The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-02-05
TRUE RELIGION.
DR.. Talmage on Christianity II
Ordinary Affairs
Necessity of Religion In Business Dealings
The True and False Way of Carrying
it into Dsily Work-BlessInss in
Every Day Life.

In late sermon at Brooklyn upoI
the application of religion to the affair
of daily life Rev. T. Dewitt Talmag'
took his text from 1. Corinthians x. 81
"Whether, therefore, We eat or drink
or whatsoever We do, do all to the glorJ
of God" DR.. Talmage said:
When the apostle, in this text, set
forth the idea that SO common an actor
as the taking of food and drink is to bt
conducted to the glory of God. he pro
claims the Importance of religion in tbs
ordinary affairs of our life. In all ages
of the world there has been tendency
to set apart certain days, places and oc
casions for worship, and to think, those
were the chief realms in which
religion was to act. Now, holy
days and holy places have theil
importance. They give opportunity
for especial performance of Christian
duty, and for regaling of the religious
appetite; but they cannot take the
place of continuous exercise of faith
and prayer. In other words, a man
cannot be so much of Christian on
Sunday that he can afford to be a
wording all the rest Of the week. II
steamer pat out for Southampton,
and go one day in that direction and
the other six days in other directions,
how long before the steamer will get
to Southampton. 1t will never get
there. And though a man may seem
to be voyaging heavenward during the
Sabbath day, if, during the following
six days of the week, he is going to-
ward the world, and toward the flesh,
and toward the devil, he will never
ride up into the peaceful harbor of
Heaven
You cannot eat so much at the Sab
bath banquet that you can afford relig-
ious abstinence the other six days.
Heroism and princely behavior on
great occasions are no apology for lack
of right demeanor in circumstances in
significant and inconspicuous. The gen.
uine Christian life is not spasmodic:
does not go by fits and starts 1t tolls
on through heat and cold up steep
mountains and along dangerous decliv-
tiles, its eye on the everlasting hills
crowned with the castles of the blessed.
propose. this morning, to plead for
\ religion for to-day.
In the first place, we want to bring
the religion of Christ into our conver-
sStion. When dam breaks, and two
or three villages are overwhelmed. or
an earthquake in South America swaI-
lows whole city, then people begin
to salk about the uncertainty of life,
and they imagine that they are 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 lie talk
ing religion. If there is anything glad
about it, anything beautiful about it,
important about it, we ought
TO be continuously discussing It /
have noticed that men, just in proper
ton as their Christian experience is
shallow, talk about funerals, and
and tom mbstones, and death
beds The real, genuine Christian man
.alks chiefly about this life, and the
great eternity beyond. and not so much
about the insignificant pass betwsen
,hese two residences
AS on a summer day.. the forests are
tull of LIE, chatter and chirrup and
,arol-a mighty chcrrs of bird
every tree branch an
a hawk appear in the sky
,very voiee stops and the forests are
till; Just 80 have seen lively re-
igious circle silenced on the appearance
# anything like religious conversation.
dy friends the religion of Jesus Christ
, something to talk about with glad
,eart II Is brighter than the waters;
I Is more cheerful than the sun
hine- DO not go around groan-
ng about your religion when
you ought to be singing it
IT talking il in cheerful tones of voice.
How often Is it that we find men whose
ives are utterly inconsistent, who at
empt to talk religion, and always make
failure of itl My frieEds, we must
i've religion. or we cannot talk it. If a
nan is cranky, and crosa and uncon-
renial, and hard in his dealings and
hen begins to talk about Christ and
Iesven, everybody is repelled by it
let Z have heard such men say in
tones, I'VE are miserable sim
lers;" Lord bless you1r The Lord
lave.merey on you;" their conversation
with such expressions. which
mean nothing but cauting; and canting
5 the. worst form of hypocrisy.
Again remark, we mnst bring the
eligion of Christ into our-employments
O." you say, that is very we'll if a
nan handles large sums, of money or If
le has an extensive trahic, but in my
bread and needle store, in my trim
ming establishment, ia the hum mble
work. IN life that 1 am called to the
phere is too small fog the action of
uch grand heavenly principles Who
old you so? Do you know that God |
the faded leaf on the brooks |
urfaee as certainly as ne does the path |
# blazing sun? And the moss that |
reeps up the side of the rock makes
.s nuch impression upon Gods mind
S the waving tops of Oregon
,iEe and Lebanon cedar; and the
.l5er, cracking under the cows
loof, sounds as loud in Gods |
ar as the snap of worlds confagra-
ion. When you have anything to do
4 life, however humble it may seem to
se, God is always there to help you to |
10 it If your work is that of fisher
nan, then God will help you as he
lelpsd Simon when he dragged Cen
lesarat II your work is drawing
water. then He will help you. as when
lie talked at the well curb to the
woman If you are engaged
n the custom house, He will lead you
IS Pc led Matthew sitting at the re-
eipt of customs A religion that is not
,ood in one place is not worth anything
q another place.
A country merchant comes in to buy
Dr;no or fall GOODS and ho 0ats into