The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-03-04
GOOD WORKS.
More Practical Religion the Want Of
the World. slt.1.1f- (,
4 Religion Which VIII Control the Con
science OF All-SermOn by Rev. I.
Dewitt Talmage, ID. ID. d

A Religion Which VIII Control the Con
science OF All-SermOn by Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmage, ID. d.
DR.. Talmage took for his text at the
Brooklyn Academy: Faith without
works is dead."-James IL, 20. lii
The Roman Catholic Church has been
charged with putting too, much stress
upon good works 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 man, but
If a 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. Ther
religion, for the most part is made up OF
talk-vigorous talk, fluent talk, boast
full talk, perpetual talk.
They will entertain you by the hour
in telling you how good they are. They
come up to such higher life. that they
have no patience with ordinary Chris
tians in the plain discharge OF their du-
ty. AS near as l can tell this ocean
craft is mostly sail and very little ton
mage. Foretopmast stay-sail. foretop-
mast studding sail, maintopsail, mizzen-
topsail- thing from flying jib to
mizzen 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 new religion, but the
old religion applied in all possible di-
rections. "
Yonder is river with steep and rocky
banks, and it roars like young Mag
ara as it rolls on over its rough bed. 1t
does nothing but talk about itself all
the way from its source in the mount
ain to the place where it empties into
the sea- The banks are SO steep the
cattle can not come down to drink. 1t
does not run one fertilizing 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 an
other river, and it MOSES it's banks
with the warm tides, and its rocks with
floral lullaby the water-lilies asleep on
its BOSOM 1t invites herds of cattle and
Aocks of sheep and covyes of birds to
come there and drink. 1t has three
grist-mills on one side and six cotton
factories on the other. 1t has the
wealth of 200 miles of luxuriant farms
The birds of Heaven chantedwhen it was
borne 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 manNwho lives
for himself. The other river is a man
who lives for others.
DO you know how the site OF the
ancient city of Jerusalem was chosen?
There were 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;
he must be lonely, and ! will try to
cheer him 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 about it. The other broth
err said: "My brother has large family,
and it is very difficult for him to sup
port them, and l will help him along,
and will take some of the sheaves
from my farm in the nighttime 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 az
they We're, for though sheaves had beer
subtracted from each farm, sheaves hat
also been added, and the brothers were
perplexed and could not understand
But one night the brothers happened t.
meet while making this generous trans
ference, and the spot where they me-
was so sacred that it was chosen as the
site of the city of Jerusalem. If tina
tradition should prove unfounded, i
will, nevertheless, stand as beautiful
allegory setting forth the idea tina
wherever kindly and generous and Low
ing act is performed, that is the spot fl
for some temple of commemoration.
l have often spoken to you abou
faith, but now | speak to you abou
works, for faith without work is dead.
l think you will agree with me in tn
statement that the great want of tn
world is more practical religion. w
. want practical religion to go into al
> merchandise. twill supervise the label
ing Of goods. 1t will not allow maj
I to say that thing was made in one fac
, tory when it was made in another. I
3 will not allow the merchant to say
: "That watch was manufac tured in &c
I neva, Switzerland" when it was MANI
featured in Massachusetts. Il will nc
7 allow the merchant to say: "Tha
t wine came from Madeira" when
< came from California. Practical relig
4 ion will walk along by the stor
4 shelves, and tear off all the tags tina
make Misrepresentation. 1t will nc
. allow the meschant to say: THAT
t pure Coffee" when dandelion root an
: chicory and othcr ingredients go into il
= 1t will not allow him to say: THAT
e pure sugar." wheN there are in it san
and ground glass.
0 When practical religion gets its flu,
f swing in the world 1t will go down tn
q etsss.s, and it will come to that sho
l. store and rip off the fictitious soles c
= many fine-looking pair of shoes an
|, show that it is pasteboayd sandwiche
between the sound leather. And TIL
r practical religion will go wight into