The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-07
TALMAGE's SERMON.
THE BENEFITS OF RELIGION IN
ORDINARY BUSINESS LIFE.
In Eloquent Words tho Great Preacher
Shows How Goodness Is Profitable IN
All Ihings-Human weapons Alone
Not Sumcient for the Battle.

Not SUFFICIENT for the Battle.
1902, Louis Klopsch. N. 70
Washington, March l6.-In this dis |
course DIR. Talmage advocates the idea
that the Christian religion is as good
for this world as the next. and will
help us to do anything that ought to
be done at all; Timothy iv, 8, God
iness is profitable unto all things,
having promise of the life that now is
and of that which is to come"
There is a gloomy and passive way
Of waiting for events to come upon us,
and there is heroic way of going out
to meet them, strong in God and fear
ing nothing. You are expecting pros
perity, and l am determined. so far
as l have anything to do with it, that
Fou shall not be disappointed, and.
therefore, l propose, as God may help
me to project upon your attention
new element of success. You have in
the business firm frugality, patience.
industry, perseverance, economy-a
very strong business frm-but there
needs to be one member added, might
Ter than them all, and not a silent
partner, either, the one introduced by
my text, Goodness, which is profit
able unto all things, having the prom
Use Of the life that now is as we'll as
OF that which is to come"
I suppose you are all willing to adj
NIT that goodness is important in its
eternal relations, but perhaps some OF
you say, All / want is an opportunity
to say a prayer before l die. and all
will be we'll" There are a great many
people who suppose that if they can
finally get safely out of this world into
a better world they will have exhaust
ed the entire advantage of our holy
religion. They talk as though re-
igion were a mere nod OF recognition
which we are to give to the Lord Jesus
on our way up to heavenly man
sion; as though it were an admission
ticket, of no use except to give in at
the door of heaven. Now, while
would not throw any slur on a post
mortem religion, I want to-day to
eulogize an antemortem religion. A
religion that is of no use to you while
you live will be of no use to you when
you die. l have always noticed that
when grace is very low in mans
heart he talks a great deal in prayer
meetings about deaths and about cof-
fins and about graves and about
churchyards. l have noticed that the
healthy Christian, the man who is
living near to God and is on the
straight road to heaven, is full OF
iubilant satisfaction and talks about
the duties of this life. understanding
well that If God helps him to live right
he will help him to die right.
Now. in the first place, l remark
that goodness is good for man ::
physical health. | Go not mean to say
that it will restore a broken down
constitution or drive rheumatism
from the limbs, or neuralgia from the
| temples or pleurisy from the side, but
! do mean to say that it gives one such
habits and puts one in such condition
as are most favorable for physical
| health. That l believe. and that
| avow. The sense of insecurity which
| sometimes hovers over an unregener-
ate man or pounces upon him with
| the blast Of ten thousand trumpets OF
| terror is most depicting and most eX-
| bausting, while the feeling that all
| things are working together for our
| good now and for our everlasting well
fare is conducive to physical health
You will observe that goodness in
| duces industry, which is the founda-
tior of good health. There is no law
| of hygiene that will keep a lazy man
we'll There is no such thing as goot
physical conCltion without positive
work of some kind, although you
| should sleep on Gown of swan or rid,
! In carriage of softeSt upholstery o.
have on your table all the luxurie'
that were poured from the wine vat!
| OF Ispahan and Shiraz.
Oh, how important in this day. wheI
so much is said about anatomy ant
physiology and therapeutics and som'
| new style of medicine is ever and amor
! springing upon the world. that you
should understand that the highes
school of medicine is the school o
Christ, which declares that goodness
is profitable unto all things, having
the promise of the life that now is a!
well as of that which is to come" 81
if YOU start out two men in the worrt
with equal physical health, and ther
one of them shall get the religion o
Christ in his heart, and the othe
shall not get it, the one who be
comes a son of the Lord Almight.
will live the longer. with long If
will I satisfy him and show him m.
salvation"
Again l remark that goodness is goo
for the intellect. l know some hav
supposed that just as soon as a mai
enters into the Christian life his intel
iect goes into a bedwarting process. S
far from that, religion viii give ney
brilliancy to the intellect, new strengt
to the imagination. new force to tn
will and wider swing to all the intel
lectual faculties. Christianity is tn
great central fire at which philosoph
has lighted its brightest torch. The re
ligion of Christ is the fountain out O
which learning has dipped its cleares
draft. Religion has given new energ
to roesy, weeping in DR.. Young
Might Thoughts" teaching in Cow
per's Task flaming in Charles Yves
leys hymns and rushing with arch