The Red Cloud chief., 1891-02-27

Is very precious, this scammony. But
the peasant mixes IL with cheaper ma
tcrial; then Il is taken 10 Aleppo, and
the merchant there mixes it with a
cheaoer material; then 1t comes on TO
the wholesale druggist in London or
New York. and he mixes Il with a
cheaper material; then IL comes 10 the
retail druggist and he mixes il with Q
cheaper material, and by the time the
poor sick man gets IL into his bottle IL
is ashes and chalk and sand, and some
of what has been called pure scam
mony after analysis has been found TO
be no scammouy at all
Now, practical religion will yet rec
tify all this. 1t will go 10 those hvpo-
critical professors Of religion who got
a corner" in corn and wheat In Chicago
and New York, sending prices up and
up until they were beyond the reach of
the poor, keeping these breadstuffs in
their own hands, OF controlling them
until the prices going up and up and
up, they were, after awhile, ready 10
sell, and they sold out, making them
selves millionaires in one or two years
-IIillg W IN tIt uSdiktE up " I l4st
Lord by building a church or a ~univer-
sity or a Notwithstanding themselves
with the idea that the Lord would be
so pleased with the gift He would for
get the swindle.
Now, as such a man may n have
any liturgy in which 10 say his prayers.
] will compose for him one which he
practically is making: % Lord, we,
by getting a corner in brcadstuffs,
swindled the people of the United
States out of go, 600, 900 and made suf-
fering all up and down the land, and
we would like to compromise this mat
ter with Thee. Thou knowest II was a
scaly job, but then IL was smart. Now,
here we compromise IL Take one per
cent of the pnofits and with that n
per cent you can build an asylum for
these poor ragamufIins and ] will take
a yacht and go 10 Europe, forever and
ever Amen"
An! my friends, IL a man has gotten
his estate wrongfully and he build a
line Of hospitals and universities from
mere TO Alaska he can not atone for IT.
After a while this man who has been
getting "A corner" on wheat dies, and
her Satan gets a corner" on him.
Bat this practical religion will not only
rcctify all merchandise. IL will also rec
tifv all mechanism and all toll. a time
will come when n man will work as faith
fully by the Job as he does by the day.
You say when "A thing is s~lightingly done:
80, that was done by the job" You
can tell by the swiftncss or slowness
with which a hackInan drives whether
he is hired by the hour or 10y the excur-
sion. II he is hired by the excursion
he whips up his horses, so rs 10 get
around and get another customer. All
STYLES of work have to be inspected,
ships inspected, houses inspected, ma
chincry inspected. Bosses Ia watch the
iourncyman. Capitalist coming down
unexpectedly TO watch the boss
All things must Toe watched and in
spccted. lmpcrfectioEs in the wood
covered with putty. Garments war
ranted 10 last until you put them on the
third tima Shoddy in all kinds of
clothing. Chromos. Pinchbeck. Dia-
monds for $3.50. Bookbindcry that
holds on until you read the third chap
ter. Spawned horses, by skillful dose
of Jockeys, for several days made TO
look spry. Wagon tires poorly put on.
Horses poorly shod. Plastering that
cracks withou. any provocation and
falls off. | tell you, my friends, the
law of man will never rcctify these
things. II will be the all pervading in
iiuence of the practical religion ofJesus
Christ that Will make the change for
the better.
Yes, this practical religion will also
90 into agriculture, which is proyerbi-
allv honest, but needs To be rcctified,
and il will keep the farmer from send
ing TO the New York market veal that
is too young TO kill, and when the
farmer farms on shares il will keep the
man who does the wor from making
his half thrce-fourths. and IL will keep
the farmer from building his post and
rail fence on his neighbours premises.
and il will make him shelter his cattle
in the winter storm, and II viii keep
the old elder from working on Sunday
afternoon in the new ground where no.
body sees him.
t'N- al lishNh u tNhAA ~ ~ ss,s %
speak will come into the learned pro-
fcssions. The lawyer will feel his re-
s~ponsibili.v in defending ~innoncence
and arraigning evil and expounding the
law, and il will keep him from charg-
ing for briefs he never wrote and for
pleas he never made, and for percent
ages he never earned and from robbing
widow and orphan because they are
d~cfensclcss.
Yes, this practical religion will come
into the physicians life, and he will
feel his responsibility rs the conser-
vator of the public health. n profession
honorcd by the fact that Christ Himself
was a physician. And il will make him
honest and when he does not under
stand n case he will say so, not trying
to cover up lack 81 diagnosis with pom
derous technicalitics, or send the pa
tent To a reckless drug store because
the apothccary happens 10 pay a per-
ccntagc on the prescriptions sent
And this practical religion will come
10 the school teacher, making her feel
her responsibility in preparing our
youth for usefulness and for happiness
and for honor, and will keep her from
giving a sly box Ia a dull head, chastis-
ing him for what he can not help and
sending encouragement ali through the
after years Of a lifetime, This practical
religion will also come TO the newspa-
per men, and IL viii help them in the
gathering Of the news, in setting forth
the best interests OF society. and keep
them firm putting the sins Of the
world in larger type than its virtues
and its mistakes than its achievements
Yes this religion. this practical re
ligion, will come and put its hand on
what is called good society, elevated
society, successful society, 50 that
people will have their expenditures
within their income. and they will
exchange the hypccritical mot at
home" for the honest explaua-
ton too tired" or too busy 10 see
you" and viii keep innocent reception
from becoming intoxicated conviviality.
Yes there is great Opportunity for