The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-05-30

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gets Il into his bottle it is ashes and chalk
and sand, and some of what has been called
pure scaI,mony after analysis has been
found to be no scammony at ALL
Now, practical religion will yet rectify all
this. 1t will go to those hypocritical profes-
:ors of religion who got a corner" in corn
mi wheat IN Chicago and New York, send
ns prices up and up until they were beyond
hereach OF the poor, keeping these bread.
tufts in their own hands, or controlling them
Until, the prices going up aud up and up,
they were after awhile ready to sell, and
hey sold out, making themselves millionaireS
II one or two years-trying to fix the mat
:er up with the Lord by building a church,
Ir university. or Notwithstanding them
elves with the idea that the Lord would bs
o n aased with the gift He would forget the
wlndle. Now, as such man may not iiavo
any liturgy i'll which to say his prayers |
viii compose for him one which hs practi-
,ally is making: 20 Lord, We. by getting
corner III bceadstutfS, swindied the people
)f the United States out of ten million dol.
AIRS, and made su.fscing all uDanI down the
and, and we would like to compromise this
nattus=witht Thee. a, Thou knowest il was a
scHEIob. Abut ithenipx1as smart. Now, here
We comprom-s: it. Take one per cent. o.
the profits. AMI with that one per cent. you
IN OCild al asylum for these poor miserable
n ganufiiuS CT the street, and will take n
yacht ana 50 10 Europe, for ever and ever,
s.loar
All, my fric:;,ls, il man hath gottsn his
lsta-9 "rciGtl.iy, and lie build a line of hos
,,;t.:.i anil uJiTGrsities from here to AlaS:;s,
lie cannot atone for it. After while this
nan who has been getting 4 corner" in
wheat dies AMI then Satan gets q ''corner"
ON him He goes into great, long Black
FRIDAY. There is a ''Dreak" in tho market.
According to Wall street parlance, he wiped
Others ont, and now he is himself wiped out.
No collaterais OH which to make Il spiritual
toan. Eternal defalcat:onl
But this practical religion will no. only
rectify Ell merchandise, it will also rectify
ali mechanism and all toll. A time will come
when man will work as faithfully by tho
job as he docs by the day. You say when
thing is slightirgly done, ''Oh, that was
done by the Jobr You can tell by the swift.
ness OF siowneSs with which hackman
;rives whether he is hired by the hour or by
the excursion. If he is hired by the excur-
sion lie whips up The horses, So as to get
around and get another customer. All
STYLES Of worl; have TO be inspected. Ships .
inspected, horses inspected, machinery in
spected. Boss TO watch the journeynan.
Capitalist coming down unexpectedly to
watch the boss. Conductor of a city car
the punch bell to prove his honesty
as a passenger hands to him clipped nickel
All things must he watched and inspected
lmperfections in the wood covered with
putty. Garments warranted to last until
you put them Oh the third time. Shoddy in
all kinds of clothing. Chromos. Pinchbeck.
Diamonds for dollar and half. Book.
bindery that holds on until you read the
third chapter. Spawned horses by skillful
Ga, l.
look spry. Wagon tires poorly put on.
Horses poorly shod. Plastering that cracks
without any provocation and falls off.
Plumbing that needs to be plumbed. I'M
perfect car wheel that haIts the whole train
with hot box. So little practical religion
In the mechanism of the world. / tell you,
my friends, the law of man will never
'ectify these filings. II will be the all per-
yading influence of the practical religion Of
Jesus Christ that will make the change tor
The better.
Yes. this practical religion will also 90 int
agriculture, which is proverbialiy honest b,r
needs to be rectifei, and it will keen tn,
farmer from sending to the lew York mai,
ket veal that is too young 70 kill. ami wheI
the farmer farms on shares it will keep tn;
nan VINO does the work from making hi:
lalf three-fourths, ana it will keep the farmer
rom building his posts AMI rail fence on his
leighbors premises. and it will make him
shelter his cattle i'll the winter storm. aal it
will keep the old elder from working on Sun.
lay afternoon in the new ground when no.
'ody sees him. And this practical religion
will hover over the hous, and over the barn,
md over the field, and over the orchard.
Yes, this practice religion of which speak
will come into the learned professions. The
awyer will feel his responsibility in defend
lnnOppnea mud rr.ai nniprr OWL
FOUNDING the law, and it will keep him from
harginS for briefs he never wrote, and for
'leas he never made, AMI for percentages he
lever earned, and from robbing widow and
rphan because they are defenseless Yes,
his practical religion will come into the
physicians life, and he Till feel the response.
'ility as the conservator of the public health,
profession honored by the fact that Christ
himself was a physician. And it will make
i'm honest and when he 1oes not understand
case he will say 50, not trying to cover up
ack OF dia nosis with ponderous techncali-
les, or send the patient to a reckless drug
tore because the apothecary happens to pay
percentage on the prescriptions sent.
And this practical religion will come to
he school teacher, making her feel her re-
in preparing our youth for use
ILLNESS, and for happiness and for honor.
md will keep her from giving sly box to a
iull head, chastising him for what he cannot
lelp, and sending discour cement all through
he after years of a lifetime. This practical
'eligion will also come to the newspaper
men, and it will help them il. the gathering
" the news, and it will help them in setting
orth the best interests of society, aud it will
ieep them from putting the sins Of the
world in larger type than its virtues, and
Is mistakes than its achievements.
Yes. this religion, this practical religion,
will come and put its hand on what is called
rood society. elevated society. successful So
.iety, SO that people W il have their expendi-
ures within their income, and they will ex-
hange tue hypocritical mot at home" for
he honest explanation "too tired" or "too
,usy to see YOU" AMI will keep innocent re-
eption from becoming intoxicating convivi-
lily.
Yes, there is a great opportunity for mis-