St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
CHRISTIAN RELIGION
It Is as Good in This World as the
Next, Says DR.. Talmage.

It Is as Good in This World as the
Next, Says DR.. Talmage.
Godliness Profitable Unto All
Things"-Influence of the Gos-
Pei of Characterization and
the Intellect.
copyright. 1902. by Louis Klopsch. n. ~
Washington,
In this discourse DR.. Talmage advo-
Gates the idea that the Christian re-
igion is as good for this world as the
next and will help us to do anything
that ought to be done at all; 1 Tim
othy iv. 8, Goodness is profitable unto
oil things, having promise of the life
Shat now is and of that which is to
eome''
There is gloomy and passive way
OF waiting for events to come upon us,
and there is a heroic way Of going out
to meet them, strong in God and fear
ing nothing. When the body of Cati-
line was found on the battlefield, it
was found far in advance of all his
troops and among the enemy, and the
best way is not for us to lie down and
let the events of life trample over us,
but to go forth in Christian spirit
determined to conquer. You are ex-
pecting prosperity, and I am deter
mined, SO far as Ihave anything to do
with it, that you shall not be disap-
pointed, and, therefore, propose, as
God may help me, to project upon your
attention a new element of success.
You have in the business firm frugal.
~, patience, industry, perseverance.
economy-a very strong business firm
but there needs to be one member add.
ed, mightier than them all, and not {.
silent partner either, the one intro
duced by my text, Goodness, which is
profitable unto all things, having the
promise of the life that now is as we'll
ss of that which is to come"
lsuppose you are all willing to admit
that goodness is important in it's eter-
nal relations, but perhaps some of you
say: 'A1l | want is an opportunity to
say prayer before l die, and all will
be we'll" There are a great many peo-
PIE who suppose that if they can finally
get safely out of this world into bet
ter world they will have exhausted the
entire advantage of our holy religion.
They talk as though religion were a
mere nod of recognition which we are
10 give to the Lord Jesus on our way
mp to heavenly mansion; as though
II were an admission ticket, of no use
except to give in at the door of Heaven.
And there are thousands Of people who
have great admiration for religion
at the shroud and religion of the
coffin and religion of the hearse and
. religion of the cemetery who have
no appreciation of religion for the
bank, for the farm, for the factory
Tor the warehouse, for the jewelers.
shop, for the Office. Now, while
would not throw any slur on post.
nortem religion, want to-day to eulo-
9ize an antemortem religion. A re-
fgion that is of no use to you while
yOu live will be of no use to you when
you die. Goodness is profita BILE unto
M things, having promise of the life
that now is as well as of that which
h TO come" And 1 have always no.
ticed that when grace is very low in
mans heart he talks a great deal in
prayer meetings about deaths and
shout collins and about graves and
about churchyards. I have noticed
that the healthy Christian, the man
who is living near to God and is on
Of jubilant satisfaction and talks
about the duties of this life, under.
standing well that if God helps him to
live right He will help him to die right
Now, in the first place, / remark
that goodness is good for a mans phys.
heal health. / do not mean to say that
It will restore broken down consti.
sutton or drive rheumatism from the
limbs or neuralgia from the temples OF
pleurisy from the side, but / do near
TO say that it gives one such habits and
puts one in such condition as are most
favorable for physical health. That
believe, and that I avow. Everybody
knows that buoyancy of spirit is good
physical advantage. Gloom, unrest
detection, are at war with every pull
gation of the heart and with every res.
piration of the lungs. They lower the
vitality and slacken the circulation
while exhilaration of spirit pours the
very balm of heaven through all the
currents Of life. The sense of insecur.
Nv which sometimes hovers over ar
unregenerate man or pounces upon
him with the blast of 10000 trumpets
q terror is most depicting and most
exhausting, while the feeling that al
xhin1s are working together for oul
GOOD now and for our everlasting wei
fare Is conducive to physical health.
You will observe that godliness in
;,u.es industry, which is the founda
%,or of good health. There is no Law
81 hygiene that will keep lazy mar
zen. Pleurisy will stab him, erysipe
80 viii burn him, jaundice will dis
color him, gout will cripple him, and
a. intelligent physician will not pre-
.~r;he antiseptic or febrifuge or ano
AWE. but saws and hammers and yard
.!;.ls and crowbars and pickaxes
There is no such thing as good phys
,.a1 condition without positive work
:. come kind, although you shoulc
o,..n IN down of swan or ride in car
80 of softest upholstery or have or
80 table all the Injuries that were
.-.d from the wine watts of 1spahar
sb;raz. Our religion says: away
- 4he hank. away to the field, away to
- shop. away to the factory! Dc
snething that will enlist all the en-
.or;es 81 your body, mind and soul'
eTelc h,s;neSs feryent in spirit