The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-12-31

HohostS -AHrctiDR Case or the Etench
Prince ImporIa,.
BRooLLYN, Dec. 2O.-Any person
seeking 5he secret of DIR. Talmage's
marvellous popularity with the millions
OF sermon hearers and sermon readers
may hnd cirW~ to it IN the sermon he
preached at the Tabernacle this morn
ing. 1t las nothing to do with abstruse
doctrines, but gives a clear view OF what
may be eermed applied Christianity.
Ills text was Proverbs iii, 6. "In all thy
ways acknowledge Him and he shall d-
rect thy paths"
A promise good enough for M any
kinds OF lie. but" not for any
kind OF life says some business
man; ''ihe law fsupply and demand
CONTROLS the business world" But |
have reason to say that it is q promise
to all persons in any kind of honest busi-
ness
There is no war between religion and
business, between lcdGcrs and Bibles,
between churches and counting houses
On the contrary, religion acce!erates
business, shafpens mems wits, swectens
acerbity OF disposition, flip. the blood
OF phlcgmatics and throws more velocity
lnto the wheels of hard work. It gives
better balancing 10 the judgment, more
strength TO the will, MOI muscle to in
dustry and throws into enthusiasm a
more corsecrated fire. You cannot in
all the round OF the world show me @
man whose honest business has been
despoiled by re, ,iglo".
The industrial classes arc divided into
three groups-p oducers, manufacture
crs, traders. Proc Lcers, such as farmers
and nincrs. Manuiact, IS, such as
those who turn corn into food, and wool
and flax INTO apparel. Traders, such rs
make profit cut Of the transfer and cx-
change Of all that which is produced and
manufactured. A business man NAV be-
l0rg TO any enc or all Of these classes,
and not one is independent of any other.
When The prince imperial of France
fell on tho Zulu battleield because the
strap fastening the strrup to the saddle
broke as he clung to it, his comrades all
escaping but he falling under the lanccs
OF the savases, great many people
blamed the empress for allowing her
son to go forth into tha battlefield, and
others blamed the English government
Tor according the sacrifice, and athers
blamed the Iulus for their barbarism.
The one most TO blame was the harness
maker who fashioned that strap of the
stirrup out sEeddy and imperfect materi-
al, as it was found to have been after
ward. II the strap had held, the prince
imperial would probably have been alive
to-day. 5ut the strap broke. Noprince
independent OF harness lnaker.
High, low. wise. ignorant, you in one
occupation, l in another, all bound to-
gethcr. 20 that there must be one con-
tlnuous me of sympathy with each
others work. But whate yer your voca-
ton, if yoH have multiplicity ofengage.
ments, If INTO your life there come losses
and annOyanccs and perturbations as
well as percentages and dividends. ifyou
are pursued from Nj onday morning until
Saturday night, and from January to
January by !ncXOrablc Obligation and
duty, then y0u are business man or
you are bus ness woman, and my sub
lect Is arrroErlate to your case.
in the !irst place, | remalk that bust
ness life was iuterded as school OF
energy. God gives us a certain amount
OF raw m"ter'al out Of which we are TO
htw our character. Our faculties arc to
be reset, rounded and sharpcncd up.
Our young folks having graduated from
school or college, need a higher educa-
ton, that which tho rasping and COLI
sion OF everyday lie alone can effect.
Energy is wrought out only in fire.
Alter q nan las been in business ac-
.tVlty ten, twenty, thirty years, his en-
crgY is not to be measured by weights
Or plummets or ladders. There is no
height it cannot scale, and there is no
depth II cannot iathOm, and there is no
obstacle it cannot thrash.
No, my brother, why did God put you
in that school Of energy? Was it merely
That you might be yardsLck TO meas
ure cloth or stcclyacd to weigh flour?
was 1t merely that you might be better
qualified to chatter and higGlt? No.
God placed you in that schOOl Ct energy
that you might be developed for Chris
tan work. II the undeveloped talents
IN the Christian churches of today we've
brought out and thor Oughly harncssed.
L believe The whole world woulG Je con-
vcrted to God in short tim. There
aapre so many deep streams that are turn
30 no mill wheels and that are harness.
ed TO no ta,SorY bands. Now, Goo de-
mands tn best lamJ out Of every flock.
lie demands the richest sheafo OF every
harvest. lie demands the best men oil
every generation. A cause in which
Newton AID Locke and Mansfield toilcd
you and an afford to toll in.
On, Tor ever idlers in the cause OF
Christ and Tor more Christian workers.
men who shall lake the same energy
that from Monday morning to Saturday
night they put forth for the achievement
OF livelihood or the gathering of a for.
tune, and Oh Sabbath days put it forth
to the advantage of Christ's kingdom and
the bringing OF men to the Lord. DR..
Dun, in South Wales, saw man who
had inherited great fortune. The MAJ,
said to him: IL had to be very busy for
many years Of my life getting my livcl..
hood. Alter awhile fortune came to
me, and there has been no necessity thai
toll since. There came time when
said to my sell, Shall / now retire from
business, on shall so on and serve the
Lord In NY worldly occupation?' He
said: II resolved Oh the latter, and
have been more indus riOus IN ron,nor,i