The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-24
YESTERDAYS CHURCH SERVICES.
Rev. 0. C. NcCullOch on the Business Outlook
Mr.. Hummer at Central avenue.


| N HTbctiCat OAsCOurecs
The sermon of Rev. Oscar C. McCulloch at
Plymouth Church, last evening, on the subject
of Business and the Business Outlook" was one
of unusual general interest, and was heard by
quite large congregation. Business, Mr..
| McCulloch said, is a most fascinating subject
to me- The trade journal or anything that tells
of industry is always interesting to me, There
is fascination in business-in the dis
covery of, the secrets that lie conceal
/ ed in the mind of man-because in it
there is the fulflment of Gods promises.
Business is business. God does not sit in lonely
Solitude, with folded arms, but He is active in
maintaining the universe which He created In
the study of the work of the worlds machinery,
we think Of it as Gods business, and in the
| thought we find an infinite pleasure We Anieri-
cans are peculiarly business people. We have
inherited it. Italy is the home of art; France is
the home OF the graces of social life and man
ner; Germany is the home of pa
tient intellectual investigation. The En-
| glish are peculiarly practical in business,
| and we take it from them-they are GU. kin
| from beyond the sea. The practical power of
| the world is lodged IN the English and American
| people They are remarkable in their admins
| tration of affairs and their organizing power.
| They do more than all other countries in the
| shape. |r
There is the largest opportunity for the devel-
| opment of the powers of industry in this coun-
| try. Men in aftluent circumstances briug their
| sons from the old countries because there is a
| field for work In America No branch of indus
| try is overcrowded. 1t is important for us to
| know on what basis business rests and
what is its outlook First, one should know its
place in social economy, which is the distribut-
ing of business. Under it is gathered all com
merce. 1t represents in the great movements
| of business, the quartermaster and the commits
| sary in the army.
There is another basis Cd which all business
rests-morality. Business is something more
than scramble and greed There cannot be
any success in business if it s not conducted in
| Gods way just weight and balance are the
delight of God You cannot deceive Him, and
| make wrong right. Every transaction, sooner
or later shows itself in its true light All success
in business rests on right-on morals The proof
of it is in pancs caused by injustice, robbing
the poor and deceivlng ourselves in values. The
| confidence that we repose in the word of others
| is the basis of business Intercourse. The com
merce of Spain and Italy is not prosper
Gus because there is lack of confidence in and
| suspicion of their business methods
| There is now fear of hard times. What are
the causesl Is there any less money! There is
the same amount. Is there any lack in the
quantity of the productf There is not Have our
mines ceased to yiedl They have not Have
ourfactories ceased work. Last year their product
was 10 per cent. more than ever before. We
| fear hard times because we haven't conn
dence in things. The people don't know what
the government is going to do. The farmers
| don't know what those who hold the capital are
| going to do The merchant doesn't buy goods
because he is uncertain about the business out
look. 1t is lack of confidence. When the
| farmer says that he will sell, confidence is re-
| stored and the wheels of commerce will again
begin to turn and we will have what We call agood
times have been interviewing our merchants,
| this week, upon their views of the business out
look. but have succeeded in getting very little
positive valuable information. They are
certain. The production of wheat is large, but
| there can never be too much wheat In the
i South there has been larger yield than for
many years, and there are marked evidences of
Improvement The prosperity of the South has
secure basis because it is one product instead of
many. A traveller tells me that he has
observed 200 new saw-mills which have been
started working, which is good indication of
| development Iron is moving in the South in
| dustry is beginning and there is to certain
tent contented and happy class of operatives
| the negroes. 1t is so much feared that New
| England has asked what be done to stop the
| rising tide of Southern prosperity, and is max
| ing some effort To secure an advantage in lower
| rates of freight. The iron arms of the railroads
are knitting these Southern States, and the flu
| ture wealth of the country lies there. The
business outlook is bright. To go on working is
all that we can do There is room in the world
for those who are willing to give and take fairly.
A just weight and balance are the delight of
| God