Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-01-06
NO.. A.

tnority in CIR a, frltain-Lord Cairns, every
summer in his vacation preaching as an
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 failing
more salts action IN the latter Office than in
the former, and scores oI Christian law, ers
as eminent in the church of God as they ara
eminent at the ar.
Merchants who took their religion into
EVERYDAY life: Arthur TaDpln, derid ID in
his dav because he established that system by
which we come TO fini out the commercial
standing of business m n. starting that en-
tire system, deri led for 1t then, himself, as
knew him well. in moral character 1.
Monday MORNINGS inviting to a room in the
top OF his store mouse the clerks Of his estab-
lishmept, asking them about their worldly
interests uui their spiritual interests then
giving out hymn, leading in PRAYER Civ
ing them Il few wOr Is of good advice asking
them VIVA church they attended on the Sab
ath, what the text was, whether they had
any especial troubles of their own. Arthur
Tanpan. i never heard his euiOgy pro-
nouncei. pronounce it now. And o:her
merchants iu-t as 700 !. William f. Dodge
in the IRON business, Moses II. GrinrelI in
the shipping buiness, Parer Cooper in the
glue business. Scores Of men Just as good
as they wpr'.
Farmers who take their religion into their
occupation Wny, this minute the- horses
aud wagons stand around all the meeting
houses in America. They began this day by
"a prayer to God. and when thev get home at
noon. ter they have put their horses up,
will offer prayer to God at the table, seek
ing blessing. and II nNt summer there will
be in their feel not one dishonest ear of
corn, not one di-h0nest apple. WorsHiping
God to- 'ay away up among the Berkshire
hills. or away down amid the lagoOns of
Florida or away out amid the min = of Col
ora1o or a'Ong the banks OF the Potomac
and the Raritau, where / knew them better
because | went to school with them.
Mechanics who took their religion into
their occupation: James Brindley. the ia
nous milwriSht, Nathaniel Bowditch, the
famous ship chandler; Elihu Burri;t, the IA
nous blacksmith. and hunireis and thou
sands 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 ma ional industries.
Give your heart to Go and then I'LL your
life with good works. Consecrate to Him
your store, your shop, your banking house,
your factory and your home. They say no
one will hear it. God will hear it. that is
enough. You hardly know Of anv one else
than Wellington rs connected with the vic
tory at Waterloo. but he did not do the hard
fighting. The hard fighting was done by
the Somerset cavalry, and the Ryland regt-
ments, AMI Kemp's infantry, and the Scotch
grays, and the Life guards. Who cares, il
In the latter part of the last century girl
In England became a kitchen maid In
farm house. She had many.styles of work
and much hard work. Time rolled on, and
she marie the son of a weaver of Halifax
They were industrious; they saved money
enough after awhile to build them q home.
On the morning of the day when they were
to enter that home the Young wife arose az
4 o'clock, enterei the front dooryard, knelt
down. consscrsted the place TO God.
and there ma le this solemn vow: 80
Lord, If Thou wilt bless me in
tnis place, the poor shall have a share in it,
Time rollei on and a fortune rolled In.
Children grew up arouni them. and they all
became uflluent- One, a Member of Parlia-
ment, in n public place declared that his sue
cess came fro II that PRAYER of his mother in
the dooryarl. All of them were affiuent.
Four thousand h inds in the factor. es. They
built dwelling houses for laborers at cheap
rents, and where they were invalid and could
not pay they hal the houses for nothing
One OF these sons cane to this country, ad-
mired our parks, went back. bought land,
opened great public park, and made it a
present to the city of Halifax. England.
They Il owed an orphanage; they endc Ved
/ .,yo .In.shc,.sas AZ Fryland has he. 81 ~
the generosity aud the good works OF I1the
Crossleys. Moral: Consecrate to God your
small means and your humble SURROUNDINGS
and you will have larger means and grander
surroundings. "Godliuess is profitable unto
all t iugs. having promise OF the life that
now is and OF that which is to come "Have
faith in God by all means. but remember
that aith without works is dead"