Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-12-25
REV. DR.. 7ALMAGE.
The Eminent Brooklyn Divins's Sun
day Sermon.
sas3ccr "ReIigion and Business

III" ana ne SndH utrece hy pain. -
Proverbs ill.,, 6.
"A promise gooi enough for many kinds
OF life. but not for my kind Of life II saws
some business man; 'the law OF supply and
demand controls the business world" But
L have reason TO say that it is q promise to
all persons in any kini of honest business.
There is no war between religion and husi.
ness between ledgers AMI Bibles between
churches and counting houses On ths con-
trary religion accelerates business. sharpens
mems wits, sweetens acerbity of disposition,
hllips the blood OF phlezmatics AMI throws
more velocity into the wheels of hard work.
lt gives better balancing TO the Judgment
more strength 70 tn. will, more muscle to
industry and tn ows into enthusiasm a mora
consecreted fire. You cannot in all the round
OF the worl show me a man whose honest
business has bsen des oiled by religion.
The industrial classes are divided into
three groups-producerS manufacturers
traders. Producers. such as farmers and
miners. Manufacturers suca as those who
turn corn into food, and wool aud fax into
apparel. Traders. such as make profit out
OF tue transfer aud exchange OF ali that
which is produced and manufactured, A
business man may belong to any cue or all
OF these classes and not one is independent
OF any other.
When the prince imperial of France fell on
the Zulu battlefield because the strap tasten-
ing the stirrup TO the saddle broke as he
chung 10 IL. bis comrades all escaping, Tut he
FALLING under the lancss OF the savages, a
great many people blame the emoreSs for
allowing son to go forth into that battle
held, and others blamed the English Govern
ment for accepting the sacrifice, and others
blamed the Zuius for their barbarism. Tho
one most % blame was the harness maker
who fashioned that strap OF the stirrup out
OF shoddy and imperfect material as it was
found TO have been afterward. II the strap
hal held, the prince imperial would probably
have been alive to-day. But the strap or oke.
No prince independent OF harness maker.
Aigh. low, wise, ignorant, you in one
occupation, in another all bound together.
So that there must be one continuous line Of
sympathy with each others work. But
whatever your vocation, II you have a
multiplicity OF engagements, if into ycar
life there cone losses and annoyances and
per;urbatSc1s as well as Percentages and
divldends, IL YOU are pursued from Monday
morning until SATURDAY night. and from
January to January by inexorabe obiigs-
ton ami duty, then you are business man
or Yea are business woman, and nay sub.
ject Is appropriate TO your case.
We are under the impression that the moil
which a man is thrust, or that it is an un.
equal strife where unarned a man gees forth
70 contend. shall show you that business
life Was intended of God for grand and glori.
Gus education and disc pline, and if / shall be
helped to say what want to ssy, shall rub
some OF the wrinkles Of care out OF your
brow ami upS.. ap some of the burdens from
your tsck. am not talking to an a0strac-
ton. Though never have been in business
he, know al about business men
In NV hrsG parish at Balieville, New Jer~
sey, tsu miles iron New YORK, a large por-
titn OF nv au hence was male up of New
York merchants. iii sn went to Syracuse.
apiace of intenss CON usrciai activity, ami
then went, 10 Phila ielphia and lived long
among tbs merchants of that city than
whom there are No better men Oh earth, AMI
for more than twenty-five years l have
stood in this presence, Sabbath by Sabbath,
preaching 10 audiences, tue ina ioritv of
whom are business men and business women
1t Is not an abstraction to which So FAX, but
a rsanty with which am well acquainted.
in he first p ace, | renarS tnaJ busin sss
life was intended as a school of energy.
God gives us q certain amount OF raw ma
tertal out OF which we are to hew our char
acter. Our faculties are TO be reset, rounded
ard sharpeDed up. Our young folks having
SraGustet from school or college, need a
higher education, that which the ras ping
and collision OF everyday life alone can ef-
iect. Energy IS wrought ouv on;y in fire.
