-
zentopsail-everything from flying lib to
mlzzen spanker, but making no useful vow
age. Now the world has got tired of this, and
IL wants religion that will work into all the
circumstances of life. We do not want a new
rehglOn, but the old religion applied in all
possible directions
1onder is river with steep and rocky
banks, and it roars like Young NIAGARA az
II rolls on over its rough bed. It does moth
ing but talk about itself all the way from its
source In the mountain to the place where it
emptles into the sea. The banks are so
steep the cattle cannot come down to drink.
IL does not run one fertiliZnp rill into tho
adjoining field. 1t has not one grist mill or
factory on either side. 1t sulks in wet
weather with chilling fogs No one cares
when that river is born among the rocks
ana no one cares when it dies into the sea.
But yonder is another river. and it MOSES
It's banks with the warm tides and it rocks
with floral lullaby the water lilies asleep on
its bosom. 1t invites herds of cattle and
LOCKS locks OF sheep, and coveys OF birds to come
mere ana drink. 1t has three grist mills on
one side and six cotton factories on the
other. 1t is the wealth of two hundred
miles of luxuriant farms. The birds of
heaven chanted when it was born in the
mountains, and the ocean shipping will press
In from the sea to hail it as it comes down to
the Atlantic coast. The one river is a man
VINO lives for himself, the other river is q
man who lives for Others
DO you know how the, site of the ancient
Guy or Jerusalem was chosen? There were
TWO brothers who had adjoining farms The
one brother had a large family, the other
nad no famll y. The brother with a large
family said, There is my brother with no
family; he must be lonely, and will try to
cheer MN up, and will take some of the
sheaveS from my field in the night time and
set them over on his farm and say nothing
hDout 1t" The other brother said ssMV |
Srother has large family, andi is very Diff |
tcult 1or him TO support them, and T will |
help him along. and I will take some of the
ana set them over on his farm and say moth
ing ABOUT It." So the work of transference
went on night after night, and night after
plight, but every morning things seemed to
De just as they were, for though Sheayes had
been Subtracted from each farm sheaves had
also been added. and the brothers were per-
picked and could not understand But one
night the brothers happened to meet while
MAKING TINS generous transference, and the
Spot where they met was so sacred that it
was chosen as the site of the city of Jerusa-
lem II that tradition should prove un-
tounded 1t will nevertheless stand as a beau
tltul auegory setting forth the idea that
Wherever a kindly and generous and loving
act IS performed that is the spot fit for some
temple of cOmmemoration
nave often spoken to you about faith
but now L speak to you about works. for
faith without works is dead" l think you
VIII gree with me In the statement that the
great want OF this world is more practical
fehglon. We want practical religion to 90
INTO all merchandise. 1t will supervise the
labelling o. goods. 1t will not allow man
20 say thing was made in one factory when
It was made in another It will NOT allow
the merchant to say that watch was manu-
factUred III Geneva, Switzerland, when twas
manu-. actured in Massachusetts, 1t win not
allow the merchant to say that wine came ,
from Madeira when it came from California. /
PRACTICAL religion will walk along by the :
store shelves and tea~ IF all the tags that | !
MAKE misrepresentation. 1t Will not allow !
Tue merchant to say that is pure coffee when .
dandehon root and chicory and other in. :
gradients go into it. 1t will not allow him to =
say that is pure sugar when there are in it
SAND and ground glass
w hen PRACTICAL religion gets its full sVino
in the world it will go down the streets and .
IL VIII come to that shoe store and ri u off
5he nchtI0uS soes of many a fine looking :
pair OF shoes, and show that it is pasteboard .
'anuWlched between the sound leather And :
his practical religion will 60 right into a y
grocery store, and it will pull out the plug of +
III the adulterated sirups, and it will dump p
MO the ASH barrel IN front of the store the :,
;asSla bark that is sold for cinnamon and y
ne brlck dust that is sold for cayenna | r
pepper, and it will shake out the Prnssian 4
oiues from the tea leaves and it will sift "
rom the flour plaster of Paris and bone dust =
lnd soapstOne, and it will by chemical
analysis separate the one quart of RIDGE =,
WOOD water from the few honest drops of o.
cows milk, and it will throw out the Iva e
anlmalcutes from the brown sugar +,
mere mas been so much adulteration of ri
- 4I UL Iood tnat 1t Is an amaZemant to Il
ne Ihat there IS healthy man or woman in | b.
Heaven only knows what thew ~
'ut INTO the spices, and into the sugars. and | al
MO the butter, and into the apotbecarv
rugs. But chemical analysis and the :
nave made wonderful reveal. 81
ions. The board of health in Massachusetts IL
nalyEed great amount of what was caIlaJ M
ure cohee and found in it not one particle III
coffee. In England there is a law that ia
oToins the putting of alum in bread The 20
uphc authorities examined tifty-one pack III
geS or bread and found them all guilty CO
he honest physician, writing prescrin. 10
on, does not know but that it NAV brine al
sSat instead OF health to his patient be- Ill
,u n5 mere may be one of the drugs weak ei
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