The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-02-01
GODS DAUGHTER.
DR.. Talmage Says Her Name is re-
igion She Was Heaven-Born'
sunshine the Dominant Theory OF hcigion
Tho Sunshine In Christian anu
Divine Explanation = Advioe
TO Young Mon Who Como
Into the Cities.

CHOSEN DcluH, IiONSAN W
ways are ways of pleasantness'"
You have all heard of Gods only be-
gotten son. Have you heard OF Gods
daughter? She was born in heaven
She came down over the hills OF our
world. She had queenly STEP On ner
brow was celestial radiance. Hervoice
was music. Her name is Religion. MY
taxt introduces her. Her ways are
ways of pleasantness, and all her
paths are peace"
But what is religion? The TACT Is
that the illogical study has had diner
emit effect upon me from the effect
sometimes produced. Every year tear
out another leaf from nv theology un-
til have only three or four leaves lett;
In other words, very brief and plain
statement of Christian belief.
An aged Christian minister SAID;
"When / was young man knew
everything; when got to be thirty-hve
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 l had only ten
doctrines of religion; and now am dy-
ing at sevepty-fve years OF age and
there Is one thing know, and that Is,
that Christ Jesus came into the world
TO save sinners" And so have no
ticed in the study of Gods word and in
nv contemplation OF the character OF
God and OF the eternal world, that it is
necessary for me to drop this part OF
nv belief and that part Of my belief as
being non-essential, while / cling to
the one great doctrine that man is
sinner, and Christ is his Almighty and
Divine Saviour.
Now, take these three or four leaves
Of my theology, and 1 find that in thu
first place, and dominant above al
others, is the sunshine Of religion
When Igo into a room have a passion
for throwing open all the shutters
That is what want to do this morning
We are apt to throw SO much OF tn
sepulchral into our religion, and I
close the shutters, and to pull down tn
blinds that 1t is only through here an
there q crevice that the light streams
The religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ
a religion of joy indescribable and III
utterable. Wherever can find be
Imean to ring it
II there are any in this house tn
morning who are disposed TO hold G
10 their melancholy and gloom, il
them now depart this service before Il
fairest and brightest and the most'r
diant being of all the universe com
in. Gods son has left our world, b
Gods daughter is here Give her roor
HALL Princess of Heaven Hal
Daughter Of the Lord God Almight
Come in and make this house thy thro'
room.
In setting forth this idea, the don
nant theory of religion is one of su
shine. hardly know where to beg
for there are so many thoughts th
rush upon my soul A mother saw b
little child seated upon the floor in I
sunshine and with spoon In her har
She said: my darling, what are y
doing thereP" 90" replied the chi
.'pm getting a spoonful Of this 81
shine" Would God that to-day mig
present you with cleaning chalice
this glorious, everlasting, gospel 81
shine.
First of all, find great deal Of 81
shine in Christian society.
do not know Of anything more dc
full than the companionship of the m
funmakers of world-the Thon
Hoods, the Charles Lambs, the Char
Matthews of the world-the men VIII
entire business II is 10 make spC
They make others laugh, but II J
will examine their autobiography .
will find that down In their soul th
was q terrific disquietude. Laugh
Is no sign Of happiness The mar
laughs. The hyena laughs The i
among the Adirondacks laughs.
drunkard dashing his decanter agai
the wall, laughs
There Is terrible reaction from
sinful amusement and sinful me
ment Such men are cross the n
day. They snap at you on exchar
or they pass you, not recognizing J
Long ago quit mere worldly soc
for the reason II was 80 dull, so In
and SO stupid My nature is vorac
OF 10y. must have IL
always walk on the sunny sid
the street and for that reason l
crossed over into Christian society
like their mode of repartee bett'
lil0e their style OF amusement bel
They live longer Christian peop
sometimes notice, live on when by
natural law they ought to have die
have known persons who have
tinued their existence when the
tors said they ought TO have
dead ten years Every day Of
existence was defiance Of
laws Of anatomy and physiol
but they had this supernat
yiyacity OF the gospel In their soul,
y and that kept them alive. Put TO
twelve Christian people In q room
Christian conversation, and you
from TO 10 o'clock hear moro reso
ing glee, sec more bright stroke
~ wit, and find more thonght and
found satisfaction, than In any m'
worldly party. Now, when ! .,
worldly party" mean that 10 v
you are invited because, under al
circumstances Of tho case II is the
i.for you TO Be Invited, and 70 which
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