St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-26
OPELOUSAs, LA, SATURDAY, MAY 26 1888

| new uses. So it must be the old gospel
with new appliances. Now deguerreo-
| typing the image of God on one class,
now photographing it on the other.
Within our time we have had tele-
graphing invention, telephone inven-
ton, and electric light, but all born. old
electricity, that element OF which phi
iosophers have long known, applied to
new uses. So we have the same old
electric gospel and only new ways of
flashing it upon the eyes, and the ears,
and the souls or the human race. Tele-
phonic medium through which the Geaf
are made to hear. Telephone medium
through which dart invitation and learn
ing to all nations. Electric light which
shall yet illuminate Eastern and West
ern hemispheres. Now is it possible to
take religion in all the walks of life !?
Yes, will give you a specimen.
Medical doctors who took their religion
into every day life. DR.. John Aber-
crombie,. of Aberdeen, the greatest
Scotch physician of his day, in his book
on '..Diseases'of the Brain and Spinal
Cord" not more wonderful than his
book on PHILOSOPHY Of the Moral
Feelings and often kneeling in prayer
at the bedside of his patients. DR.. John
Brown, within a. few months departed,
immortal as an author and dying with
the benedictions Of the sick of Edin-
burg and speaking, as I heard him, with
deepest emotion of the gospel. And a
score OF the Christian family physicians
that could mention in your own city.
Lawyers who carried their religion into
every day life; Lord Cairn, Queens
counselor and highest legal authority in
Great Britain for many years, preaching
as an evangelist during his vacations !;
John Mclean, Judge. of the United
States Supreme Court. Merchants who
carry their religion into every day life
Arthur Tappan, in his day the much de-
rided of book which gave the COM
mercial standing of all business men,
himself, as knew him, well in Chris
tian character, Al Christian merchant.
better. appreciated after he was dead
than living; Abbott Lawrence, blessing
every charitable institution he could
put his hands on, and dying in Christian
triumph; William E. Dodge, in the iron
business; Moses FL. Grinnell, in the
shipping business q tier Cooper. in the
glue business, and TIN thousand mer-
chants just rs good as they were. whose
names were never heard of. Farmers
who take their religion into every day
life. This moment their horses and
wagons stand around every meeting
house IN America, way up among the
Berkshire hills, way down among the
lagf ms OF Florida, way out among the
Colorado mines, down by the Passaic or
Raritan of New Jersey, where know
them better, for | went to school with
them.
CHRISTIAN FARMERS
who began this day with prayer at the
family altar, and will this noon, after
they get home and have put up the
there will not this summer be in all
their fields dishonest head of rye, OF
a dishonest head of corn, or dishonest
apple. Mechanics who carry their re-
Iigion into every day life; James Brind-
ley, the famous millright of Lancashire;
Nathaniel BoWditch, the ship chandler;
Elihu Burritt, the blacksmith, and thou
sands OF stout men who have made ham
mer and saw and adze and drill and
plane and treadle resound in the grand
march of our national industries.
First give your hearts to God and
then fill your life with good works.
Consecrate to him your storehouse,
your factory, your banks, your insurance
companies, your homes. The world
may not hear of it, but God will, and
that is better. Wellington name is about
the only one that you know Of as gain
ing the victory at Waterloo, but the
victory was really gained by the hard
fighting of the Somerset Cavalry, and
Ryland's REGIMENTS, and the Scotch
Greys. and Kent's Infantry, and the
Life Guards. But it makes only little
difference who gets the credit, il only
the day is won. 5s
At the close of the last Gentry
A GIRL IN ENGLAND
went to be kitchen maid at a farm
house. She had the hardest kind of
toll. After awhile she married the son
of a weaver at Halifax. The newly
married were industrious and saved
money enough to build home. On the
morning they were to enter their new
house the wife rose at o'clock, went
into the front yard of that house and
knelt down and consecrated all to God,
making the vow "If the Lord will bless
me at this place the poor shall have a
share Of it.n AS the time rolled on,
great fortune rolled in. One son be-
came member of Parliament, and pub
licly declared that his success in life
had been result of the mothers pray
er in that door-yard. All the sons were
afauent, 1000 hands in their factories.
The aged mother became frightened at
the large fortune, and said that some
thing sad would happeu. "No,n said one
of the sons, ''that is impossible. Hon
or the Lord with thy substance and
with the first fruits of thy increase, so
shall thy barns be filled with plenty
that is our insurance." One Of the sons
during visit to America, looking into
a beautiful evening sky, was impressed
with the goodness Of God, and said
"What shall | render to the Lord for all
His mercy to me ~ Returning to Eng