Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-16
PRACTICE, NOT THEORY.
ne TALMAeE CONTINUES HIS Sc
p,es OF EVANGELICAL SERMONS.

Too Many Bropeebah's ANJ AO
s.-o.. on Works-Religion should GC
Into the Everyday Life.
pDoor1yN Feb. 15.-Great audience:
ooain assembled at the service by DR.. Tai
,eoga in the Brooklyn Academy of Music
this morning, and also at The Christian
ya-,ld service in the New York Academ!
- Nnsic in the evening. The remarkable
;n+erpst in the latter continues without
n..idarce of abatement. At the service il
NJ work. last Sunday evening there werC
many emotional episodes among the vas
audience. and tonight these were repeated
hundreds pledging themselves anew tt
Christian lives henceforth. DR.. Talmagt
took for his text at the Brooklyn Academy
"Faitb without works Is dead" (Jas Ii, 2O)
THE Roman Catholic church has been
oba-ged with putting too much stress upor
GOOD works and not enough upon faith.
Charge Professionalism with putting not
onongh stress upon good works as coH
Dacte1 with salvation. Good works viii
never save man, but if a man have moi
,,ood works he has no real faith and NJ
Genuine religion. There are those who de
nend upon the fact thut they are all right
inside, while their conduct is wrong out
side. Their religion for the most part is
made upof talk-vigorous talk, fluent talk
boastful talk, perpetual talk. They will
entertain you by the hour in telling you
bow 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 | can tell, this
ocean craft is mostly sail and very little
tonnage. Foretopmast staysail, foretop-
mast studding sail, maintopsail, mizzen-
topsail-everything from flying jib to miz
zen spanker, but making no useful voyage.
Now the world has got tired of this, and it
wants religion that will work into all
the circumstances of life. We do not want
a new religion, but the old religion ap
Piled in all possible directions.
THE CRAWLING, USELESS STREAM.
Yonder is a river with steep and rocky
banks, and it roars like young Niagara
as it rolls on over it's rough bed. 1t does
nothing but talk about itself all the way
from its source in the mountain to the
place where it empties into the sea- The
banks are so steep the cattle cannot come
down to drink. 1t does not run one fer
tilizing rill into the 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, and 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 lula
by the water lilies asleep on it's bosom. 1t
invites herds of cattle, and flocks of sheep,
and coveys of birds to come there and
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 lux
uriant 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 Atlan-
tic coast. The one river is man who lives
for himself, the other river is a man who
lives for others.
Do you know how the site of the an ci.nt
city Of Jerusalem was chosen? There were
two brothers who had adjoining farms.
The one brother had large family, the
other had no family. The brother with a
large family said, There is my brother with
no family; he must be lonely, and will try
TO cheer him up, and l will take some of
the sheaves from my field in the night time
and set them over on his farm and say
nothing about it," The other brother said,
My brother has large family, and it is
very difticult~Sor him to support them, and
VIII help him along, and will take some
OF the sheaves from my own farm in the
night time and set them over on his farm
and say nothing about it," So the work
OF transference went on night after night,
ana night after night, but every morning
thlngs seemed to be just as they were, for
though sheaves had been subtracted from
each farm, sheaves had also been added,
ana the brothers were perplexed and could
hot understand. But one night the broth
ers happened to meet while making this
generous transference, and the spot where
Chey met was so sacred that it was chosen
as the site of the city of Jerusalem. II that
tradition should prove unfounded it will
nevertheless stand as beautiful allegory
Settlng forth the idea that wherever
Hlndly and generous and loving act is per
-orihea that Is the spot fit for some temple
oI eommemoration.
FRlGHrFUL FRAUDS IN FOOD
nave often spoken TO you about faith,
out ~. now speak to you about works, for
l"th without works is dead" | think
you wlu agree with me in the statement
suA' the great want of this world is more
EScacal religion. We want practical re-
a'e"n 70 go into all merchandise 1t will
npel'ise the labelling of goods. 1t will not
or man 70 say thing was made in
p factory when it was made in another.
"'I not allow the merchant TO say that !
SeSn was manufactured in Geneva, !
N.'|Nr lahd, when it was manufactured in |
-, ''-la,'ch husetts. 1t will not allow the |
5i.e'iahI 10 say that wine came from Ma /
g., "hen II came from California. Prac- |
I'lSloh Will walk along by the store
,nis..- anu tear of all the tags that make /
rna,oip" 'esehtatlon. IL will not allow the 1
dandsl;le 70 say that is pure coffee when /
gredis,,.lu root and chicory and other in /
70 sav ~ 20 INTO it. II will not allow him /
L ssnd - pure sugar when there are in .
WI, ul ground glass.
swim, = practical religion gets its full 4
stress. - .he world il will 20 down the
and y, - will come to that shoe store
fue IopLf The fictitious soles OF many
S na,Is-Is PAIR Of shoes, and show that il
soDn5 I-IusAru sandwiched between the
will on - s..aeef' Aud this practical religion
Eill Drli @i @ into grocery store, aud il
ssDr. III the ping Of all the adulterated
hsrrsI viii dump into the ash
hark IL toht Of the store the cassia
sriek -. - = Sold for cinnamon and the
40 Il -, 'LA1 Il sold for cayenne pepper,
.roun ,t'l snake out the Prussian huas
.he a. - le', leaves, and il will sift from
Nd -. p1a@ler OF Paris and bone dust
"a - i''1ons, aud II will by chemical
EocJ - SEPARATE the one quart Of Ridge
D.. r,',II- ron The few honest drops Of
.ljn,i--.l'IA' I.'.'A' aud Il will throw ont the live
H.. tl-s--'iir0m the brown sugar. /.
.rti-l-" '-Aa been 80 much aduiter,,,,,,, ~
ue -, =. iued thar il Is an aInazement y.
q AT,.-!--5rs 'I-5rs u a healthy man or womap
hsV -''. Heaven only knows wbat
- pun into The snios- - s-l[ W."