Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-02
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S sun
DAY SERMON.
Subject: fHome Religion"

ter fierce AMI shipwrecking nigh
Christ and His disciples are climbing up tn
s'aiy shelving o. the beach. How pleasan
it Is to stand on solid ground after havinl
Eeen tossed 50 lOuy on the pillows Will
the Giscip "a are congrarulsting each othe
on their marine escape out from dark
Ceep cavern on the Gadarene hills there i
sOmrth ~ swiftly ami terribly advancing
], It an aPparatiOny II is a maniac who ha
broken away from his keepers perhaps ,
few rags on his person and fragments o
stout siaaSles which hs has wrenchei or il
terrific parovysr. With wild yell ans
hlee In: wounds OF his own laceration h,
HIS Gown hP.
Back TO the boats, ye fishermen, AMI pu
out 10 ssa and escape assassination Bu
CnrIet stan Is His grounl 80 do the disciples
AMI ~ this hyin; fury, with gnashing teetl
Hni upli'tei fists. dashes at Christ, Chris
s'ys Hands of Down at Ny feet, thoU
poor sufferer And the demOuiaa drop.
harmless, exhausted. worshipful. "Away
ys devils g. comu:anisi Christ. and the 2OjC
feuds wnich had been tormentinc the pool
man are transferred to the 2OOO swine, which
80 TO sea with their accursed cargo.
The restored demoniac sits down at Christ.
feet and wants to stay there. Christ says to
him practically ''Do not stop. You have
mission 10 execute. Wash of the filth ant
the wounds in the sea. Smooth your d.
sheye!ed locks. Put on decent apparel an.
20 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 L
the omnipOt-nt Son Of God, am entitled here.
alter 10 tho worship OF your entire house,
mold. Return 10 thine own house and shew
how great things God hath done unto thee >
Yes, the house, the home is the first place
wnere our religious gratitude ought TO be
demonstrated In the outside world we NAV
seem 10 have religion when we have il not.
but the home tests whether our religion is
genuine or sham. What makes a happy
bOme2
Wei, one would say house with great
wide halls. and sntlered deer heals. and
pdrlors with sculpture, and bric-a-brzr. and
dining hall with easy chair and pl.nty OF
ISht, and enCrayings OF game on the wall
ami sleeping apartments commodious and
adorned. No. In such q place as th.+ rI-
gantlc wretchstness has sometimes dwell
while some Of you look back to YOUR father
house, where they read their Bible by tho
H2ht Ot ta!iow candle. There were no car
pets on the tOOr save those made from tho
rags which your mother cut nixht by nIyht
you helping wind them into a ball, and then
sent 10 the weaver who brought them to
shape under his slow shlftlr. Not n luxury,
IN all the house. But you cannot think OF il
THIS morning without fearful and grateful
emotion. Aon and have found out thar it
is not rich tapestry, or gorgeous architecture.
The SIX Wiss men OF Greece gavs Dra.rrin-
lions Tor happy home. Solon SAYS a hap
py nome IS place wnere n mans estate WIS
gotten without injustice. Kept without dis
puietu le an spent without repentance.
emo says that II happy home is the pla se
"Aere man rules as u monarch a kingdom
Bias says that happy no ne a place where
"a u,ah does voluntary whit by law he j. com
pHllel to DO abroad. But you and unIer =
grander light give n better prascription-l
happy home IS the place where the Kin ln4ss
OF tho gospel OF the : on of Col has full
swing.
While I speak this m 1rning there il L,noc--
ing at your front doc q. il He be not already
admitted. one whose locks are wet with the
Jews OF Inc night, who would take vour
children INTO HIS ar MS and would throw upon
your nursery, and Your sleeping apartments
anu am your HraWinS room, and your entir-
mouse "A blessing that viii make You ri,.l
while you live and be an inheritance to your
children after you have done the last DAYS
WORK lOr their support and made for them
the last prayer. 1t is the illustrious One who
sald 10 the man OF my text, Return TO thine
own mousse ami shew how great things Go
hath done unto thee" Now, in the first
place, we want religion in our domes,i.
