The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-13
PRAYER AND BUSINESS.
A Common Sense View OF Relig ion in
Daily Life, by DR.. Ia ylOr, OF the Broad
why Tabernacle.

Common Sense View OF Religion in
Daily Life, by DIR. Ia ylor, OF the Broad
way Tabernacle.
Tue services at the Broadway Tabernacle yester
day morning were conducted BY the pastor, Rev.
DR.. william II. Taylor The subject OF the sermon
was foreshadowed in the beautiful hymn, com
mencing-
PRAYER is the souls sincere DESIRE
which was rendered as q soprano solo, and with
exquisite taste and feeling.
DR.. Taylor chose for his text two passages from
the Book OF Daniel; the fourth verse, ninth chap
GER, and tine twenty-seyenth verse OF the eighth
chapter, taken In connection, as f0llows-"I
prayed unto the Lord, my God" 'Afterward
rose up and did the Kings business" The Rev. DR..
Taylor said:-These two texts have been taken by
me out OF their immediate connection and from
different chapters of Daniels history. But 1t does
not therefore follow that they have no connection
with each other On the contrary, they set before
US two leading features OF his character which go
far Of themselves to account for his extraordinary
career. 1t was no exceptional thing for him to go
into bis closet-rather, 1t was 80 well known even
by his enemies to he his daily habit TO commune
with God that when they conspired to undermine
him they prevailed upon the King to publish
proclamation forbdding any one TO pray save into
himself calculating that Daniel would continue his
deyotions even though he should be put TO death
for doing And the issue showed that they
were right And so, his advcrsaries themselves
being the Witnesses we may fairly speak OF Daniel
!. as man or prayer
Neither, again was it an unusual thing for DAN
lei to look carefully after business He who, under
Nebuchadnezzar, was ruler over the whole prov
lnce OF Babylon and who, under Darius, was the
first president over 100 princes whose reports
were continually made to him, must have been a
that his personal supervision OF all matters per-
saining to his ofice one OF the principal
:auses of the envy OF his subordinates which Gull
minated in the plot to which ! have referred.
hey would not have made mis- prayers an offence,
probably, If only they could have prevailed upon
/ Inn to wink hard at their evil deeds. ONCE with
item, as with so many In modern times meant
TIE OPPORTUNITY OF ESRICHISG THEMSELVES
atthe public expense or OF deirauding innocent
AMI unprotected ones over whom they ruled And
wemay well believe that just because Daniel
loo;ed narrowly after his business a. to pre-
ven them from securing these ends, they we're
proroked to make an Outcry about his prayers.
In asy case. It Is alleged that ne faithful and
they could ind no cause against him except
in tn matter OF his God. SO we are warranted
In afiyinng that Daniel was just rs distinguished
for attention to business as he was Tor devotion
in th,coset.
NOW these two qualities both genuine, existing
togethr In the same man, must have had very
great hnuence upon each other. In other words,
Danelvou carry hts business habits with him
into TIN closet, and he would take his devout heart
with I'm into his business. He went into his
closet b transact business with God he went
into his oiice to transact business for God. In
both plces he was alike the g0dly and the BUSH
ness mai He took u business view oil prayer and
he TOOK sDrayerfu view OF business. But are not
these, my1rethren. JUST the very things which are
most ueeiul among us to-day? We nave great
numbers u business men, but, alas they 90
not care 10 thinK Inuch about the Closet
we nave mulitudes also who. after GER
tAlh sort are men OF prayer. But, aias !
ther oeyDons are more fashion than busl-
ness; ald us Tor a lack OF union OF these two
qu3ilttes wien show so conspicuousy in Daniel,
our coblntcial lie Is In danger Of becoming
2odies ans our religious life is apt to degenerate
INTO thin OF fossllized forms, 10 become .
Htiui anu oagerous influence bursting up at inter
Vais into WI ana spasnoaIc eruptlons OF volcanic
cnthuslas m ~ may help, therefore, b0n to vital
ize orr devtons ana 20 elevate ana purify our
daily lives, we consider this morning FOR a Ii,.
tie, those tm sides OF the one earnest religious
character, nmely, the business man at prayer
and the prayrful man ~ business.
TIL BUSINESS MAN Al PRAYER
Looking. TIN, first at the business man at
prayer we IN IN the irst place that he had set
times for his dvOti0ns. When Daniel was watched
by ms adversaes IL was discovered that he was
In the habit tire times day OF praying TO God.
Now Of course do not mean TO afhrm that the