Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-25
RELIGION FOR TO-DAY.
Sunday a Miserable Failure if 1t
Lasts Only for the "a Hours.
CANT A BAD FORM OF HYPOCRISY.
The Petty AnnOyances of Everyday Life
Should Be Utilized.
BE THANKFUL THROUGH ALL THE YEAR


of religion to the affairs of daily life. His
text was taken from L Corinthians, K, 81:
whether, therefore, We eat or drink, or
whatsoever We do, do all to the glory of
God"
When the apostle, in this text, sets forth
the idea that so common an action as the
taking OF food and drink is to be conducted
Z" the glory OF Sod. he proclaims the i'm
Tu-tance OF religion in the ordinary affairs
a our life.
In all ages of the world there has been a
tendency 10 set apart certain days, places,
md occasions for worship, and to think
s',ose were the chief realms in which relig-
SON vas to ac:. Now, holy days and holy
places have their importance. They give
.pnortunltv Tor especial performance of
Christiau duty, and for RECALLING of the re-
liCjo=s appetite; but they cannot take the
pace Of continuous exercise of faith and
Tfaver. In other words, q man cannot be so
larcA Of Christian on Sunday that he can
affurd TO be a worldling all the rest of the
week.
Though a man may seem to be voyaging
heavenward during the holy Sabbath day,
&, during the following six days OF the
week. he is going toward the world. and
toward the flesh, aud toward the devil, he
vii. 1.rver ride up into the pea cefrl harbor
q l-caven. You cannot cat so much at the
Sabhl 4 sanqUat that you can afford reli-
giouS abstinence the other six days.
4 ,'=nsent Day Religion Wanted.
! propose tlis morning, to plead for reii-
girn for today. In the first place we want
10 bring the religion of Christ into our con-
ver>atioa. We on~bt every day TO be talk
in.- religion. Ii there is anything glad
about 1t, anything beautiful about it, any
thing important about it, We ought to be
IL I har
that laen, just in PROPORTION as their Chris
tian experience is shallow, talk aDo1t fune-
rails. ard grsveyards. and tomhstones. and
dcas beds. The real genuine Christian
man talks chiefly about his life, and the
E.rat eternity beyond, and not so much
ahs'''t sac Insignificant pass between these
~ o residences.
tie reiision Of Jesus Christ is welcome. Go
into a circle, even of Christian people, where
they are full ofjoy and hilaritY, and talk
about Christ or heaven, and everything is
Immediately silenced.
Ny friends tire religion of Jesus Christ is
something TO talk about with n glad heart.
II Is brighter tnan the waters: Il ii more
cheerful than the sunshine. Do not 70
around uroaping about your religion, when
YOU ought 20 be singing il or talking it in
we ind men whose lives utterly incon-
si>tent, who attempt to talk religion. and
slwavs make failure Of i:!- NV friends, we
must 1--we religion, or we CANNOT talk it.
am tnc - 'rSt %0-1n OF EtTDDcrlsV.
II 4 man Is cranky, and cross, aad uncon-
genial and hard in his dealings and tnen
begins to talk about Christ and heaven every
body is rep,lled by II: yet have heard such
men say, IN whining tones, I'VE are miser-
able sinners" ''The Lord bless you:" THE
Lord have mercy on you;' their cCnversa-
tion intcI.arded with such expressions,
which .a-s GSshiRG but canting; ard can't
inss 5 t2.e worst form OF hypocrisy.
AGAIN ] remark mASC bring the
ligion OF Christ into or ensployments.
"oa," you say. that is very well if
l;-:a handles large sums OF money, or If
lie las an extensive traffic: bat in my
read-andneedle store, in uiS trimming
establishment, in the humble gorG in life
trat / am called TO, the sphere Is 600
small fcr the action of such grand heavenly
principles" VINO told you SO? Do you not
know tha- God watches the faded leaf oa
tho BROOK : -Ilr.2ce as certainly he Toes
the ~ TIA % blazing sun? When J-ou nave
any-hia- 10 do H. life, however humble =
may seem 20 BE-, God is always there 10 help
\ religion that is not good in one place is
nu. worth anything in another place. TIE
nan wao has only a DAYS wages in his
poc[ p certainty needs the guidance o.
reli-.ion, a. he ylo ratties the KEYS OF a
BANK, and could abscond with 100000 hard
dollars.
The Publicly Devout No. the Best
There are those prominent in the churches
VINO seem to he, on public occasions very
'CNluls WHO u lioS put lIe principles OF
ChriSt's religion INFO practice. They are the
most iEaxoraDle OF creditors. They are the
mcst israsp:ag OF dealers. They nre known
as snaTDerS IN t3Ie street. They fleece
every sheep they can catch.
\ cu'iGt.S merchant comes IN to buy
spring Or 1:til goods. aud he gets into the
store OF one OF these professed Christian
Ei"u who HHVe really no grace in their
a=ar.s, and he i completely swindled lie
J. 50 overcome shat he cannot GET out of
town during the week. He stays in town
owe. sunday goes into some church TO get
Cari~sian consolation, when, what is his
a,uazernrnt 20 fiud that the very man who
h"ads Gl::l the poor box in the church is the
O.s = 20 relieved him OF lis moneyi But
never iuiAd; tie deacon has his black coat
o. nov. He looks solemn, and goes hom.
talking about '-the blessed sermon"
J: The wheat in the churches should be put
INFO hopper. the first turn of the crank
wCUld make the chan fly, tell you. Some
Of these men are great >tlckiers for gospel
preaching. They gay: "1 ou stand there in
bands and Surplice ai:d gown, and preach
preach like an angel, and We Will stand out
here and attend to business. Don't mix
things. Don't get business and religion in
the same bucket You attend to your mat
tiers and we will attend TO ours" They do
not know that God sees every cheat they
have practiced in the Lass six wears.
Leaving Their Religion in Their Pew.
These inconsistent Christian men will sit
on the sabbath night in the house OF God
singing. at the close OF tic service Rock OF
Ages Cleft for Me-" and then. SneI the
bcnediction is pronounced, shut the new
door and say, they go out: "Gooaby, Re-
li-lOn, I'll be back next Sunday"
! think that the church of Goo and the
sabbath are only an arrnory where we are
TO get weapons, but the battlefield is on |
Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, |
Friday, and saturday. "SC Martins ~ and |
"!.euoN." and "Old Hundred; do not amount
TO anything unless they be sung all the week |
4 sermon i useless unless we can take it |
with us behind the plow ami the counter |
The sabbath day is worthless if it last only |
% hours.
DO not think that any work God gives You |
to do IN the word Is on too small a scale for 1
you to do The whole universe is not |
ashamed to take care of one little flower /
on when | see the great heavens /
bending themselves to what seems insight 1
ncant lnlnlstTat2On, when i find out tnat |
God does not forget any blossom of the /
spring or any snowflake of the winter. / |
come TO the conclusion that we can af- |
ford to attend 10 the minute things in life
and thai N:i"t sc 90 we ought to do we'll
since TIE '~ - much perfection'in the con- |
strUctio,. Ui a spiders eye as in the confor-
nation OF flaming galaxies
Religion Not Alone for Fmerre,c,e.
Again, we need to bring the religion of |
Christ into our commonest trials. For
severe losses, for bereavement, for trouble
that shocks like an earthquake and that
blasts like Il storm, prescribe religious
conSolation; but business man, for the
small annoyances OF last WEEK. how
much OF the grace of God did Won apnlvP
'Oht' YOU say, "these trials are too small
for such application My brother. tbev
are shap ping your character they are sour-
ing YOUR temper, they ale wearing out vonr
mari aDd ara -i,,,r |