around you, however small or mean, the work of God's hand, the
likeness of God's countenance, the shadow of God's glory.



SERMON II. RELIGION NOT GODLINESS



PSALM civ. 13-15.

"He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied
with the fruit of thy works. He causeth the grass to grow for the
cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth
food out of the earth; and wine that maketh glad the heart of man,
and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth
man's heart."

Did you ever remark, my friends, that the Bible says hardly any
thing about religion--that it never praises religious people? This
is very curious. Would to God we would all remember it! The Bible
speaks of a religious man only once, and of religion only twice,
except where it speaks of the Jews' religion to condemn it, and
shews what an empty, blind, useless thing it was.

What does this Bible talk of, then? It talks of God; not of
religion, but of God. It tells us not to be religious, but to be
godly. You may think there is no difference, or that it is but a
difference of words. I tell you that a difference in words is a
very awful, important difference. A difference in words is a