Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-03-19


In this discourse DR.. Talmage advo-
Gates the idea that the Christian re-
ligicn is as good for this world as the
next and will help us to do anything
thar ought to be done at all; l Tim
othy ~. 5, Goodness is profitable unto
all things, having promise OF the life
that now is and of that which is to
come"
There is n 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. When the body of Gait
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 "a Christian spirit
determined to conquer. You are eX-
| pecting prosperity, and l am deter
| mined, so far as / 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
attention n new element of success.
| 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, Goodness, 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"
suppose you are all willing to admit
that godliness is important in it's eter-
nal relations, but perhaps some of you
say: "All | want is an opportunity to
say prayer before l die and all will
be Well There are great many peo-
pie who suppose that if they can finally
get safely out of this world into n bet
ter world they will have exhausted the
entire advantage of our holy religion.
They talk as though religion were II
mere nod of recognition which we are
to give to the Lord Jesus on our way
up to heavenly mansion; as though
1t 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 a religion
OF the shroud and a religion of the
|
a religion of the cemetery who have
no appreciation of a religion for the
bank, for the farm, for the factory.
FOR the warehouse. for the jewelers.
shop, for the Office. Now, while |
would not throw any slur on n post
| mortem religion, | want to -day to eulo-
| gIze an antemortem religion a re
| hgion that is of no use to YOU while
| you live will be of no use to Won when
you die. Goodness is profitable unto
all things. having promise of the life
| that now is as well as of that which
is to come" And | have always no.
tlced that when grace is very low in
mans heart he talks a great deal i'm
| prayer meetings about deaths and
about collins and about graves and
about churchyards. | have noticed
That the healthy Christian. the man
| VINO Is living near to God and is on
the straight road to Heaven, is full
or Jubllant satisfaction and talks
about the duties of this life, under
standing well that if God helps him to
i've right He will help him to die right
Now, in the first place. | remork
| that godliness is good for mans pbvs.
ical health. | do not mean TO saw tba,
1T will restore a broken down consti-
tuition or drive rheumatism from tho
! limbs or neuralgia from the temples ar
| PIeuriSy 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 +
beheNe' and that avow. Everybody
knows that buoyancy Of spirit is good
! physical advantage. Gloom. unrest
detection. are at war with every mi
satiou OF the heart and with every res
! Plrauon Of the lungs. They lower the
! vitality and slacScn the circr,Ioti,r
while eNhilaration of spirit pours tbe
very balm Of heaven through am tho
currents Of life. The sense of iusec,,r-
] iy which sometimes lovers over am
! unregenerate man or pounccs un,r
him with the blast Of 10000 truuncts
~ terror il most depicting and most
exhausting, while the feeling that am
thing are working together for o,ir
! good now and for our rIa-fiug VOL.
fare is conducive TO physical health
J ou will observe that PodIiness i'm
duccs industry. which is the found.
/ ton ~ good health There h. ,Ia,,
! oi hygiene that viii keep "a lazy man
well Pjeurisy will stab him. ervsipc.
Jas viii burn him. iaundice will dis
color him govt will cripple him. and
the Intelligent physician will not pre-
scribe antiseptic or fcbrifupc or ano-
/ dNne but saws and hammers and ward.
STICK, and crow bars and pickaxes
There is no such thing as good pbys.
teal condition without positive ,,orl
n some kind aIfhDue,b ,.., b.
sleep ON down of swan or ride f., c.-
mage Of s"ficst upholstery OF have on
your table alI the luNuries That were
poured from the wine watts of Ispahan
and Shraz Orr -tI.giou SAYS. AWAY
10 the bank. away Co. the field. away TO-
the shop. away 10 the factory, Do