Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07
rALMAGE'S SERMON
,.rpREsTING THEME BY THE
v.sHINGTON PRE.~HER.
sn,iect: "a Practical Religion"

james H. ~
M Roman Catholic Church has been
L nd with putting too much stress upon
I'D works and not enough upon faith. l
ssorce Professionalism with putting NOT
enonsh stress upon good works as connected
yrith salvation. Good works VIII neVer save
nan hut il a man have not good works he
~ M real faith and no genuine religion.
T Tss are those who depend upon the fact
~, thew are all right inside while their con-
-. e wrong outside. Their religion for
~ most mart is made up OF talk-vigorous
ny. gnent talk. boastful talk, perpetual
. 'a' They will entertain you by the hour
e tsllng YOU how good they are. They
ma mn 10 such higher life that they have
sonatience with ordinary Christians in the
.I,in discharge Of their duty, As neae as
san tell. this ocean craft Is mostly sail and
o. IittIe tonnage Foretopmast staysaIl,
s'.5tonmast studding sail, main topsail. miz-
.sn 6psail-everything from flying iib to
-i1zen spanker, but making no useful voy-
% Now. the world has got tired OF this,
M II wants a religion that will work into
m he circumstances of life. We do not want
nav religion. but the old religion applied
naIl possible directions.
yopder is a river with steep and rocky
hanks. aud it rOars like young Niagara as
rolls On over its rough bed. 1t does MOTH
no bat talk about Itself all the way from fits
source in the mountain TO the place where it
entities into the sea The banks are so steep
,bat the cattle cannot come down to drink.
II ioes not run one fertilizing rill into the
adjoining field. 1t has not one gristmill or
ta5t0ry on either side. 1t sulks in wet
Teather with chilling logs. No one cares
when that river is born among the rocks and
no one cares when il dies into the sea. But
y5nder Is another river. and ii MOSES its
baDks with the warm tides. and ii rocks with
aoral lullaby the water lilies asleep on its
bosom. II invites herds OF cattle and fiocks
3! sheep and coveys Of birds to come there
and drink. It has three gristmills on one
. .ide and six colt on factories on the other. 1t
( the wealth Of 200 miles of luxuriant farms.
The birds of heaven chanted when it was
born in the mountains, and the ocean ship
ming will press in from the sea to hail il as it
comes down from the Atlantic Coast. The
one river is a man who lives for himself
The other river is a man who lives for
others.
Do you know how the site OF the ancient
aty Of Jerusalem was chosen2 There were
two brothers who had adjoining farms. The
one bother had a large family, the other
had no family. The brother with large
family said: There is my brother with no
family He must be lonely, and / will try
70 cheer him up, and will take some of the
sheayes from my field In the night time and
set them over on his farm and say nothing
about ii. The other brother said. 'fMy
brother has a large family and 1t is very
difficult for him to support them, and | will
help him along, and | will take some ,ot
the sheayes from my farm In the night time
and set them over On his farm and saynoth-
ing about it, So the work of transference
went on night after night and night after
night but every morning things seemed to
be Just as they were, for, though sheaves
mad been substracred from each farm,
sneayes had also been added, and the BROTH
ers were perplexed and could not under
stand. But one night the brothers hap
pened to meet while making this generous
transierence, and the spot where they met
VAS so sacred that il was chosen as the site
Otthe city Of Jerusalem. IL that tradition
s0ald prove unfounded, it will neverthe-
les stand as beautiful allegory, setting
forth the idea that wherever a kindly and
generous and loving act is performed that is
The spot fit for some temple of comment
0fatlOn.
have often spoken to YOU about faith,
but this morning Ispeakto you about works,
i)r faith without works is dead" l think
you will agree with me In the statement that
the greal want in this world is more practi-
cal religion. We want practical religion TO
90 into all merchandise. Ii will supervise
ibe labelling Of goods 1t will not allow
man 10 say that thing was made in one
factory when it was made in another. II
will not allow the merchant to say that watch
was manufactured in Geneva when it was
manufactured in Massachusetts. II will not
allow the merchant to say that wine came
from Madeira when ii came from California.
PRACTICAL religion will walk along by the
store shelves and tear of all the tags that
make Misrepresentation. 1t will not allow
Tue merchant TO say that is pure coffee when
Endelion root and chicory and other ingred-
tents 90 into it. II will not allow him to say
mat Is pure sugar when there are in il sand
and ground glass.
When practical religion gets its full swing
u the world, il will go down the street and
Will come TO that shoe store and rip of the
hetlious soles of many a fine looking pair Of
snoss and show that it is pasteboard sand
Wched between the sound leather. And this
practical religion will go right into gro
sefy store and II will pull out the plugs of all
lhe adulterated sirups. and ii will dump into
.he ASH barrel in front of the store the cassia
9arI that Is sold for cinnamon and the brick
plSt mat is sold for cayenne pepper, and it
VIII shake out the prussian blue from the tea
leaves, and il will sift from the flour plaster
y paris and bone dust and soapstone. and ii
"iH " chemical analysis separate the one
qAaft q water from the few honest drops OF
SOW ni'k, and it will throw out the live
"llnaleules from the brown sugar.
mere Las been so much aduteration OF
articles OF food that it is an amazement to
.le mat there is healthy man or woman in
america. Heaven only knows what they
pa1 INTO the spices and into the sugars and
Inlo the butter aud into the apothocary drug.
pt chemical analysis and the microscope
nave made wonderful revelations. The board
y health in Massachusetts analysed a great
amount Of what was called pure coffee and
Juno Il not one particle of coffee. In Eng
ana There is law that forbids the putting
y. allm IN bread. The public authorities
sAalhlned hfy-one packages of bread and
.2lhd them all guilty. The honest physi-
lau, writing prescription. does not know
-, ~ mat y may bring death instead of health
y y his patient, because there may be one Of
sle drugs weakened by cheaper article.
aul another drug may be in full force, and
- 2. tne prescription may have Just the oppo
sle elect intended. Oil of NORWOOD war
sta1leu pure from Boston was found to have
-. GtiiIy-ohe per cent. of rosin and alcohol and
~ut,or9iorm. Scammony is one of the most
a.laoie medical drugs. II is very rare.
,1ly precious, 1t is the sap of the gum of u
-; tlse q bush in Syria The root of the tree
posed. an incision is made into the root,
@-u men shells are placed at this incision to
,a.SA lhe sap or the gum as it exudes. Ii is
~! precious, this scammony. But the
5s'assht mixes it with cheaper material;
,Is sl y i taken TO Aleppo, and the merchant
!. - mixes il with cheaper material; then
e'les on to the wholesale druggist in Lon