Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-19

religion. Said !: After all your travels
doctor, do you still believe that. the people o
the world will some day be altogether Chris
tian ?"
Eyes," replied Or. Talmage. II have M
doubt whatever Of that. l bellows it becaus,
God never launched a failure. The only sal
walton for this world is tho christian re
ligion. Its acceptance by all people and the
carrying out of its principles would form thu
browning beauty of this wonderful universe
God built this world. He cannot do other
wise than see 1t completed In Its perfectior
and beauty. Sin cannot prevail. The devi
cannot triumph. The world is steadily mev'
ing on toward the good. 1t is better every
day. Its progress in charity, philanthropy
and goodness is wonderful. We go back 200
years to find suitable philanthropists to use
as examples or models In cur speeches or
charity today. The greatest phifanthropist
of the world are those who are living now,
There are SO many Of them that no one
thinks of them. Schools are founded, great
hospitals. are built, and churches are estab-
lished almost every week by teharity, any
one of which would have created a great
sensation had it been built 200 years ago.
We take 1t now as a matter Of, course, and a
donation Of hundreds of thousands of dollars
is hardly worth an Associated press dis
patch"
Speaking Of foreign missions, doctor. is 1t
not a fact that the heathers often on leaving
their own religions become %infidels, and ac-
cept nc religion?" III
Eyes, sometimes. . was, the reply. put not
as much as is generally supposed. The mis-
olonaries are doing a vast deal Of good. They
are doing wonders In Japan, and they are
revolutionizing India. met with nothing in
my travels which impressed me 80 much as
the religions of India. Hfldooism and Mo,
hammedanism have for YEARS been harden
ing the hearts and lives CT the people there,
and the condition of the women Is horrible.
I'assure you i would rather beva horse. a hog
or a COW in America than a woman In India"
FREE THOUGHT AT HOME. =
How about free thought. in America? Do
you not think ~infdelity ~ spreading?"
mo, ! do net" was the reply. There are
more churches now than lver before. Re
ligion may be gaugei just. as other things,
according to the supply and the demand. II
there is not a great demand there will not be
a great supply. We have new churches be-
cause there are men to fill tAefn land the size
Of our churches and theiH number increase
every year. More money us spent on re-
ligion now than ever befcfe. The Christian
stands higher in the comnpnity ;.and the day
has now come when men arS not afraid of be-
ing called Christians. In Some respects the
churches have changed. Religion is more lib
eral, and mere a matter OF the soul. The
fences between the sectS are being lowered.
Christians are becoming united and they are
working together. The old Questions of
sect and doctrine are parsipgl away. and
We are nearing the condition of a united
Christianity. Take the doetfinal sermons
The people will not stand them now as they
did in the past. They want matter that will
help them, ard they don't care as to quib-
bles about the letter OF the law Preaching
doctrinal sermons is like having a physician,
who, calling upon you when y0u are sick,
instead OF giving you something to help you.
delivers a lecture on physiology. You tell
at once that you don't care as to the
length OF your intestines or the location Of
the bones. What you want is pills rather
than philosophy, and you want them quick.
The sermon in demand today IL that which
Is helpful to man. Here is a body with the
old cut of sin and trouble running across
its back and over its head. There is the
preacher. the physician who brings the
gospel Of Christ, the one plaster which will
heal the wounds. The question Is how to
get the plaster on the wounds, and that
Is ALL"
Have you noticed the great change which
10 going on In Catholicism In the United
States, doctor?" ! asked,
Yes" replied DIR. Talmage. .the Catholics
are becoming more liberal. l have faith in
the honesty OF their professions. and be-
lieve that they do as much good perhaps as
any other religious sect. L tell you there is
more religion In our kitchens than in our