The Forrest City times., 1890-09-06

osbeF cifcumslances 3hey takc to be n im- pertineuce. Nov, my friends, religion never robbed . man of ( dollar. Other things wall, a cabinet ssnaker viIl make | better chair. plumber will make a bcttef pipvg a lawyer can make better plea, a merchant will sell better btli pf goods.
 ! say other thsnss being equal. Of course when religion gives man rr~ heart, it does not propose to give him a new head, Of to intcllectualize him. or to change mans condition when his ordinary state is an overthrow of the philosophical theory that total sscum Is impossiblci but the more
 letters foH hasc tr wtitc the more burdens
 you have tq carry, the more mil6s you ftste
 to travel. tfie more bnriens you have to lift,
 the more engagements you have to meet
 the more disputes you have to settle, the
 more opportunity you have of being n
 christian.
 If you have thousands irons in the fro,
 you have a thousand more opportunities of
 serving Uod than if You had only one iron
 In the fire Who sn busy ns christ2 And
 yet who millionth part as holy7 The
 busiest mcn the best men All the persons
 converted In Scripture busy at the time of
 their being converted. Matthew attending
 to his custom house duties the prodigal
 son feeding swine; Lydia selling purple;
 simon Peter hauling in the net from the sea.
 Saul squirting his horse toward Damascus,
 gowing down on hls law business. Busyl
 busy, Daniel with all the affairs of state
 weighing down upon his soul. and yet three
 times day worsbipping the God of
 heaven
 Again. learn from this subject that a
 man may take religion into his politics.
 Daniel had all the affairs of state on hand,
 yet a christian. He could not have kept
 his elevated position unless he had been
 thorough politiciaul and yet all tho
 Nr..t.s Il sk 4 f disgrace did not make hint yield one iota
 of hts high toned religious principle. He
 stood before that age, he stands before ali
 ages. a specimen of christian politician.
 So there have been iu our day and in the days Of our fathers men as eminent In the
 service of God as they have been eminent in the service of the state. Such was Benja- min F. Butler. attorney general of New York in the time of your fathers. Such was John Mclean of Ohio. Such was George Briggs Of Massachusetts, Such was Theodore Frelinghdyscn of New idfscy' Men faithful to the state, at the same time faithful to God
 It is absurd to expect that men who have been immersed in political wickcdncss for thirty or forty years shall come to TO- formation: and our hope Is in the young men who are coming up, that they have patriotic principle and christian principle side by side whei they come to tho ballot
 
 swear allegiance to the government of heaven as well as to the government of the United States. We would have Bunker Htll mean less td them than Calvary. and Lexington mean less to them than Bethlc- hem.
 the ballot box k no reason why christian men should retreat from the arena. The last time you ought to give up your child or forsake your child Is when 1t is sur
 rounded by company of thoctaws. and the last time to surrender the ballot box Is
 when it is surrounded by impufity and di-- honesty and all sorts of wickednes>. Daniel stood on most unpopular plat form Hc stood firmly. though the dema- gugucs of the day hissed at him and tried to overthrow him. We must carry our re- | ligion Into our politics. But there arc q great many men who are In favor of taking | religion into national politics who do not see tue importance of taking lt Into city politics: as though q man we're intelligent I about tho weifato Of his ucighborhood. and | had no concern about hls own home
 Religion would drive on, ali base person- | aliticS from politics. You have right 10 | discuss mems politics and den1nnce their 1 political sentiments. or receive theul as | you will: but you have no right fn aSsal | their rriyaie character as K done every autumn. That is not carrying religion into l politics. Now you can always tall without f N~ktN&. th AttN ttfhtt~t. what fAH1htAlF I | will vote for. II ts always for the maa who l is most hadgcred. and most abused and | most spit upon. and nest howlcd at. You have n right to contest ' man political l sentiments; you have no right fer has. Iia- l iiticai purposes to assail his private mora | l character.
 1 My subject also imprcSscs me with the 1 fact that lions cannot hurt a good man. | No man ever got Into worse company than Daniel got Into when lie was thrown into l the den, What rare mufscl that fair 1 young man would have been for tho hungry
 monsters, If they had plunged at him hc | could not have climbed Into q niche beyond
 h. reach of their paw nr the snatch of their l tnoNA. They came pleased all around about Sinl. as s hunters hounds at the we'll krownN Sic come bounding to his feet Yeu need mo- ga .o Nun,tdia ta get among lions. Yon all hay. had them after you | the lion nf financial distress, tho Hon of i sickness, the lion of persecution. You saw that lion of Financial panic batting hts
 mouth down to she earth. and hr roared | until all the banks and all the insurance ! companies quaked. With hls ua~trll he i scattered the ashes on tho domestic hearth. ! You hsv. had trisi after triai misfortune after misfortune, lion after iion; and yet ! they have never hurt you if you put your trust In Gad. and they never will hurt i you. They did not hurt Daniel and they | cannot hurt you.
 The p.r~ians used to think that spring | rain falling into sea shells would turn into l pearls; and have to toll you that tho tears I of sorrow turn into precious gems wheu 1 they drop into Gods bottle. Yuu need he I afraid nf nothing. putting your trust in 1 God. Even death. that monster lian wboSe | den h the worlds sepuichrc. and who puts I his paw down amid thousands of millions of the dead cannot alright you.
 When in oioen times a man waA to get the | houors of kniEhthood. he was compelled tu | 20 fully armed tho night before among the i tombs Of the dead. carrying s sort of spear, ! then when tho day broke he would come I forth. and amid tho sound Of cornct and 1 grand parade. he would get the honnrs of 1 knl4hthood, And so it will ho with tho 1 christian the night before heaven. ss fully armed with spear and helmiet nf salvation. he will walt and watch through tho dark i nesss until tho morning dawns, and then he Will take the honors of heaven amid that great thrung with snowy robes, steamlng over seas of sapphire.
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