The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18
AT BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
THE REV. DIR. TALMAGE PBEACHEs
ON HOME RELIGION.
The Eloquent Divine Makes strong
Plea for the Gospel in the Family
CircIe-A sermon That Takes Hold
of the Heart-The Grandest Gift.

lyn tabernacle this afternoon were hldiiS
strangers. The Rev. DR.. Talmase chose
for the subject of his sermon Home Pc
ligion" taking his text from Luke vii.
50. Return to thine own house and
show how great things God hath done
unto thee"
After a fierce and shipwreciSing night.
Christ and his disciples are climbing up
the slaty shelving Of the beach. How
pleasant il is 20 stand On solid ground
after having been tossed 50 long on the
pillows, While the disciples are congrat-
ulating e3eh other on their marine Is
cape, cut from dark, deep cavern On
the Gadarene hills there is something
swiftly and terribly advancing. Is it an
aPPa-ition? Is il man2 Is it Il Will
beast? 1t is a maniac who has broken
away from mis- Keepers, perhaps L rev
rags on his person and fragments OF
stout shackles which he has wrenchAd
Oft in terrible parOXysm. With wild yell
and bleeding wounds OF his own laceTa-
ton ne flies down the hill.
Back 10 the boats, We fishermen, anu
put out to sea and escape assassination.
B:c Christ stands his ground; 50 do Ire
DIS iples and as this flying fury, with
smashing teeth and uplfted fists, dash~s
at Christ, Christ says: Hands of.
Down at my feet, thou poor sufferer
hausted worshipful. Away, We devils =
commanded Christ, and the 1000 lends
which had been tOrmeuting the Puer man
are transferred to the 1000 swine. which
go 20 sea with their accused cargo
The restored demOnidc sits doWn at
Christ's feet and wants 70 st1v there.
Christ says TO him practically: DO not
stop. You have q mission To execute.
Wash of the filth and the wounds in
the sea, smooth your disheVel I'd locks,
H.fre
your deSolated home and tell your wife
and children that you viii no mere
alright them. and no more do them
harm. that you are restored To reason.
and that l. the omnipotent Son of God.
am entitled hereafter To the worship o.
your household. Return 10 thine own
house and show how great things God
hath done unto thee.
Yes. the house. the home, is the first
place where our religious gratitude oughe
To be demonstrated. I'm the outside world
We may seem to have religion when we
have il not, but tie home tests whether
our religion is genuine OF sham. What
makes a happy home?
A Happy Home.
Well. one would say a house with
great wide halls. and antlereI deer heads,
and parlors with sculpture and bric-a-
brac, and dining hall with easy chair and
on the wall, and sleeping apartments
commOdioUs and adorned. No. In such
a place as that gigantic WretchedneSS
has sometimes dwelt, while some of YOU
LOOK back to your fathers house. where
they read their bible by the light of
tallow candle. There Were. no carpets
On the floor save those made from the
rags which your mother cut night by
night, you helping wind them into d. ball,
and then sent to the weaver. who
brought them to shape under his slow
shuttle. Not luxury in all the house.
But YOU cannot think Of it this morning
without fearful and grateful emotion.
You and / have found out that il is not
rich tapestry, 0r gorgeous architecture,
Or rare art that makes a happy home.
The six wise men of Greece gave pre-
scriptions for a happy home. Scion says
a happy home is place where a man s
estate was gotten without injustice. kept
without disquietude and spent without
repentance. ChilO says that a happy
home is a place where a man rules us
monarch a kingdom. Bias says that
happy home is place where a man does
voluntarily what by Jaw he is compelled
To do abroad. But YOU and /. under d
grander light. give "a better prescription.
happy home Is "a place where the kind
ness If the gospel of the Son Of God
has full swing
While / speak this morning there is
knocking at your front door. if he be not
already admitted. one whose locks are
wet with the dews of the night who
would take your children into his arms
and would throw upon your nursery. and
your sleeping apartments. and your
drawing room. and your entire house n
blessing. that will make YOU rich while
You live and be an inheritance to your
children after you have done the last
days work for their support and made
for them the last prayer. It is the il
lustriOUs one who said TO the man of my
text. Return 10 thine own house and
show how great things God hath done
unto thee Now. i'm the first place. we
want religion i'm our domestic duties
Where Religion Is Needed.
Every housekeeper needs great grace.
If Martha had mad more religion. she
would not have rushed with such
bad temper TO scoii Mary in the pres
ence Of Christ 1t is no small thing to
keep order and secure cleanliness ard
mend breakages, and achieve economy.
and control all ,ha affairs of The house
hold advantageous Expenses viii
run up, st)-e bills viii come in twice as
large as YOU think iaey CughT 10 be,
furniture Will wear ont. carpets Will I'M
ravel and the martyrs 90 the fire are
very few in comparison with the mar
tyrs of housekeeping. Yec there are
hundreds IF people in this church this
morning he in tieir homes are manag-
ing all these affairs with q CfmDOSU re.
an adrOitness, an ingenuity and a faith
fullness which they never could have
reached but for the grace OF our practi-
cal Christianity. The eNasperations
which wear out others have been To YOU
spiritual development and sanctificatirn II.
EmplOyments which seemed To relate
only 10 an hour have on them ali the
grandeurs OF eternal history
You need the religion of Christ n The
discipline Of your children The rod
which in other homes may De the first
There viii be no harsh epithets-''vou
knave, you villain, you scoun1rel. III
thrash the life out Of you; you are the
worst child / ever knew" All that kind
OF chastisement makes thieves, pick-
pockets. murderers and outlaws Of So
ciety. That parent who in anger strikes
his child across the head deserves the
penitentiary And yet this work Of dis
cipline must be attended to- Gods
grace can direct US. Alas. for those
who come to the work with fierce sTas-
sion and Tecklessness Of consequences
Between severity and laxatfveness there
is no choice. Both ruinOus and both
destructive But there IS a healthful
medium which the grace Of God will
show 10
Then we need the religion of Christ to
help US i'm setting a good example. Cow
Der said Of the oak: Time was when
settled on Thy leaf a fly could shake
thee 70 the root. Time has been when
tempest could not" In other words.