Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-19

Sourse DIR. Talmage sets forth religion as
/ an exhilaratiOn and urges all people to
Try its uplifting power; text, Proverbs
Iii. IL, 'Her ways are ways Of pleasant
ness"
You have all heard Of Gods only be-
gotten Son. Have you heard of G DDS
daughter? She was born in heaven. She
came down over the hills of our world.
She had Queenly step. On her brow was
| celestial radiance. Her voice was mu-
sic. Her name is Religion. My text in
PRODUCES her. "Her ways are ways Of
pleasantness, and all her paths are
| peace" But what is religion? The fact
| is that theological study has had a diff
ferent effect upon me from the effect
sometimes produced. Every year I tear
out another leaf from my theology until
| have only three or four leaves left-in
other words. very brief and plain state
ment Of Christian belief.
An aged Christian minister said:
when ! was a young man. / knew ev-
erything When ! got to be 50 years OF
age in my creed I had only a hundred
doctrines of religion. When I got to be
40 years Of age had only so doctrines
Of religion. When l got to be go years
gion. and now / am dying at 10 years Of
age, and there is only one thing | know.
and that is that Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners" And so I
have noticed in the study Of Gods word
and in my contemplation of the character
OF God and of the eternal world that It
is necessary for me to drop this part Of
my belief and that part of my belief as
being nonessential, while ! cling to the
one great doctrine that man is a sinner
and Christ is his Almighty and Divine
Saviour.
| Now, take these three or four leaves
of my theology. and l find that in the
first place and dominant above all 9TH
ers is the sunshine Of religion. When l
90 into room. have a passion for
throwing open all the shutters. That is
what ] want to do this morning. We
are apt 10 throw so much of the sepul-
chral into our religion and to close the
shutters and to pull down the blinds that
it Is only through here and there a GREY
ice that the light streams The religion
Of the Lord Jesus Christ is q religion Of
joy understandable and unutterable Wher-
ever ! can find a bell mean to ring it.
If there arr. any in this house this
morning who are disposed to hold on to
their melancholy and gloom. let them
now. depart this service before the fair.
est and the brightest and the most ra.
diant being Of all the universe comes in.
Gods Son has left our world. but Gods
daughter ahere. Give her room. Hail
pripc heaven! Hail. =.
\ Almighty! Come IN and
make a fhy throEfnrooTn
4 In setting forth idea rhe dominant
/ Z
hardly know where to begin. for there are
so many thoughts that rush upon my
soul. A mother saw her little child seat
ed on the fnor in the sunshine and with :
spoon in her hand. She said. My dar
ling. what are you doing therp?'' "Oh.
replied the child. Il am getting n spoon
full Of this sunshine" Would God tina
today might present you with CLEAN
ing chalce Of this glorious. everlasting
gospel sunshine!
Sunshine of Christianity.
First of all. find a great deal Of sun
shine in Christian society. do not know
Of anything more dolefu than the com
partnership of the mere funmakers of tn
! world-the Thomas Hoods, the Charlie
Lambs. the Charles Nathewses of th
wOrld-the men whose entire business
is to make sport They make other
laugh, but il YOU will examine their al
photography or biography you will TN
that down in their soul there was q tel
rifle disquiptude. Laughter is no sign d
happiness. The maniac laughs. The hS
ena laughs. The loon among the AdirOI
dacks laughs. The drunkard. dashing hi
deranter against the wall laughs.
There is terrible reaction from a
sinful amusement and sinful merrimpn
Such men are cross the next day. The
snap at you ON exchange or they pas
you. not recognizing you. Long ago
quit mere worldly society for the rpasu
it was so dull, so inane and so stupi,
My nature is vOraciOus Of joy. ! mu!
, have it.
= ! always walk on the sunny side OF Il
n street, and for that reason have crosse
q. over into Christian society. like the
mode OF frparire better. like the
style OF a.Ausemrnt better They liz
longer. tChriStiun people, ! sometime
i. notice. live on when by all natural Ia
they ought to have died. have know
persons wEn have continued in their e
), istence when the doctor said they Oug
to have been dead ten years. Every Ill
of their existence was a defiance Of q
laws Of anatomy and physiology. b
they had this supernatural vivacity
the gospel in their soul. and that Ike
them alive.
"a Put 10 or 10 Christian people in roc
for Christian conversation, and you W
from to 10 o'clock hear more reSOun
ing glee SEE more bright strokes Of v
u, and find more thought and profound $;
~ isfactiOn than in any merely wOrlt
ler party. Now. when ! say a worldly p,
ty ty" mean that to which you are inv
"a ed because under all the eircumstanC
Of the case il is the best for yOu to be
vited. and to which you 20 because unC
nll circumStac ces Of the case il is bett
that you go. and. leaving the shawls
the second floor. you go to the parlOr
give formal SalutatiOn to the host and I
hostess and then move around. sppndi
lgs the whole evening in the discussion of
at weather and in apology for treading
ne long trains and in effort to keep the c
hprs of the mouth up to the sign of pie
- ure. and going around with an Idle
~ he-he about nothing until the collation.
ID served. and then. after the collation.
served. going back again into the par
to resume the weather. and then at
- close going at a very late hour TO
> host and hostess and assuring them t
You have had a most delightful event
and then passing down nff the fr
steps. the slam of the door the only
isfaction OF the evening
Oh, young man come from the ca
try to spend your days in city life, wi
p are you going to spend your evenin
Let me tell you, while there are m
-. places of innocent worldly amusement
is most wise for you to throw your b,
mind and soul into Christian soci
'ers' Come to me at the close of five years
tell me what has been the result of
advice. Bring with you the young
lers who refused to take the advice and
|. m. went into sinful amusement. He
I. mn N. come dissipated. shabby in apparel, il
a m. posed to look any one in the eyes, m
p. IN. character 50 per cent off. You will c
4 III III with principle settled, countenance fr
am. habits good. soul saved and all the in
pm. itants of heaven. from the lowest a
- up to the archangel and clear past hi
pnla the Lord God Almighty. your coadjut
iSay This is not the advice of a misanthi
There is no man in the house to W
the world is brighter than it is to me
pm. is not the advice of a dyspeptic-m,
~ 4 Ut gestion is perfect: it is not the adviC
pm a man who cannot understand a jOl
who prefers a funeral; it is not the az
'hila. Of a WORKOUT man, but the advice
man who can see this world in al
-. brightness. and. considering myself
- petent in judging what is good che