The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-05

nina; the deacon has mis- black coat on
now. He looks. solemn, and goes home
talking about the blessed sermon" IL
the wheat in the churches should be put
into hopper, the first turn OF the crank
would make the chaff fly, l tell you.
Some of these men are great sticklers for
gospel preaching. They say, "You stand
there in bands and surplice and 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 matters
and we will attend to. ours" They do
not know that God sees every cheat
that they have practiced in the last SIX
years; that he can look through the
iron wall of their fire proof safe; that
he has counted every dishonest dollar
they have in their pocket,
and that day of judgment will come.
These inconsistent Christian men will
sit on the Sabbath night in the house
of God, singing, at the close of the serv-
ice, Crock of Ages Cleft for Me" and
then, when the benediction is pro-
nounced, shut the pew-door, and say,
as they go out, Goodbye, Religion.
I'll be back next Sunday"
think that the Church of God
and the Sabbath are only an armory
,Inere we are to get weapons
When war comes, if man wants
to fight for his country he does
not go to Troy or Springfield to
do battling, but he goes there
for swords and muskets. l look upon
the church OF Christ and the Sab
bath day as only the place and time
where and when we are to get
armed Christian conflict; but the battle
field is on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
est. Martins" and "Lenox," and "Old
Hundred" do not amount to anything
unless they sing all the week. A SER
mon is useless unless we can take il
with us behind the plough and the
counter The Sabbath day is worth
less if it last only twenty-four hours.
was preaching one Thanksgiving
day and announced my text: "Oh,
give thanks unto the Lord; for he ia
good; for his mercy endureth forever"
do not know whether there was any
blessing on the sermon or not; but the
text went straight to young mans
heart. He said to himself, as
read the text: "'Oh, give thanks
unto the Lord; for he is good
Why, have never rendered him any
thanks. Oh, what an migrate l have
been!" Can it be, my brother, that you
have been fed by the good hand of God
all these days-that you have had cloth.
ing and shelter and all beneicent sur
roundings, and yet have never offered
your heart to God? o, let a sense of the
divine goodness shown you in the every
day blessings melt your heart; and
if you have never before uttered ono
earnest note of Thanksgiving, let this
be the day which shall hear your song.
What say to one, say to all of this
audience. Take this practical religion
l have recommended into your every
day life. Make every day Sabbath,
and every meal sacrament, and every
room you enter Holy OF
Holes. We all have work to
do; let US be willing to do it.
We all have sorrows to bear; let US
chcerfully bear them. We all have
battles to fight; let us courageously
fight them. If you want to die right
you must live right. Negligence and
Incidence will win the hiss of everlast-
ing scorn, while faithfulness will
gather its garlands, and wave its
sceptre, and sit upon its throne, long
after this earth has put on ashes,
and eternal ages have begun their
march. You go home to-day, and at
tend to your little sphere of duties. ]
will go home, and attend to my little
sphere of duties, Every one in his own
place. So our every step in life shall
be triumphal march, and the humblest
footstool on which we are called to
sit will be conquSror's throne.