The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-02-20

within their income, and they VIII
exchange the hyPOcritical mot at
home for the honest ezplana-
ton i'too tired or too busy to see
you" and viii keep innocent reception
from becoming intoxicated cOnviviality-
Yes, there Is great opportunity for
missionary work in what are called the
successful classes of society. The num-
Der of fine ladies who drink too much
5 increasing Perhaps you may find
her at the reception in most exalted
company. but she has made too many
visits to the wine room
Yes, this practical religion viii have
to come in and fix up the marriage reIa-
ton in America There are mem besrs
of churches who have too many wives
and too many husbands. Society needs
to be expurgated and washed and fumi-
gated and Christianized We have mis-
siOnary societies TO reform Mulberry
street in New York and Bedford street,
Philadelphia, and ShOreditch, London,
and the Brooklyn docks; but there is
need of an organization to reform much
that is going on IN Beacon street, and
in Madison Square, and RittenhOuse
Square, and West End and Brooklyn
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
Now you say: ''That is a very beau
tiful theory, but is it possible to take
ones religion into all the avOcatiOns
and business of Iife?' Yes, and will
give you some specimens. Medical
doctors who took their religion into
everyday life: DR.. John A bercrOm bic,
of a Aberdeen. the greatest Scottish ply
stefan of his day, DR.. John Brown, of
Edin burgh, and a score of Christian
family physicians in Brooklyn.
Lawyers who carried their religion
into their profession: Lord Cairns, the
Queens adviser for many years, the
highest legal authority in Great Britain
Lord Cairns, every summer in his va
cation, preaching as an evangelist
among the poor of his country. John
Mclean, judge of the Supreme Court of
the United States and president of the
American Sunday School Union, feeling
more satisfaction in the latter office
than the former. And scores of Chris
tan lawyers as eminent in the church
of God as they are eminent at the bar.
Merchants who took their religion
into every day life: Arthur TaPpan, de-
rided in his day because he established
that system by which we come to find
out the commercial standing of bust
ness men, starting that entire system,
derided for it then, himself, as knew
Z. Dodge in the iron business, Moses II.
Grinneil in the shipping business, Peter
Cooper in the glue business. Scores of
men just as good as they We're.
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 Of
fer a prayer to God at the table, seek
ing blessing and this summer there
will be in their fields not one dishonest
head of rye, not one dishonest ear OF
corn, not one dishonest apple.
Mechanics who took their religion IN
to their occupations: James Brindley,
the famous millwright; Nathaniel Bow
ditch, the famous ship GAMBLER. 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
axe sound in the grand march of our
National industries.
Give your heart to God and then ill
your life with good works COnsecrate
to Him your store, Your shop, your
banking house, your factory and your
home.
In the latter part of the last century
a girl in England became a kitchen
maid in a farm house. She had many
styles of work and much hard work.
Time rolled on and she married the
son of a 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 arOs
at 4 o'clock, entered the front doc
yard, Enelt down, cOnsecrated the place
to God and there made this solemn VOW:
20 Lord, if Thou wilt bless me in
this place, the poor shall have a
share of it, Time rolled on
and a fortune rolled in Children
grew up around them and they all be
came athuent, one q member of Parlia-
ment, in a public place declared that
his success came from the prayer of his
mother IN the door yard All of them
were affiuent- Four thousand hands in
their 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.