The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-24

would 30 so pleased with tho eift He would
forget tbs swindIe. Now, as such man
may not have any liturgy In which to say
MS prayers, wild compose for him one
which he practically Is making. "Oh, Lord,
we, by getting corner In breaistuffs,
swindled the people Of tie United States out
OF sl0, 900 900 md made suffering all up and
down the land, and we would like to COM
promise this matter with Thee! Thou know
est II was scaiy job, but then II was smart.
Now, here we compromise IL. Take one per
cent. oil the profits, and with that one per
cent. you eau build an asylum for these poor
miserable ragamuiilns OF the street, and
will take yacht and go to Europe, forever
and ever Amen"
Alb, my friends, II man hath gotten his
estate wrongfully and ho build line OF
hospitals and universities from here TO
Alaska, ho cannot atone II. After awhile
this RAN who has been getting "corncr' in
wheat dies, and then satan gets ''corner"
In him. He goes into great. long Black
Friday. There Is "break" In the market.
According TO Wall street parlance, he wiped
others out. and now hs is himself wiped out.
No collaterals on which 10 make n spiritual
loan. Eternal defacatlon.
But this practical religion will not only
reciify All merchandise, 1t will also rec,ify
all mechanism aud all toll. A time will come
when man will work as faithfully by the
JOB as ho does by the day. You say when n
| thing is slightingly done, "Oh, that was
done by the iob!' You can tell by the swift
ness or slowness with which Il hackman
drives whether he is hired by the hour or by
the excursion. 1.-The Is hired 10y the hour, no
drives very slowly, so Ms to make aa many
hours rs possible. Ifhe Is hired by tho ex.
| cursion, he whips up the horses so as 10 get
I around and get another customer. All
| styles OF work have TO be Inspected ship.
Inspected. horses Inspected, machinery IN
! spected, boss to watch the journeymun; capt
I talist coming down unexpe ,tedly to watch
the boss. conductor OF city car sounding :
/ the punch bell to prove his honesty "a n pas
| senger hanis to him u clipped nickel. All
/ things must be- watched aud inspected. In
! projections In the wood covered with putty.
garments warrante1 20 last until you pa,
| them on the thiri time. shoidy In all kinds
OF clothing. chromos, piuchbeck, diamonds
/ for Sl.50, bookbinlery that holds on until
Won read the third chapter; spawned horses.
/ by -killful dose Of Jockeys, Tor several duvs
| made t. look spry, wagon tires poorly put
on. horses poorly shod, plastcring that
cracks without any provocation and fall. oiT.
| plumbing that needs to be- plumbed. imprr-
| feet ear wheel that halts the whole train with
u hot boN--sp little practical religion In the
mechanism of the world ] tel, you, my
| friends, the law OF man will never rcrtity
| these things. IL will bo thsall pcrvaliug iu-
iiucnce Of the practical religion OF Jesus
Christ that will maks the change for the bet
! ter.
Yes. this practical religion will also 20 in.
| TO agriculture, which Is prOverbially honest
but eds to be rrctitled and IL will keep the
farmer from sending to the city market veal
that Is too young TO kill, and when the
! farmer farms on shares IL will keep the man
| who docs the work from making his hall
! thrre-fourths. and IL will keep the farmer
from building his post and rail fence on his
| Deighbor's premises, and 1t will make him
| shelter his cattle IN the winter storm, and IL
VIII keep the old cllcr from working on
| Sunday afternoon IN the new ground wnerc
| nobody sees him. AMI this practical rc.ig-
| ion will hover over tho house ani Over the
barn, and over the field, aud over the or
| chard.
Yes, this practical religion OF which /
/ speak will come into tho learned professions.
/ Tho lawyer will feel his responsibility in de-
| Tending innocence aud arraisuing evil and
| oNpounding tho law, ami II Will keep him
! from charging for brlcfs he never wrote. and
! for pleas ho never made, and for percent
/ ages he never earned, aud from robbing
widow and orphan because they nre do
! fensecss Yes, this practical religion will
| come into tho physicians life. and he will
| feel his responsibility ~ the conservator OF
the public health. II profession honorel by
the fact that Christ himself was physician.
And II will make him honest. ana when hc
does not understand u ease he Will say so.
not trying TO cover up lack OF diagnosis with
| ponderOus technicalties, or send tho patient
to reckless drug store because the apotho-
cary happens TO pay percentage on the
prescriptions sent. And this practical re-
| ligion Will come to the schoolteacher, max
| ing her feel her responsibility in preparing
! our youth for usefulness and for happiness
and for honor, AMI will keep her from Civ
ing a sly box 10 II duh head, chastising him
/ for what he cannot help aud sending dis
couragement all through tho after years Of II
| lifetime.
| This practical religion will also como 10
! the newspaper men, aud It will help them In
/ the gathering ofthe news, aud 1t will help
/ them In setting forth the best interests OF so.
cieiy, and 1t will keep them from putting
! the sins OF the world In larger type than It's
| virtues, aud its mistakes than its achirye.
ments, and 1t will keep them from misrepre-
scntins interviews with public men, aud
| from starting suspicious that never can b0
| Hliaycd, uni will mako them stRnch friends
Of the oppressed Instead OF the oppressor.
Yes, this religion. this practical religion,
will como and put its hand on what II called
| good society, elevated society, successful So
ciety. So that people will have thrir expcndi-
| lures within their income. and they Will ex-
change the hypOcritlcal mot at home" for
for the honest explanation 900 tlrri" or
ZOO busy to see you" and will keep innocent
reception from becoming Intoxicated con-
NlNlhlAy
Yea. there is great opportunity for mis-
sionury work in what are called tho sue.
cessiul classes OF society. In sOmo OF tho
cities Is Is no rare thing now see a fashion
able woman intoxicated In the street, or the
rail ear, or the restaurant. The number of
fine ladies who drink too much is increas-
ing. Perhaps you may lind hcrat ths rccep-
tion in most exaiol company, but she has
made too many visits TO the winproom, and
now her eye is CLASSY, and after awhile her
cheek Is unnaturIlly flushed. and then she
falls into fits Of eNcruciuting laughter about
nothing, aud then sho offers sickening
batteries, telling some homcly man now we'll
he looks, aud then she il helped into the
carriage, aud by the time tue carriage gets
10 her home II takes thu husband aud the
coachman 10 get her up the stairs. The re-
port is she was taken suddenly III at ger
man. All, nol She took too much champagne
and mixed liquors and got drunk. That
was all.
Yes. his practical religion will have 10
come In ana fix up the marriage relation In