The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-16

{ want this practical religion not only 70
1 take hold Of what are callsi the lower
/ CLASSES, hut 70 take hold Of what are called
/ the higher classss. The trouble Is that
/ people have an idea they can do all their re-
/ ligi0n on Sunday with hymo-bOok and
I prayer-book and liturgy, and some q them
I sit il church rolling NJ their eyes as though
I they were ready for translation, when their
I Sabbath Is bounded on all sides by an IN
! consistent life, and while you are expecting
/ 20 come out from under their arms the
| wings Of an angel, there come Gus from
/ their forehead tie horns Of beast.
| There has ct 70 be a new departure IN
| religion. / do not say q new religion. o,
no but the old religion brought into new
/ appliances. In our time we have had the
| daguerreotyps and the ambrOtype aud the
| photograph; but il Is the Same old sun,
and these arts are only new appliances Of
/ the old sunlight. So this glorious gospel is
| just what we want TO photograph the
| image OF God on one soul, and daguerreo-
type it on another soul Not q
new gospel. but the old gospel put
TO new work In our tine we
have had the te!egraphic invention and the
telephone invention and tbs electric light
invention; but they are all the children OF
old electricity, an element that the philos-
ophsrs have a long while known muc b
ABOUT So this electric gospel needs 10 fash
its light on the eyes and ears and souls OF
men, and become a telephone medium to
make the deaf hear a telephone medium to
dart invitation and warning to all nat ions;
an electric light 70 illumine the eastern and
western hemlspheres. Not a new gospel,
but the old gospel doing a new work.
Now you say, THAT is a very beautiful
theory, but is it possible to take ones re-
ligion into all the avocations and business
Of hfeT Yes, and will give you some soeci-
mems. Medical doctors who took their re-
ligion into every day life: DIR. John Aber-
crombie Of Aberdeen, the greatest Scottish
physician Of the day, his book on Dis
eases Of the Brain and Spinal Cord" no
more wonderful than his book on 1.-THE
Philosophy of the Moral Feelings" and
often kneeling at the bedside Of his pa
tents 10 commend them TO God in prayer
DR.. John Brown OF Edinburgh, immortal as
an author, dying under the benediction Of
the sick Of Edinburgh; myself remembering
him as be sat in his study in Edinburgh
talking TO me about Christ, and his hope Of
heaven. Aud q SCORE Of christian family
physicians Ia Brooklyn Just as good as they
were.
Lawyers who carried their religion into
their profession: The late Lord Cairrs, the
queens adviser for many years, the highest
legal authority in Great Britain-Lord
Cairns, every summer in his vacation
preaching as an evangelist among the poor
of has country. John Mclean, judge of
the supreme court Of the United States and
president Of the American Sunday School
Union, feeling more satisfaction in the
latter of1ce than in the former. And scores
Of christian lawyers as eminent in the
church Of God as they are eminent at the
bar.
Merchants who took their religion into
everyday life; Arthur Tappan, derided in
his day because he established that system
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mercial standing Of business men, starting
that entire system, derided for it then,
himself, as l knew him well, in moral
character Al. Monday mornings inviting
10 a room IA the top of his storehouse the
clerks Of bis establishment, asking them
about their worldly interests and their
spiritual Interests, then giving out hymn,
leading in prayer, giving them few words
OF goad advice, asking them what church
they attended on the Sabbath, what the
text was, whether they had any especial
troubles Of their own Arthur Tappan.
/ nsyer heard his eulogy pronounced.
pronounce IL now. And othsr merchants
iuss as good. William z. Dodge In the iron
business. Moses H Grinnsll in the shipping
business, Pss@ Cooper In the glue business
Scores OF nsn just as good as they WERE
Farmers who take their religion into their
occupation; Why, this minute their horses
houses In America. They began this day
by prayer 10 God, and when they ge,
home at noon. after they have put their
horses up. viii offer a prayer to God at the
table, seeking q blessing and this summer
there will be 10 their fields not one dishonest
head of rye, not one dishonest ear of corn,
not one dishonest apple Worshiping God
to-day away up among the Berkshire hills,
or away down amid the lagoons Of Florida,
or away out amid the mines Of Colorado.
or along the banks Of the Passaio and the
Rariten, where knew them better because
went TO school with them.
Mechanics who took religion into their
occupations: James Brindley, the famous
millwright, Nathaniel Bowditch, the fa-
nous ship chandler, Elihu Burritt, the ia
nous blacksmith, and hundreds and thou
sands Of strong arms, which have made the
hammer, and the saw, and the adze and tbs
drill, aud ths Ak, sound IN the grand march
Of our national industries.
Give your heart TO God and then fill youI
life with good works. Consecrate to him
your store, your shop, your banhing-house
your factory and your home. They say nc
one will hear it. God will hear il. That ii
enough. You hardly know of any one else
than Wellington as connected with the vic
tory of Waterloo; but he did not do the
hard fighting. The hard fighting was done
by the Somerset cavalry and the Rylano
regiments, and Kempts infantry, and the
Scots Grays and the Life Guards. WhC
cares, If only the day was won9
In the latter part Of the last century
girl in England became kitchen maid in {
farm house. She had many styles of worl
and much hard work. Time rolled on, anC
she married the son of weaver of Halifax
| They were industrious; they saved money
enough after awhile to build them home
| On the morning of the day when they were
| to enter that home the young wife rose at I
| o'clock, entered the front door yard, knel
down, consecrated the place to God, and
| there made this solemn vow: 20 Lord, if
| thou wilt bless me in this place
the poor shall have share o.
| it." Time rolled on and for
| tune rolled in. Children grew up arounC
them. and they all became afiluent; one. {
member of parliament, in a public place
| declared that his success came from tina
prayer Of his mother il the dooryard. Al
| Of them were affiuent. Four Thousand
hands in their factories. They built dwell
! ing houses for laborers at cheap rents, anc
| when they were invalid and could not pay
| they had the houses for nothing. One o
these sons came to this country, admired
our parks. went back, bought land, opened
a great public park, and made it
| present to the city of Halifax
England. They endowed an orphanage
they endowed two almshouses All En-
glaud has heard Of the generosity and tn,
good works OF the Crossleys. Moral: Con
secrate to God your small means and you