Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-01-17
Garry Religion into Business.

! Let no calculation of advantage or prot
! it, no keenness OF competition. induce the
merchant, the manufacturer, or the trades
man to neglect the indication of right and
wrong furnished by the ready application
of the Royal Law" by conscience. You
are not mere money getters or money-wor-
shippers. If gain is to be gotten, it must
come with Gods blessing and consistently
with the obligations and professions Of a
disciple OF Christ is not for holy days and
holy places only-a few Zines and seasons
and relations and circumstances. A re
igion, based, indeed, upon the most stu
p, udous facts OF divine wisdom, power and
love a religion involving sublmest truths
and propoundinS lottie>t motives br, de
scendipg 10 and emhracing-aye, and en-
nnblng and consecratiug-iite's humbIe>t
duties, its most trivial occurrences and oc-
cupation. A religion no, 10 be donned
and d fled at pleasure; not 10 be reserved
for ort-ot-the- way and exceptional cases,
or too sublimr, too subtle, too transcend
entail for daily wear and tear; bot a re-
l2ion 10 regulate our most secular en-
gagements, and among them the commerce
Of the merchant prince and the sales Of the
retail siorrke~per.
The religion OF Christ i, religion tor
iedsers and couuters, no less than tor
churches and death beds. Aud because
professors OF Christ's religion forget tins,
obey are stumbling blocks to weak breth-
ren and sueerng world. The men VITO
brand religion as cant aud lis professors
ii, ''purttaus" ard saints" are triumphant
at The exposure Of some petty fraud OF
wholesale trickery Of some loud professor
whose religion i too high and transcend
entail to take coanizance OF, or to enter into
his commercial drahugs.
A good church goer this-a strong Sab
bataran, atauuch to Ills professionalism, may
be a COMMUNICATE. well versed in Creed>
aud Artcl-s and Confession, OF faith texts
at lis fingers cnds-qu}e ''made up on
the Caislnistic Az Armenian Controversy
knows the pros aud cons OF ;he E,tah-
Ishment qucstion-glsrs his Judgment OF
a sermon, like d theological oraclr, as reg
uaril a rs hears one. Bo; w. have d
bargain to strike with hlm We stand at
bis counter to ay out few shiihug>. We
must keep our eyes open aud dav~ oar
wis about u. Th- "Royai Law" has 40
place here. He has family prayer up
stair. He WAS demurr and sauctimoniou,
even 10 4rimoce d. Ne looked upon him ia
ms pew but yesterday. Bur he seem, to
have possessed uims,f Of disp+n,Aion
fr,m God, OF priest, OF minister. a. to this
Royal Law" H. ha>. il should app az
q pienary indulgence exrmpting aim from
VIZ NA''i'AN'' 1AA'' anu h'iUN' INK t'ittl az
wui;- lying over bis counter Aud he viii
pul IL off with {, packet OF adutera.rd
goods, with an unruhl,d conscience and
compIaceot courtesy; and stamp on an
infelor articlr produced perhaps wiIhiu
lis own iour walls the name OF an eminent
manufacturer. Such un>ouni professors
navr need to be reminded that neither
Caivinism nor ANY other ism in the head
or Oh the tongue Will pas, muster. Church
membership, household forms, will not
prove them Chri-t's, a false balance Is
abomInnfion tn fhn lid, aud 1uey that
deal truly are bis delight" Snail | count
item pure With the unjust balances, and
clean with the deceitful weights ?"-.Sun-
dag Magazine