Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-12-25

anu tee hscicAan5 Thero mixos It WE
cheaper material then it comes on to
wholesale druggist in London or n
York, and he mixes it with a cheaper II
S terial; then it comes 10 the retail druegi
and he mixes it with a cheaper materi
and by the time the poor sick man gots
into his bottle it is ashes and chalk a
h sand, and some Of what has been cal
l. pure scammony after analysis has be
Il found to be no scanmony at all.
A scaly job.
Now, practical religion win vet rect
4 all this 1t will 90 to those hypocritic
i professors Of religion who got "corne
0 In corn and wheat IN Chicago and NJ
q York, sending prices up and up until III
were beyond the reach of the poor, kee
ing those breadstuffs in their own hand
or controlling them INIT. the prices, goii
up and up and up, they were, after awhil
: ready to sell, and they sold out makir
themselves millionaires IN ore or tv
! years, trying to fix tho matter up with Il
Lord by building church or a universal
or hospital, deluding themselves wit
the idea that the Lord would be so uleast
with the gift be would forget the swindl
Now, as such man may not have any Il
urgy in which to say his prayers, l wi
compose for him one which he Practical
is making; "Oh, Lord we, by getting
corner in breadstUils, swindled the pc,
pie OF the United States pub nf $40. DOC. 90
and mado suffering all up and down tn
land, and we would like to conpromis
this matter With thee Thou knowest
was a scaly job, bit, then, It was smart
| Now, hero We compromise it. Take / De
cent Of tho profits, and with that l pc
/ cent you can build an asylum for thes
1 poor miserable ra2amufilns Of tho street
aud will take yacht ard go to Europe
Forever and ever. Amen
All, my friends, IL man hath eotteI
his estate wrongfully and he tuild a lin
of hospitals and universities from here {,
Alaska, he cannot atone for it. Aftel
awhile this man who has been getting {
i'corner' in wheat dies, and then satar
gets u "corner" In him. He goes into q
great, long Black Friday. There is a
break in the market According to Wall
street parlance, he wiped others out. and
now he is himself wiped cut. No collateH.
ais on which to make a spiritual loan.
Eternal defalcation.
Reform ~ Work.
But this practical religion will not only
rectify all merchandise; it will also rectify
all mechanism and all toll A time will
come whom a man will work rs faithfully
by the job as he does by the day. You say
when thing is slightly done, nOh, that
was done by the job" You can tell ly the
swiftness or sloWness with which a hack
man drives whether lie is hired by the
hour or by the excursion, II he Is hired by
the hour, he drives very slowly, so as to
make as many hours IS possible If he is
hired by the excursion, he whips up the
horses so as to get around and get another
customer. All styles of work have to be
spected-ships inspected, horses inspect
cd, machinery inspected, boss to watch
tie journeyman, capitalist coming down
to watch the boss, conduct
nr Of city car sounding the punch bell
TO prove his honesty MS Il passenger hands
to him a clipped nickel All things must
be watched and inspected -imperfectipns
In the wood oqYered Nlth putty, goBments
warranted to last until you put them on
-ha third time, shoddy in all kinds OF |
clothing chromos, pinchheck, diamonds /
'Or Sl.5Q, bookhinding that holds on un. |
ii you read the third chapter, spawned /
iorscs, by skillfnl dose Of Jockeys, for sew /
raj days made to look spry, wagon tires
loorly put on, horses poorly shod, plas-
ering that cracks without any provoca-
ion and falls off, plumbing that needs to
'e plumhed, imperfect car wheel that
alts che whole train With hot box. Sq
Tito practical religion In the mechanism
I tho world tell you, my friends, the
Aw Of man will never rectify these things,
will be the all peFSaaing influence Of
be practical religion of Jesus Christ that
ill make the change for the better.
All win Feel It.
Yes, this practical religion will also 20
Ito agriculture, which is provorbially
onost, but needs to be rectifed, and it
i'll keep the farmer from sending to the
ty market veal that is too young to kill,
I'D when the farmer farms on shaeps II
i'll keQp the man who does the work from
aking his half tl1ee-fouTths, and 1t will
5ep the farmer from building his post
ID rail fence On his neighbours promises,
I'd it will make him shelter his cattle in
e winter storm, and it will keep the old [
der from working on Sunday afternoon I
the new ground where nobody sees him. q
nd this practical religion will hover over 3
@ house, and over the barn, and over the D
Id, and over the orchard. ;
Yes this practical religion of which
eak viii come into the learned pFofes- t
ms, The lawyer viii feel his RESPONSE {
lity IN defending innocence and arraign- L
g evil and cxpounding the law, and it o
II keep him from charging for briefs he K
yer wrote and for pleas he never made, "
d for percentages he never earned, and
I'M robbing widow and orphan because u
ey are defenselcss. Yes, this practical Il
igion will come into the physicians q
e. and ne Will feel his responsibility as u
2 conservator Of the public health, a pro u
sion honored by tie fact that Christ III
nself was o physician. And It will nc
Ike him honest, and when be does not u
derstand case he will say SO, rot try Il
{ to cover up lack Cf diagnosis with pom
'ous technicalities TT send the patient to
eckless drug store becaaso the apothe- "a
y happens to pay percentage on the hi
sent. And this practical re- hu
ion will come to tho schOoltoaeher, "a
king her feel her responsibility in pre- II
ing cur youth for usefulness and for or
lpircss and for honor, and will keep her vi
m giving sly box TO dull head, chas- 20
ng him for what he cannot help and IN
ding discoHragement all through the til
5r years Of lifetime. This practical re. IA
on will also come 10 the newspaper gu
y, ard it will help them In the gather We
of tie news, ard It will help them in
ing forth tho hest interests Of society, ri
it win Keep them from putting the +
! Of Tie would IN larger type than its an
ues, and It's mistakes than It's achieve shl
lts, and it Will keep them from mis- IA,
,eseHting interviews with public men me-
from starting suspicious that never a /
be allayod and will make them stanch tn,
nds of the oppressed instead OF the op- ", va
isor. ~.
White Lies. p
-es, this religion. this practical religion, Chi
come and put its hand on what is il.
ed coed society, elevated society, sue in.
full society, SO that people will have the
r expenditures within their income, of
they will exchange the hypocritieal ti.t
at home" for the honest explanation his
, tired or "too busy to sec you" and we
keen innOcent receutiou from bacolu o.,