Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-20
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE EEOOBLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
subject week Day Religion"


,,ss 10 set apart certain days, places and oc
.ssions for especial religious service. and t,
,Sjrkthlt they f0rmedthe realm in which re
Tg,on was chiefly TO act. Now. while hol,
a. and holy places have their use, they car
,-sysr be a -I .4titute for continuous exercis
~ faith and prayer.
In other words. a man cannot be so good {
rbrisfian on sabbath that he can afford to b,
srorldlin- all the week. If a steamer star
for southampton and sail one day in that dt
-a.+ion and the other six days sail in Other
ai-sctions. how long before the steamer will
- 10 S1uthanWou2 Just as soon rs the
t,aD will get O. heaven who sails c the Sab
La,b 8ay t5wAr that which is good. and the
o.bsr six davs o.! the week sails toward the
,ro,d the flesh and the devil. You cannot
o,, 40 much at the Sabbath banquet that you
car afford ralic clous abstinence all the rest oi
the week.
Genuine r.Il-loa IS not spasmodic, does
80, "a bv fits and starts. is not an attack oi
ebils ami igya--now cold until your teeth
c5s+ta-. now not until your bones ache.
Gsruira religion marches on steadily up
s.ssn hi,ls ami along dan -erOus declivities.
az sva eyer on the everlasting hills crowned
with tha castles o- the blessed.
To-5po-a, SO far rs Col may help me, to
show ylu how we may bring our religion in
,o.,-iirgrv lie AM practice II in common
tbfncs-vgsteriav. to-day, tomorrow.
AMI in the first place. l remark, we ought
.obr,ng religion into our ordinary CONVERSE
don 4 dam breaks. and two or three viii
laos are submerged, a South American
saIthruske swallows q city, and people be-
civ To talk about the uncertainty OF human
Ifa ans in that conversation think they are
engaging In religious service when thera
- ba no religion at all. l have notice, l
tbgf in proportion GS Christian experience is
shaIlov men talk about funerals ami death-
beis and Lsars1s ami t0m5s;Ones and epi-
taphs.
ia man have the religion Of the gospel in
ne f1I poyar in his soul, he will talk chiefly
about this world ami the eternal world AMI
very little comparatively about the insignfi-
can't pass between this and that. Yet how
seldom il is that tn. religion of Christ is n
welcome theme, II a man full of the gospel
OF Christ goes into religious circle and be-
rins 10 talk about slerel things, all the con-
ygrsati0n is husla1, and things become ex-
reeiin,ly awkward. As on a summer day,
the forest full OF song AMI chirp and carol,
mighty chorus Of bird hlrmOnics, every
branch an orchestra, il q hawk appears in
the ssv all the voices are huShei, 50 I have
sometimes seen % social circle that pro!esse
10 be Christian slal.eI by the appearance OF
the great thsu- O.. COD ami religion.
Now. my friends. if we have the religion OF
Christ in our soul, we will talk about it in
an exhilaraut mood. 1t Is more refreshing
than the waters. il is brighter than the sun
shine It gives q man JOY here and prepares
hin for everlasting happiness before tho
throne Of God. And yet, if the theme OF
religion be introduced into q circle, every
thing ssileurel-siisnced unless perhaps an
aged Christian man in the corner OF the
ro0n, feeling that something ought to be
saii. puts one foot over the other ami siShs
heavily and says, "Oh, yes that's sol
Ny friends the religion OF Jesus Christ IS
not something to be groaned about, but
something to talk about and sing about, your
face irraiiated. The trouble is that men prof.
Tossing the faith Of the gospel are often SO
Inconsistent that they are afraid their con-
yersation will not harmOnize with their lie.
We eanuet 81, tt.c gosPei ut5oss = Tive the
gospel You viii often find a man whose en-
tire life Is full Of inconsistencies filing his
conversation with such expressions IS, I'VE
are miserable sinners" ''The Lord help US"
The Lord bless you" interlardinS their
conversation with such phrases, which arc
mere csnting, and canting is the worst kind
oihypocrsy.
Tsman have tho grace of God in his heart
dominant, be can talk religion, and it will
Seem natural. and men. instead of being re-
pulsed BY il, will be attracted by il. Do you
not know that when two Christian people
talk as they ought about the things of Christ
and heaven God gives special attention, and
He writes il all down. Malachi ill.,, Is,
Then they that feared the Lord talked ono
10 the other, AMI the Lord hearkened and
heard, and a book Of remembrance was writ
ten"
But I remark G-ain. We ought to bring the
religion o. Jesus Christ into our ordinary
emplOyments "Oh. - you say, 'that's very
good theory for n wgn who manages a largs
business, who has great traffic, vino holds a
great estats-lt is grand thing ior bankers
hd for shipper tut in my thread and nee7
die store, In my trimming establishment, in
ny insignificant work Of life. you cannot
sply those grand -gSDlc principles Who
toi you that. Do you not know that a
isdei leaf on 2 brooks surface attracts Gods
attention as certainly IS the path OF blaz-
Ing sun, AMI that the moss that Creep5 upthe
SIDE Of the rock attracts Gods attention as
certainly a5 the waving tops OF Oregon pine
and Lebanon c1fLr, and that the cracking
Of an alder under IL cows hOOi sounds as
loudly in God s ear as the snap Of a worlds
confagration, ami that the most insignitl-
cant thing in your life is of enough impor-
lance to attract the attention of the Lord
God Almighty
Ny brother, you cannot be called to DO any
thing so insignificant INT God will heIp you
IN m IT,. -- - C,tIP Iii
stand bv Won az Ia 4fF Lv simon Zvben hi
dragged GsrDa-r-a+ AZ --oT, drayvar oi
vstsrF he will I.s -,f.I yoi1 no ar tbs we'll
curb when taTyrr. Win the Samaritan
woman A-s --- a., No., J,,,,,sa lraee-s
Christ will call ,.r,- - n, 5iJ [Tottb,- a. ~,
receipt OF cgst7-~ Tho nan ,r6C hos o.nIv a
DAYS WAGES In his -,.I,ly.+ o. cs-+oinIy nasda
religion as he rr.r, r,+is - - ~, 49,
and could aHsrn7s n /, bTnJrSJ thousand !
hard dollars. And vet there are nen who |
Profess the ra'f,I-.-, IF reg,,s Cb-is+ --bo do
not bring the -..i',f,1 ~ +ba l,Cg,,sI into |
their orligary o.,-T07.ions and e1nIov.
neats.
There arc I'm .r, .,r,.-.F,,. ~ +bi. 7,,, ,,er, |
Who seen vsrv Ea,-,-r-. an the Sab5atS yyho
are far f-5r ,rat -sr.-. .h, - 4 oo,,,1
Try ner .4aat a--Hv.- in 2ri. .ity and he GOES
into the store % -r;v r,ooIs 6i man who |
PROCESSES RELIGION. agt has no Grace in bis
heart The country merchant is syvindled- |
He IS too exhag5-.i IN. o. b0ne tbat waek,
he starries in town. on sabbath he coes to
aaasnent To- o mi Si+5oaton 5, b ana 5o %nat Is ms
around the moor tI ia tb -, ~ ona Ebo
svinded him P.-.r1,a--,ir,I irbaJa,cnD II
Las his BLACK con. m - a+j Ioai-s soIa-On
and goes home ta.Efng about that blessed
during the 05,.5s'.'.'' wess Oh sunday Workings
That man docs M, rs,1i,, +bo. c,o5 l,ror-.