The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-25

Oil of wormwoOd warranted pure from
Boston was found to have Al per cent. of
resin and alcohol and chloroform.
Scammony is one OF the most valuable
medical drugs. 1t is very rare, very pre-
cious. 1t is the sap or the gum Of tree
or a bush in Syria. The root of the tree
is exposed, an incision Is made into the
root, and then shells are placed at this in
cision to catch the sap or the gum as IL
exudes. 1t is very precious, this scam
mOny. But the peasant mixes 1t with
cheaper material; then it Is taken to
Aleppo, and the merchant there mixes IL
with a cheaper material; then il comes on
to the wholesale druggist in London or
New York, and he mixes it with a cheaper
material; then Il comes To the retail drug
gist and he mixes it with q cheaper ma
terial, and by the time the poor sick man
gets it into his bottle, it is ashes and
chalk and sand, and some of what has
been called pure scammOny after analysis
has been found to be no scammony at all.
Now, practical religion will yet rectify
all this. II will 20 to those hypocriticsl
professors of religion who got a corner"
in corn and wheat in Chicago and New
York, sending prices up and up until they
are beyond the reach of the poor. keeping
these breadstuffs in their own hands, or
controlling them until the prices going up
and up, they WERE after awhile, ready to
SELL and they sold out, making them
selves millionaires in one or two years
trying to fix the matter up with the Lord
by building a church or a university or a
hospital--deluding themselves with the
idea that the Lord would be- go pleased
with the gift he would forget the
swindle. Now, as such a man
may not have any liturgy in
-hrrh ~
compose for him one which he practically
is making: go Lord, we, by getting cor
ner' in breadstufis, swindled the people OF
the United States out OF Sl0,C00,000, and
made suffering all up and down the land,
and we would like TO compromise this
matter with thee Thou knowest it was
scaly Job. but then 1t was smart. Now,
here we compromise il. Take per cent.
of the profits, and with that l per cent.
You can build an asylum for these poor,
miserable ragamuffins OF the street, and
will take yacht and 60 TO Europe forever
and ever. Amenp
All, my friends, il man hath gotten
his estate wrongfully and he built a line
OF hospitals and universities from here to
Alask.-, he can not atone for it. After
awhile this man who has been getting q
corner in wheat dies, and then Satan
great long Black Friday. There is a
''hreak" in the market. According to
Wall-st- parlance he wiped Others out, and
now he is himself wiped out. No COLA
terals on which to make spiritual loan.
Eternal dedication.
But this practical religion will not only
rGctify all merchandise, it will also reCtify
all mechanism and all toll A time
will come when a man will work as faith
fully bv the job as he does by the day.
You say when thing is slightingly done,
ooh, that was done by the job" You
can tell by the swiftness or
slowness with which q hackman
drives whether he is hired by the
hour or by the excursion. If be is hired
by the excursion, he whips up the horses
so as to get around and get another GUS
toner. All STYLES of work have to be in
spected. Ships inspected, horses in
spected, machinery expected. Boss 10
watch the journeyman. Capitalist com
ing down Unexpectedly to watch the boss
Conductor OF a city ear sounding the
punch bell to prove his honesty as q pas
senger hands to him a clipped nickel. All
things must be watched and inspected
lmperfection in the wood covered
with putty Garments warranted to
last until you put them on the third
time. Shoddy in ali kinds of clothing
Chromos. Pinchbeck. Diamonds for
dollar and half Bookbindery that
holds on until you read the third chapter
Spawned horses, by skillful dose of jock
eys, for several days made to 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. Imperfect car
II klrN Iol4 81 Ill,
bot box. So little practical religion in the
mechanism of the world. ] tell you, my
friends, the law of man will never rectifv
these things. 1t will be the all-pervading
influence of the practical religion of Jesus
Christ that will make the change for the
better.
Yes, this practical religion will also 90
into agriculture, which is proverbislly
honest, but needs TO be rectified, and il
will keep the farmer from sending to the
New York market veal that is too young
TO kill, and when the farmer farms on
shares it will keep the man who does the
work from making his half three-iourths,
and it will keep the farmer from building
his post and rail fence on his neighbor's
premises, and it will make him shelter his
cattle in the winter storm, and it will keep
the old elder from working on Sunday
dteIHOOH IN the new ground WneTe no
body sees him. And this practical religion
will hover over the house, and over the
barn, and over the field, and over the
orchard.
Yes, this practical religion of which 7
speak will come into the learned profess
sions. The lawyer will feel his response
bilIty in defending innocence and arraign-
ing evil, aud expounding the law, and it
VIII keep him from charging for briefs he
never wrote, and for pleas he never made,
and for percentages he never earned, and
from robbing widow and orphan be-
cause they are defenseless. Yes, this
practical religion will come into the ply
sician's life and he will feel his RESPONSE
bility as the conservator of the public
health, profession honored by the fact
that Christ himself was a physician. And
il will make him honest aud when he
does not understand a case he will say So,
not trying to cover up lack of dag
nosis with ponderous technicalities,
| or send the patient to a reckless
drug store because the apothecary
happens to pay percentage OH the pre-
scriptions sent. And this practical religion
will come to 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 Civ
ing sly box to dull head, chastising
him for what he can not help, and sending