The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-14
the gospel into their ordinary occupa.

| men who seem very devout on the sab.
| bath who arc far from that duriny thc
week. a country merchant arrives in
this city, and inc goes into st,rc To buy
goods Of man who prUtcSscs rcliylon
but has no Grace in his heart. The
country merchant is swindcd. He is
too exhausted to 20 home that week; he
CarrieS IN town. On Sabbath he gOcs to
some church for c)ns0lation, auI what
ls his amazcmCnt to lind that the muu
who carries around the poor box is The
very one who swndlcd him. BuJ never
mind--thc deacon has his slack coat on
now and looks solemn and GOES home
talking about that blessed scrm pu,
Christians on Sunday. WorlG!n.s tllr-
ing the week.
That man does not rcal'Z! thaL Cot
knows every dishonest dollar he has in
his pocket, that God is looking throu.h
the iron wall OF his money safe aud that
the daS OF Iud-mcnt is coming, and that
las the partridge siLtGlh on eggs and
hatchGth them not, SO nc that l2ttCth
riches and not hy right shall leave them
n the midst Oi his laNS and at his end
shall be a TOOL" But how many there
are who DO not bring the religion oi
CHRIST into their everyday occupn,iou.
They think religion is iDr SUNDAYS.
suppose you were to go out to iithL
lpr your country III some great confess,
would Vou 90 to do the baItlinr a. TROY
or at Springfield? No. YOU would 30
there TO get your swords and muskcts.
Then you would 90 out N the face Of the
enemy and contend Tor your country.
Now, | take The Sabbath day and ihc
church to b, only the armory where we
are TO get equipped for the great battle
OF lilc, and that battlefield - M0nu,v,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fvi.
day and Saturday. "Auti0ch" and "SL.
Martins" and "Olh ITuldrcd" are not
worth much if we do not Slny all the
week. a sermon ls Of little accuun. if
we caunOL carry il behind the counter
and behind tho plow. The Sabbath d,v
Is OF no value itiL last only 81 hours.
"Oh," says some one, "li had 4
great sphere | would do that; II could
have lived IN the time otaMarlin Luther,
II c)uld have been paui's lraycliur
companion, il had some great aud re-
sounding work to dO--thcn should pul
into application all that you saw" /
must admit that the romance and ku,hl
crrantry have l,Onc out of htc. There
IS but very little OF 1t lett in the world.
The temples OF ROucn have been
changed INTO smlthiCs; the classic mar
Sou at Ashland has been cat up into
walking sticks; the muses. have retreat.
CT before the cmiyrant's AK and the
trappcr's gun, and Il Ncrmuutcr mirht.
90 over the Allcghany and the RncKy
mountains and see neither AZ O:cad
nor Il Sylph.
The groves where the gods u,rJ TO
dwell have been ut up Tor lircwooI, and
the man who ls looking for "tuaL sphcrcs
anu great scenes iOr action will not ii.,,l
chem. And yet there are Abs TO sr,ir
and there al llclicS pont3 to swim. onI
they are IN common lie. 1t is absurd
i"rN"u To say that YOU would serve, & ,J
II You had II great sphc @. II Won Ln
not serve him on Il small, scale. ynu
""uId not on large scale. 1t vuu can,
no. stand The bite OF Il mil.,r, hoy cO;llI
YoI endure the breath OlA hAsiIisk.
our national government does n,L
lhink 1t bchttllnG to pu! tax on pins.
ana tax on buckles, and tax un
shoes. The individual taxes do not
amount to much, but in tie u..,rc ,a,r tu
n'lllon5 and m.Illons.oi d)larS. And
would have You, oh, Christian man, pul
Il hlSh 'arlu on every annDvlu.a and |
NcNatlon That cCmrs through year snul. !
rms nlGhL not amount 10 much in !;lii
GIc cases, nat IN the lgTrcgut5 il wOuld |
DC Il great revenue OF spiritual SIrcH,,;h
and satisfaction
y bee can suck honey even out ot a
neLtIc,' and # you have the Grace OF cod
III Your heart yen can get sweetness uuL
"l lhaL winch would otherwise .vr,la,c
ahH annoy. a returned missionary tot;
me that r0mpaHy OF 0dV"nlurcrs row.
ln:5 up the GanGcS were stun 10 ,"lih |
by hlcS that nicsL that region at cor.
tam seas )ns. | have seen the Garth |
slrcWd with the carcaHscs Oi men slam |
by insect annoynnecs. The only way
20 get prepared for tho great troubles |
Ol:ill Is 70 conquer these small troubles.
suppose soldier ShOull say: "Ihls
ls ohly sklrmlsu and there arc On'y II
lew enemies. wont load my Gun.
wait until get into some general en-
%agemcnu" That man is a coward and
would be coward i'll any sphere. Il A
| man docs not serve his country IN a
skirlnlsh, he Will not in Il Waterloo,
! ANA II you are not faithful rOiu1, ont
against the single handed misrorluncs Of
lhiS HE you would not be faithful when
great disasters, with their thuLd .rnr
artillery, come rOiiin! down over The
| soul.
This brings mo to another point. We
ouS to bring the religion OF Jesus
Chr!st INTO all our trials. If we have a
bereavement, II we lose our fortune. if
some great blast like the tempest, then
we 20 to God Tor comfort, tut Yesterday
IN the little annoyanccs OF your store or
once or shop or factory or b,ukin.
house did you go to God tor comfort?
You did not.
My friends, you need to take this re
liglon OF the Lord Jesus CARTS. illo The
most ordinary trials OF your lie. You
have your mjstortuncs; YOU ravc ypur
veXations. son." you say, "u.cy don, |
shape my character. Since lost my
child, since l have lost my property, | |
havc been very different man from |
what was" My brother, 1t is the ht.
tie annoyanccs of your life that arc sour.