Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-04-21
RELIGION AT HOME.
AN ELOQUENT SERMON PREACHED
AT THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

AT THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE,
Rev. DR.. Talmage Shows That Re1glo,
Gratitude Should First BE Demonstrate
In tho Family Circlo-The Right Train
ing For Children.
BROOKLYN. April 15.-In the grea
audience which assembled in the Brook
Ign Tabernacle this forenoon were man
strangers. Rev. DR.. Talmage chose TO
the subject of his sermon Home Reli
gion, taking his text from Luke viii
SO, Return to thine own house AM
shew how great things God hath don
unto thee.
After fierce and shipwreclsing nigh
Christ and his disciples arc climbing u
the slaty shelving Of the beach. How
pleasant it is to stand ON solid groun'
after having been tossed so long on tn
billowsl While tho disciples are con
graduating each other on their marin
escape out from dark, deep cavern OF
the Gadarene hills there is something
swiftly and terribly advancing. Is it al
apparition? Is it man? Is it wild
beast? It is q maniac who has broker
away from his keepers, perhaps few
rags on his person and fragments O.
stout shackles which he has wrenchet
off in terrific paroxysm. With wild yel
and bleeding wounds of his own LAGER
alton he flies down the hill.
Back to the boats, we fishermen, ano
put out to sea and escape assassination
But Christ stands mis- ground; so do the
disciples. and as this flying fury, will
gnashing teeth and uplifted fists, dashe'
at Christ Christ says: Hands off! Down
at my feet, thou poor sufferer. " And the
demoniac drops harmless, exhausted,
worshipful. Away. ye devilsl' com
manded Christ, and the 1000 fendf
which had been tormenting the poor
man are transferred to the 1000 swine,
which go to sea with their accused
cargo.
The restored dcmoniac sits down at
Christ's feet and wants to stay there
Christ says to him practically: DO not
stop. You have mission to execute.
Wash off the filth and the wounds in the
sea. Smooth your dishoveled locks. Put
on decent apparel ami 20 str;:isht to your
desolated home aild 81; .j-rur wife and
children that you Will No more ;sfTri%ht
them and no moro do them l,;;T;:l, that
you are restored to reason. i,litl that /,
the omnipotent Son of God, :in 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 q
sham. What makes happy homer,
Well, one would say house with
great wide halls, and antlered deer heads,
aad parlors WITH sGplnt'lvA eas 'sriass,-
and plenty of light, and engravings OF
game on the wall, and sleeping apart
ments commodious and adorned No. In
such place as that gigantic wretched-
ness has sometimes dwell 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 ball, and
then sent to the weaver, who brought
them to shape under his slow shuttle.
Not a luxury in all the house. But you
cannot think Of 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 happy home.
The six wise men Of Greece gave pre-
scriptions for a happy home. Scion says
q happy home is place where man s
estate was gotten without injustice. kept
without disquietude and spent without
repentance. Chic says that q happy
home is the place where q man rules
as monarch kingdom. Bias says that
a 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 place
where the kindness of the gospel of the
Son of God has full swing.
Religion In Domestic Duties.
While speak this morning there il
knocking at your front door, if he bt
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, ano
your sleeping apartments, and your draw
ing room, and your entire house bless
ing that will make you rich while yor
live and be an inheritance to your chill
dren after you have done the last days
work for their support and made To-
them the last prayer. 1t is-the lllustrl
Gus one who said to the man OF my
text, Return to thine own house ant
shew how great things God hata dom
unto thee Now, in the first p ace, W.
want religion in our domestic ties
Every housekeeper needs great grace
IF Martha had had more religion, sh
would not have rushed with such bat
temper to scold Mary in the presence o
Christ. 1t is no small thing to keep or
der and secure cleanliness and men'
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 a
you think they ought to be, furnitur
will wear out, carpets will unravel, AM
the martyrs of the fire are very few Il
comparison with tic martyrs OF house
keeping.
Yet there are hundreds of people i
this church this morning who i'll thel
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