Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-12-25
RELIGION OF WORKS.
DR.. TALMAGE DESCRIBES IT IN HIS
SUNDAY SERMON.

, alities and spares nothing Of that max
y believe religion which is all talk and NJ
practice. The text chosen was james ii
: go, Faith without works is dead F"
The Roman Catholic church has been
charged with putting too much stress up
on good works and not enough upon faith
I charge Professionalism with putting not
, enough stress upon good works as connect
ed with salvation Good works will never
save a man, but If man have not good
works 10 has 10 real faith and no genuine
religion. There are those who depend upon
the fact that they are all right inside,
while their conduct IS wrong outside.
Their religion for the most part is made
up Of talk-vigorous talk, fluent talk,
boastful talk, perpetual talk. They will
entertain you by the hour in telling you
how good they are. They CONS up to such
a higher lifo that they have no patience
with ordinary Christians in the plain dis
charge Of their duty. As near rs can tell,
this ocean craft is mostly sail and very III.
tie tonnage. FoIetnpmast staysail, foratop-
mast studding sail, main topsail. mizzen
topsail-everything from flying iib to miz-
zen spanker, but making no useful voy-
age Now, the world has got tired Of this
and it wants a religion that will work into
all the circumstances Of life. We do not
wan5 new religion, but the old religion
applied in all possible directions.
Religion That Is All Talk.
/ Yonder is a river with steep and rocky
banks, and it rnars like young Niagara
as it rolls on over its rough bed 1t does
nothing but talk about itself all the way
from its source in the mountain to the
NH a. H..4r. a.. -
banks are so steep that the cattle eanrot
come down to drink. 1t docs not run one
fertilizing rill into the adjoining field. 1t
has not ono gristmill or factory on either
side, 1t snlks IN wet weather with chilli /.
ing fogs. No one cares when that river Is (
born among the rocks. and no one cares
when It dies into the sea. But yonder Is /
another river. and It mosses its banks with .
the warm tides md &c rocks with floral
lullaby the water lilies asleep on its bos-
ON. 1t invites herds Of cattlo and nocks OF
sheep and coyeys Of birds to come there
and drink. 1t has three gristmills on one
side and six cotton factories on the other.
it is the wealth Of 200 miles OF luxuriant
farms. The birds Of heaven chanted when
it was born in the mountains and tho
ocean shipping viii press in from the sea
to hail it as it comes down from tho At.
iantic coast The pna river is man who
lives for himself. Thoother river is q man
who lives for others
Do you know how the site Of the ancient
city of Jerusalem was chosen9 There were
rwo brothers who had adjoining farms.
The one brother had large family the
other Lad no family. The brother with q
largo family said: "Thero IS my brother
with 10 family. He must bo lonely, and
will try to cheer him up, and ] will take
sOmo of the sheayes from my field in the
nighttime and set them over on his farm
and say nothing about it," The other |
brother said, My brother hasa large fam .
ly, and ii is very difficult for him to sup :
lorG thenli and will helm him along and |,
will take some of the shaayes from my I
arm IN tho nighttime and set them over 4
N his farm and say nothing about il" y
50 the work of transference went on night :.
fter night and night after night, but eys I,
ry morning things seemed to be just as y
hey wero, for, though sheayes had been
ubtracted from each farm, sheaves had
lso been added, and the brothers were
erplexcd and could not understand. But II
ne night the brothers happened to meet h.
rhile making this generous transference W
nd tho spot where they net was so sacred ci
bat il was chosen as the site of the city of al
erusaleg, II that tradition should prove "
it will nevertheless stand as a IN
eautiful Rllegory setting forth the idea K,
bat wherever n kindly and generous and al
wing act IS performed that is the spot fit ~
II some temple OF commemoration. til
Faith without Works. ell
have often spoken to you about faith, IN
ut this morning l speak to you about a
orks, for faith without works is dead " III
think you will agree with me in the nc
atement that the great want CT this
ord is moro practical religion Wo want Rp
tactical religion 10 60 into all merchan- ~
So 1t will supervise the labelling Of Il
lOds. 1t will not allow Il man to say that IN
thing was made in one factory when it WI
as made in another. 1t will notallOw the ne
erchant TO say, "That watch was man an
actured in Geneva, when it was man. ifG
acturod in massachusetts. 1t will not 1h'
low the merchant to say that wine came rel
lm Madeira when it came from Califor- III
a. Practical religion will walk along by th'
e store shelves and tear OF all the tags les
at make misrepresentation. II will not hii
ow the merchant to say, That Is pure ma
Tee, wien dandelion root and chicory uh
d other Ingredients 60 into it. twill not lhs
nw lin to say, "Ih@t is pure sugar" uei
zen there arc In iteand and ground glass a
When practical religion gets its full car
ing ia the world, it ill go down the pre-
cot, and it viii como to that shoe store he
d rip Off tic fictitious soles Of many a INA
Q looking pair Of shoes and show that II par
pasteboaId sandwiched between the haI
md leather. And ills practical religion ITO
i go right into grocery store, and il tisl
] pull out tho plug Of all the ndultera- sen
sirups, and il will dump into the ash UT,
rel IN irult Of tho store the caRsia bark llgl
It is sold for cinnamon, and tho brick- me-
st that is sold Tor cayenne pepper, and ing
Mil shake cut the prussian lilue from sols
tea leaves, and it will SIT from the ana
IT plaster Ct paris and bone dust and sins
pstone, ard twill by chemical unaly- Ylrt
separate tho one quart of water from mel
few honest drops Of cows llilk, and rep
will throw oaj The live anilnalcules ana
m the brown sugar can
The Age of AduIteration. friel
There has been 50 mach cdulteration of pres
icles Of food that it IS an amazement to
that there is healthy man or woman Y
America. Heaven Only knows what will
y put into the spices, AID into the sug call,
and into the butter, and into the apoth- ress
~ drug. But chemical analysis ard the thei
iroscopo have made wonderful reyela- and
IS The board Of health in Massachu- emo
s analysed great amount of what was ntos
ed pure coffee and found in 1t not enc will
ticle Of coffee. In England there is a int
that forbids tho putting Of alam IN Y
I'd. The public authorities examined sion
packages Of bread and found them all cessi
ty. The honest physician, writing a citie
icription, does not know but that it iona
bring death instead Of health to his the
ent, because there may be one Of the Of I
IS weakened by cheaper article, and orea
Their drug may be in full force and SO recel
prescription may have just the opposite she
It intended. Oil OF NORWOOD, war room
ed pure, from Boston was found to avn
, 4 I per cent Of rosin and alcohol and and
reform. Scammony is one Of the most hug
able medical drugs 1t is very rare, fers
precious 1t is tho.slp or the gum Of HON