Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-02-21
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and western slieInispheres. Not new
gospel; but the. old gospel doing new

CHRISTIANITY ES5GYS PRACTICABLE.
Now yousay, tsTliat is very beau
;tiful theory, butts its:possibe to take
ones religion. into all the avocationa
and business oflife7'' Yes md 1 will
give. you some specimens 2 Medical
doctors who took. their religion into
everyday life DR.. John Abercrolnbie,
of Aberdeen; tho greatest Scottish
physician of bis day, Ibis book on !.
Disease of the; Brain, and Spinal
Cord'ss no more wonderful than his
book on Tho Philosophy OF. the Moral:
Feelings, and often knecling at the
bedside of his patients to- commend
them tos God in pray DR. John
Brown, of Edinburgh, immortal rs on
author, dying under the bcncdiction Of :
the sick Of Edinburgh myself relncpis
boring Lin ms he sat IN his stud silpa
Edinburgh talking TO me ilbo ct Christ
;ands Ills pc drscorepf
s0liris anil igsiiei al 3uosss;
ssgQoa as Z. they = sssege 4.
z LAWYERS wifO carried. their eiISfOn
into their, profession: TIC late Lord
Cairns, the queens adviser for many
years, the highest legal authority in
Great Britain Lord Cairns, every sum-
lncr in his vacation, preaching as ali
evangelist among the poor OF his coun-
try. john Mclean, judge of the su-
prcIne court of the United States and
president of the American Sunday
School union, feeling more satisfaction
in the latter Office than in the former.
And scores of Christian lawyers as emf
nent in the church of God as they are
eminent ut the bar.
Merchants who took their religion
into everyday life: Arthur Tappa.',
derided In his day because he estab-
lished that system by which wc come
to find out the commercial standing OF
business mon. starting that entire sys-
TEN, dcrided for it then, himself, as |
knew him well, in moral character Al.
Monday mornings inviting to Il room
in the top of his storchousc the clerks
of his establishment, asking them about
their worldly interests and their spirit
ual interests, then giving out L hymn,
leading in prayer, giving them few
words of good advice, asking them
what church they attended OH the Sab
bath. what the text was, whether they
had any especial troubles OF their own.
Arthur Tappan. I never heard his
eulogy pronounced. | pronounce it
now. And other merchants just rs
good. William Z. Dodge in the iron
business, Moses II. Grinncll 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 a prayer to
God, and when they get home at noon,
after they have put their horses up,
will offer a prayer to God at the table,
seeking u blessing, and this summer
there will be in their fields not one dis
honest head ofryc, not one dishonest
ear of corn, not one dishonest np--
pie. Worslliping God today away up
among the Berkshire hills, or away
down amid the lasocns Of Florida, or
away out amid the mines of Colorado,
or along the banks of the Passaic and
Raritan, where knew them better be-
cause went to school with them.
TIE TRUE WORKMAN HoNoRs GOD.
Mechanics who took their religion
into their occupations: James Brind-
ley, the famous millwrigllt; Nathaniel
Bowdtch. the famous ship chandler;
El:hu Bnrritt, 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 ax sound i'll tic grand march
of our national industries.
Give your heart to God ana then Gil
your life with good works. Consecrate
to him your store, your shop, your
banking house. your factory, and your
home They say no one will herr it.
God will hear it. That is enough. You
hardly know of any one else than Well
ington Us connected with the victory at
Waterloo; but lie did not do the hard
flsllting. The hard fighting was done
by the Somerset cavalry, and the Ry-
land regiments, and Kempt's infantry.
and the Scots Grays, and tho Life
Guards Wto cares, if only the day
was won?
In the latter part of tho last century
u girl in Eacl;,n1 became a kitchen
maid in u farm house. She had many
styles of work and much hard work.
Time rolled on, anil she married the
sou Of a weaver of Halifax. They were
Industrious. They saved money enough
after while to build them n home.
On the morning of the day when they
were to enter that homo the young vito
arose at 4 O'Clock, entered tDo 1roll1
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
share CT it," Time rolled on and a
fortune rolled in. Children grew up
around them. and they all became af-
fluent. One, mem.er of parliament,
in a public place declared that bis sue
cess came from that prayer of his moth
or in the door yard. All of them wero
afluent. Four thousand hnnds in their
factories. They built dwelling houses
for laborcrs 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