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cial standing Of business men, starting that
entire system, derided for it then, himself,
as knew him we'll, in moral character Al.
Monday mornings inviting to room In the
top Of his storehouse the clerks Of his estab-
lishment, asking them about their worldly
interests and their spiritual interests, then
giving out hymn, leading in prayer, Civ
them what church they attended on the Sab
bath, what the text was, whether they had
any especial troubles OF their own. Arthur
Tappan, I never heard his eulogy pro-
nounced. l pronounce it now. And other
merchants just as good. William E. Dodge,
in the iron business; Moses a. Grinnell, In
the shipping business; Peter Cooper, in the
glue business. Scores Of men just as good
rs they were.
Farmers who take their religion into their
occupation: Why this minute their horses
and wagons stand around all the meeting
houses in America They began this day by
q prayer to God and when they get home at
noon, after they have put their horses up,
will offer prayer to God at the table, seeking
blessing, and this summer there will be in
their fields not one dishonest head Of rye,
not one dishonest ear Of corn, not one dis
honest apple. Worshiping 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 fa-
NOUS millwright; Nathaniel Bowditch, the
famous ship chandler; Elihu Burritt the "a
nous blacksmith, and hundreds and thou
sands of strong arms which have made the
hammer, and the saw, and the adze, and the
drill, and the ak sound in the grand march
OF our national industries.
Give your heart to God and then fill your
life with good works. Consecrate to Him
your store, your shop, your banking house,
your factory and your home. They say no
one will hear it. God will hear it. That is
enough. You hardly know Of any one else
than Wellington as connected with the vic
tory at Waterloo; but he did not do the hard
fighting. The hard fighting was done by the
Somerset cavalry, and the Ryland regiments,
and Kempt's infantry, and 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 q kitchen maid in farm
house. She had many styles OF WORK, and
much hard work. Time rolled on, and sna
married the son Of a weaver of Halifax.
They We're Industrious; they saved money
enough after while to build them home.
On the morning of the day when they were
to enter that home the young wife rosa at 4
O'Clock, entered the front door yard, knelt
down, consecrated the place 70 God, and
there ma ie this solemn vow: 70 Lord, If
Thou will bless ME in this place, the poor
shall have q share oft" Time rolled on and
q fortune rolled in. Children grew up
around thenl and they all became afiuent;
one, member Of parliament, in public
place 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 dwell.
ing houses for laborers at cheap rents, and
when they were invalid and could not pay
they had the houses for nothing
One Of these sons came to this country, ad-
mired our parks, went back, bought land,
opened great public park, and made 1t
present to tho city Of Halifax, England;
They endowed an orphanage, they endowed
two almshouses. All England has heard OF
the generosity and the good works of the
Crossleys. Moral-Consscrate to God your
small means and your humble surroundings,
and YOU will have larger means and grander
surroundings. "Godliness is profitable unto
all things, having promise Of the life that
now is and OF that which is to come" Lave
faith in God by all means. but remember that
faith without works is dead"