The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-05
WEEKDAY RELIGION
WAS THE SUBJECT OF DIR. TAIL
MAGE'S SERMON SUNDAY.
Genuine Religion Is Not Spasmodic-His
Text Was From Proverbs, "ln All thy
Way Acknowledge Him..

Genuine Religion Is Not Spasmodic-hls
Text Was From Proverbs, "ln All thy
Way Acknowledge Him."
Brooklyn, n Y, September 3.-(SpeciaD
Rev. Il. Dewitt Talmage in selecting a
topic for today chose one of practical value
to all classes, Wis Weekday Religion
The text is from Proverbs iii, &: In all
thy ways acknowledge him"
There has been a tendency in all lands
and ages to set apart certain days, places
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 be substitute Tor CON
tinuous exercise of faith and prayer III
other words a man cannot be so soou
| Christian on Sabbath that he can alofd 10
be a wording all the week. Ii steamer
| start for Southampton, and SAL one d"y
| in that direction, and the other SIX days
| sail in other directions, how long before
| the steamer get to Southampton! just rs
| soon as a man will get to heaven VINO sans
| on the Sabbath day toward that WHICH IL
| good. and the other SIX days OF the "eeN
| sails toward the world, the flesh and the
! devil You cannot eat 50 mucn III thc
| Sabbath banquet that you can anoru leiie-
| ious abstinence ali the rest OF the "eeh'
| Eenulue religion is not spasmodIc, does
not 20 by fits and starts, Is NOT an "'l"c -'
of chills and feVer-ho" IGi" n.nl,r hones
| teeth chatter, now hot uhtI your pol'C'
| ache Genuine religion marches on stead
| ;Iv IN stecD hills, and along dangerous
| decliyities. its eye ever on the eFerlaSuns
hills crowned with the castles ol llc
| blessed. ~ ,oIn ma
| propose, 50 far as God may hep me-
TO SHOW you how we may pfIns oui
yion into ordinary life, and practice 1t III
common things-yesterday, toua!' toinoi
And in the first place, l remark: we
| ought TO bring religion into our ordinary
conversation. a dam breaks aud TWO
or three villages are submerged, IL NouIu
| American earthquake swallows cli!' anu
| DeopIe begin to talk about the uncertainty
! RI human life, and in that conversation
! think they are engaging III religious ser
| vice when there may be 10 religion al
| all. | have noticed that III proporIloh
AS Christian experience is shalLoW' men
| talk about funerals and deathDeus anu
| hparses and tombstoneS and eplltphS' IL
| 4 man have the religion OF the SOSpel III
IFS full power in his soul, he VIII tax chlciIy
,hour This world and the eternal World
| and very little comparatively ABOUT llle
insignificant pass between inns ana Ih"' .
Yer how seldom it Is that the reilSloh Oh
Christ Is Il welcome theme! IL Il hai'
full of the gospel OF CHRIST goes NY !"
religious circle, and begins to TAX ABOUT
sacred things, all the conversation is huSll-
! nd and things become exceedingly a"k-
| ward AS Oh ii summer DAY, the 1olt9l9
| fut Of SONG ANA cihrp ana Carol hIS"'S
rborus of bird narmOnleS, every DIahcA an
or,4nestrt-lt Il hawk appears III lhe 'h!
ali the voices are hushcd, 50 / nave some
ia he Christian. senced by the appearance
,f the Great theme OF God ana feliSloh
Now, my friends, ii we have the reiI8Iol
nf Christ in our soul, we VIII talk abouI
it in an eXhllarant mood II Is nloIe lc
| fr,shin., than the waters, il is brighter thar
rho sunshine, 1t gives Il man JOY mere, ahl
p-cpafes ann tor eYcriasu~S nappince
hafor, the throne of God. ANA YET /
me theme of religion be introduced INTO !
thing ought to be said, puts one foot over
the other, and signs heavily and says, "Ol
yes; that's sO.' Ma friends. the religion
Of Jesus Christ is not something TO be
groaned about but something 10 talk about
and sing about, your face lrradlated. The
trouble is that men protesting the faith OF
the gospel are often so Inconsistent thai
they are afraid their conversation Will not
harmonize with their life. We cannot
talk the gospel unless we live the gospel.
\ GU will often lind a man whose entire
lie is full of Inconsistencies filling his
conversation with such expressions as,
I'VE are miserable sinners, the Lord help
us" the Lord bless you" interlardlng their
conversation with such phrases, which are
| mere canting, and cantHg Is the worst
kind of hypocrisy. Ii man nave the
grace of God i'll his heart dominant, he
can talk religion and ii will seem natural,
and men. instead Of being repused by it,
will be attracted by it. DO you not know
that when two Christian people talk as
they ought about the things of Christ and
| heaven. cod gives special attention, and
he writes it all down Malachi iii, l6:
Then they that feared the Lord talked
one to the other, and the Lord hearkened
| and heard, and a book of remembrance was
| written
But | remark again: We ought to bring
the religion of Jesus Christ into our or
! binary enplOymcntS. oh! you say
that's a very good theory for a man
who manages large business, who has
| great traffic, who holds Il great estate; it
| is a grand thing for bankers and for
shippers, but in my thread and needle
store. in my trimming establishment, in my
| insignificant work of life, you cannot apply
| those grand gospel principles. Who told
you that? Do YOU not know that a faded
| leaf on a brooks surface attracts Gods at
tention as certainly as the path of baz-
| ing sun and that the moss that creeps
| up the side of Il rOcls attracts Gods attcn-
| ton as certainly as the waving tops of
| Oregon pine and Lebanon cedar, and that
the cracking Of an alder under cows
hoof sounds as loudly in Gods ear as the
| snap of Il worlds contagration, and that the
most insignificant thing in your life is of
| enough Importance to attract the attention
of the Lord God Almighty?
My brother, you cannot be called TO do
| anything so insignificant but God will help
| you in it. If you are Il fisherman Christ
will stand by you as he did by Simon when
he dragged Gennesaret. Are you Il drawer
of water? He will be with you as at the
| well curb when talking with the Samari-
tan woman. Are you a custom house
officer? Christ viii call you as he did
Matthew at the receipt of custom The
man who has only days wages in his
pocket as certainly needs religion as he who
rattles the keys of bank and could alb
scond with a hundred thousand hard dol
lars. And yet there are men who profess
the religion of Jesus Christ who do not
bring the religion of the gospel into their
ordinary occupations and employmcn;s.
There are in the churches Of this day men
W no seem very dev0ut on the Sabbath
| who are far from that during the week.
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