The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-12-26
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
TALMAaE BREACHES ON LIFE
IN A SCHOOL,
I'm All Thy Ways Acknowledge Him aud
lie shall raiet Thy re,hs''--A Ringing
sermpn 10 Large Congregation sum
Gay Morning.

ana sermon fcnutfs tsiaN hhu clue to ~ IN the
sermon he preached ~ the Tabernacle this
morning II has nothing TO do with absiruse
doctrines bu, gives : cienr view Of what uay
he termed applied Christianity His teyt vas
Proverbs. So "In all thy ways acknowledge
him and ne shall direct Thy paths"
"A promise go0d enough for many kinds OF
NE. bur not for my kind OF life. says some
business man. .thc law Of supply and demand
controls the business world" But have reason
10 say that Il Is promise TO all persons In any
kind ofhoncst business
There Is no war between religion and bust
ness. between iedyors aud bibles. between
churches and contingencies. ON the con
tr.,ry. religion aerelcfatos business. shnrpcns
mems wits sweefcns acerbity OF disposition,
fllips the blood OF phlegmatics, and throws
more velocity into the wheels OF hard work II
gives better balancing 10 the Judgment more
strength 10 the will. more muscle 70 industry
and throws into enthusiasm a more eoncen'
trated fire. You cannot IN all the round OF the
world show me man whose honest business
has been despoiied by religion.
The Industrial classes are divided into three
groups; producers. manufacturers, traders
Producers. such - farmers and miners. Manu-
facturers, such as those who turn corn into
food ana wool and flax into apparel Traders,
s,,ch AZ make pyont out Of the transfer and ex-
change OF all that which IS produced and manu-
featured. business man may belong 10 any
one or all OF these classes, and not one " lnae'
"
ial OF France fell on the Zulu battlefield be
cause the strap fastening the siirrup 70 the sad.
die broke as ne chung 10 IL, his comrades all
escaping but he falling under
the lanccs OF the savages, great
many people blamed the Empress for allowing
her son 10 go forth into that battlefield, and
Others blamed the English government for ac-
copting the sacrifice, and others blamed the
Zuius for their baroarism. The one most 10
blame was the harnoss-makcr WHO fashioned
the strap OF the stirrup out OF shoddy ana I'M
perfect material AS was found 10 have been
afterward IL the strap had held, the Prince
Imperial would probably have been alive to-
dav but the strap broke No Prince indcpcnd
emf OF harness-makeri High. low, wise ig
norant, you in one occupation. In another,
all bound together. SO that there must ne
ono continuous line OF sympathy with each
others work Hut whatever your vocation, IL
YOU have "A multiplicity OF engagements, II
into your life there comes losses and annoyanccs
and perturbations as well as percentages ana
dividends. II you are pursued from Monday
morning until Saturday night ana from Janu-
ary 10 January by incxorablc obligation ana
duty then you are business man, or you arc a
business woman, and my subject Is appropriate
10 your case.
we are under the impression that the MOL
and tug OF business life are a prison into which
man IL thrust or that II Is an unequal STRIFE
where unarmed man goes forth To contend !
I
OF God for grand and glorions education and
discipline and II shall be helped to say what /
want TO say l shall rub some OF the wrinkles
OF care out OF your brow, ana unstrap some Oh
the burdens from your back. am not talking
| 10 an abstraction. Though never having been
in business life, know all about business
men In my first parish NJ Beneyille, n.
j.. ten miles from New York, large POI
ton Of my audience was made up OF New YORK
merchants. Then went 20 Syracuse' place
| OF intense commercial activity and thenl went
| 10 Philadelphia and lived long among the mor'
| chants OF that city than whom there are no bet
! ter mon on earth. and for more than twenty.
\ two gears have stood in this presence, Sab
bath by Sabbath. preaching 20 audiences, the
majority OF whom are business mon ana bust
ness women 10 Is not an abstraction To whlch
I speak but reality with which am wen &C
quaintod.
Now my brother why did God put you IN
l that school OF encrgyY Was IL merely that YOU
might be n yardstclS 20 measure cloth or q
! steelyard 10 weigh fioury Was II merely ina
YOU might be better qualified 10 chatter ana ing
/ gle? No. God placed you In that school OF en-
/ eagy that YOU might be developed for Christian
work II the undcyeloped talents In the Chris
tian churches OF to-day were brought out ant
thoroughly harnessed, believe the whole wore
would be converted to God In "A short time
There are so many deep streams that are turn
ing no mil-whecls and that are
harnessed 20 no factory bands Now
God demands tho best lamb out OF eyerl
flock He demands the richest sheaf OF ever
harvest lie demands the best men OF ever,
generation A cause In which Newton ant
Locke and Mansfield tolcd you and can afor'
70 toll In.
oh. for fewer idlers in the cause OF Christ
and for more Christian workers, men who shall
take the same energy that from Monday morn
ing to Saturday night they put forth for th'
achievement OF a livelihood or the gathering OF !
fortune, and on sabbath days put II forth U
| the advantage OF Christs kingdom ana IN
bringing OF men 10 the Lord. DIR. Dun, II
south Wales, saw n man who had inherited !
great fortune. IN man said 10 him; II ha'
TO be very busy for many years OF my life get
ting my livelihood. After while this FORTUNE
came to me, and there has been no necessity
that toll since There came time when
said TO myself, Shall l now retire
from business, or shall 90 on and serve th'
Lord in my worldly occupation lie said
II resolved on the latter, and have been mor'
Industrious In commercial circles than ever
was before, and since that hour i have nevc
kept a farthing for myself | have thought II
20 be n great shame II couldn't toll as hard fol
the Lord as toiied for myself, and oil the prod
ucts OF my factories and my commercial es
Establishments 10 the last farthing have gone To
the building OF Christian institutions ana sup
porting the church OF God" Oh, N the same
energy put forth for the world could be pa
forth for Cod Oh, II a thousand men In thes'
great cities who have achieved "a fortune couls
see IL their duty to do all business for Chris
and tho alienation Of the worlds suffering.
remark again that business life ~ schoo
OF useful knowledge. Merchants do not rca'
many books and do not study lexicons. The.
do not dive into profOunds OF learning, and We
nearly all through their occupations come y
understand questions OF finance and politics
and Jurisprudence. and ethics. Business Is
severe schoolmstress. III pupils Will not ieari
she strikes them over tho head and the hear
with severe losses You put $500 into an EN-
terprlsc IL Is all gone. You say, That's
dead loss" Oh. no. You arc paying tn
schooling. That was only tuition, very larg
tuition--I told you IL was n severe schoolms
tress---but IL was worth IL. You learned thing
under that process you would not have lesrnes
IN any other way. Traders In grain come q
know something about foreign harvests. trad
ers ia fruit como 10 know something about the
prospects OF tropical production: manufacture
ers OF American goods como 10 understand tn
tariff on imported articles: publishers OF book.
must come 10 understand the new law OF copy
right; owners Of ships must come 10 knog
winds and shoals and navigation; and ever.
bale OF cotton and every raisin cask, and ever.
tea box and overy cluster Of bananas IN ~
much literature for q business man. Now, m.
brother, what arc you going 10 do with tho In
tefligencei DO you suppose God put you Il
this school OF Information merely that yol
might be sharper IN n trade. that You might b
more successful a. n worldling' oh, no; II wa
that you might take that useful Information
and use IL for Jesus Christ Can II be that yol
have been dealing with foreign lands and ncvc
had the missionary spirit wishing the saliva