Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-02-05
REV. Or. TALMAGE.
TIE BROOKLYN DiVINE'S sun
DAY SERMON.
SUBJECT: "RELTGIoN IN OUR DAILY
LIFE

TEXT: "Whether. therefore, ve eat o,
| drink, or ,vhdtsoersr ye do, do all 10 N,
| glory Of God" ~ Corinthians K, 81.
When the apostle in his xt sets forth the
| idea that so common an action as the taking
| Of food and drink is 70 be conducted 10 the
| glory of God, he procains the Importance OF
religion in the ordinary affairs of our life
In all ages of the world there has been a
tendency TO set apart certain days, places
/ and occasions for worship, and to think
those were the chief realms in which religion
was 10 act Now, holy days and holy places
have their Importance they give oppor-
tunity for especial performance of Christian
duty, and for regalinE OF the religious appe-
lite, but they cannot take the place OF con.
tinuous exercise o: faith and prayer. In
other words n man cannot be 50 much of
Christian on Sun.Gy that he can afford TO
be wOrldling all the rest OF the wees. IL
steamer puts out for SOUTHAMPTON and goes
one dav in that direction ami tho other six
days in other dir, r,Ctions how long before the
steamer will Get'to Southampton It. will
never get there.
And though a man may seem to be yoy-
aging heavenward during the holy Sabbath
day, If during the following six days OF tbs
wee; he is goin;, toward tn" world, and To-
wari The flesh, and toward the devil, he will
never ride up luto the peaceful harDor OF
heaven. You cannot eat 80 mucn at the
Sabbath banquet that you can afford re-
ligiouS abstinence the other six days. ncro.
ism and prIuc.,y behavior on great occasions
are no apology tor lack OF rigut demeau1r in
circumstances ms guihcint AMI lnconspicu
Gus. The genuine Christian life is not spas.
modc; does not 90 by hts AMI starts 1t tolls
on Though heat aud cold up steep mountains
and along dangerous dtcIvitieS, its eye on
the everlasting hills crowne with the castles
Of the blessed.
| propose this morning to plead for a re-
iigIOn for to-day.
In the first place we want to bring the re-
hglOn Of Cnrl>t into our conversation. When
dam breaks, aut two or three villages ara
overwhelmed, or an earthquake in South
, | America swallows n whole city, tlen people
teglu TO talk about tbs uncertainty OF life,
aud they imagine that they are engaged III
! positively religious conversation. No. You
may talk about these things and have no
. grace oi Col at all in your heart. We ought
, ,very day to lie taking religion. IL there IS
: anything glad about H. anything beautiful
e abe ut 1t, we ought TO he continuously dis
cuSNiny It, | have noticed that men, just i'll
! proportion as their Christian experience is
, ka.low, talk about funerals aud graveyaris
! and tombstoneS and deathbeds. The rea
0 genuine Christian man talks chiefly about
.hi lie and the great eternity beyond, AMI
= not 81 much about the Insignificant pass be-
tween these two residences And yet how
lew circles there are where the religion Of
Jesus Christ Is welcome.
TO INTO IA circle even OK Christian people,
where taey are tull of JOY and hilarity. an |
Il talk about Christ or heaven and ever ythin1
IS immediately si.eucei. AS on summer
is lay, when the fore,tS are full OF life, chat
Ter and chIrrup and caro!-l mighty chorus
of bird harmony, every tree branch an or
n .hcatrG-if n hawk appear IN the sky every
/ ro,ce stops and the forests are still; Just So
hat.. l,. frr
. IN the appearance OF anything like religious
= .Jnversation. No one has anything to say,
. iavr, perhaps, some old patriarch in the
- corner Of the room who really thinks that
something ought TO be sail under the cir
ls ,umstances, 80 ne puts ono foot over the
s. other and heaves long sigh, and says, "Oh,
II res: that's so, that's sol.
NV friends, :he religion Of Jesus Christ
n S something TO talk about with glad
nj lcar;. 1t Is brighter than the waters; II
"A s more cheerful than the Sunshine. Do not
20 around groaninG about your religion
when you ought to be singing 1t or talking
gu in cheerful tones Of voice. How often II
~ S that We find mVp whose lives are utterly
W Inconsistent, who attempt to talk religion
md always make failure of ltl My
L, riends, we must live religion or we cannot
OF ak it, It man is cranky and cross am
n lncongenial and hard in his dealings an.
hen begins to talk about Christ and heaven
yes everybody is repeled byl
N. Yet have heard such men say, in whinin.
a ones, 1--WE are miserable sinners 9Th
Lord bless YOU" THE Lord have mercy OF
-, you," their conversation interlardei will
w mch expressions, which mean nothing bu
-, ,anting, and cantlng is the worst form Q
" hypocrisy. II we have really felt the religion
II Christ in our hearts let us talk it, and tai
sin with illuminated countenance, remember
he .ng that when two Christian people talk Go
uS Eives especial attention and writes dow
he what they say. Malachi ILL.,, l6, Then the
That feared the Lord spake often one to al
raj other, and the Lord harkened and heard i
na- and book of remembrance was written"
p Again, remark, we must bring the r
JUS lIgion of Christ into our employment
'tOb," you say, that is very well II ma
ot handle large sums OF money, or il he hay
,nv An extensive traffic, but in my thread an
;Is needle store, in my trimming eStablis'
~. ment, in the humble work in life that | a
called to- the sphere is too small for Il
action OF such grand, heavenly principles
% ,es- Who told you so' Do you not know tn
ton God watches the faded leaf on the brook
ooi surface as certainly as He does the path
the ablazing sum- And the moss that creeps l
~ the side OF the rock makes as much lmpre
sion upon Gods mind as the waving tops
ory Oregon pine and Lebanon cedar; and t
], 4 alder, cracking under the cows hoof, SCUM
of as loud in Gods ear as the snap OF work
les conhagraton.
Ter. When you have anything to do in Ii
however humble it may seem to be, God
always there to help you to do it. IL yo
work is that Of fisherman, then God W
III help you, as He helped Simon when
dragged Gennesaret. If your work is dra
ing water, then He will help you, as WI
ort He talked at the well curb TO the Sam1rlt
woman. IL YOU are engaged in the cu't'
house He will lead you, as He led Matth
biS sitting at the receipt of customs. religl
Ohl' that is not good in one place ls not wo
with ANYTHING in another place. The man W
zen has only days wages in his pocket as
law tainly needs the guidance OF religion as
must who rettles the KEYS OF bank and Co
and abscond with a hundred thousand hard
es'l' lars.
there are those prominent in the churc
'ople who seem to be on public occasions very
the yout who do not put the principles
'lAck Christ's religion into practice. they are
OH most inexorable of creditors. They are
cries most grasping of dealers. They are Rnc
it, as sharpers on the street. They fleece ev
NV a sheen they can catch. A couutry merch
first comes in TO buy spring or fall goods AM
ards. gets into the store Of one of these probe
berth Christian men who have really no grac,
q 4th their hearts, and he is completely swind
men Heis 50 overcome that he cannot get OF
: un. town during the week. He stays IN
who over SUNDAY, goes into some church TO
were Christian consolation, when what ls
the amsZement to find the very man who h
,i>ted rim the moor box in the church is the
hcer who relieved him of his money! But
mind the deacon has his black coat on
He looks solemn AMI goes home tai
,,, about "the blessed sermon."
if' II the wheat in the churches should b.
into hopper, the first turn OF the g
| Bt would make the chatf fly, tell you. !
of these men are great sticklers for q
onsi preaching. lney say' 80 md pre,
train oahus anu SUI 'l'''co ai' 81 wa ora anC