Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02
THE TRUE SUNSHINE.
DR.. TALMAeE SAYS ONLY TIE CHRIS
TAN CAN APPRECIATE IT.

IN. =iN-NTNSC ~ y VIZ - O'''
TAN CAN APPRECIATE IT.
The GloomieSt Wen on Earth Arc Tho,
Whose business It Is to Make Fun fc
others-christian society Is Wittier an.
More Humorous Than Any Other.
BRooKLYy, Jan. 29.-Rev. DR.. Talmas
this forenoon preached TO great AUDI
ence in the Tabernacle on The Sunshin.
of Religion the text chosen being
Proverbs III. Il, Her ways are ways c
p!easantnesS.
You have all heard of Gods only be
gotten Son. Have You heard Of God'E
daughter: She was born IN heaven. She
came down over the hills OF our world.
She had Queenly step On her brow was
celestial radiance. Ifer,voice was music.
Her name is Religion Ny text intro
duces her. Her ways are ways Of pleas
antness. and all her paths are peace.
But what IS religion: The fact IS thaf
theological study has had different ef
feet upon me from the effect sometimes
produced. Every Year tear out another
leaf from my theology until l have Only
tnree or four leaves left-in other words,
very brief and plain statement of Chris
tain belief.
An aged Christian minister said;
When l was a Young man. l knew
e~erythins; when got TO be ti.irtv-6ve
wears OF age. In q2y ministry had only a
hundred doctrines af religion; when
got to be forty years # age, had only
fifty doctrines of religion; when l got to
be sixty years OF age. had only ten doc
trines Of religion. and now am dying q:
seventv-6ve years OF age. and 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 il my
contemplation of the character Of God
and of the eternal word that II Is neceS-
sary for me to drop this part Of my b
lief and that part Of lay belief as teiiis5
noressential. White cling to the one
great doctrine that man IS a sinner. an
Christ is his Almighty and Divine Say
iour
SUNSHINE OF THE HEART.
Now take these three or four leaves
o: my theology, and fndJha in the first
place. and dominant above al others. IS
the sunshine Of religion. When | 50
into room l have a passion FOR throw
ing open all the shutters. That IS what
want 10 Go t}3:.s morning We are alt
10 Throw 50 ;zuch ofethe sepQlchr.l iitt,,
our relig!oa and 10 close TIE slutter-
and to pull down the blinds that Ii Is
only through here and there q creVice
shat the light streams. The religion Of
the Lord Jesus Christ is q religion of JOY
indescriba6ie and unuttey;t5le. Wher
ever can tnG! a bell laean 70 ring II.
If there are anv in this house ~
morning who are disposed to hold oG
their melancholy and gloom. II t.lca
now depart this service before the ta,',
est and the brightest AND the inosJfa'.;
ant being of all the universe cones IN.
Gods Son has left our world. bus God ;
daughter is here. Giveher room. Hal.
princess of heavea. Hal. daughter Of
the Lord God Almighty, Golne IN and
make this hoEse Thy throGeroon.
In seft;n, forth this i,.es. the dominant
theory Of religion is oue Of sunshine. J
hardy know where 10 begin. for ebere
arc 50 ,aanv thoughts that rush upon my
soul. y mother saw her lttle child
seated on the floor IN the sunshine s:'l9
with a spoon III her hand She Sai9
..Aly airing. what are Won doing there
"0I,. rep)jed the child. I'm getting 4
sn..o,ff, ~ ,l,;s sunshine Would God
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First Of a!i, ma q great se'o o sun
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fl,i,ya,.<ers IN, max, 81 fl.e worId-tle Thomas
Eoo5s Tho Charles Lambs the Charles
No4+i,s,,s of tl,e -lvorl6-+be men v..,ose.
-.,9rira h,,.;nss. II is 70 make Snort. rhev
make o.bers laugh. but if YOU VIII ex-
anime 4be;- autobiography or biography
Won will find than down in their soul
+l9ara was q terrific disorietude. Laugh
zer is no sierl of happiness. The maniac
iangbs The bvena laughs The loon
a,o9oc the Adiroudac}s laughs. T
drI,nJard dashing his tiecanter against
tba wall laughs
Tug AyvFr,r. REACTION.
There is terrible reaction from all
sinfDl amusement and sinful 1nerri3nent.
such men are cross the next DAY. They
snap at vou on exchange, or they pass
YOU. not recognizing you. Long ago l
cult mere worldly society for the reason
It was 80 duh, so inane ana so stupid
Nv nature is voracious OF Joy. Imust
have it.
always walk on the sunny side Of the
s4raa+ and for that reaso!. have crossed
oya- ;,,-o Christian society. Ike their
mode Of repartee letter: ike their style
of a,nuserpenc better. They live longer.
ty,,-;.+;e,, ,,ao,,Ia + sometimes notice. i've