Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-04-16

ing OF
BRooKLYN, April 15.-In the great
audience which assembled in the Brook
lyn Tabernacle this forenoon were many
strangers. Rev. DR.. Talmage chose for
the subject Of his sermon ''Hono Rsli-
gion, taking his text from Luke viii,
80, ''Return to thine own house and
shew how great things God hath done
unto thee. -
After fierce and shipwreclling night
Christ and his disciples are climbing up
the slaty shelving OF the beach. How
pleasant it is to stand on solid ground
after having been tossed SO long Oh the
billowsl While the disciples are con-
graduating each other on their marine
escape out from a dark, deep cavern on
the Gadarene hills there is something
swiftly and terribly advancing Is it an
apparition? Is it man? Is it q wild
beast? 1t is q maniac who has broken
away from his keepers, perhaps a few
rags on his person and fragments Of
stout shackles which he has wrenched
off in terrific paroxys11l. With wild yell
and bleeding wounds Of his own LAGER
alton he flies down the hill.
Back to tho boats, ye fishermen, and
put out to sea and escape assassination!
But Christ stands his ground; SO do the
disciples. and as this flying fury, with
gnashing teeth and rplifted 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 2,000 fends
which had been tornenting the poor
man are transferred to the 2, 900 swine,
which go to sea with their accursed
cargo
The restored denoniac sits down at
Christ's feet and wants to stay there.
Christ says to him practically: ''Do not
stop. You have a 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 I,
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 it not, but the home tests
whether our religion is genuine or
sham. What makes a happy home?
Well, one would say q 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 commodiCus and adorned. No. In
such place as 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 were no carpets
on the floor save those made from the rags
which your mother cut night by night,
you helping wind them into a ball, and
then sent to the weaver, who brought
them to shape under his slow shuttle,
Not o luxury in al the house But you
cannot think CT it this morning without
fearful and grateful emotion You and
I have found out that it is not rich tap
estry, or gorgeous architecture, Or rare
art that makes q happy home.
The six wise men Of Greece gave pre-
scriptions for happy home. Scion says
a happy home is q place where q mans
estate was gotten without injustice, kept
without disquietude and spent without
repentance. Chic says that a happy
home is the place where q man rules
as monarch Kingdom. Bias says that
happy home is q place where q man
does voluntarily what by law he is COM
PEELED to do abroad. But you and I'M
der a grander light give better pre-
scription-a happy homo is q place
where the Kindness Of the gospel Of the /
Son Of God has full swing
Religion IA Domestic Duties.
While I speak this morning there is
knocking st your front door, if be be /
not already admitted, one whose locks /
are wet with the deEs 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 q bless /
ing that viii make you rich while you
live and be an inheritance TO YOUR chill
dren after you have done the last days
work for their support and made for /
them the last prayer. Tt 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 frst place, we
want religion in our domestic duties
Every houaekeeper needs great grace.
IF Martha had had more religion, she I
would not have rushed with such bad I
temper to scold Mary in the presence of /
Christ. It IS no small thing to keep CT
der and secure cleanliness and mend /
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