duties
Every housekeeper needs great grace. III
Martina mad had more religion, she would
nor nave rushed with such bad temper 10
scoIu Mary IN the presence OF Christ. Ii is |
hS small thing TO keep order and secure
cleanliness and mend breaksga. and ,rhjevs
economy and control all the affairs OF ths
househOld adyantageOus!y. Expenses Will |
run up, store bills will come in twice as lar |
as you think they ought 70 be, furniture viii |
wear out, carpets VIII unravel, ami the MIR
tyrs or the fire ara very few in comparIson |
with the martyrs GO housekaepinr
Yet there are hundreds Of paopI. IN tI,ia
church this morning who in their homes are !
managing all these affairs with a conpO,ur.
an aHroitness, an ingenuity and a faithful |
ness Which inry never could have reached !
D,.u Dut ior the grace OF our practical Christian
NY. Inc corporations which wear out !
others have been to you spiritual develop
ment AMI sanctifcatiOn. Fmploymsnts |
which seemed TO relate only to an hour hava
on them all the grandeurs OF eternal history
lou neei the religion Of Christ in the dis !
cIphne OF your children. The rod which in /
otner homes may be the first means used in |
yours viii bs the last. There will be no |
hari ep'thrts-''yOu knave. you william, YOU /
scoundrel, I'll thrash the life out OF Won . |
you are the worst child 1 ever knew" All |
nHt hihd OF chast!ssment makes thieves,
pIckpocHeIs, murdersrs and the outlaws Of |
soclety. IhRt parent who in anger strikes |
MS chlId across ths head deserves the Dani- [
ientiary. And yet this work OF discipIips
must be Htten Ted to. Gods grace can dj-
rect "a Alas. Tor those who come 10 The
WORK with i-rce passion and recklesness OF
consequences Between severity and la1s-
ilYenes- there i no choice. Both ruipous
and both obstructive. But there is a health
iuI medium which the grace OF GodylUsboyg
10 US.
Then We need the religion OF Christ 70
neiP US IN setting good example Cowpsf
'sIu OF the OAK Time was when settled on
ny Leaf = dy could shake thee 10 rho roSt
l lins has been when tsppsst could not" Ia
'ther words your children are very imprAssg-
'Ie Just now. They are alert they sre gath
ring impressions you have no idea o.
nave you not been surprised sometimes
months or years after sons conversation |
which you Supposed was too profound or in
rlcate for them to understani-some 0uas-
Ion OF the child demonstrated the fapf th1t |
le knew all about IL?
1our children are apt to think that what
7ou do Is right. They have no idea OF truth
'r right eOusness but yourself Things which |
'ou do kno wing at the time to bs yy-nno
hsy take to be right. They reason this way:
Father always does right. Father did mis-
herefors this is right" That is COOL logic.
'ut bad premises. No one ever gets over
laVinS had bad example set him. Your
conduct more than your teaching makes
our dress, your walk, your greet
ngI, your goodbys, your comings.
our goinGs, your habits at the table, /
ne tones OF your voice. are making an i'm
'Eees.oh Whlch Will last million years after |
ou axe dead, and the sun will be extfn
'dlshei, and the mountains will crumble.
ND the world will die, and eternity will roll
N IN perpetual cycles, but there will be no 1
Iiminutlon OF the force Of your conduat
ipon the young eyes that saw It or the Young
ars that heard It.
Now would not have by this the idea
'lNeh 10 you that you must be in cold reserve
the presence OF your children. You are
ot emperor. You are companion with them.
IS lar as You can. you must walk with them.
sGte with them, H. kite with them, PLAY Ball
nth them. snOw them you are Interested in
u that Interests them. Spensippus. the
rphew AMI successor OF Plato in the !
cademy, had pictures OF JOY and gladness
un all around the schoOlroom. You must
OF give 81 II children the impression that
.h- they come 10 you they ara playful rip
rs striking against a rock. You must have I
lem understand tnat you were a boy once {
our5rlf, that you know n boys hilarities, n
oy's temptations, a h0rs ambition-yea,
lat n how iOu rnuv iepaiya