The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-09-14
TALMAGE,s SERMON.
The World Wants a Religion for
Ordinary Mortals.
Too Much Elmo Spent In weaving Gar
lands for the GrsAt-fke Rank and
EHe VI the E6rd1 SSldiery
Need special Help.

the following discourse on plain Peo-
pie" for publication this week. IL -
based on the text:
salute Asvncritus. Phlegon, Hefmas, Petro- /
bus, Hermes, Philolcgus end Julias-teomans
xvi, 14-i5.
Matthew Henry, Albert Barnes,
Adam Clark, Thomas Scott, and all
the commentators pass by these verses
without any especial remark. shs
other twenty people mentioned in the
chapter were distinguished for some
thing, and were, therefore, discussed
by the illustrious expositors, but
nothing is said about Asyncritus.
Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hefmes,
Philologus and Julia. Where were
they borne No one knows Where
did they dieS There is no record of
their decease. For what were they
distinguished? Absolutely for nothing,
or tie trait of character would have
,,een brought out by the APOSTLE. If
they had been very intrepid or opulent
or hirsute on Musical of cadence, or
Grass of style or in any wise anoma-
lous, that feature would have been
caught by the apostolic camera. But
they were good people, because Paha
sent to them his high Christian re-
CARDS. They were ordinary people,
moving in ordinary sphere, attending
to ordinary duty, and meeting ofdin-
AIRY responsibilities.
What the wefld wants is religion
for ordinary people. If there be In
the United States sixty-five million
people, there are certainly not more
than one million extraordinary; and
then there are sixty-four million ordi-
nary, and we do well to turn our
backs for little while upon the dis
tinpuished and conspicuous people of
the Bible and consider In our text the
seven ordinary. We spend too much
of our time In twisting garlands for
remarkab,es and building thrones for
magnates, and sculpturing warriors
and apotheosizing philanthropists.
The rank and the file OF the Lord's
soldiery need especial help.
The vast majority of people to whom
this sermon comes will never lead an
army, will never write a state consti-
tuition, will never electrify Senate,
will never make an important inven.
ton, will never introduce a new phi-
losophy, will never decide the fate OF a
nation. You do not expect to; you do
not want to. You will not be Moses
to lead nation out of bondage. You
will not be a Joshua to prul0ng the
daylight until you can shut FIVE kings
L - VN,~ b2 &c
John to unroll the Apocalypse. You
will not be Paul to preside ever an
apostolic college. Yen will not be a
Mary to mother a Christ. You will
more probably be Asyncritus, or Phle-
Uon, or Hermas, or PatrcbAss OF
Hermes, or Philologus, or Julia.
Many of you are women at the head
of households. This morning you
launched the family for Sabbath OBJ
servance. Your brain decided the ap
parel, and your Judgment was anal or
all questions of personal attire. Every
morning you plan for The day. The
culinary department. of your house
hold is your dominion. You decide al
questions of diet All the sanitary
regulations of your house are under
your supervision. To regulate tn,
food. and the apparel. and the habits
and decide the thousand questions o
home life is tax upon brain aht
nerve and general health absolutely
appalling, ifthere be no divine allevia
ton.
| 1t does not help you much to be told
that Elizabeth Fry did wonderful
things amid the criminals of Newgate
1t does not help you much to be tolt
that Mrs. Judson was very Draw
among the .Bornes.an cannibals. ]
does not help you much to be toll
that Florence Nightingale was yer,
kind to the wounded In the Crimea.
would be better for me to tell you tina
the divine friend of Mary and Martin
Is your friend, and that he sees all tn
annoyances and dlsappointments aRt
abrasions and exaspefatious Of an OF
binary housekeeper from morn til
night, and from the first day of tn
year to the last day of the year, and a
your call he is ready with help and RI
enforcement.
They who provide the food of tn
world decide the health Of the world
One of the greatest battles of thi
century was lost because the con
inander that morning had a fit OF II
digestion. Tou have only to 70 o
sonia erraud amid the taverrs and til
hotels of the United states and Gres
Britain to appreciate the fact that
vAst multitude of the human race al
slaughtered by Incompetent cooker!
Though young woman may ha,
taken lessons In music, and may ha,
taken lessons in painting, aid lessoi
In astronomy, she is not well educate
: unless she has taken lessons in doug
They who decide the apparel of IL
world and the food of the world decit
the endurance of the world,
An unthinkinp man may consider
matter OF little importanee-tl
cares of the household ard the econ
inies of domestic iife--but I tell W
the earth is strewn with the marty
of kitchen and nursery. The healt
n shattered womanhood of America eri
2 out for God who can help ofdina,
{. women In the ordinary duties of hous
q keeping. The wearing, grinding, u
I appreciated work goes on, but t
i. same Christ who stood on the bank
n Galilee in the early morning al
|. kindled the FIRE and had the Ash ;
: ready cleaned and broiling when t
) sportsmen stepped ashore chilled a
}. hungry will help every woman to pl
r,nr. byea L fast whethor hv ber ~