Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-12-26


conservator OF lie public health, u pro-
fession bonored by the fact that Christ
himself was a physician. And it will
make him hc@cst, and when he does
not understand 4 case he will say so,
not trying to cover up lack Of diagnosis
with ponderous technicalities, or send
the patient to II reckless drug store be-
cause the apothecary happens to pay
percentage on the prescriptions sent.
kneoling ct the bedside Of his patiento
to commend them to God in prayer; Dr..
John Brown CT E.iiHbnrRh, immortal as
Of the sick OF @ .,.~.;h, myself re-
nom bering him as ia sat i'll his study
in Edinburgh talking to me about
Christ and his horc of heaven, and
score CT Christian family physicians in
Washington Just rs good rs they were.
Lawyers who carried their religion
into their profession: Lord Cairns, the
queens adviser for many years, the
highest legal authority in Great Brit
ain-Lord Cairns, every summer in his
vacation preaching as mn evangelist
among the poor of his country; John
Mclean, judge of the supreme court of
the United States and president Of the
American Sunday School union, feeling
more satisfaction in the latter office
than in the former, and scores of Chris
tian lawyers as eminent in the church
of God "a they are eminent at the bar.
A Case In Point.
Merchants who took their religion
into everyday life: Arthur Tappan, de-
rided in his day because he established
that system by which we come to find
out the commercial standing Of business
men, starting that entire system, de-
rided for it then, himself, as I knew
him we'll, in moral character Al. Mon
day mornings inviting to room in the
top Of his storehouse the clerks Of his
establishment, asking them about their
worldly interests and their spiritual in
terests, then giving out IA hymn, leading
in prayer, giving them few words OF
good advice, asking them what church
they attended Oh the Sabbath, what the
text was, whether they had any espe-
cial troubles of their OWL. Arthur Tap
pan. l never heard his eulogy pro-
nounccd. pronounce it now. And 9th
er merchants just as good. William e.
Dodge IN the iron business, Moses H.
Grinncll in the shipping business, Pc
ter Cooper in the glue business. Scores
of men just as good as they were.
Farmers who take their religion into
their occupation: Why, this minute
their horses and wagons stand around
all the meeting houses in America.
They began this day by a prayer to God,
and when hey get home at noon, after
they have PCT their horses up, will otter
q prayer to God at the table, seeking a
blessing, and next summer there will
be in their fields not one dishonest head
of rye, net one dishonest ear of corn,
not one dishonest apple. Worshiping
God today away up among the Berk-
shire hills, or away down amid the Ia
goons of Florida, or away out amid the
mines of Colorado, or along the banks
of the Potomac and the Raritan, where
I knew them better because went to
school with them.
Mechanics who took their religion in
to their occupations: James Brindley,
the famous millwright; Nathaniel Bow
ditch, 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 adj, and the drill, and
the ak sound in the grand march Of our
national industries.
Good Works.
Give your heart to God and then fill
your life with good works. Consecrate
to him your store, your shop, your bank
ing house. your factory and your home.
They say 10 one will hear it, God will
hear it. That is enough. You hardly
know of any one else than Wellington
as connected with the victory at Water
loo, but he did not 90 the hard fighting.
The hard fighting was done by the
Somerset cavalry, and the Ryland regi-
ments, and Kemp's infantry, and the
Scotch grays, and the Life guards Who
cares, if only the day was won?
In the latter part of the last century
Il girl in England became kitchen
maid in farmhouse. She had many
styles of work and much hard work.
Time rolled Gil, and she married the
son of weaver of Halifax. They were
Industrious; they saved money enough
after awhile to build them home. On
the morning of the day when they were
to enter that home the young wife arose
at O'Clock, entered the front dooryard,
knelt down, consecrated the place to
God, and there made this solemn vow:
30 Lord, if thou wilt bless me in
this place, the poor shall have share
of it," Time rolled on and fortune
rolled in. Children grew up around
them, and they all became afluent. One,
member of parliament, in public
place declared that his success came
from that prayer Of his mother in the
dooryard. All of them were afauent.
Four thousand hands in the factories.
They built dwelling houses for laborers
at cheap rents, and where they were in
valid and could not pay they had the
houses for nothing. One of these sons
came to this country, admired our
parks, went back, bought land, opened
q great public park and made it pres
ent to the city of Halifax, England.
They endowed an orphanage; they en-
bowed two almshouses. All England
has heard Of the generosity and the good
works of the Crossleys. Moral: Conse-
crate to God your small means and your
humble surroundings, and you will
have larger means and grander surround
ings. Goodness is profitable unto all
things, having promise of the life that
NOW is and of that which is to come "