Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-14


BRooKLvN, N. r., Dec. %, le0i.-Any persoa
seeking the secret Of Or. Taimage's marvellous
popularity WITH the millions Of sermon shcarers
and sermon-roadcrs may hnd clue 10 IL In the
sermon he preached Vt tho Tabernacle this
morning. II has nothing 70 do with sbstruso
doctrines, but gives ciear view Of wha. may
oc termed applied Christianity, His text WAS.
Proverbs, SO. "lu all thy ways acknowledge
him and he shall direct tiny paths"
"A promise good enough for many kinda OF
life, but not for my Kind Of life," says some
business man, "the law Of supply and demand
controls tho business world" But have reason
TO say that II Is q promise 10 all persons 10 any
kind Of honest business
There Is no war between religion and bust.
ness, between lcdgers and bibles, between
churches and counting. houses On tho con-
trary, religion accelcrates business shorpcu9
mems wits, sweetcns uccrbity OF disposition,
tillips the blood Of phlegmatics, and throws
more velocity into the wheels OF hard work. 1t
gives better balancing to the judgment, moro
strength TO the will, moro muscle 70 industry.
and throws into enthusiasm q more cOnccn
tratcd fire. You cannot In all the round OF Tho
world show me man whose honest business
has been despoiled BY religion
The Industrial classes are divided into three
groups producers, manufacturers. traderA
Producers. such Us farmers and miners Manu-
facturcrS. such AZ those who turn corn into
food. and wool and nax into apparel Traders.
such AZ make profit out OF the transfer and CT.
change OF all that which In produced and manu-
featured. A business man may belong 10 any
ono or all OF these classes and not one Ii indie
pendent OF the other When the Prince lmpcr
tal OF France fell on the Zulu battlc- field DO
cause the strap fastening the sitrrup 10 the sad
die broke Is he chung 70 ". his comrades oil
escaping, but he falling under
tho lancea Ut the snvNgcS great
many people blamed the Empress for allowing
her son to go forth into that battlefield. and
others blamed the English government for ac'
ccpttng tho sacrifice. and others blamed the
Zulus for their barbarism. The one most 70
blame was the harness maker who fashioned
the strap OF the stirrup out OF shoddy and Inn
perfect material rs was found 70 have been
afterward II tho strap had held. the Prince
Imperial would probably have been alive 70
day But the strap broke No Prince independ
cut OF q hnrncss.makerl High. low. wise, ig
norant you In one occupation, In another,
oil bound together. So that there must be
one continuous limo OF sympathy with each
others work. But whatever your vocation. Il
you have q multiplicity OF engagements. II
Into your life there comes losses md annoyanccs
and pcrturbations ~ we'll oS percentages and
dividends. II you arc pursued from Monday
morning until Saturday night and from Janu.
airy TO January by incxorablc obligation and
duty. then you orc o business man. or you are .
business woman and my subject ID appropriate
70 your case.
We are under the Impression that the mol
and tug Of business life arc prison into which
man IL thrust, or that II 10 On unequal strife
where unnrmed man goes forth 10 contend.
shall show you that business life was intended
Of God for grand and glorions education and
discipline, and II shall be helped 70 say what
want to say. l shall rub some OF the wrinkles
OF care out OF your brow. and unstrap some OF
the burdens from your back. UNI not talking
to an abstraction. Though never having been
In business life, know all about business
men. In my first parish ut Belleytlle. N.
j., ten miles from New York. y large por.
ton OF my audience was made up OF New York
merchants. Then went to Syracuse place
Of intense commercial activity and then went
TO Philadelphia and lived long among the mer.
chants Of that city, than whom there are no bet.
ter men on earth, and for more than twenty
two years have stood In this presence. Sab
bath by Sabbath, preaching to audiences, the
majority OF whom are business men and bust
ness women. II Is not an abstraction TO which
speak. but reality with which am well 40
! Quainted Ft''
In the first place, remarked that business
| life was intended a. school OF energy. God
| gives US . certain amount OF row material Out
! OF which We are 70 hew our character
| Our faculties are to DO reset rounded and sharp
cned up. Our young folks having graduated
from school or college need higher education
that which tho rasping md collision OF every.
day life alone can effect Energy Is wrought
! out only In q IRE After man has been Ia
business activity ten. twenty. thirty years his
energy Is not TO be measured by weights OF
| plummets or ladders There Ii no height 1,
, cannot scale, and there 10 no depth II cannot
! ta,hom. and there 10 no obstacle IL CANNOT
thrash.
! that school OF energy, Was II merely that yot
might be o yardstick TO measure cloth. Or
steclyard to weigh nour, Was It merely tha
you might be better qualified TO chatter and hig
gle, No God placed you In that school OF en-
| eagy that you might be developed for Christius
work. II tho undcvcIoped talents In the Chris
tian churches Of to-day were brought out ant
thoroughly harncsscd, believe the whole work.
| fhero arc 90 many dcUp streams that are turn
ling no mill wheels and that arr
harnesscd 70 no factory bands. Now
God demands tho best lamb out Of every
Dock He demands the richest shcaf Of ever,
4 harvest. He demands the best men OF avery
generation. cause In which Newton and
I, Locke and Mansfield toilcd you and can anort
J 10 toll In.
| Oh, for fewer fdlers In the cause Of Christ
{, and for moro Christian workers. men who shul
take tho same energy that from Monday morn
Ing TO Saturday night they put forth for th'
achievement Of livelihood or the gathering OF ,
fortune, and on Sabbath days put II forth Il
the advantage OF Christ's kingdom and thu
bringing Of men to the Lord. Dr.. Dun, II
South Wales, saw man who had inherited
great fortune. TIL man said to him: II hat
to be very busy for many years OF my life get
ting my livelihood. After while this fortune
came TO me, and there has been no neccssit!
that toll since There came time when
said to myself. Shall now rettr'
from business, or shall 60 on and serve thu
Lord in my worldly occupation" Ha said
II resolved on the latter, and have been NOR
Industrious In commercial circles than ever
was before, and since that hour l have neve
kept farthing for myself l have thought Il
to be great shame II couldn't toll as hard TO
the Lord as toilcd for mysclf.and all the prod
ucts Of my factories and my commercial es
adjustments to the last farthing have gone 70
the building OF Christian institutions and SUP
porting the church OF God" Oh, II the sam
energy put forth for the world could be pu
forth for God Oh, II thousand men 10 thes
great cities who have achieved o fortune coul
sec it their duty TO do all business for Chris
and the alienation Of the worlds suffering.