The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-26

lished that system by which we come
to find out the commercial standing o.
business men, starting that entire sys
tenn, derided for it then, himself, as
knew him well, in moral character AL
Monday mornings inviting to a room
in the top of his storehouse the clerk.
of his establishment, asking them about
their worldly interests and their spirit
ual interests, then giving out a hymn
leading in prayer, giving them few
words Of good advice, asking then
what church they attended ON the Sab
bath, what the text was, whether they
had any especial troubles of their own
Arthur Tappan. never heard hi.
eulogy pronounced. / pronounce il
now. And other merchants just as
good William l., Dodge in the iron
business, Moses ii. Grinnell in the ship
ping business, Peter Cooper in the glue
business, Scores of men just as good
as 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 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 dis
honest head OF rye, not one dishonest
ear of corn, not one dishonest ap
pie. Worshiping God today away VI
among the Berkshire hills, or away
down amid the lagoons of Florida, oil
away out amid the mines of Colorado,
Or along the banks of the passaic and
Raritan where l knew them better be-
cause went to school with them.
THE TRUE WORKMAN HoNoRs GOD.
Mechanics who took their religion
into their occupations: James Brind
ley, the famous millwright; Nathaniel
Bowditch, the famous ship chandler;
Elihu Burritt, 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 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, YOU
banking house, your factory, and you
home They say no one will hear it
God will hear it. That is enough. Yor
hardly know of any one else than Well
ington as connected with the victory al
Waterloo; but he did not do the hare
fighting. The hard fighting was done
by the Somerset cavalry, and the Ry
land regiments, and Kempt's infantry
and the Scots Grays, and the Life
Guards. Who cares, if only the day
was WON'T
In the latter part Of The last century
a girl in England became a kitchen
maid in q farm house. She had many
styles of work aud mnch hard work.
Time rolled on, and she married the
son of weaver of Halifax. They were
industrious. They saved money enough
after while to build them a home.
On the morning of the day when they
were to enter that home the young wife
arose at o'clock, entered the front
door yard, knelt down, consecrated the
place to God and there made this sol
emn VOW 20 Lord, if thou wilt bless
me in this place the poor shall have a
share of it," Time rolled on and q
fortune rolled in. Children grew VI
around them, and they all became af
fluent One, member of parliament,
in a public place declared that his sue
cess came from that prayer of his moth
er in the door yard. All of them were
affiuent. Four Thousand hands in theil
factories. They built dwelling 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, admired our parks, went back
bought land, opened a great public
park, and made it a present to the city
OF Halifax, England. They endowed
an orphanage, they endowed two aims
houses All England has heard of the
generosity and the good works of the
Crossleys. Moral: Consecrate to Goo
your small means and your humble
surroundings, and you will have large
means and grander surroundings
Goodness is profitable unto all things
having promise of the life that now il
and of that which is to come" ''Hav'
faith in God by all means, but remem
Der that faith without works is dead