The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
BusTNEss NECESSITIES.


chlnery and the concentration of power
In our day. all go together. Maximum
Of results with a minimum OF eXpend.-
ture and no waste is a ruling principle
OF our age. 1t is economy. And we are
reaching perfect work and per-
feet methods. Actual practice
and experiment is demonstrating
laws, and making them familiar. Good
management. saving everything, utiliz-
Ing everything. is the secret Of safety
as well as Of success.
All this Is perfectly familiar in agri-
culture. manufacture, and commerce. and
In affairs.
While real life is making plain the laws
of physics, it 10. with equal certainty
and force. demonstrating the laws ana
truths that make up the Christian taith'
The certainty of natures laws and
the unity Of her system demonstrate inc
absolute necessity Of one God, infinite in
power and wisdom, holding all things in
place, and controlling all things by alb
solute sway. The nature sand cravings
Of man are demonstrating the character
of the Supreme, good, merciful, loving
and gracious, the Father Of the human
family. The advance Of civilization is
demonstrating that love and mutual good
will is the principle Of social life. and Of
peace among nations-of social equili-
brium. And the highest social life IS IL
Illustrating the glory and beauty OF the
Christian grace OF charity.
The Ten Commandments stand before
the world, tried, proved, and established,
as the necessary laws Of civilized life.
Each one is assailed by powers Of evil
and each assailant, with his doctrine, is
cast out by decent society as vicious.
Character and sound principle make the
foundations Of society. An cdious name
attaches to each breach of law as
crime. Blasphemy, idolatry, profanity,
Sabbath breaking. contempt OF parents,
murder, theft. adultery, and gambling,
the very names, show the decalogue as
the code of humanity. Not one Of these
crimes that does not bring its own sure
punishments with disorder They are all
business necessities.
But that which men seem to think can
be broken with the greatest impunity is
the sanctity Of the Sabbath. our age is
vindicating that with certainty. And the
punishment for the breach OF that law is
death. There Is time given for repen-
lance; there is forbearance shown; but
the persistent offender pays the direful
forfeiture; and death is the slow but
sure consequence. For the breach Of it,
men are not executed by direct use Of
electricity, but by a course near akin 10
It. Sudden deaths are perhaps more IA
mlliar now than they have ever been.
We ascrlbe them TO heart failure, to
brain exhaustion. TO nervous dyspepsia
to over action Of one organ or another,
generally TO oyerwork and starvation.
1t IS just against overwoIk and starva-
ton that the rest and sacredness Of the
Sabbath was ordered and provided by
the Great Creator. And the neglect Of it
Is killing men, and consuming our race.
Our minds and hearts and bodies, all
our energies, absolutely need the rest
and peace Of the Seventh day. And our
souls. as absolutely, need communion
with the Almighty, as the trees and
.loUte avt aourawe t.aaI tho ltght and
influence of the sun. There is no agri-
culture or horticulture without the sun;
there is no human culture without the
Great God. II is not good that the soul
be without knowledge. Worship OF the
Supreme and knowledge of God is ne
cessity Of our nature and Divine truth
IS the food Of the soul. Without both
We wilt and wither and die. Life is not
worth living in separation from its
source, in exile from Heaven.
This wonderful period of history Is
clarifying Divine truth and vindcating
II. And while in the name Of its Divine
Master, It magnifes law and makes 1t
honorable, it nevertheless demonstrates
the whole Christian system as the only
cure Of the perplexites and confusion
OF life, as a business necessity, and the
whole trend Of things as making for the
coming Kingdom OF Christ. All men and
things are now engaged about the Ia
theirs business"