Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-02
AT THE TABERNACLE.
DR.. TALMAGE CONTINUES HIS SER
MONS ON THE LESSONS OF NATURE.

ihere Is a sunshine oi INC 'oui !" i'io" oa'
Be Found Only In the Religion of Christ
There Are Wit, Humor and Endurin,
v,v..,,v ANON. cod,s paonIa.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 29-Rev. DIR. Talmag'
this forenoon preached to great audienc'
in the Tabernacle on 1.-THE Sunshine o.
| Religion" the text chosen being Proverbs
iii, IL, Her ways are ways of pleasantness
You have all heard of Gods only begotter
| Son. Have you heard of Gods daughteri
She was born in heaven. She came dowr
over the hills of our world. She had queen
ly step. On her brow was celestial radi
ance. Her voice was music. Her name is
Religion. My text introduces her. 'Hei
ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her
paths are peace"
But what is religion' The fact is that
theological study has had different effect
upon me from the effect sometimes pro
dueed. Every year tear out another leaf
from my theology until | have only three
or four leaves left-in other words, very
brief and plain statement Of Christian be
lief
An aged Christian minister said; when
was young man / knew everything;
when got to be thirty-fye years OF age in
my ministry had only hundred doctrines
OF religion; when got to be forty years OF
age had only fifty doctrines OF religion;
when ] got to be sixty years OF age had
only ten doctrines OF religion, and now
am dying at seventy-fiye years OF age, ana
there is only one thing know, and that IS
that Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners" And so / have noticed in
the study of Gods word, and in my contem-
piation OF the character OF God and OF the
eternal world, that It is necessary for me to
drop this part Of my belief and that part
Of my belief as being nonessential, while
cling to the one great doctrine that man is
a sinner and Chist is his Almighty and
Divine Saviour.
GODS OWN DAUGHTER.
Now take these three or four leaves Of
my theology, and / find that, in the first
place. and dominant above all Others, is the
sunshine of religion. When | go into
room have passion for throwing open all
the shutters. That is what | want to do
this morning We are apt to throw so
much Of the sepulchral into our religion,
and to close the shutters, and TO pull down
the blinds, that 1t is only through here and
there a crevice that the light streams. The
religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ is a reli-
gion Of JOY indescribable and unutterable.
Wherever can find bell mean to ring it.
II there are any in this house this morn
ing who are disposed to hold on to their
melancholy and gloom, let them now de
part this service before the fairest and the
brightest and the most radiant being Of all
the universe comes in. Gods Son has left
our world, but Gods daughter is here.
Give her rooml HALL Princess of Heaven.
Halt daughter Of the Lord God Almighty |
Come in and make this house thy throne
room
In setting forth this idea the dominant
theory OF religion Is one OF sunshine. i
hardly know where to begin, for there are
SO many thoughts that rush upon my soul. |
A mother saw her little child seated on the /
hoor IN the sunshine and with spoon in |
her hand. She said, MY darling, what are
you doing there" "Oh, replied the child,
I'm getting spoonful OF sunshine.
Would God that today might present you
with cleaning chalice OF this glorious,
everlasting Gospel sunshinel
FIRST OF all, ind great deal OF sun
shine IN Christian society.
SORROWS OF THE HuMoRIsTs
| do not know OF anything more dole
- eNN
makers OF the world-the Thomas Hoods,
he Charles Lambs, the Charles Matthews
d the world-the men whose entire bust
hess It Is to makesport. They make others
augh, but II you will examine their auto
biography, or biography, you will find that
Town in their soul there was terrific dis
luietude. Laughter Is no sign of happi-
less. The maniac laughs. The hyena
aughs The loon among the Adirondacks
aughs. The drunkard dashing his decanter
gainst the wall laughs.
There is terrible reaction from all sin
nj amusement and sinful merriment.
such men are cross the next day They
nap Mt you on exchange, or they pass you,
lot recognizing you. Long ago quit mere
worldly society for the reason it was so dull,
o inane and so stupid. My nature is vora-
ious Of JOY. must have it.
! always walk on the sunny side OF the
treet, and for that reason l have crossed
yer into Christian society / like their
node of repartee better. like their style
amusement better. They live longer.