The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-19


bath. what the text was, whether they
bad any especial troubles of their oan
Arthur Tappan. / never heard hi,
eulogy pronounced. l pronounce L
now. And other merchants Just a
GOOD. William L. Dodge in the iro1
business, Moses H. Grinnell in the ship
ping business, Peter Cooper in the glue
business. Scores of men just rs good
As they were
Farmers who take their religion into
their occupation: Why this ininuts
their horses and wagons stand around
all the meeting houses In America
They began this day by a prayer t.
God, and when they get home at noon
after they have put their horses up
will offer a prayer to God at the table
seeking blessing, and this summer
there will be in their fields not one dis.
honest head of rye, not one dishonest
ear of corn. not one dishonest ap
pie. Worshiping God today away W
among the Berkshire hills, or ava,
down amid the lagoons of Florida, o.
away out amid the mines of Colorado
or along the banks of the Passaic ant
Raritan. where knew them better be
cause went to school with them.
TIKI TRUE WORKMAN HoNoRs GOD.
Mechanics who took their religion
into their occupations: James Brind
ley, the famous nillwright; Nathanie
Bowditch, the famous ship chandler
Elihu Burritt, the famous blacksmith
and hundreds and thousands of strons
arms which have made the hammer
and the saw, and the adze, and the drill
and the AK sound in the grand march
of o1r national industries.
Give your heart to God and then fill
your life with good works. Consecratt
to him your store, your shop, YOU
banking house, your factory, and YOU
home. They say no one will hear it
God will hear it. That Is enongh. Yor
hardly know of any one else than Well
ingaon as connected with the victory a
Waterloo; but he did not do the hare
fighting. The hard fighting was done
by the Somerset cavalry. and the Ry
l:.:si regiments, and Ke,npt's infantry
md the Scots Grays, and the Life
Guards. Who cares, if only the day
was won!
In the latter part of the last century
girl in England became kitchen
maid in a farm house She had many
styles of work and much hard work.
Time rolled on, and she married the
son of a weaver of Halifax They were
industrious. They saved money enough
after while to build them a home.
On the morning of the day when they
were to enter that home the young wife
arose at o'clock. entered the front
door yard. knelt down, consecrated the
place to God and there made this sol
emn vow: 20 Lord, il thou wilt bless
me In this place the poor shall have q
share of it." Time rolled on and a
fortune rolled ia. Children grew ul
around them, and they ali became at
fluent. One, u member of parliament,
in a public place declared that his sue
cess came from that prayer of hts moth
er in the door yard. All of them were
afhuent. -Four Thousand hands In tlei
factories. They built dwelling house:
for laborcrs at cheap rents, and wher
they We're Invalid and could not pay
| they had the houses for nothing.
One of these sons came to this
country, admired our parks, went back
bought land, opened great publ,
park, and made it present to the city
of Halifax, England. They endowed
an orphanas,c. they endowed two aims
houses All England has heard of the
generosity and the good works of the
| Crossleys. Moral: Consecrate to Goo
your small means and your humble
surroundings, and you will have larger
means and grander surroundings
Goodness is profitable unto oil things
having promise of the life that now 4
and of that which is to come Have
faith in God by all means, but remem
Der that faith without works is dead. ,
| Wanted the Annex
The actions of a man at the post
Office the other day attracted atten
ton. He kept going in and out, walk
ing up and down the corridor and
looking into the several windows, and
he was finally asked what troubled
him.
Il want to get a money order" b.
| replied.
go to the annex"
| That's where the whole botheratior
comes in. / saw the sign up there, bu
I'll be hanged if 1 know what an an
mex is. Is it up stairs or down cellar
a circus or steanboat2 I know
enough to give bunco steerer the COLI
shake, but never run up agin an an
mex yet"
He was fully informed of its nature
and location, and he started off saying
'Oh, that's it. If it's an addition
why don't they call it onea Ny shir
collar is a part of my dress. but 20,
don't catch me going into a store and
inquiring for a No. 16 annex"-De
troit Free Press