Newport weekly independent., 1902-03-21
CHRISTIAN RELIGION
1t Is as Good in This World as the
 Next, Says Dr. Talmage.
Godliness Profitable Unto All Things''-InfIuence of the Cos pei of Christ-R elfgton and
 the Intellect.
ICopyright, 1902, by Louis Klopsch, N. VI
 Washington, March 16.

Washington. March 16.
 In this discourse Dr. Talmage advo- cates the idea that the Christian re- ligion is as good for this world as the next and will help us to do anything that ought to be done at all; Tim othy iv. s, "Godliness 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 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 l am deter mined, so far as l have anything to do with it, that you shall not be disap- pointed, and, therefore, l propose, as God may help me, to project upon your SNAN>NS''' You have in the business firm frugai- ty, patience,' industry, perseverance,, economy-a very strong business firm but there needs to be one member add ed, mightier than them all, and not a silent partner either, the one intro duced by my text. "Godliness, which is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is as we'll as of that which is to come"
 1suppose you are all willing to admit that godliness is important in it's eter- nal relations, but perhaps some of you say: "All 1 want is an opportunity to say prayer before I die, and all will ~ rAse we'll" There al great many peo- pie who suppose that if they can finally get safely out of this world into a bet ter world they will have eXha the entire advantage of our holy religion. Aey talk as though religion were a Ire nod of recognition which we are give to the Lord Jesus on our way
 to heavenly mansion; as though vere an admission ticket, of no use
 ept to give in at the door of Heaven
 there are thousands of people who e great admira tion for religion
 the shroud and a religion of the
 eG N Nreligion of the hearse and
 lon of the cemetery who have
 feciatid\n of. d religion for the
 or the Harm, for the factory,
 warehouse, for the jewellers br the ofNce, Now, while
 pot throw fny slur on post
 religion, l want to-day to eulo-
 antemortenA religion. A re-
 hat is of no Slse to you while
 will be of o'tuse to you when
 "Godliness is>profitable unto
 Is, having promise of the life
 " is as we'll as of that which
 me-" And I have always mo-
 hat when grace is very low in
 heart he talks great deal in Q V,Wf meetings about deaths and 0, oout collins 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 jubilant satisfaction and talks koout 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, I remark that godliness is good for mans phys lcal health. l do not mean to say that 1t will restore broken down consti- tuition or drive rheumatism from the limbs or neuralgia from the temples or leurisy from the side, but do mean say that it gives one such habits and one in such condition as are most @rable for physical health That I Relieve, and that 1 avow. Everybody knows that buoyancy of spirit is good physical advantage. Gloom, unrest, dejection, are at war with every pull sation 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- u ity which sometimes hovers over an ,'nregererate man or pounces upon n with the blast of 10000 trumpets terror is most depicting and most hausting, while the feeling that all ings are working together for our bod now and for our everlastin well Ire is conducive to physical health.
 You will observe that godliness in luces industry, which is the founda tion of good health. There is no law of hygiene that will keep a lazy man well. Pleurisy will stab him, erysipe- las will burn him, jaundice will dis color him, gout will cripple him, and the intelligent physician will not pre- lscribe antiseptic or febrifuge or ano-