Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-21
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
"FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD"
RELIGION TO BE VITAL MUST BE
CARRIED INTO EVERYDAY LIFE
ANDAPPEAR INDAILY TRANS
ACTIONS.

Reforms Needed In Society aud Business
which Only Christianity Can Ac-
complIsh.
Brooklyn. N. Y, February 15;-Dr.
Talmage took for his text at the Brook
lyn academy this morning: Path
without works is dead. ~ James, IL, 70.
The Roman Catholic church has
been charged with putting too much
stress upon good work and. not enough
upon faith. l charge Professionalism
with putting not enough stress upon
good works as connected with salvation.
Good works will never save u man, but
If u man have not good works he has 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 OF
talk-vigorous talk, fluent talk, boast
full talk, perpetual talk. They will en-
terrain YOU by the hour in telling you
how good they are. They come up to
such u higher life that they have no pa
thence 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. Foretop-
mast stay sail, foretopmast studding
sail, maintopsail, mizzen topeali-
everything from flying jib to mizzen
spanker, but making no useful voyage.
Now. the world has got tired OF this and
wants a religion that will work into all
the circumstances OF life. We do not
want new religion, but the old reli-
gion applied in all possible directions.
Yonder is river with steep ana
rocky banks. and roars like o young
Niagara Us it rolls on over It's rough
bed. 1t does nothing but talk ABOUT
itself all the W. y from its source IN the
mountain to the place where it empties
into the sea. The banks are 80 steep
the cattle cannot come down to drink.
It does not run one fertilliZing rill into
the adjoining field. 1t has not one grist
mill or factory on either side. 1t sulks
in wet weathre with chilling fogs. NO
one cares when that river is born among
the rocks. and no one cares when II
dies into the sea.
USEFUL HELP IN THIS LIFE.
But wonder is another river, and 1t
moses its banks with It's warm tides,
and it rocks with its floral lullaby the
water lilies asleep on its bosom. 1t in
vites herds OF cattle and aocks 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. It is the wealth OF 200 miles Of
luxuriant farms. Birds Of heaven chant
ed 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 who lives for himself. The other
fiver is o man who lives for others.
Do you know how the site OF the an
cient city OF Jerusalem was chosen!
There we're two brothers who had ad-
Joining farms. The one brother had a
large family, the other had no family.
The brother with large family said:
'There is my brother with no family; ne
must be lonely, and l will try to cheer
him up, and I 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 difficult for him to sup
mort them, and will help him along,
and will take some OF the sheaves
from nv 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, and night
after night; but every morning things
seemed to be just as they were, Tor
though sheavee had been subtracted
from each farm, sheaves had also been
added, and the brothers we're perplexed
and could not understand. But one
night the brothers happened to meet
while making this generous transfer
euce. and the spot where they met was
20 sacred that it was chosen as the site
of the city OF Jerusalem. If that tradi-
ton should prove unfounded 1t will
nevertheless stand as q beautiful ALE
CORY, setting forth the idea that where
ever kindly and generous and loving
act is performed that is the spot fit for
some temple Of commemoration.
Ihave often spoken to you about
faith, but now I speak to you about
works, for faith without works Is
dead" 1 think you will agree with me
ia the statement that the great want OF
this world is more practical religion.
we want practical religion TO go into
al merchandise. It will supervise the
labelling Of goods. It viii not allow the
merchant to say that watch was manu-
factured in Geneva, Switzerland, when
it was manufactured in Massachusetts,.
It viii not allow the merchant to say
that wine came from Madeira when 1t
came from California Practical re-
lIgiOn win walk along by the store
shelves, and tear OF all the tags that
make Misrepresentation. 1t viii not al
low ths merchant to say that Is pure
coffee when dandelion root and chicory
and other ingredients 60 into II. 1t
Win not allow him TO say, that Is pure
sugar, when there are in it sand and
ground glass.
rU1;av, vractical raliCion pets its full