Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-03-06

tail druggist, and he mixes it with cheaper
material, 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 scamnlony at all
Now, practical religion will yet rectifv all
this. 1t will go TO those hypocritical profes-
sors of religion who got corner" in corn
and wheat in Chicago and New York, send
ing prices up and up until they were beyond
| the reach of the poor, keeping these bread
| stuffs in their own hands, or controlling them
until, the prices going up and up and up
they were after awhile ready to sell, and
! troy sold out, making themselves millionaires
! IN one or two years-trying to fix the mat
| ter up with the Lord by building a church,
! n university, or hospital-deluding them
'elVeS with the idea that ths Lord would be
! 50 pleased with the gift He would forget the
sWlndle. Now, as such man NAV not have
any liturgy in which to saw his PRAYERS I
will compose for him one which he practi-
caIIy Is making: 20 Lord, We by getting a.
corner. IN breadstuffs, swindled the people
OF the United States out Of Ten million dol
lars, and made suffering all upand down the
land, and we would like to cornprornise this
matter with Thee. Thou knowest it was a
scaly JOB, but then it was smart. Now, here
we compromise it. Take one per cent. "a
the profits, and with that one per cent. you
can build an asylum for these poor miserable
ragamufins of the street, and will take a
amen"
All, my friends, if a man hath gotten his
estate wrongfully, and he build line of hos
patals and universities from here to Alaska
he cannot atone for it. After a while this
man who has been getting a ''cornerV in
wheat dies. and then Satan gets q corner"
on him. He goes into great, long Black
Friday. There is a ''break" in the market
According to Wall street pariance he wiped
others out, and now he is himself wiped out
N & on r. Ia 0iIsif1
loan. Eternal defalcation.
But this practical religion will not onlv
rectlty all merchandise, it will also rectifv
all mechanism and all toll. A time will come
when man will work faithfully by the
Job as ne does by the day. You say when
done by the joo" You can tell by the swift
ness or sloWne5s with which a hackman
drives whether he is hired By the hour or nv
the excursion. If he is hired by the exc,1r-
sion he whips up the horses, SO as to get
around and get another customer. All
styles of work have to De Inspected Ships
inspected, horses inspected, machinery in
spected. Boss to watch the journeyman.
Capitalist coming down unexpectedly to
watch the boss. Conductor Of a CITY car
sounding the punch bell to prove his honesty
as passenger hands to him clipped nickel
All things must be watched and inspected.
lmpertectlons i'll the wood covered with
putty. Garments warranted to last until
you put them on the third time. Shoddy in !
a! kinds of clothing. Chromos. Pinchbeck. i
diamonds for dollar and a half. Book. !
blndery that holds on until you read the |
third chapter. Spawned horses by skillful !
dose OF jockeys for several DAYS made to
look spry. Wagon tires poorly put on.
Horses poorly shod. Piastering that cracks
without any provocation and falls off.
perfect car f at 5a BE t5 pu Wbsa trIsn
W "a not box. So little practical religion
IN inc mechanism of the world. I tell you,
my friends, the law of man will never
rectlfy these things. 1t will be the all per-
yadlng influence Of the practical religion of
Jesus Christ that will make the change for
the better.
Yes, this practical religion viii also go into
needs to be rectnded, and it will keep the
armer from sending to the New York mar.
let veal that Is too young to kill, and when
he farmer farms on shares it will keep the
nan who does the work from making his
alf three-fourths, and it will keep the farmer
rom building his posts and rail fence on his
premises and it will make him
heller his cattle in the winter storm, and it
7lll keep the old elder from working on Sun
ay afternoon in the new ground when no.
ody sees him. And this practical religion
I'LL hover over the house, and over the barn
no over the field, and over the orchard
\ es, this practical religion of which speak
Ill come into the learned professions The :
L"yer VIII feel his responsibility in defend ,,
= innocence, and arraigaing evil, and ex- !
0unding the law and it Will keen him from,
larglng Tor briefs he never wrote, and for
eaS ne never made, and for percentages he !
ever earned, and from rObbing widow and | 9
'phan because they are defenseless Yes
us practical religion will come into The
1yslcIan's life, and he will feel the RESPONSE
ilty as the conservator Of the public health. .
profession honored by the fact that Christ
lmselt was physician. And it will make :
III honest. and when he does not understand !
case he will say SO, not trying to cover I'm
OK OF Ola .nOsis with ponderous technical. =
IS or send the patient to reckless drug =
percentage on the prescriptions sent
And this practical religion will come to ;.
e school teacher, making her feel her re- II
onsloillty IN preparing our youth for use J
lness, and for happiness, and for honor y
10 VIII keep her from giving sly box to a "
III head, chastls1ng him for what he cannot g
Up, and sending disbursement all throuph u
e after years of a lifetime This practical z
hglon will also come to the newspaper L
en-, and 1t will help them iE the GATHERING .
the news and it will help them in setting d
t0h the best Interests Of society," and it viii a.
ep them from putting the sins of the VI
'rld IN larger type than its virtues and
mistakes than its achievements ID
Y IS, this religion, this practical religion ! III
Il come and put its hand on what is called III
0d society, elevated society. successful So m
ty, SO that people will have their exDendi- l.
'es within their income, and they Will ex- eL
inge the hypocritical mot at home" for "
honest explanation ''tOo tiredn or sstoo 10
sy to see YOU" and will keep innocent re- O.
'tlon from becoming Intoxicating conviyi- &c
". tn
rs, there Is a great opportunity for mis- 81
nary work in what are called the success =
classes OF society. 1t is no rare thing ~