Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-28

teaches man how TO he dillgcnt and
how TO accumulate this worlds Eooda,
ana mako money, | was talking to
a brother the othcr day about this
subject, and with reference 10 pTchch-
ing about Il. and he anidi ''l AMI glAd
Of that IDEA Don't YOU know, when
! was starting out, young man,
was q Woodworking young man, nud
tho pastor, preached about making
money, and said that n ! didn't oorup
to church on Saturday he would 10
after me. l told him my cropu would
be suffering aud he would say, You
arc selling your n1ul fpr lnnhoy. YOU
ought not to make money But
this generation has exploded that ful.
lacy. ana we begin to look nt tho word
OF God as God designed WI should,
There are huAineHs pfluulplcH upon
which % man must act IN order that
he may accumulate this worlds Buuds;
and the business men OF the world
today are recognizing the fact that
the influence OF religion updn their
employees " boncnclal TO their bust
neta, Hence corporations, such n1
railroadH, are building all over the
land; Young Mems Christian nasucla-
tons Take the greatest railroad, per-
hapa. In the United States. Tic New
York Central, ami you viii had that
Chimney hOncW W. TIE prrhidcnt OF
tho Young Mems Christian usHuoiR-
ton IN his railroad department, reoog-
niSing that efficiency In railroad ser.
Vice ~ helped on, ii not almost guar
nnteed, hy II religious life In the em-
ployc You hour Of ntrlioH al over
the country, ana SGT thcrc 10 a man
IN Philadelphia. t member OF tho
Firth Baptist church. John Il, Stetaon,
tho great Int manufacturer, In whoHe
Factory thor9 never was n strike. he-
cauuc he rr0lsod when he began bun-
moss that religion and huuncsH should
go together and HIS employee not b0-
ing provided with a suitable place OF
worultip, built one that seats a thous-
ana people, ana pupplra everything
that 10 needed, and his employees have
everything they want, and tho result
Is that they stay with him through
ndycrNty 1a well ~ through pruHperi-
~ Tint Ia Il recognition OF q great
fact, that has hcpn covered up hy tho
tradition and rubbish Of minds welded
10 the old naoetle HE which with
drnwa ITSELF nom the world. Christ
associated with publicHna ana Hlnncrn,
and the man IN this generation who
does not do 80, does not follow ia
the foolsippa Of the Master,
Now ! come to the second division
Of my sermon, ana that Is "Cltlzon-
ship"
/ do not want citlscnnhip in any
country lllNl lnlriinifN WIN or NufiNllN
my religious privllrgea. ! would not
live In u country that should dictate
10 mo how | nhould worship GOD,
could not live Ia q country whore ther0
was union OF church and state, and
whore. by certain prescribed laws, you
had 10 worship god according 10 tlio
way OF some ola fossil, back yondsr
800 or 400 y"nra arp, laid down ~
ritual ana form, ma you must subs
scribe a. thnt or You cannot worship
God. Neither would | belong 10 n
church that would Interfere with my
privileges and righta of citizenship,
and 1 thank God that the churches OF
the New Tosiament. patterned nftor
the teachings of Christ, do not inter
fore with u mans olilacnHhip. Now
man must submit tn tho laws OF ITO
land mud the Bible recognizes that;
DO subject 10 the powers that be,
for the powers thnt he are ordnlned
Of Cod says the apostle. he subject
20 he lava OF The land, and render unto
Caesar tho things that nre ceaHar'n,
while you render unto God the things
TINT are Gods,
Now tho true ground OF progrcrH--
ali genuine progrcRu. national, Balts
and muniolpa be based on true
principles which are not nntngoniatln
10 the true principles of religion. True
principles Of action cannot be anthRo-
Continued ou Fourth Rage.