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Religion and morality do not necessarily go together. Mr. Talmage will insist to-day that morality is not sufficient to save any man from eternal punishment. As a matter of fact, religion has often been the enemy of morality. The moralist has been denounced by the theologians. He sustains the same relation to Christianity that the moderate drinker does to the total abstinence society. The total abstinence people say that the example of the moderate drinker is far worse upon the young than that of the drunkard; that the drunkard is a warning, while the moderate drinker is a perpetual temptation. So the Christians say of moralists. According to them, the moralist sets | Religion and morality do not necessarily go together. Mr. Talmage will insist to-day that morality is not sufficient to save any man from eternal punishment. As a matter of fact, religion has often been the enemy of morality. The moralist has been denounced by the theologians. He sustains the same relation to Christianity that the moderate drinker does to the total abstinence society. The total abstinence people say that the example of the moderate drinker is far worse upon the young than that of the drunkard; that the drunkard is a warning, while the moderate drinker is a perpetual temptation. So the Christians say of moralists. According to them, the moralist sets | ||
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The moralist is not only insists that a man can be a good citizen, a kind husband, an affectionate father, without religion, but demonstrates the truth of his doctrine by his own life; whereas the criminal admits that in and of himself he is nothing and can do nothing, but that he needs assistance from the church, and its ministers. | The moralist is not only insists that a man can be a good citizen, a kind husband, an affectionate father, without religion, but demonstrates the truth of his doctrine by his own life; whereas the criminal admits that in and of himself he is nothing and can do nothing, but that he needs assistance from the church, and its ministers. | ||