The Forrest City times., 1891-12-25
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
TALMAGE BREACHES ON LIFE
 IN A SCHOOL.
'In All Thy Wars Acknowledge Him and He shall oaiet Thy Paths--A Ringing sermon to q. Large Congregation sum day Morning.

pRooKtyx. \. Y. Dec eo. isaf--Any person .eexiux he secret of Dr. TzImageis marvellous uoprlarffv with inc millions of sermon hearers and scrmon-Feaders may Ind clue 10 !. in me sermon he preached at the Tsoernacie this morning IL has nothing 70 60 Ni'n - -. doctrines. but gives a clear view ol "h1s nay ! he termed applied Christianity His text was Proverbs. 36 -In ali thy ways aekno~leogs him and he shall direct thy paths
 "A uroaai-e good enough for many kinds or life. but not for my kind of life says some business man. the law Of suppS alu - u, n.A-I- controls the business world But have reason to sav mat n is a promise to all persons in any kind of honest business.
 There is no war between religion and ousf ness between ledgers and oioles, netNeea churches and counting houses On the eon- trary religion aceelerates business. snarpens
 mems wits sweetens seerbisy of disposition- allips the blood of phlegmaties, and throws more velocity into the wheels of hard Work- As gives better balancing to the IudgInent, more strength 10 the will. more muscle fo inca-sry' and throws into enthusiasm more e"nNeE t-ated fire You cannot in all the round oi me world show r7s a man whose noness business has been aespoiied by religion
 The industrial classes are divided mo tnfee ~rouos: producers, uangfacturerS, traders Producers such as farmers and miners Aan1r fzcturers. such as those who turn corn into food and wool and tax into apparel Traoerss such as maze profit out of the transfer ana ex- change of all that which is produced ana man1- faSturet A business man nay belong 10 any one or auoi Ne-e classes. and not one is ince- pendent of ee o-her. When the Prince Imper- sal af Frarc -d on the Zulu battlefield be- cause the strap fastening the stirrup to the sad de broke as he elang to II. his comrades all escaping but ke falling unaer the lances of the savsges. great rf --~I sr Er-rr fl- ZlaCE1E- her son to 20 forth into that battle field, and others blamed the English government for ae- cepsing the sacrifice. and others blamed the ZulaS for their barbarfsm- The one most 10 blame was the harness maker who fashioned the strap of the stlfrup out of shoddy and ina- perfect material as was found 10 have been afterward If the strap had held, the Prince Imperial would probably have been alive to- day But the strap broke. No Prince indepcnd- ent of harness maker High, low. wise ig- norant 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, into your life there comes losses and annoy3nces and perturbations as well as percentages and dividends if you are pursued from MondAy rnorntng until Saturday night and from Janu- ary to January by memorable oDl1gauon ana duty. then you are business man or you are q business NOfI4n anu oS1leNt A1 tO your ease
 We are under the impression that the mol and tug of business lie are a prison into when q man is thrust. or that Il Is an unequal strife where unarmed man goes forth 10 contend shall show you that business life was intended of God for grand and gIorions education and discipline and if shaGi be helped 10 say what l want 10 say. I shall rub some of the wrinkles of care out of your brow, and unstrap some Of the burdens from your back an not talking to an abstraction. Though never having been in business life. know all about ou ness men. In my first parish at Beilesiile, N j., ten miles from New York, large pof- ton of my audience was made up Of New York merchants Then went to Syracuse, place Of intense commercial activity and thenl went to Philadelphia and lived long among the mer- chants ot that city than whom there arc TO bSs- ter men on earth. and for more than twenty two years have stood in this presence, Sab bath by Sabbath preaching 10 audiences, the majority of whom are business men and busi- ness women IL is not an abstraction to which I speak. but reality with which am well ae- quainted.
 In the first place, I remarked that business life was intended as a school of energy. God gives us a certain amount of raw material out of which we are 10 hew our character. Our faculties are to be reset, rounded and sharp ened sp. Our young folks having graduated from school or college need higher education, that which the rasping and collision Of every day life alone can effect Energy is wrought out only in nre. After man has been in business activity ten, twenty. thirty years his energy is not 10 bc measured by weights or plummets or ladders There Is no height it cannot scale, and there is no depth II cannot faihom, and there Is obstacle it cannot thrash.
 Now, my brother, why did God put you in that school Of energy7 Was il merely that you might be a yardstick to measure cloth, or steclyard to weigh four Was It merely that you might be better qualified to chaner and hig- gle? No God placed you in that school of en- eagy that you might be developed for Christian work If the undeyeloped talents in the Chris tan churches of today were brought out and thoroughly harnessed, believe the whole world would be converted 10 Cod in short time. There are so many deep streams that are turn ing no millwheels and that are harnessed to no factory bands Now, God demands the best lamb out of every flock He demands the richest shcaf Of every harvest He demands the best men of every generation. X cause in which Newton and Locke and Mansfield toiled you and 1 can afford to toll in.
 Oh. for fewer idicrs in the cause of Christ, and for more Christian workers. men who shall take the same energy that iron. Monday morn ing 10 Saturday night they put forth for the achievement of livelihood or the gathering of a fortune. and on Sabbath days put II forth to the advantage Of Christs kingdom and the bringing of men to the Lord Dr. Dun, in South Wales, saw a man who had inherited great fortune. Tn man said to him: "I had to be very busy for many years of my life get ting my livelihood. After Q while this fortune came to me, and there has been no necessity that toll since. There came a time when said to myself Shall I now retire from business or shall l go on and serve the Lord in my worldly oceupationr" He said; sI resolved on the latter, and have been more industrious in commercial circles than ever was before aud since that hour have never kept farthing for myself. l have thought IL to be great shame if couldn't toll as hard for the Lord as toiled for myself and all the prod ucts of my factories and my commercial es- tablishments to The last farthing have gone for the building Of Christian institutions and sup porting the church of Cod Oh, If the same energy put forth for the world could be put forth for God Oh, if thousand men in these great cites who have achieved fortune could sec il their duty to do all business for Christ ana tnc alIeviauon Of the world IS suffering.
 Again, remark, that business life Is school Of patience. In your every day life how many things 10 annoy and 10 disquietl Bargains will rub. CommerciaI men will sometimes fail to meet their engagements. Cash book and money drawer will sometimes quarrel. Goods ordered for special emergency will come too late, or be damaged in the transportation People ia- tending no harm will go shopping without any intention of purchase, overturning great stocks Of goods, and insisting that you break the dozen More bad dcbts on the ledger More counterfeit bills in tho drawer More debts 10 pay for other people. More mcannesscs on the part of partners in business Annoyance after annoyance, vexation after vexation, and loss after loss. All that process will either break you down or brighten you up. It Is a school Of patience. You have known mea nN ha fQ efa.ix mi arA