The record-union., 1897-08-02

should be treated as such. When the
parties concerned love their neigh
bors as themselves, they will be so
treated
We have before US this morning the
noblest and the most influential man of
the age in which he lived, making tents
Late at night, when the sun had long
set on the incessant labors Of the day,
the Apostle might have been seen by
lamplight laboring at the rough hair
cloth, that he might not be chargable
to any one for his support. 1t is of great
Importance that We put mighty viii
into our work Paul put that into every
kind of work which he undertook
President Chadburn put pluck in place
of his lost lung, and worked thirty-f1Ye
years after his funeral had been ar
ranged.
One of the ablest and nOblest lawyers
of New York city is the son of an igno-
rant Irish drayman. A prominent teach
er in Massachusetts was the son of a
weak-minded donkey driver of the viii
lage in which he was born. On the 9TH
er hand, a grandson of Patrick Henry
turned up as a Vagrant at Memphis Po-
lice Headquarters. He possessed fine
education. but was Incorporate. Blood
viii tell, sometimes; but pluck will al
ways tell 1t is better to make our de-
scendants proud of US than to be proud
of our ancestry. Ascent is better than
descent Better be the foundation of a
new pyramid than the tapering apex Of
an old one. Some years ago it was found
that ninety per cent. of the convicts in
the Massachusetts State Prison came in
by the password of no trade" The Bi-
ble tells us that if any would not work
neither should he eat. The necessities
that result from Incidence deserve no
ministry.
Paul did not make tents on the Sab
bath Every person heeds worship as
well as work. We should work as if We
were to live forever, and pray as if we
might die to-day. We should work as
if all depended on US, and fray because
all depends on God. Religion is an aid
to business success. Anything which
tends to improve a person, to improve
his integrity and character, to enlarge
his power makes him a better business
man, whatever calling he may pursue
Religion strengthens faith. 1t gives
person confidence in commercial crisis,
and in the perpleXities of business life.
The person who puts faith in God, and
practices the simple virtues of a Christ
ian life, may be overtaken by misfor-
tune, may lose his material possessions,
may, indeed, be transferred from riches
to poverty, but he is less liable to fall
into such vicisitudes than bad person
lis And when you have plunged Chris
tian business man or woman into mis-
fortune and poverty, you have by no
means made the life a failure. 1t is
not the Christian who seeks the arti-
fetal relief of cowardly suicide in such
hours of darkness. When we look about
us it may seem that the wicked pros
per. Their houses and lands and stocks
are sometimes more than the posses
sions of those who serve the Lord
And it is sometimes a question why
the wicked prospers in his way. And if
success were to be measured by this
standard alone, We could not always say
that religion is means of success. But
success is the final outcome of good
character, honest dealing, the pursuit of
high purposes and the accomplishment
of high hopes and ends. The controlling
presence of the spirit of God in the life
is the ground work and basis OF such
character Surely then it is an aid to
success in the best sense of that word.
Christian principles may sometimes be
inconvenient in business life. But
Christian man. his life inspired by holy
principles, honest to the core, has attain
ed success and accumulated many
thousands in Wall street.
The worship of God, through Jesus
Christ, is an inspiration to the mind
and a help to happiness. 1t serves to
quicken all the energies of the mind
An evil minded man may attain to
great learning; but the beneficial ef-
fects of that learning are apt to be
checkmated by selfshness as vice. Re
ligion means control of self. Surely
this is the best aid to education, as
well as to every other good thing in
life. In 1880 there were 1,5lS con-
victs in one Of the New York State
prisons No more than 100 of them
were so ignorant that they could not
read or write.
In another prison, in the same year,
there were fourteen college graduates,
twenty-five graduates from academies,
and only eighty-seven out of S97 with
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many evidences that criminals may be
well educated, their education being
only a help to crime. Sunday-school
scholars, church members and preach
ers have proven criminals The only
salvation is a life controlled by the
Holy Spirit. Then such a frightful
degradation of talent and education
would be impossible.
The Christian religion means COM
munion with God. This brings con-
tentment and happiness. Such a wor-
shipper is enabled to maintain a quiet
and peaceful spirit. The WEAKNESS and
unhappiness which haunt the wicked
flee from the mind Of the Christian. His
selfshness is brought under the con-
troll of a higher law. He can meet the
dfsappointments and vicissitudes of
life with firm hope and unruffied peace.
His hope is in God. He looks to the
future. He knows that the evils of
the present time are not to be COM
pared with the joy that shall be re-
vealed. No doubt such a life as Paul
lived, such a life as he taught others
to live, such a life as every Christian
lives. carries with it some burdens of
self-denial and cross bearing. But
these are an aid to happiness They
save a person from those dangerous
excesses and destructive tendencies
which follow the steps Of the wicked.
He is able to exercise the moderation
which is so necessary to success in life.
The burning haste which marks the
impatient. selfish man, hfnders sue
cess. He who is in hot haste to mount
the ladder is quite sure to fall, like
many of those who are rushing to the