Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22


WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-In this dis
course DR.. Talmage advises us to do
our best in the spheres where we are
placed and not wait TO serve God III
rcsounding position; text. Corinthi-
ans X. 81, "Whether, therefore, ye eat
or drink or Whatsoever ye do. do all to
the glory of God"
When the apostle in this text sets
forth the :dea that so common an ac-
ton as the taking Of food and drink Is
70 be conducted to the glory OF God, he
proclaims the Importance OF religion
in the ordinary affairs Of our life. In
all ages Of the world there has been
tendency to set apart certain days.
nlaccs AID occasions for worship, ana
io think those were the CHIEF realms
in which religion was to act. Now
holy DAYS and holy places have their
.npo,tance. They give opportunity Tor
soecial performance of Christian duty
and for regalng of the religious appe-
.i.e. bvt they cannot take the place OF
continuous exercise Of faith and pray
,r. In other words. man cannot De
30 much Il a Christian on Sunday that
bn cnn afford to be wording all the
r., st Of the week. If Il steamer put out
for Southampton and go one day IN
,hat direction ana the other six days IN
othnr directions. how long before the
steamer will get to Southampton! lt
will never get there. And. though Il
man may seem to be voyaging heaven
ward during the holy Sabbath day. IL
during the following six days or the
veel: he is going toward the woriu
and toward the flesh and toward the
davil how long will it take him TO
rooch the peaceful harbOr Of heaven
Won cannot eat so much at the SaDDatn
| bonouet that you can afford religious
abstinence the other six days. Hero
ism and princely behavior on great oc'
casions are no apology for lack or righ'
demeanor in circumstances lnslgnin
cant and incOnspicuous. Inc gehuine
Christian life is not spasmodlc; uoes
not 60 lay fits and starts. 1t tolls Oh
through heat and cold up steep noun
tains and along dangerous decliviues
its eve on the everlasting hills crowned
with the castles Of the blessed. pro
pose to plead for an everyday religion
In the first place we want to Drint
the religion Of Christ into our conver
sation. When q dam breaks ana t"'
or three villages are overwhelmed o.
an earthquake in South America s"ai
! lows whole city. then people Degll
TO talk about the uncertainty OF hIe
and they imagine that they are engag
cd in positively religious conversation
No. You may talk about these tnlne
and have no grace Of God at all Il
vour heart. We ought every day u
he talking religion. If there is any
thing glad about it, anything beauu1u
about it. anything important about II
ve oncht to be continuously discuss
ing | have noticed that men JUS
in proportion as their Christian eXpe
rience is shallow talk about funeral
and graveyards and tombstones an
deatbbeds The real, genuine CHRIS
tion man talks chiefly about this III
and the great eternity beyond ana nc
so much about the insignificant pas
between these two residences. An
vet how few circles there are wher
, the religion of Jesus Christ is welcom'
20 into Il circle even Of Christian pee
nle. where they are full Of JOY ana d
larity. ard talk about Christ or heave
and every .Aing is Immediately silence'
As on q simmer day when the rOres'
are full Of life. chatter, chirrup an
carol-a mighty chorus Of bird harm'
? nv. every tree branch an orchestra
Q q hawk apppar in the sky, every voi'
stops and the forests are stlll. just
have seen lively religious clrc
silenced on the appearance of anytmr
like religious conversation. NO one Id
ANYTHING to say save perhaps some O
natriarcb in the corner Of the room, WI
really thinks that something ought
q he said under the circumstances; so
8 nuts one foot over the other and heav
i long sigh and says. "Oh, yes; that
. q so, that's so.'
r.. M.Iyaa the Heart Glad.
Nv friends. the religion OF Jes
: Christ is something to talk about WI
clad heart. 1t is brighter than
waters: it is more cheerful than I
, sunshine. 10 not 90 around groani
obout your religion when you ought
he SINGING it or talking it in cheeri
tones Of voice How often 1t Is III
we Gud men whose lives are uttel
- Inconsistent who attempt to talk re
zion and always make failure Oh
NV frjenCs. we must live religion
,ve conno, talk it. If man is Gran
and cross and uncongenial and hard
- his dealings and then begins to Il
abort Christ and heaven. everybody
rorelled by it. Yet | have heard su
men say in thinning tones. I'VE
u,ise,o,,le sinners" THE Lord blt