St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-23

the farmer from building his post and
and rail fence ON his neighbor's prsm-
ises, and it will make him shelter his
cattle in the wiuter Storm and IL will
keep the old elder from working on
Sunday afternoon In the new ground
where nobody sees him. And this
practical religion will hover over the
house. and over the barn, and over the
field. and over the orchard.
Yes, this practical religion Of which
/ speak will cosae into the learned pro-
feasionA The lawyer will feel his re-
sponsibility IN defending innocence
and arraigninR evil. and expounding
the law, and It will keep him from
charging for briefs As never wrote
and for pleas he never wade. and for
percentages he never earned. and from
robbing widow and orphan because
they are defenselesA Yes. this prac-
tical religion will come into the ply.
sician's life, and he will feel his re-
sponsibility ~ the conservator Of the
public health. q profession honored by
the fact that Christ Himself was .
physician. And II will make him
honest, and when he does not under.
stand case he will say 90. not trying
to cover mp lack Of diagnosis with
ponderous technicalities, or send the
pat,ent to . reckless drug store because
the apothecary happens to pay per-
centage- ON the prescriptions sent.
And this practical religion will come
to the school-teacher, making her feel
her responsibility in preparing our
youth for usefulness and for happiness
and for honor, and will keep her from
giving sly box TO . dull head,
chsstising him for what he can not
help, and sending encouragement all
through the after years Of . life-
time This practical religion will also
come to the newspaper men. and It will
help them in the gathering Of the
news, and it will help them in setting
forth the best interests Of society, and
it will keep them from putting the sins
Of the world In larger type than it,
virtues, and it, mistakes than it,
achievements, and Il will keep them
from misrepressnting interviews with
public men, and from starting suspi-
cions that never can be allayed; and
will make them staunch friends Of the
oppressed instead Of the opprsssor.
; Yes. this religion. this practical re-
liRion, will come and put its hand on
what is called good society. elevated
society. successful soeiety. % that
people will have their expenditures
within their income, and they will AZ
chaage the hypocritical mot At home"
for the honest explanation ''too tired,
or ''too busy 10 see you. and will keep
innocent reception from becoming In.
toxicated conviviality.
Yes, this practical religion will have
TO come in and 6x mp the marriage re.
lation in America There are meme
hers Of churches who have too many
wives and others who have too many
husbands. Society needs 70 be expur-
gated, and washed, and fumi9sted,
and Christisni1ed. We want this prac-
tical religion not only to take hold Of
what are called the lower classes. but TO
take hold Of what are called the higher
classe& The trouble II that people
have IN idea they can do al their re-
iigion on Sunday with hymn.book and
prayer-book and liturgy, and some Of
them ait In church rolling mp their
eyes as though they were ready for
translation, when their Sabbath II
bounded ON all sides by N Inconsistent
life, and while you are expecting 70
come out from under their arms the
wings of IN angel there come ont from
their forehead the horns Of beast
There has got to be new departure
in religion. do not say . new re-
ligion- Oh, no; but the old religion
to new appliances. In our time We
have had tho daguerrsotyps and the
ambrotype and the Photographic but II
is the same old sun, and these arts are
only new appliances Of the old sum
light So this glorious Gospel II just
what we want 70 photograph the
image Of God ON one soul and daguer.
reotype it ON another soul. Not .
new Gospel, but the old Gospel put
to new work. In our time We have
had the telegrsphic invention and
the telephone invention and the elec-
trio light inventions; but they are all
children of the old electricity, IN Gle
ment that the philosophers have . long
while known much about So this
electric Gospel needs TO flash it, light
ON the eyes and ears and souls Of men,
and to become . telephoneio medium
TO dart invitation and warning to all
nations; IN electric light to illumni-
nate the eastern and western homi-
spheres. Not new Gospel, but the old
Gospel doiug . new work.
In the latter part Of the last century
. girl in England became . Kitchen
maid In farm house. She had many
styles of work and much hard work.
Time rolled on. 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 they were to enter that
homo the young wife arose st four
o'clock, entered the front dooryard,
knelt down, consecrated the placs 70
God, and there made this solemn vow:
20 Lord, II Thou wilt bless me In this
place, the poor shall have share Of
It" Time rolled ON and fortune rolled
in. Children grew mp around them.
and they all became anluents one, .
member Of parliament in . public
place declared that his succsss came
from that prayer of his mother In the
door-yard. All Of them were sfauent.
Four thousand hands In the factorisA
They built dwelling houses for labor.
srs at cheap rents. and whers they
were invalids and could not pay they
had the houses for nothing. One
Of these sons came 70 this eoun.
try, admired our parks, went hae1E,
bought land. opened great pablo
park, and made Il = present 70 tie city
Of Halifax, England. They endowed