Alter a man he's usen in business activity
ten, twenty, thirty years, MS energy IS not
70 tie measured by weights or Dlnmmets or
ladders. TGere is no height 1t cannot scale,
end there IS no depth IT cannot fataom, aud
theirs Is no obs -scle it cannos THRASH,
Sow, my brother, wny al / Go put you in
t-s II
you N ght re yar1stick 10 measure cloth
OF a steelyard to weigh -four? Was it merely
that you might ne better quaifai 20 chatter
and higgie? No. God . aoel you in that
school OF energy that yeu might be devel.
oped tor C0ristian WORK. Ii the undeV eioped
"a ents IN tnu Christian churches Of to-day
were brought out ant thorou 9hly harneSSed,
i believe the whole world would be converted
10 God in a short time. There are so many
deep streams tost are turning no mill wheels
and tbat are harnessed to DO fectory bands
Now Col demands the bc5t lamb out Of every
flock. He demands the richest Sheaf of every
harvest. he demands the best man OF every
generatio1. A cause IN which Newton and
locSe sni Mansfield toiled you AMI can
affoeN1 to tot. in.
Cb, for fewer idlers IN thu cause Of Christ
ana Tor more Christian workers-nen who
snail take the sane energy that from Mol-
day morning to SATURDAY night they put
10, TIA for the achievement % = livelihood or
the gathering OF fortune, and on Sabbath
DAYS Tut it forth to the advantage OF Christ's
kingdom aRd the trimming or men to the
Lor Dr.. Daft, in South Wales saw a man
who had inherited great fortune. The man
sad 10 MIN; Il had 70 he very busy for
many years OF my lie getting nav livelihood.
Alter awhile my fortune came to me, aud
boS M Uooocstfv fhof / foil Ninoa
There came time wa-n | said - myself,
Snail | now retire from business, or shall
so on amt serve the Lord in my worldly occu-
pationS He said. II resolved on the latter,
and l have been more industrious in com.
suercial circles than l ever was befora aud
since that hour have never kept fartAng
for myself. Ihave thought it TO be great
shame II coulfn't toll as hard fer ths Lori
as had toiled for myself, ard all the pro-
duets of my factories o1d my commercial
establishments To tie last farthin. have gone
for the building OF Christian institutions and
sup ortiag the church OF Col" On, IL the
same energy put forth for the word could
be pvt forth for Coil Oh, IL thousand
nipb in these great cities Wac have achieved
\ fortune could see it their duty TO do all
business for Christ and the alienation OF the
worlds suffering.
AGAIN, remark, that business life is
schuol OF pa;ience. In your everyday life
how msgy thin IS to annoy and to disquistl
Bargains will rub. Commercial men will
sometimes fail TO meet their engagements.
Casa book AMI money dra er will someti nes
quarrel. Goods orSerei for a special emer-
Kency will come too late OF be damaged In
tee transportation. PeO lie intending no
harm will 20 shopping withoutany intention
Oh purchase, overturnlng great stocSs Of
grsess and insisting that you freak re dozen.
More bad cepfsoa tn ie ie4r More counter.
Jeit nills in The 'rawer More deots 70 nav
Tor otnsr paoo.e. More WEAKNESSES on the
part of partners in business. Aunoyanca
after an1OvaTcs. vexatlOn after yexation
AMI .oss after .oss.
Al that prOce will either break vo1
down or brighten YOU ~. 1t Is a school OF
patience. You have known men u der tls
process IN become Detulant and choleric and
ansrt AMI puyuac.oIs aal cross AMI SUR
an queer. ami they loss their custo nsrs
and their ma ne became a LEGISLATION Other
men have been brigdtene1 uD uu Ter tbs
process. They were tougleaoi by the ex-
posure. They were ike rocks, ali the more
va.uab e for being blastei At first they
had 70 CHOKE down taeir wrath, at first they
hal to bite their lip. at first tney tho1rat of
some stinying retJrt they would Ike to
make. but they conquered tneir i'm.
patience. They have kind words
now for tie sarcastic h;ngs. They
ha Un e.nH.