The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-14
AT THE TABERNACLE.
DR., TALMAGE ON THE COMMON
PLACES OF LIFE.

PIeiy-God Does Not Overlook the I,t,,s
ThInes-we should he Thsnkfr, U,u
Small Blessings.
BROOKLYN, Sept. 3.-Rev. Il. De
Witt Ialmage in selecting topic for to-
day chose one OF practical value TO MI
classes--viz, "Week day Religion. -
The text is from Proverbs iii, 6, SIN all
thy ways acknowledge him."
There has been a tendency in all lands
and ages to set apart certain dovs
place and occasions for especial religious
service, and to think that they formed
The realm in which religion Was chiefly
to act. Now, while holy days and holy
places have their use, they can never hc
substitute for continuous exercise Of
faith and prayer.
In other words, a man cannot be SO
good a Christian on Sabbath that hc can
afford TO be wor!dling all the week. II
steamer start for Southampton ana sa;!
one day In that direction and The other
Blk days sail in other directions, how
long before The steamer will ucL to
southampton? Just as soon IS a man
Will get to heaven who sails ON the Sab.
bath day toward that which is good, and
the other six days of The week sails TO.
ward the world flesh and the devil. You
cannot eat 30 much at the Sabbath ban
quet you can afford religious abstinence
ali the rest Of the week.
Genuine religion is not sDasmodic.
does not 60 by Its AMI starts, is not an
attack Of chllls and tcver-now cold un-
I'LL your teeth chatter, now hot until
your bones ache. Genuine rcliyron
marches on steadily, up steep hills and
along dangerous dcclivitcs, It's eye ever
on The everlasting hills crowned with
the castles of the blessed.
L propose, so far as God NAV hclp
me, TO show you how we may hruy our
religion into ordinary life and practice
IL IN common things YESTERDAY, TO-DAY,
tomorrow.
And, in the first place, | remark, we
ought TO bring religion into our ordinary
conVersatioA. A dam breaks and two or
tnree villages arc Submerged; Il south
American earthquake swallows a CITY.
and people begin to talk about the lm-
certainty OF human lite, and in that con-
versatlon think they are engaging IN re-
nglous service, when there may be no
rellSloD at all. | have noticed that in
proportlon as Christian experience is
swallow men talk about funerals and
oeathpeds and hcarscs and tombstones
and epitaphs.
III man have the religion OF the COS
pei IN its 1ull power in his soul, he will
talk chlehY about this world and the
eternal world and very little compara-
lively ABOUT The insignificant pass be-
tween this and that. Yet how seldom
II IA thQt thn rol,pIN,, ,,f 4
come theme? 1t a man iull OF the rnS-
pei Of Christ goes into a religious circle
ana begins to talk about sacred THINGS.
all the conversation is mlshcd and thinrs
become exceeding awkward. AS ON II
summer day, the forests full of SOM and
chlrp and CAROL mighty chorus OF bird
harmonics, every branch an orchestra,
II hawk appears III the skv, all the
voices are hushed. SO ! have some.
times seen social circle that proiessc1
10 be Christian silcnced by the apncar.
ance OF the great theme Of God add rcIjr
ion. N
.. NOW, my friends, if we have the re.
llglon OF Christ in our soul, we will talk
ABOUT 1t IN an cXhilcraut mood. II Is |
more refreshing than the waters, il is |
brighter than the sunshine, II uiycs u
man JoJ here and prepares hIm Tor ever.
lastlhg fSpplness before the throne Of
God. And yet, if tic theme of rclIyron
be introduced into circle, everything is
sl'enced-sllenccd unless PERHAPS an
hScd Christian man in the corner oi the
room, leellng that something ought to
DC sad, puts one foot over the o.hnr
ahd slghs heavily and says, "Oh YES;
tAat's SOL" 'N'
MY 1tlends, the religion Of Jesus
Chrlst Is not something 10 be gr9ancd |
ABOUT, but something TO talk about and |
sing ABOUT, your face irradiatcd. The |
Iiouole ls that men protesting the faith
oi Inc gospel arc often so inconsistent
InaI Cney are afraid their conversation
Will not harmanizc with their hic. We
cannot talk tho gospel unless VIC live
the gospel. You will often find q man
whose entire life ls full OF inconsistencies
nlllng his conversation with such cX-
presslon as 1--WE are miserable Sinners ~
"the Lord help u.s." "tho Lord ble,s
yCu," lnterlarding their convcrs alton
win such phrases, which are more cant.
ing, and canting is the worst KIND of
hypocrisy.
Ii man have the grace of God in his
heart dominant, he can talk rc)u,ou
ana II Will seem natural, and men in
stead OF beng repulsed by it will be at.
tracted by 1t. DO you not know that
when TWO Christian people talk rs they
ought about the things Of Christ and
heaven God gives special attention, ard
.HrS rs writes 1t all down. Malachi iii, lG, |
tneh tneY That feared the Lord talked |
one 10 the other, and The Lord hear.
hened and heard, and book of remem.
Dfance was written"
But, | remark again, we OUGHT 70
brlng the reiiS'on of Jesus Chtist into
our ordinary rmployments. "Oh. - Won
Say, THAT'S a very good theory for
man VINO manages a large business. woo
mas Rssat traffic, who holds great estate,
II Is grand thing for bankers and for
shlppers. but in my thread and needle
rU~'; noW Ia my trimming establishment, in
nat .nr, nmSignlncant 4 work o. life, you can
WI WSpPy SapPiy those gram. gospel PRINCIPLES. -
w ho OOlu you thatI 10 yo, 80, ,... |