Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-25
OUR DAILY RELIGION.
IDR. TALMAce DELIVERS AN EXTREME
W PRACTICAL SERMON.

1ae who sails Hsavenward bns ONE Da9
IN the week win Never Get rhsre-No
Earthiy work Il Too small TO Have
che Christias Spirit Pat Iuto H.
BRooKLYN. Jan. "a. DIR Talmage's
sermon this morning was Oh the topic
on which he Is never tired Of insist
ing. and which. more than any other.
constitutes bis message to this gen
eration- the application of religion
to the affairs of daily life His text
was taken from ] Corinthians x, 81.
.'Whether. therefore w eat or drink.
or whatsoever ye DO. do all to the
glory of God.
When the apostle, in this text, sets
forth the idea that 80 common an nc
ton ~ the taking Of food and drink
Is to be conducted to the glory of
Giod he proclaims the Importance Of
religion in the ordinary affairs of our
life. In all ages Of the world there
bns been tendency to set apart GER
tain days. places and occasions for
worship. and to think those were the
chief realms in which religion was to
act. Now. holy laysand holy places
have their 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. n man cannot be no
much OF Christian on Sunday that
he can afford to be wording all the
rest of the week. II steamer put
out for Southampton, and go one day
ia that direction and the other six
days in other directions, how long be
fore the steamer win get to South
amptonG II will never get there.
And though man may seem TO be
voyaging heavenward during the
holy Sabbath day, If, during the fol
lowing SIX days Of the week, he II
going toward the world, and toward
the flesh and toward the devil, he
will never ride up into the peaceful
harbor Of heaven.
You cannot eat 30 much at the
Sabbath banquet that you can afford
religious abstinence the other six
days. Heroism and princely be
havior on great occasions are no
apology for lack of right demeanor
in circumstances insignificant and in
conspicuous. The genuine Christian
life IL not spasmodic; does not go by
fits and starts. II tolls on through
heat and cold. up steep mountains and
along dangerous declivities, its eye
on the everlasting hills crowned with
the castles of the blessed.
propose this morning to plead for
u religion for today.
CHRIST IN OUR DAILY CONVERSATION.
la the first place we want to bring
the religion OF Christ into our con
versation. When dam breaks and
two or three villages are over
whelmed, or an earthquake in South
America swallows whole city, then
people begin to talk about the un
certainty 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 he
tallging religion. IL there Is any
thing glad about II. anything beauti-
ful about It. anything important
about It, we ought To be continuous
~ discussing Il.
have noticed that men. just In
proportion as their Christian expe-
Iience IN shallow. talk about funerals
and graveyartls and tombstonea and
deathheds The real, genuine Chris
tian man talks chiefly about this life
and the great eternity beyond. and
not so much about tho Insignificant
pasB between these two residences.
And 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 hilaiity, and talk of
CHRIST and heaven. and everything is
Immediately Ailencod
Az ON SUMMER day, when the for
ests are full Of life. chatter and ehir
iup aud carol "A mighty chorus of
bird harmony, every tree branch am
orchestra II a hawk appear IN the
sky every yniee stops, and the for
ests are still iusi 40 have SeOn a
lively religious circle silenoedrou the
appearance OF anything like religious
c0nvenation. No one bad anything
20 say. save perhaps some old n,tli
arch Ia the corner of the room, who
really thinks that something ought 20
be said under the circumstances so
De puts one foot over the other aud
heavas a long sigh and Rays. "oh,
yes; that's 30. that's sor
Ny friends. tho religion az Jesus
Christ IL something 20 talk about
with n glad heart II Is brighter than
the waters; Il Is more cheerful than
the sunshine Do not go around
Kroaning about your religion when
you ought b bo singing i or talking
n Ia cheerful TONES ~ voice How
ofton Il b that vi lind men whose
aaissS are uttoily Inconsistent. who az
knlnrl 10 talk religion, and always
make failure at igl Ny Friends we
must live rnl.sion oT We sanpos talk
ia II q man is crrRigy and eisss and
uncungenial aud hafsl in hisdo..linios.
and then Begins Ia talk about Christ
and heaven, everybody S repeiied
~ Il.
Yet have heard such men Say Ia
whining tonea I'VE are miserable
sinnefs The Lord bless you ''illo
Lord have mercy on you. their con-