Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-12-24
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
TALMAGE breaches ON LIFE
IN A SCHOOL.
"In All Thy Ways Acknowledge Him and
Iic Shall Quiet Thy Paths''---A Ringing
Sermon TO u Large Congregation Sum
day Morning.

sctklnH inc NcNttt OF lf lNluluke \ ulhtNtlous
popularity with the millions of sermon hearers
and sormon-readors may md clue to Il In the
sermon he preached az the Tabernacle this
morning, II has nothing TO do with abstruse
doctrines, but gives clear view OF what may
ho termed applied Christianity His text was,
Proverbs, go, "ln NIL thy ways acknowledge
him and he shall direct thy paths
"a promise good enough for many kinds OF
life but not for my kind OF lifo" says some
business man. "tho law OF supply and demand
controls the business world" hut have reason
TO say that Il Il u promise 10 all persons In any
kind OF honest business.
There IL no war between religion and busl.
ness, between lodgers aud bibles between
churches and counting houses On the con.
trary, religion aceeloratos business, sharpeus
mons wits, sweotens accrhlty OF disposition,
nlips tho blood OF phlogmatos, and throws
moro velocity into the wheels OF hard work. IL
gives better balancing Co the Judgment, more
strength 20 tho viii, moro muscle To industry,
and throws into enthusiasm more conoon-
trated nro. You cannot IN all tho round OF the
world show mo man whose honest business
has been despollod by religion.
The Industrial classes are divided into three
groups; producers, manufacturers, traders
Producers, such Ms farmers and miners. Manu-
farturers, such a. those who turn corn Into
food and wool and fax into apparel Traders,
such ~ mike profit out OF tho transfer ana OK
change of all that which IN produced and manu-
faclurcd A business man may belong to any
one or all OF these classes, and not one IL indie
pendent OF tho other, When the Prince upper
al Of France fell ON the Zulu battlefield po-
cause the strap fastening the Aurrnp W the sad
diobroko M he chung TO ~, his comrades NJ
escaping, but no falling under
the lanccs OF tho savngos, great
many people blamed the Empress Tor allowing
her Bou To 40 forth Into that battlefield, ana
others blamed the English government FOR ae'
cepting tho sacrifice, and others blamed the
Hulus for their hurburism The ono most to
blame was tho harness maker Who fashioned
tho strap of the stlrrup ont Of shodiiy ana i'm
perfect material us was found 70 have peon
aftcrward, II the strap had held, tho Prince
Imperial would probably hAvd been alive 10
day, hut the strap broke NoPFnen indepond
cnt OF harness mnkor High, low, wise, W
nor,lnt, you In one occupation, IN another
NIL bound together SO that there must ho
ono continuous line OF sympathy with each
others work. But whatever your vocation, u
you have u multiplicity OF engagements u
into your life there comes losses and pnnoyances
aud pcrturbat iona IN well M percentages ANA
dividends, II you are pursued from Monday
morning until Saturday night. ana from Janu,
airy 20 January by inoxorablo obligation ANA
duty then you are u business man. or you n!c u
business woman, and my subject ~ appropriate
10 your case.
We are under the impression that the mol
md tug Of business life uro prison into which
n man In thrust, or that II IL IN unequal strife
where unarnod man goes forth 10 contend !
shall show you that business life was intended
of God for grand and glorious education and
discipline, and n shall be- helped 10 say what !
want 10 say, | shall rub some or the wrinkles
OF care out Of your brow, aud unstrap Aomo OF
the burdens from your back, ! um not talking
10 an abstraction. Though mover having been
La, i.t.si a 4 hilHlntiNH
men In my frat parish at Belloyillc N.
j., ten miles from New York, n large poi'
ton Of my audience was made up OF Now York
merchants Then went 10 syracuse, place
of Intense commercial activity and thenl went
90 Philadelphia ana lived long among the mer'
chants of that city, than whom there are no bet
ter men on earth, and for more than twenty
two years have stood In this presence, Sab
bath by Sabbath preaching 10 audiences, the
majority OF whom arc BUSINESS men aud h'Isl.
