Milford chronicle., 1891-02-20

merchant there mixes it with a cheaper
material; then it comes on to the whole
sale druggist in London or New York, and
he mixes it with a cheaper material; then
it comes to the retail druggist, and he
, mixes it with a cheaper material, and by
the time the poor sick man gets it into his
bottle it is ashes and chalk and sand and
some of what has been called pure scam
mOny after analysis has been found to be
no scammOny at all
THE sPECULATING HYPoCRITE.
Now, practical religion win yet rectify
all this It will go to those hypocritical pro
fessors of religion who got corner in
corn and wheat in Chicago and New York,
sending prices up and up until they were
beyond the reach of the poor, keeping these
breadstuffs in their own hands, or control
ling them until, the prices going up and up
and up, they were after awhile ready 70
sell, and they sold out making themselves
( millionaires in one or two years-trying to
fix the matter up with the Lord by building
a church, or a university, or a hospital
deluding themselves with the idea that the
Lord would be so pleased with the gift He
would forget the swindle. Now, as such a
man may not have any liturgy in which to
say his prayers, I will compose for him
one which be practically is making; 20
Lord, we, by getting a corner in bread
stuffs, swindled the people of the United
States out of ten million dollars, and made
suffering all up and down the land, and
we would like to compromise this matter
with thee Thou knowest it was a scaly
job, but then it was smart. Now, here we
compromise it. Take one per cent. Of the
profits, and with that one per cent. you
can build an asylum for these poor miser-
able ragamufius of the street, and will
take yacht and 60 to Europe, for ever and
ever, amen"
All, my friends, if a man hath gotten his
estate wrongfully, and he build a line Of
hospitals and universities from here to
Alaska, he cannot atone for it. After
while this man who has been getting a
corner" in wheat dies, and then Satan
gets corner on him. He goes into a
great, long Black Friday. There is a
"break" in the market According to
Wall street parlance, he wiped others out,
and now he is himself wiped out. No col
laterals on which to make spiritual loan.
Eternal defalcationl
But this practical religion will not only
rectify all merchandise, it will also rectify
all mechanism and all toll A time will
come when man will work as faithfully
by the job as he does by the day. You say
when thing is slightingly done, "Oh, that
was done by the jobF' You can tell by the
swiftness or slowness with which a hack
man drives whether he is hired by the hour
or by the excursion. If he is hired by the
excursion he whips up the horses, so as to
1 get around and get another customer All
styles of work have to be inspected. Ships
/ inspected, horses inspected machinery in
spected. Boss to watch the jOurneyman.
| Capitalist coming down unexpectedly to
watch the boss. Conductor of city car
sounding the punch bell to prove his hon
! esty as passenger hands to him clipped
nickel All things must be watched and in
| spected ImperfectiOns in the wood covered
with putty. Garments warranted to last
until you put them on the third time.
Shoddy in all kinds of clothing Chromos.
Pinchbeck. Diamonds for dollar and
nalf Bookbindery that holds on until
you read the third chapter Spawned
horses by skillful dose of jockeys for sew
eral days made to look spry. Wagon tires
poorly put on. Horses poorly shOd. Plas-
tering that cracks without any provOca-
ti0n and falls off Plumbing that needs
to be plumbed. Imperfect car wheel that
halts the whole train with hot box. So
little practical religion in the mechanism
Of the world. I tell you, my friends, the
law Of man will never rectify these things.
1t will be the all pervading influence Of the
practical religion of Jesus Christ that will
make the change for the better.
THERE IS NONE PERFECT.
Yes, this practical religion will also go
into agriculture which is proverbially hon
est, but needs to be rectifed, and it will
keep the farmer from sending to the New
York market veal that is too young to kill,
and when the farmer farms on shares it
will keep the man who does the work from
making his half three-fourths, and it will
keep the farmer from building his post and
rail fence on his neighbor's premises, and
it will make him shelter his cattle in the
winter storm, and it will keep the old elder
from working on Sunday afternoon in the
new ground where nobody sees him. And
this practical religion will hover over the
house, and over the barn, and over the
field. and over the orchard.
Yes, this practical religion of which
speak will come into the learned profess
sions. The lawyer will feel his RESPONSE
bility in defending innocence, and arraign-
ing evil, and expounding the law, and it
will keep him from charging for briefs he
never wrote, and for pleas he never made,
and for percentages he never earned, and
from robbing widow and orphan because
they are defenseless Yes, this practical
religion will come into the PHYSICIANS life,
and he will feel his responsibility as the
conservator of the public health, profess |
sion honored by the fact that Christ him |
self was a physician. Aud it will make |
him honest, and when he does not under |
stand a case he will say so, not trying to /
cover up lack of diagnosis with ponderOus |
technicalities, or send the patient to a |
reckless drug store because the apothecary |
happens to pay percentage on the pre- /
scriptions sent.
And this practical religion will come to /
the school teacher, making her feel her re-
sponsibility in preparing our youth for
usefulness, and for happiness, and for honor, /
and will keep her from giving a sly box to
a dull head, chastising him for what he
cannot help, and sending discouragement
all through the after years Of lifetime.
This practical religion will also come TO
the newspaper men, and it will help them
in the gathering of the news, and it will
help them in setting forth the best inter
ests of society, and it will keep them from
putting the sins Of the world in larger type
than its virtues, and its mistakes than its
achievements.
HIGH AND LOW ALIKE GUILTY.
Yes, this religion, this practical religion,
will come and put its hand on what is
called good society, elevated society, sue
cessful society, so that people will have
their expenditures within their income,
and they will exchange the hypocritical
''not at home" for the honest explanation
too tired" or "too busy to see you" and
will keep innocent reception from becom-
ing intoxicating conviviahty.
Yes, there is a great opportunity for mis-
sionary work in what are called the sue
eessful classes Of society. 1t is no rare
thing now to see a fashionable woman in
toxicated in the street, or the rail car, or
the restaurant The number Of fine ladies'
who drink too much is increasing. Per
haps you may find her at the reception in
most exalted company, but she has made
too many visits to the wine room, and now
her eye is CLASSY, and after a while her
cheek is unnaturally flushed, and then she
falls intoft Of excruciating laughter about
and then she offers sickening
batteries, telling some homely man how
well be looks, and then she is helped into
the carriage, and by the time the cartridge