The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-07
THE WORLDS WAYS.
Sermon by Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage, d. D.
Moro Common Sense Wanted in Religious
Matters--The Churches would Prosper
More Under the business
Mans Methods.


text was: st. Luke xvi, S-"The children
OF this world are in their generation wiser
than the children Of light" Following was
the discourse:
That is another way Of saying that Chris
tians are not so slzillful in the manipulation
Z Of spiritual affairs as worldlings are skill
full in the management Of temporalities. /
see all aronnd me people who are alert,
earnest, concentrated, and skillful in none.
tary matters, who in the affairs Of the soul
are laggards, inane, inert.
The great want of this world is more COM
mon sense in matters Of religion. II one
half Of the skill and forcefulness employed
in financial affairs were employed in dis
seminating the truths Of Christ, and trying
to make the world better, within the next
ten years the last iuggernaut would fan,
the last throne Of oppression upset. the last
iniquity tumble, and the anthem that was
chanted over Bethlehem on Christmas
night would be echoed and re echoed from
all nations and kindred and people: "Glory
to God on the highest, and on earth peace,
good will TO men,
Some years ago, on train going toward
the Southwest, as the porter Of the sleep
ing-car was making up the berths at the
evening tide, saw man kneel down To
pray, Worldly people in the car looked on,
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vast snms ~ wonev are eynended on eccie'
',ast,c strrctnres ana man sit down IN
,,sa,'. "a ,.o,, al, mo-, ho,,, ho IiI,as ,bs
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.-a,.e ,ood To-. sve,.s ,hirs Int MAXINE
'ha,,,. TT,a yo,oa otths ,,reocher dashe.
saa,rst ,ha n,I,ors Mon III down under ths
.Ssdows ~ tha Go,bic arcbes and shiver
"a see, ,hav n,rs, he sett,ne reI,oion =,
,orrs,h;na oIsa tbsv seel az nncon sortahIe
- w. 80. ~ ',so 80
my iilsnus W. mass y sonlon ~ oe ns' a.'
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AGAIN l renarA; we WAN niote ooni
mon sense IN sne eoo'a,n'ne VI rons,ous nope'
an men unuers.anu % ,,a 'na' ~ oiuer " suo'
Seeu IN WORTHY u,reC.ionS .ney must Gun
oenurate. iney tnihh on tnas ohe suoIeo'
unui ,neir mind tases nre WIN the Veiocley
oi .neir own thougns; an tnelr aGumeh,
All tneir strategy, al .ne,r wiseom al n .neir
sommon sense, .ney Pu, I'm IN ,nas on. ,. me- =.
Mon, anu .ney succeed. pu, now s.iuom 70
Muue In tne matter Oh seeking a,.er oou.
wnne no man ehpect. 70 sccomPnsn sny
tning lor TINS Worio Wi'nous cohccnIauon
And enthusiasm, now many tnere arc pA-
pecting Mter aWniie 70 got lheo tne kinguom
oi voa without tne use OF any sucn means; ans;
a miller IN Oaiiiornia, many years ago, neiu
upa sparkle Oh goid unth II pewlCcneo ma
lions Tens OF thousands OF people ieIt tnei,
homes. Iney took up tneir blankets ana
their picka1es, ana tneir pistols, ana went
70 tne WIGS on Canicrnia. Cities sprung up
sudoeniy on ine racine Coast. Merchanu
put aside tneir elegant apparel, ana put on
the miners garp All tne iand was iuii Oh
taik about goid. Gold In tne eyes, goid IN
the ears, gold IN the wake OF snips, goid In
me streets-goid, goid' gold. WORD comes
70 US tnat tne mountain Oh eod's love Is iuli
bright treasures; tnat men nave oeen
ngging there, ana nave Drought up gold,
and amethyst ana carpuncie, ana Jasper,
md sardonyx, and chrysoprasus, and all the
precious stones out OF which the walls OF
heaven were ouilded. Word comes OF aman
who, digging In that mine for one hour, has
brought up treasures worth more tnan all
the stars that keep vigil over our sick and