The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-19

sefvatOf OF the puohc health, O probes
mon honored by the fact that Christ
himself was a physician. And 1t viii
make him honest, and when he does
not understand case he win say 30,
not trying to cover up lack of diagnosis
with pnnderous tecmicalities or send
the patient to reckless drug store be-
cause the apothecary happens to pay q
percentage on the prescriptions sent
And this practical religion win come
to theschool teacher, making her feel her
responsibility in preparing our youth
for usefulness, and for happiness. and
for honor, and win keep her from Civ
ing SLY box to dull head, chastising
him for what ne cannot help. and send
ing disbursement all through the
after years of alifetiIne. This practical
religion will also come to the news
paper men, and it will help them in
the gathering OF the news, and it viii
help them in setting forth the best in
terests of society, and it will keep them
from putting the sins of the world in
1hI pC 10 WI Cds-' AiiI ihS
mistakes than its achievements
Yes. this religion, this practical re-
igion, will come and put its hand on
what is called good society, elevated
society, successful society, SO that peo-
pie will have their expenditures within
their income, and they will exchange
the hypocritical mot at home" for the
honest explanation too tired" or too
busy to see you," and will keep inno-
cent reception from becoming intoxi-
Gated convivialty.
Yes. there is great opportunity for
missionary work in what are called the
successful classes of society. 1t is no
rare thing now to see fashionable
woman intoxicated In the street, or the
rail car, or the restaurant. The num-
Der Of fine ladies who drink too much
is increasing. Perhaps 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 awhile her cheek
is unnaturally flushed, and then she
falls into fits of excruciating laughter
about nothing, and then she offers
sickening batteries, telling some homely
man how well he looks, and then she
is helped into the carriage, and by the
time the carriage gets to her home it
takes the husband and the goodman
to get her up the stairs. The report is,
She was taken suddenly I'LL at a ger
man. All! no. She took too much
champagne, and mixed liquors, and got
drunk. That was all.
SOCIAL SINS In HIGH PLACES.
Yea, this practical religion will have
to come in and fix up the marriage re-
lation in America. There are mem
bers of churches who have too many
wives and too many husbands. Socie-
ty needs to be expurgated and washed
and fumigated and Christianized We
have missionary societies to reform
Elm street, in New York, and Bedford
street, Philadelphia, and Shorediteh,
London, and the Brooklyn docks; but
there is need of an organization to re-
form much that is going on in Beacon
street and Madison square and Rttten-
house square and West End and Brook
Ign Heights-and Brooklyn Hill.
We want this practical religion not
only to take hold OF what are called
the lower classes, but to take hold OF
what are called the higher classes. The
trouble is that people have -. idea
they can do all their religion on Sun
| day with hymn book and prayer book
and liturgy, and some of them sit in
church rolling up their eyes as thougl
they were ready for translation, whe,
their Sabbath is bounded ON all side:
by an inconsistent life; and white you
are expecting to come ont from under
their arms the wings of an angel ther
come out from their forehead the horn
of a beast.
There has got to be a new departur'
in religion. 1 do not say new relig
ion. Oh, no! but the old religion
brought to new appliances In on
time we have had the daguerreotype
and the aInbrotype, and the photo
graph; but it is the same old sun, ant
these arts are only new appliances 0
the old sunlight SO this glorious COS
pei is just what we want to photograph
the image of God on one soul and da
guerreotype it on another soul Not
new gospel. but the Old gospel put t
new work.
In cur time we have had the tele
graphic invention, and the telephoni
invention, and the electric light inven
ton, but they are oil the children G
Old electricity, an element that tn
philosophers have long while know
much about. So this electric gcspe
needs to fash its light ON the eyes an
cars and souls of men, and become
telephone medium to make the dea
hear, Geographic medium to dart in
vitation and warning to oil nations, a.
electric light to illumine the easter
and western hcmispheres. Not ne,
gospel, but the old gospel doing a ne'
work.
CHRISTIANITY ALWAYS PRACTICABLE
Now you say, That is very bear
tiful theory, but is it possible to tax
ones religion into all the avocadon
and business of lifef' Yes, and l wi
give you some specimens. Medics
doctors who took ti.eir religion int
everyday life: 'Dr. John Abcrrunbit
of Aberdeen, he greatest Scottis
physician of his day. his book O
Diseases of the Brain and Spin;
Cord" no more wonderful than b
book on '"fhe Philosophy OF the Nor;
Feelings" and often kl~.cli.,g at til
bedside of his patients TO eoznmen
them to God in l.rayerz DIR. Jol,
Brown. of Edinburgh, Immortal rs a
author, dying under the bcncdictioa {
the sick of Edinburgh; myself resnet,