Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-02-19
PRACTICE, NOT THEORY.
DR.. TALMAGE CONTINUES HIS Sc
RlES OF EVANGELICAL SERMONS.

RlES OF EVANGELICAL SERMONS.
The Catholic Doctrine of "Good Works.
Too Many Professionals Lay Too Little
Stress on worhs-Religion should Go
Into the Everyday Life.
BRooKLYN, Feb. l5-Great audiences
again assembled at the service by DIR. Tai
mage in the Brooklyn Academy of Music
this morning. and also at The Christian
Herald service in the New York Academy
of Music in the evening. The remarkable
Interest in the latter continues without
evidence of abatement. At the service in
New York last Sunday evening there were
many emotional episodes among the vast
audience, and tonight these were repeated,
hundreds pledging themselves anew to
Christian lives henceforth. DR.. Talmage
took for his text at the Brooklyn Academy;
Faith without works is dead" GAS. ii, 20).
The Roman Catholic church has been
charged with putting too much stress upon
good works and not enough upon faith. /
charge Professionalism with putting not
enough stress upon good works as CON
neeted with salvation. Good works will
never save Il man, but if man have not
good works he has no real faith and no
genuine religion There are those who de
pend upon the fact TINT they are all right
inside, while their conduct is wrong out
side. Their religion for the most part is
made pof talk-vigorous talk, fluent talk,
boastful 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 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-eyerything from flying iib to miz-
zen spanker, but making no useful voyage.
Now the world has got tired OF this, and it
wants a religion that will work into all
the circumstances Of life Wed not want
a new religion, but the old religion APP
piled in all possible directions.
THE BRAwLING. USELESS STREAM.
Yonder is a river with steep and rocky
banks, and ii roars like young Niagara
as it rolls on over it's rough bed It does
no. hing bat talk about itself all the way
from it's 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. II does not run one fer
tilizing rill into the adjoining field. II hns
not one grst mill or factory on either side.
1t sulks in wet weather with chilling fogs
No one cares when that river il born
among the rocks. and no one cares when il
dies into the sea But yonder is another
river. and it MOSES its banks with the
warm tides. and it rocks with noral lula
by the water lilies asleep on its bosom. 1t
invites herds Of cattle, and fiocls VI sheep.
and coveys OF birds 10 come there and
drink 1t has three grist mills Oh one side
and six cotton factories on the other Ii is
the wealth of two hundred miles Of lux
urant farms The birds Of heaven chanted
when il was born in the mountains and
the ocean Shipping will press in from the
sea to hail Il us il comes down 10 the Allan
tic coasr The one river is a man who lives
foi. =. iself the other river is a man who
lives for others.
Do YOU knew how the site OF the an cient
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 To- ely, and will try
TO cheer him up. and ! sill take some Of
the sheaves from my field in the night time
and set them over on bis farm aud say
nothing about it. The other brother said,
My brother has large family, and it is
very difficult for him to support them, and
| will 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,
and night after night, but every morning
things seemed to be just as they were, for
though sheaves 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 broth
eis happened 10 meet while making this
trlnsference, aud the spot where
they met was so sacred that il was chosen
as the site Of the city of Jerusalem. II that
tradition should prove unfounded il will
nevert heless stand a. a beautiful allegory
setting forth the idea that wherever a
kindly aud generouSslnd loving act is per
formed that is the spot lis for some temple
Of commemoration
FRIGHTFUL FRAUDS II FOOD.
have often spoken to you about faith.
but now speak TO you about works, for
faith without works i dead think
you will agree with me in the statement
that the great want Of this world is moro
practical religion We Want practical re-
igion to 90 into all merchandise. 1t will
supervise the LABELLING of goods. Il will not
allow man TO say thing was made In
1ne factory when it was made in another
IL will not allow the merchant to say that
watch was manufactured in Geneva,
when it was manufactured in
1t will not allow tho
merchant TO say that wine came from Ma
leira when it came from California. Prac
.ical religion will walk along by the store
shelves aud tear of all the tags that make
Misrepresentation. 1t will not allow the
merchant 10 say that is pure coffee when
iandelion root and chicory and other in
gradients 30 into H. 1t will not allow him
% say that is pure sugar when there are in
1 sand and ground glass
When practical religion gets its full
wing in he world il Will 70 down the
streets. and il will come 10 that shoe store