The Red Cloud chief., 1891-02-27
FAITH TTHOU R
Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage Discourses
to Business Men.
Good Works ~ Necessary as F.ith-Tos
Much Falsencss in Every vocation-Re-
form Needed In society-The Saviour
the Best Guide.

faith j charge Professionalism with
putting not enough stress upon good
works as connected with salvation.
Good works will never save a 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 nll right inside, while
their conduct Is wrong outside. Their
religion, for the most part, il made up
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 mp 10
such a higher life that they have
no patience with ordinary Chris
tians in the plain discharge Of their
duty. As near as ! can tell this ocean
craft il mostly sail and very little tom
rage. F~orctopmast stay sail, foretop-
mast studding sail, m~ain:opsail, miZzen
topsail-evcry thing from flying jib
10 mizzcn spanker, but making no
useful voyage. Now, the world has
got tired of this and wants a religion
that will work into all the circum-
stances Of lie. We do not want "A new
religion, but the old religion applied in
all possible directions.
Wonder il "a river with steep and
rocky banks, and IL roars like a young
Niagara as il rolls on over its rough
bed 1t does nothing but talk about
itself all the way from It's source in the
mountain To the place where il empties
into the sea The banks are 70 steep
81. It'll. ,ar not ,rn Ia-., a. IrtrLr
u docs not run one f~crtilizing rill into
the adjoining field. IL has not one grist
mill or factory on either side. IL sulks
ia wet weather with chilling f"gs- No
one cares when that river is born among
the rocks, and no one cares when il
dies into the sea.
i;ut yondcr is another river, and IL
mosrcs Its banks with the warm tides,
and it rocks with floral lullaby the
water lillics asleep on its bosom. II
invites herds OF cattle and flocks of
sheep and covcys of birds To come there
aud drink. II has three grist mills on
side and six cotton factories ON the
other. II j. the wealth of 200 miles of
luNuriant farms The birds of heaven
chantcd when il was born in the noun
tains, and the ocean shipping will press
In from the sea - hail il AS it comes
down 10 the Atlantic coast. The one
river is n man who 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 adj
joining farms The one brother had a
large family, The other had no family.
The brother with "A large family said:
There il my brother with no family;
ne must Toe lonely, and ] will try to
cheer him up, and I will take some Of
INV shcavcs from nv field i'm the night
time and set them over ON his farm and
say nothing about it" The other
brother said; My brother has a large
family, and il is very difficult for him
10 support them. and ] will help him
along, and j will take some of the
sheavcs from my farm in the night
time and set them over OF his farm, and
say nothing about IT," So the work Of
transferencc went IN night after night,
and night after night; but every morn
ing things seemed Ia he just rs they
Were, for though sheavcs had been
subtracted from. shelves had also been
added. and the brothers were per-
picked and could not understand. But
one night the brothers happened 10
meet while making this generous trans
~crcncc, and the spot where they met
WIS 81 sacred that il vas chosen a the
site of the city Of Jerusalem. IL that
tradition should prove ~unfouDdedit will
nevertheless stand ms n beautiful allie
CORY, setting forth the idea that where
ever a kindly and generous and loving
act is performed that is the spot tit for
some temple Of commcmoration.
! have often spoken 10 you nbout
faith, but now l speak To you about
works, for faith without works il
dead" l think you will agree with me
I'm the statement that the great want Of
this world is more practical religion.
We want practical religion 10 ~ into
all merchandise. II will supervise the
labelling of goods IL will not allow n
man 10 say a thing was made in one
factory when II was made in another.
IL will not allow the merchant Ia say
that watch was manufactured in
Geneva, Switzerland. when il was man
ufactured in Massachusetts. twill not
allow the merchant 10 say that wine
came from Madeira when il came from
California. Practical religion Will
walk along 10y the store shelves, and
tear of all the tags that make misrcp-
rc.rntaticn. II will not allow the mcr-
chant to say that Is pure coffee when
dandelion root and chicory and other
ingredients GU into IL IL will not al
low him 10 say that is pure sugar when
there. are in il sand and ground glass.
When practical religion gets its full
swing in the world. IL will 60 down the
streets. and il will come ~ that shoe
store and rip of the fictitious soles 81
many a fine looking pair of shoes and
show that il i p~astehoard sandwiched
between the sound leather. And this
practical religion viii 80 right into n
grocery store. and il Will pull ont the
plug of all the adul.erated sirups. and
IL will dump into the ash barrel. in
front Of the store, the cassia h:irk that
i sold for cinnamon and the brick dust
that il sold for cayenne pepper; n IL
will shake out the rrussian blues from
the tea leaves, and il viii sift from the
-four plaster 81 Paris and honedust and
soapstone. and il viii by chemical
analysis separate the one quart of
Ridgewood water from the few homes;
drops of COWS milk, and il will throw
on, the live animalcules from the brown
sugar 3
There has been SO much adulteration
of articles of food that IL is an amaze
ment 20 me that there Is n healthy man
or woman in America Heaven only
knows what they put into the spices
and into the sugars and into the butter
and into the apothecary drug. Blu,
chemical analysis and the microscope
have made wonderful revelations
The Board Of Health in Massachusetts,
analyzeG n great amount OF what was
called pure coffee and found in il nos
one particle Of coffee. In England there
is q law ,ha; forbids the putting of alum
in bread The public authorities exam