The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-27
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE UPLIFTING POWER OF RE-
LIOION" THE THEME.


Copyright. 1901. BY Louis Klopsch. n. "
Washington. April 14.-ln this dis
course DR.. Talmage sets forth religion
as an exhilaration and urges all people
to try its uplifting power, text, Pro-
verbs iii. IL, Her ways are ways Of
pleasantness."
You have all heard Of Gods only be-
gotten Son. Have you heard Of Gods
daughter? She was born il heaven.
She came down over the hills Of our
world. She had queenly step. On her
brow was celestial radiance, Her voice
was music. Her name is Religion. Ny
text introduces 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 different effect upon me from the ef-
feet sometimes produced. Every year
tear out another leaf from my the
ology until / have only three or four
leaves left-in other words, very
brief and plain statement Of Christian
belief.
An aged Christian minister said
when I was young man / knew ey-
erything, When ! got to be S5 years
Of age. in my creed / had only hun
dred doctrines Of religion. When l got
70 be 40 years Of age, / had only 80
doctrines OF religion. When / got TO
be 60 years Of age, had only ten doe
trines OF religion. and now I am dying
at IS 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 no
tlced 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 be-
lief as being non-essential, while
cling to the one great doctrine that
man is a sinner and Christ is his Al-
mighty and Divine Savior.
Now. ] take these three or four
leaves Of my theology, and find that
in the first place and dominant above
all others Is the sunshine Of religion
When go into room. have a pas
sion for throwing open all the shut
I ters. That Is what ] want to do this
morning We are apt to throw so
much Of the sepulchral into our relig-
ion and 10 close the shutters and 10
pull down the blinds that it is only
through here and there a crevice that
the light streams. The religion Of the
Lord Jesus Christ is a religion of JOY
indescribable and unutterable Wher-
ever can find a bell I mean to ring
IT,
II there are 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 fairest and brightest and the most
radiant being OF all the universe
comes in. Gods Son has left the world
but Gods daughter IS here. Give hel
room. Hail princess Of heavenl Hail
daughter OF the Lord God Almighty
Come in and make this house thy
thrOnerOom.
In setting forth this idea the domi-
nant theory Of religion is one Of sun
shine I hardly know where to begin
for there are so many thoughts that
rush upon my soul. A mother saw hei
little child seated on the floor in the
sunshine and with a spoon in hel
hand. She said. MY darling, what arr
you doing there?" oh replied the
child. Il am getting a spoonful Of this
sunshine Would God that today
might present you with a cleaning
chalice Of this glorious, everlasting
gospel sunshinel
Sunshine OF Christianity.