Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-04-21
RELIGION AT HOME.
AN ELOQUENT SERMON PREACHED
AT THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

AN ELOQUENT SERMON PREACHED
AT THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
Rev. Dr. TaInage Shows That Religion
GrAtit asie should First Be Delnonstr rate,
la the Family Circle The Right Train
ing For Children.
BROOKLYN, April l5.-In the grea
audience which assembled in the Brook
lyn Tabernacle this forenoon were man,
strangers. Rev. DR. Talmage chose fo
the subject Of his sermon Home Reli
gion, taking his text from Luke viii
39, Return to thine own house an.
shew how great things God hath don,
unto thee. :"
After fierce and shipwrecking nigh
Christ and his disciples are climbing NJ
the slaty shelving Of the beach. How
pleasant il is to stand OH solid grount
after having been tossed so long on thu
pillows! While the disciples are con
graduating each other ON their marin,
escape out from dark. deep cavern oil
swiftly and terribly advancing Is it al
apparition! Is il man? Is il wild
beast? II is maniac who has broker
away from his keepers. perhaps q few
rags on his person and fragments oi
stout shackles which he has wrencheC
of in terrific paroxysm. With wild vel
and bleeding wounds of his own lacer
alton he flies down the hill.
Back to the boats. We fishermen, and
put out to sea and escape assassination
But Christ stands his ground; SO do tn,
disciples. and Us this flying fury, with
gna"hins teeth and uplifted fists. dashes
at Christ Christ says: Hands off! Down
at my feet, thou poor sufferer. !" And the
demoniac drops harmless, exhausted,
worshipful Away. ye devils.' com
manded Christ. and the 1000 fiend.
which had been tormenting the pool
man are transferred To the :, 900 swine,
which go to sea with their accursed
cargo.
The restored demoniac sits down ai
Christ's feet and wants to stay there.
Christ says to him practically: do no,
stop. You have G mission to execute.
Wash off the filth and the wounds in the
sea Smooth your disheveled locks Put
on decent apparel and go straight to your
desolated home and tell your wife and
children that you will no more alright
them and no more do them harm; that
You are restored To reason, and that /,
the omnipotent Son of God, am entitled
hereafter to the worship of your entire
household. Return to thine own house
and shew how great things God hath
done unto thee. "
A True Home Luxury.
Yes, the house, the home is the first
place where our religious gratitude
ought TO be demonstrated. In the out
side world We may Seem to have religion
when we have il not, but the home tests
whether our religion is genuine or a
sham. What makes happy home?
Well, one would say house with
great wide halls, and antlered deer heads,
aad parlors with sculpture, and bric-a-
brac. and dining hall with easy chair,
and plenty Of light, and engravings of
game on the wall, and sleeping apart
ments commodious and adorned. No. In
such place rs that gigantic wretched-
ness 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 We're no carpets
OIL the floor save those made from the rags
which your mother cut night by night,
you helping wind them into 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
l have found out that it is not rich tap
estry. or gorgeous architecture, or rare
art that makes happy home.
The six wise men of Greece gave pre-
scriptions for happy home. Solon says
a happy home is a place where u man s
estate was gotten without injustice, kept
without disquietude and spent without
repentance. Chilo says that happy
home is the place where a man rules
as monarch a kingdom. Bias says that
happy home is place where - man
does voluntarily what by law he is com
PEELED to do abroad. But you and un-
der grander light give better pre-
scription-a happy home is q place
where the kindness of the gospel of the
Son of God has full swing
Religion In Domestic Duties.
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 draw
ing room. and your entire house bless
ing that will make you rich while you
live and be an inheritance to your chill
dren after you have done the last day S
work for their support and made for
them the last prayer. 1t is the illustri-
Gus one who said to the man of my
text, Return TO thine own house and
shew how great things God hath done
unto thee" Now, in the first place, we
want religion in our domestic duties.
Every housekecper needs great grace.
II Martha had had more religion, she
would not have rushed with such bad
temper to scold Mary in the presence Of
Christ. 1t is no small thing to keep or
der and secure cleanliness and mend
breakages and achieve economy and con-
troll all the affairs of the household ad.
vantageously. Expenses will run up,
store bills will come in twice as large rs
you think they ought To DE, furniture
will wear out. carpets will unravel, and
the martyrs of the fire are very few in
comparison with the martyrs of house
keeping.
Yet there are hundreds of people in
this church this morning who Isl their
homes are managing all these affairs
with u composure, an adroitness, an III.
genuity and faithfulness which they
never could have reached but for the
grace of our practical Christianity. The
exasperations which wear out Others
have been 10 you spiritual development
and sanctification. EmDloyments which