The morning times., 1896-12-21

kneeling at the bedside of his patients TO
commend them to God in prayer. DR.. John
Brown, OF Edinburgh, immortal as an au-
thor, dying under the benediction of the
sick a Edinburgh; myself remcm Deriug him
as he sat III his study at Edinburgh talking
to me about Christ and his hope of heaven.
And a score of Christian family physiGians
in Washington just as good as they We're.
Lawyers who carried their religion into
their profession: Lord Cairns the queens
adviser for many years, the highest legal
authority in Great BritaiE-Lord Cairns
every summer i'll his vacation preaching as
an evangelist among the POOR Of his 3Oun-
try. John Mclean, judge of the Supreme
Court of the United States and prcsil mt
of the American Sunday School Union, feel
ing more satisfaction in the latter office
than in the former. And Sc ores of Christian
lawyers as eminent in the Church of sod
as they are eminent at the bar.
EVANGELIST AND LAWYER.
Merchants who took their religion into
every day life: Arthur Tappan, deridcd in
his day because he established that sys-
TEN by which we come to find out the
commercial standing of business men,
starting that entire system, derided for it
then, himself, as | knew him well, in moral
character AL. ! never heard his eulogy
pronounced. | pronounce 1t now. And
other merchants just as good. William +
Dodge in the iron business, Moses II.
Grinnell in the shipping business, Peter
Cooper in the glue business. Scores Of
men, just as good as they were.
"Faruers who take their religion into
their occupation: Why, this minute their
horses and wagons stand around all the
meeting houses in America.
Mechanics who took their religion into
their occupations: James Brindley, the fa-
Elous millwright; Nathaniel Bowdltch, the
famous ship chandler; 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 indus
tries.
CONSECRATE ALL TO GOD.
your life with good works. Consecrate tc
him your store, your shop, your banking
house, your factory, and your home. They
That is enough. You hardly know Of any
one else than Wellington az connected
with the victory at Waterloo; but he die
not do the hard fighting. The hard fight
ing was done by the Somerset cavalry and
the Ryland regiments and kemp's infan
try, and the Scotch Grays, and the Life
Guards. Who cares, if only the day was
won?
I'm the latter part OF the last century g
girl in England became a kitchen maid in
u farmhouse. She had many styles o
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 awhile to builC
them home. on the morning OF the day
when they Were to enter that home, the
young wife arose at 4 O'Clock, entered
the front dOoryard, knelt down, cunscCra
ted the place TO God, and there made thi
solemn VOW: y Lord, if thou wilt bles
me in this place, the poor shall have
share of it,.
Time rolled on and fortune rolled in
Children grew mp around them, and the y
all became affluent, one member OF par.
lament, in public place declared that
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mother in hc dooryard All of them were
affluent. Four thousand hands in the
! factories They built dwelling houses for
! laborers at cheap rents, and where they
| were invalid and could not pay they had
| the houses for nothing.
''One Gf these sons came 10 this country
: admired OUT parks, went back, bought
land, opened great public park, anC
made it present to the city Of Halifax
| England. They endowed an orphanage
they endowed two almshouses All Eng
| land has heard of the generosity and tn,
! good works OF the CrosSleys Moral
Consecrate to God your small means and
your humble surroundings, and you will
! have larger means and grander surround
| ings. Goodness is profitable unto al
| things, having promise of the life thai
| now is and Of that which is TO come
Have faith in God by all means, but
remember that faith without works is
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