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Glory Of God Thore Il No Wort, TOO
small or Too Graat for tho Spirit Of
Christianity.
BROOKLYN. Jan. q. DR. Talmaee's ser
mon this morning was on the topic on
which he is never tiwS Of Insisting and
which, more than ans other, constitutes
his message to this generation the appii-
cation Of religion to the affairs Of daily
life. His text was taken from Corinthians
x, 81, Whether, thelefore, ye eat ordrink,
or whatsoever We do, do All to the glory Of
God"
When the apostle In his text sets forth
the idea that so common I'm action as the
taking Of fool and drink to be conducted
to the glory of God, be proclaims the inn
portance Of religion 10 the ordinary affairs
of our life. In all ages OF the world there
has been tendency to set apart certain
days, places and occasions for worship
and TO think those were the chief realms
in which religion WAS to act Now, holy
days and holy places have their impos
tance. They give opportunity for especial
performance of Christian duty and for
regaling Of the religious appetite, but they
cannot take the place of continuous exer
else of faith aud prayer. In other words,
a man cannot be 80 much of Christian on
Sunday that he can afford TO be world
hug all the rest OF the week. Ii steamer
puts out for Southampton and goes one day
in that direction and the other six days in
other directions, how long before the
steamer will get to Southampton 1t win
never get there,
And though a man may seem 20 be vOy
aging heavenward during the holy SAB
bath day, IL during the following six days
Of the week be is going toward the world,
and toward the flesh, and toward the dtvil,
he will never ride up into the peaceful har
Dor of heaven, You cannot cat so much at
the Sabbath banquet that you can afford
religious abstinence the other six days
Heroism and princely behavior on great oc-
casions are no apology for lack Of right de-
ineanor in circumstances insignificant and
inconspicuous. The genuine Christian life
Is not spasmodic; does not go by It's and
starts Ittoils on through heat and cold up
steep mountqins aud along dangerous de
clivites, its'eye on the everlasting hills
crowned with the castles or the blessed
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lgion for today.
THE SPIRIT or RELIGION IN SOCIETY.
In the first place, we want to bring the
religion of Christ into our conversation.
When dam breaks, and two or three viii
lagos are overwhelmed, or an earthquake
in South America swallows whole city,
then people began to talk about the an,
certainty Of life, and they imagine That
they IRE engaged in positively religious
conversation No You may talk about
these things and have no grace of God at
all in your heart We ought every day TO
be talking religion If there is anything
glad about IL, anything beautiful about 10,
anything important about il, we ought TO
be continuously discussing IT, | have no.
tced that men, just in proportion aus their
Christian experience Is shallow, talkub0u
funerals and grHveyarls and tombstonus
aud deathheds. The real, genuine Chris
tian man talks chiefly about This lie and
the great eternity beyond, and not somueh
about the insignificant pt3s between these
two residences. Aud yet how few circles
there are where the religion Of Jesus
Christ is welcome.
Go into circle even of Christian people,
where they are full of joy and hilarity, and
talk about Christ or heaven and everything
is Immediately slenced AS on a summer
day, when the forests arc full of life, chat
ter and chirrup and Carol-a mighty chorus
of bird harmony, every tree branch an or
chestra--fa hawk appear in The sky every
voice stops and the forests are stills just SO
] have seena lively religious circle silcnccd
on the appearance of anything like reli.
gious conversation, No one had anything
TO say, save, perhaps, some old patriarch in
the corner of the room, who really thinks
that something ought to be said undcrthe
circumstances so he puts one foot over the
other and heayes n long Sigh and says,
"Oh, yes that's so, thrt's sol"
My friends, the religion Of Jesus Christ
Is something to talk about with glad
heart 1t is brighter than the waters, it
is more cheerful than the sunshine, DO
not 80 around grooming about your ro'
liG4nn when you ought to he Staging IL or
talking it in cheerful tones Of voice, How
often it is that WE find men whose lives
are utterly inconsistent, who attempt TO
talk religion, and always make failure
Of i'll My friends, we must live religion,
or we cannot talk it, II Il man Is cranky
aud cross and uncongenial and hard in
his dealings, and then begins to talk about
Christ and heaven, everybody is repealed
by it,
Yet have heard such men say in whin
ing tones, 1--WE are miserable Sinners
"The Lord bless you," "Ebe Lord have
mercy on you" their conversation inter
larded with such expressions, which mean
nothing but canting, and canting Is the
worst form OF hypocrisy If we have
really felt the religion Of Christ In our
hearts, let us talk it, and talk ID with
Illuminated counteuancc, remembering
that when two Christian people talk God
gives especial attention and writes down
what they say Malachi i'll, d., "Ium
they that feared the Lord splke often one
TO another, and the Lord harkyuel and
heard IT,, and book of remembrance Was
written"
THE SMALLEST ACT MAY BIS DONE AS ron
GOD.
Again ! remark, we must hr.o the re
ligiun Of Christ into our employ nrnGh
ooh" you shy, that is very well 10 % man
handle large sums Of money, or il lac have
nm extensive traffic, but in my thread and
needle store, in my trimming establish
ment, in the humble work in life tb1tl am
called 90, the sphere is too small Tor the
action OF such grand, heavenly principles
Who told you sop Doyou not know that
God watches the faded leat on the brooks
surface us certainly rs he does the putin Of
a blazing sUn2 Aud the moss thut creeps
up the side Of the rock makes as much I'M
preston upon God'smind rs thewayiugtops
of Oregon pine and Lebanon CEDAR and
the alder, cracking under The cows hoot,
sounds as loud in Gods ear as the snap OF a
worlds oouilagration.
When you have anything to do in life,
however humble it may seem 30 be- God Is
always there to help you TO do It, II your
work is thnt OF a fisherman. then Cod VIII