The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-17
HOME RELIGION
WAS THE SEBJECT OF DIR. TAL-
MAGE'S SEKMON SUNDAY
At the Tabernacle in BrO"kIyn-How 10
Make the Home Happy Religion
tho discipline of Children.

Return - thine own house. ana SheW
! how great things God hath done unto thee.
After Il fierce and shipWrecklnS hiGhL
t.. ...l. a.. f'4~- >i-."pll.9 "p
the slaty shelving of the beach. How
I peasant il is TO stand on solid ground after
! having been tossed SO long on the bllloWS!
While the disciples are cohSratuIatihS each
OIi4tr on tnCIr uldI.C CScd! e, out from IL ddl A.
decp cavern on the GarualNne hliS there IS
something swiftly and terribly advancing
is it an apparitIon? IS it "a man? Is 1t "a
: wild beast. it a maniac VINO has broken
away from his keepers, perhaps few
/ RAGS on ms person, ana fragments OF stout
/ = , ,iy l,,. w.4.u.tlou on
terrific paroxysm With wild yell and
bleeding wounds of his own lacerauon, he
flies down the hill
Back to the boats ye fishermen, and put
,...,' e~,.I'e '.'a,s.5...'', .'ul
/ Christ stands Ills ground; DO the disci-
| pies: and the dying fury, with Snashing
! teetn ana uplllted fists, dashes at Christ,
| CHRIST says: "tands OF GOWN at my feet
! thou poor sufferer ana the demonlac
orops harness, exhausted, woranpiuI,
Away. Sc ucVls. cora an,,y sp,
and the 1000 hends which had been torment
1000 swine which go to sea with their ac
cuIaeu cargo
med demoniac sits down at
Christs feet and wants to stay there
hl-n pracucalN, do not
stop; you have mission to execute; wash
smooth your dIsheve,ed locks; put
on decent eet a,pparel t ana go strais sl1.5
~ wfe cn tdren that Nou
VIII no more alright them, and no more
reason, and that l, the Omnipotent Son of
GOD, am entitled hereafter to the worship
house, and shew how great things God hath
done unto thee"
.ouse. the home is the first
place where our religious gratitude ought
: q lp - a OF n hA
/ may seem to have religion when we
have it not; but the home tests whether
our religion is genuine or "a sham. What
Wen. one would say a house with great
wide halls, and antlered deer-heads, and
parlors with sculpture and brc-a-brac, ana
dninS-halI with easy chair and plenty OF
/ light ami CuSraVinGS Of game on the wall,
and sleeping apartments C0mmOdiOuS and
! adorned. No. In such place as that 2i-
/ gautic Wretchedness has sometimes dwelt,
| while : some of YOU look back TO your tath-
/ cr's house, where they read their Bible by
| the light Of a ia low candle. There We're no
| carpets on the floor save those made from
! the rags which your mother cut night ~
| night, you helping Nlhd them INTO Il bai
/ 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 &reatfu emotion. You and
/ have found out that it is not rich tapestry
4 or gorgeous architecture or rare art that
| makes 4 happy home.
/ The six wise men of Greece gave pre-
! scrptions for a happy home. Scion says
/ happy home Is place where a man
! estate was gotten without injustice, kept
/ without diSGUig tude and spent without re-
/ pentancc. ChilO says that happy nome
: Is "A place where n ma0 rules Il monarch
a ilingdom. Bias says that happy home IS
place whore man does voluntarily
what by law he IS compelled to 90 abroad.
! Rut YOU and l. under SrahdFf uGnl' give
/ Il better prescription: a happy home IS
/ place where the kindness OF The gospel OF
/ Cod has full swing.
While / speak this morning there is
! already admitted, one whose locks ale W.
/ with the deWS of the night who would
take your children into His arms ana Wouid
| throw upon your nursery ana your sleeping
| apartmeuts and your drawing room ana
| your entire house a blessing that will make
/ YOU rich while you live ana be an inner
/ itance to your children after you have done
/ the last days work for their support ana
male for them the last PRAYER 1t IS me
/ illustrious one who said to the man OF my
| text: "Rcturn to thine own house ana
shew how great things God hath done unto
thee" Now in the first place, we want
| religion in our domestic duties
Every hoiIsekeepor needs great grace II
/ Martha had had more religion she would
not have rushed with such bad temper 10
stold Mary in the presence of Christ. 1t is
| no small thing to keep order ana secure
/ cleanliness and mend breakaSeS ana acti't ~, e
/ economy and control all the affairs of the
| household adVantageouslY- Expenses Will
| run up store bills viii come in twice as
/ large - you think they ought To Pc IuFhl77
/ ture viii wear out carpets VIII uIl q 81
! and the martyrs of the IRE are very lew
i'm comparison with the martNS o. liou9t-
! keoDing Yet there are huldredS OF prQpe
/ i'm his church this morning VINO IN thell
homes are managing all -heSe affairs WIN
a comrosure. an adrolinesS' an ETtiu
itv and faithfulneSs which they never
/ c6uId have reached but for the grace OF our
practical Christianity ne eNaS ,. .l'T
! eniritual development and Sancuhcatl"i.
/ t!mplovments which seemed to relate oily
/ t. am hour have ON them all the Sr'h'euf9
OF y [IGFI need I'M" The religion of Christ in the