Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-16

good advice, asking them what churcl
they attended on the Sabbath, what th,
text was, whether they had any espe
cial troubles of their own. Arthur Tap
pan. never heard his eulogy pro
nounced. | pronounce it now. AnC
other merchants just as good William
f. Dodge in the iron business, Moses
IL. Grinnell in the shipping business
Peter Cooper in the glue business
Scores of men just as good as they
were.
RELIGION IN DAILY LIFE.
Farmers who take their religion into
their occupation. Why, this minut,
their horses and wagons stand around
all the meeting-hOuseS in America
They began this day by prayer to God,
and when they get home at noon, after
they have put their horses up, will offer
la prayer TO God at the table, seeking a
blessing, and this summer there will be
I in their fields not one dishonest head of
rye, not one dishonest ear Of corn, not
one dishonest apple. Worsnipping God
to-day away up among the Berkshire
Hills, or away down amid the lagoOns
of Florida, or away out amid the mines
OF Colorado. or along the banks of the
PaSSaic and the Raritan, where ! knew
them better because | went to school
with them.
Mechanics who took their religion
into their occupations: James Brindley,
the famous mill-wright, Nathaniel
Bowditch, the famous ship chandler,
Elihu Burrtt, the famous blacksmith,
and hundreds and thousands of strong
arms which have made the hammer and
the saw and the adze and the drill and
the axe sound in the grand march Of
our national industries.
Give your hearts to God and then fill
your life with good works. ConSecrate
to him your store. your shop. your bank
ing houSe. your factory, aud your home.
They say no one will hear it. God will
hear it, That is enough. You hardly
know of anyone else than Wellington as
connected with the victory of Waterloo;
but he did not do the hard fighting. The
hard fighting was done by the Somer-
set cavalry and the Ryland regiments.
aud Kempt'S infantry. and the Scots
GrayS, and the Life Guards. Who cares,
il only the day was won.
In the latter part OF the last century a
girl in England became kitchen-maid
in farmhouse. 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 indus
triOuS: they saved money enough after
awhile to build them a home. On the
morning of the day when they were to
enter that home, the Young wife arose
at four o'clock, entered the front door
yard, knelt down conSecrated the place
to God. and there made this solemn VOW:
80 Lord if thou wilt bless me in this
place, the poor shall have share OF II. y
Time rolled on and fortune rolled in.
Children grew up around them, and
they all became ailiuent, one member
of Parliament, declared that his success
came from that prayer OF his
mother In the door-yard All
of them were affluent. Four thousand
hands in their factories. They
built dwelling houses for laborers at
cheap rents, and when they were in
valid 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
IA great public park, and made it d
present to the city of Halifax, England.
They endowed an orphanage, they en-
dowed two almshouScS. All England
has heard OF the generosity and the
good work of the CroSSlcyS. Moral;
Consecratc TO tod your small means
and your humble surroundings. and
YOU will have larger means and grand
or surroundings. "GodlineSS Is profit
able unto all things, having promise OF
the life that now is and Of that which
is to come" "Haye faith in God by
.all means, but remember that faith
without works is dead.