The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-06
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others cut. and now he Is himself wiped Out;
No coIlaterals on which to maze spiritua'
loan. Eternal defai cation.
But this practical religion will not only
rectify all merchandise, it will also rectiy
all mechanism and all toll. time Wili conio
lob as he does by the day. You say wnen
thing is slightingy done, ION, that WIS
dome by the iobt' You can tell by the swift
ness or slowness with which hacKmhn
drives whether he is hired by the nour OF ~
tue excursion. 1.-The is hired by the hour, 10
drives very slowly, so as 10 adAH ~, =, he sr.
hours as possible. 1.-The is hired Dy tue OK
curston, he whips up the horses so as to get
around and get another customer All
STYLES of work have to be Inspected
inspected, horses inspected, machinery H.
spec.ei, boss to watch the journeyman; capt.
taIist coming down unexpectedly to walcE
tne boss, conductor OF q city ear sounding |
The punch bell to prove his honesty as pas
senger hands to him d clipped nickel. Al
things must be watched and inspected. I'm
parfections in the wood covered with putty. |
garments warranted to last until you put |
Them on the third time, shoidy in all kinds
of clothing. chromos, pinchoeck. diamonds
for 81 so, bookbindery that holds on until
YOU read the third chapter, spawned horses.
by skllful dose of jockeys, for several days
| made to look spry; wagon tires poorly put
on. horses poorly shod, piasterinS that
cracks without any proyocation aad tails on,
| plumbing that needs to be- piumo3d, lmper-
| feet car wheel that halts the whole train with
! n hot box-so little practical religion in the
,nechanism of the world. I tell you, my
| friends. The law OF man will never rectify
these things 1t will be the all porvading IN
! luence of the practical religion OF Jesus
Christ that will make the change for the bet-
ter. -, l..
Yes. this practical religion will also go in
| ial, Ia honest.
hut needs to DO rectified, and it will keep the
farmer from sending to the city market veal
! Thar "a too Young to kill, and when the
farmer farms on shares it will keep the man
who does the work from making MS nan
thrse-fourths. and it will keep the farmer
from building his post and rail fence on his
neighbor's premises, and ii Will make him
shelter his cattle in the winter storm, and il
will keen the old elder from working on
Sunday afternoon in the new ground where
nobody sees him. And this practical reiiS-
: ion will hover over the house. and ovec the
/ barn, and oyer the field, and over the or
, chard. r
sneak viii, como into the learned professions.
The LAWYER will feel his responsibility In de.
: Tending innocence aud arraigninS evil ana
q expounding the law, and 1t will Keep MIN
from charging for brlefs he never wrote, and
r for pleas he never made, AMI for percent'
O ages he never earned, and from ropoihe
|, | widow and orphan because they are &c
v fenseless. Yes, this practical religion viii
q come into the physicians life, and no vii
A feel his responsibility rs the conservator o
Q tho public health, 4 profession honored pj
= the fact that Christ himself was physician
y And IL will make him honest, and when N
Il does not understand q case he will say so
n NOT irving TO cover up lack OF diagnosis Will
q ponderous technicalities, or send the patlen
: to reckless drug store because the apothe
|, cary happens to pay percentage on tn
ar prescriptions sent. And this practical re
a tig;on will come to the schooiteacher, max
8 ing her feel her responsibility In preparin
|, our youth for usefulness and for happlnes
\. and for honor, and will keep her from giy
r. ing sIy box to dull head, chastising hir
n. for what he cannot help and sending OILS
IA eourayement all through the after years OF
eft lifetime.
ts This practical religion will also come
IN the newspaper men, and 1t VIII help tnem !
a. the gathering of the news, and 1t Will hei
10 them in setting forth the best interests OF 81
AZ ciety. and il will keep them from putin
is the sins OF the world in larger type than
NJ virtues. and its mistakes than Its achtev
ments. and it will keep them from misrepr
n. senting interviews with public men, an
"a from starring suspicious that never can |
ni atayed, and will mako them staneh frien'
at of the oppressed instead OF the oppressor
I'll Yes. this religion, this practical religion
10 will come and put its hand on what Is Gale
ise good society, elevated society, successful 8
: ciety, so that people viii have their expend
ma lures within their income. and they Will e
1t change the hypocritlcai nor al nome !
-ch for the honest explanation 100 tired
,ss 400 busy TO ses you" and will keep innoce
not reception from becoming intoxicated co
me VITALITY.
'is. Yea, there is great opportunity for m
The sionary work in what are called the So
nat cess,ul classes OF society. In some OF l
ow cities is is no rare thing nowto see afashio
len able woman intoxicated III tno stioo', VI
adj rail car, or the restaurant. The number
cav fine ladies who drink TOO much Is 1ncre,
md ing. Perhaps yoa may find her at the reee
ton in most exalted company, but she !
inc made too many visits to the wineroom, q
md now her eye is CLASSY, and after awhile
The cheek il unnaturally flushed, and then 9
: of falls into fits of excrucatinS laughter abe
nd nothing. aud then she offers sickeni
his batteries, telling some homely man how W
,ro- he LOOKS, and then she is helped into
all carriage, aud by the time toe carriage g
nto 10 her home it takes the husband and
ssia coachman to get her up the stairs. Inc
OK port is she was taken suddenly i'll at &
il man, All, no. She took too much champal
tea aad mixed liquors and got drunk. II
ster WAS all.
il Yes, this practical religion will have
one come in and fix upthe marriage relation
of America. 1ner6 are members Ot cuuIS
"a. who have too many wives and too many b
iNe bands. Society nseis 10 be expurgated q
OF washed AMI fumigated aud ChristiaDiz
t TO We want this practical religion not only
! i'm take hold of what are called the lower Gas:
bav hut to take hold of what are called the hig
md classes. The trouble Is that people have
rue. idea they eau d. all their religion on 8
ope day with hymn-3ook and prayer book
ard liturgy, and some Of them sit in church r
reat lag I'D their eyes as though they were rel
and for translation. when their Sabbath
no- bounded on all sides by an inconsistent
ling and while You are expecting 10 come
ties from under their arms the wings of an m
and there come out from their forehead the he
ysi- of beast.
now There has got TO be new departure IN
alth llgion. / do not say Il new religion.
q Of no, but the old religion brought to new
Gle. pliances. In our time we have hal
and daguerreotype and the ambrotype and
opo photograph, but it Is the same old sum-
var these arts are only new appliances OF the
AVE sunlight. So this glorious gospel Is
and what we want to photograph the image
most God on one soul and daguerreotypei on
are, other soul. Not Il new gospel, but the
of n gospel put TO new work. In our time
tree have had the telegraphic Invention, and
.oot, teiephonlc invention, and the eiectrlc j
m 10 invention, but they are all children OF
Ii Is electricity, an element that the philosopl
the have long while known much about.
rial; this electric gospel neeis 10 flash its ligh
hant the eyes AMI ears and sous OF men and