Telegram-herald., 1890-09-01

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/ Learn also tgam ray sQblcel that men
rsaY take religioD into teeir worldly bcsi-
ness DsEisl had euopsA work 70 CO 10
orcany slK men. All the Affairs of stste
were ia his f2n1s--l aeStlQns q dn4nce.
Questions of wsr. ~ peace. az International
ouesli0as were for his sst~emtDs og al
iasteae1t lie nlzt Lave bad q eorre-
ss.ons.encs vast beyond al computation.
Ihers was not aan in al are earth who
Ial move te d than Dsnisl Tbs secretary
df state, and Sea we and him three times
6av bowiag bcfore God in prayer There
are men IL our day VINO have LOT a hun
dfelga PARK ~ Daniels engagements WHO
So they aae loo busy ~ le religious. They
have an idea somehow thai religion vii
spoa theis worldly occCpati n, that ID VII
Itrip the accountants rea, or dull he car
renters SAW, c. con.Qse she l2Nyer' brlet,
or Glaarrauge TIE merchants store shelf.
D,CoNyEIEar HTuCToS.
Th.y think religion IS lnpertiaent. They
would Ike TO have II very Wcl seated bo-
SIZE them IN church oa tAe 54-51ath, - fnd
tie place in tie pz-.m book. o. u nudge
tLem awake when they get sleepy under
The 6i6actic discourse, or they would like
70 lesye il ia the pew Oh SABBATH evening,
a. tbey 50 out closing the door, saying,
Cool night, religion. I'll he back next
Sunday. Bat % have religion 20 rie..-t
along by them all through lie, to have 70
ligion looking over their shoulder whea
they are making bargain, 70 have rel sion
take up a bag OF dishonest go,3 AID shake
II, ard say, "iai h.. where I'D YOU get
tha.W-they think that Is Al impertinent
religion. They would Ike 10 have relis-
ion 20 help them when they are sick, and
when the shadow Of death comes over them
they would like u have rel glqn IS a sort of
night key with which TO oPo4 the door Of
heaven: but religion under other circum-
stances they take 20 be an itnpcrtincnce.
Now, my friends, religion neFer robbed a
man Of dollar. Other things being equal,
q mason viii build better wall, cabinet
maker viii make a better chair, 4 plumber
VIII makea better Pipe, lag7yer viii make
u better plea, q merchant III sell better
bill Of goods.
/ say other things being equal. OF
course when religion gives d man a new
heart it does not propose to give him a
new head, or 20 intelectuali1s him. or 10
change mans condition when his ordi-
nary state is an overthrow of the philo-
sophiocl theory that total vacuum is i'm
possible but the more letters you have to
lyrite, the more burdens you have 10 carry,
tie moro miles you have to travel, tie
more burdens you have 10 lift, the more
/ engagements you have to meet, the more
disputes YOU have 10 settle, the more oppor-
tunity yen have Of being Christian.
HARD WORK AND RELIGION.
II you have a thousand irons in the fire
YOU have thousand more opportunit les
/ Of serving God than if you had only one
iron in the ere. Who so busy as Christi
And yes who a millionth part as holy'
The busiest men 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 Soa feeding swine; Lydia selling
purpie Simon Peter hauling II the net
from the ses; Saul spurring his horse to-
ward Damascus, going down on bis law
business. Busy busy, Daniel with al
the affairs Of state weighing down upon
his soul, and yet three times a day wor
Shipping the God of heaven.
Again, / learn from this subject that q
man may take religion into his politics
Daniel had all the affairs of state on hand.
yet Christian. He could not have kept
bis elevated position unless be had been q
thorough politicians; and yet all the
thrusts of officials and all the danger ol
/ disgrace did not make him yield one iota
( OF his high toned religious principle. II,
+ stood before that age. be stands before al
+ ages, \ specimen Of q Christian politician
/ so there have been in our day and in the
davs of our fathers men as eminent ia th'
/ service of God as they have been eminen
I in the service OF the state. Such was Ben
iamin F. Butler. attorney general OF New
York in the time Of your fathers. Sucl
was John Mclean, OF Ohio. Such wa.
George Briggs. OF Massachusetts, Sucl
was Theodore Frelinghuysen, of New ,Ier
sey. Men faithful TO the state at the ssIn'
time faithful TO God.
TIE RISING GENERATION.
II is absurd 20 expect that men who hav'
been immersed in political wickedncss 10
thirty or forty years shall come to refor
nation; ard our hope is in the young mei
who are coming mp, that they have pa
triotic principle and Christian pTincipl
side by side when they come to the ballo
box and cast their first vote. and that the
swear allegiance TO the government o
heaven as we'll as 20 the government Of tn
United States We would have Bunke
Hill mean less TO them than Calvary, an'
Lexington mean less 20 them than Bethle
hem
But because there arc bad men aroun'
the ballot box is no reason why Christlal
men should retreat from the arena tn
last tiuc you ought TO give mp your chil'
or forsake your child is when IL is Sur
rounded by a company Of Cboctaws. an'
the last time 70 Surrender the ballot boi
is when II - surrounded By inpurity ant
dishonesty and all sorts Of wickedncss.
Daniel stood on a most unpopular plat
form. He stood firmly, though the dena
uox1es of the cay bisscd a. him and trie'
70 overthrow him We must oaTry on
faliri0n into our politics. But a. ere At
great many meu who are IN favor O
takiag religion into national politics vh
do not see the Importance ot taking is int.
eifv politics. as though a man were iufe'
Net a5out the welfare Of bis nei ghb0T
hooI and had no conceTa about his or
home
Religion would drive out AL bsse person
aEffes from politics. Tou have = right 4
discuss meas politics and Genoance tbcf
political ssutiments CT receive them. a
yoa will. but You hsve ID riehf - asss.
the.r prI~ats cha~a-tcr. as is done ever
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