ness women. 10 IN not an abstraction To which
sneak but reality with which am wei ac'
quaintod
Now, my brother, why did God put you In
that school OF oncrgy2 Was II merely that you
might be % yardsticlE 10 measure cloth, or u
stoclyard 10 weigh nour9 Was II merely that
you might DO better qualified to chatter aud hig
ploY No God placed yon IN that school OF en-
eagy that you might be developed for Christian
work. II the undcyolopcd talents In the Chris
tian churches Of 10 day were brought out and
thoroughly harnesscd, believe tho whole world
would he converted to God In short time
There are so many deep streams that arc turn
ing no mill.wheels and that are
hnrnessod 10 no factory bands. Now
God demands the best lamb out OF every
flock He demands the richest sheaf OF every
harvest He demands the best men OF every
generation. cause IN which Newton and
Locke and Mansfield toiled you and can AFFORD
10 toll In.
Oh, for fewer idlcrs In the cause OF Christ
and for more Christian workers men who shall
take the same energy that from Monday morn
ing to Saturday night they put forth for The
achievement OF q livelihood or tho gathering OF .
fortune, and on Sabbath days put II forth tt
the advantage OF Chrlsts kingdom ana th'
bringing OF mon 10 the Lord, Dr. Dun, In
South Wales, saw u man who had Inherited 0
great fortune. Tn man said 10 him. IL had
10 be very busy for many years Of my life get
ting my livelihood. After IA while this fortune
came TO me, and there has been no necessity
that toll since. There came time when
said 10 myself, Shall now retire
from business, or shall go, on and serve the
Lord In my worldly occupation" He said:
II resolved on the latter, and have been more
industrious IN commercial circles than ever
was before, and since that hour | have mover
kept farthlng for myself. have thought II
To be great shame II ! couldn't toll as hard for
the Lord MS tolcd for myselfand all the prod
ucts Of my factories ana my commercial en-
tabllshmonts 10 tho last farthing have gone for
the building Of Christian institutions and sup
porting the church Of God" Oh, II the same
energy put forth for the world could be put
forth for Godi on, II thousand men In these
great cities who have achieved fortune could
see II their duty 20 do AL business for ChrisI
and the alienation OF the worlds suffering.
I'D remark again that business life Is u school
OF useful knowledge. Merchants do not read
ma nv books and do not study lexicons. They
do not dive into profounds OF learning and yet
nearly all through thdir occupations come 10
understand questions OF finance, ana politics
and Jurisprudence and ethics business Is a
severe schoolmls tress II pupils Will not learn
she strikes them over this head and the heart
with severe losses. YOuput 5000 Into an en-
terprisc II is all gone. You say, That's a
dead loss.- Oh no. You are paying the
schooling. That was only tuition, very large
tuition---I told you IL was severe schoolmis-
trdss--sbut IL was worth e. You learned things
under that process you would not have learned
In any other way Traders in grain come 10
know something about foreign harvests; trad
ers in fruit come 10 know something about the
prospects OF tropical production; manufacture
crs OF American goods come 10 understand tue
tariff on imported articles; publishers Of books
must come 10 understand the new law OF copy
right owners of SHIPS must come TO know
WlnuS anu rHbhlo anu AtNithtiuhf uhu WHY
bale o. cotton aud every raisin eRsk, and every
tea box, and every cluster Of bananas is so
much literature for q business man. Now, my
brother, what are you going to do with the In
tclligencel DO you suppose God put you In
this school OF informa ton merely that you
might be sharper In trade, that you might be
more successful as a worldlings oh, no. II was
that you might take that useful information
and use IL for Jesus Christ. Can IL be that you
have been dealing with foreign lands and never
had the missionary spirit wishing the saliva
ton of foreign peopei Can II be that you have
become acquainted with all the outrages in
nlcted in business life and that you have never
tried TO bring TO bear that Gospel which Is TO
extirpate all evil and correct all wrongs and
iIlumino all darkness and lift up
all wretchedness and save men for
this world and the world 10 come? Can IL be that
understanding all the intrcacics OF business,
you know nothing about those things which
lass after all bills of exchange and consign-
ments and invoices md rent roll shall have
crumplod up and been consumed In the ires of
the last great dayf Can Il be that a man will
be wise for time and fool for eternity,
remark, also that business life Is school
for integrity. No man knows what he viii do
when he is tempted. There are thousands OF
men who have kept their integrity merely be.
cause they never nave been tested A mon
was elected treasurer OF the State OF Maine
some years ago. He was distinguished for his
honesty. usefulness and uprightness, but 10