The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-09-01
LEDGERS AND BIBLES
THERE IS NO WAR BETWEEN REL,
GiON AND BUSINESS.
DR.. TnImaEe Declares That Right
cousness Ii n Reinforcement ard
Not q Hindrance In the Affairs OF
Life.

cousness L. n Reinforcement ard
Life.
copyright. Louis Eiopsch. 1901
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2T.-In this dis
course Dr.. Talmage argues that re-
liglon may be taken into all the affairs
Of life and instead Of being him
drance. rs many think. Is REINFORCE
nient. The text Is Romans xii. IL: Not
slothful tn business. fervent In spirit.
serving the Lord"
Industry, devoutncss and Christian
service-nIl commended In that short
text. What! Is it possible that they
shall be conjoined? Oh. yes. There
Is no war between religion and Eusi-
ness, between ledgers and Bibles. be-
tween churches and counting houses.
On the contrary, religion accelerates
business, sharpcns mems wits, sweet
ems acerbity OF disposition, iillips the
blood Of phlegmatlcs and throws more
velocity into the wheels Of hard work.
1t gives better balancing to the judg-
mcnt, more strength TO the will. more
muscle 10 industry and throws into
enthusiasm n more conscerated fire.
You cannot in all the circle Of the
world show me n man whose honest
business has been despoiled by re-
llgion.
The Industrial clnsses are divided in
TO three groups-proc Icers, manufac-
turcrs, traders. Producers, such as
fnrmers md miners. Manufacturers,
such as those who turn corn into food
and wool and ilsN into apparel. Trad
ers, such as make profit out Of the
transfer and exchange of all that
which Is produced and manufactured.
A business man may belong to any
one or all Of these classes, and not one
is independent Of any other.
When the prince imperial of France
fell on tho Zufu battlefield because the
strap fastening the stirrup to the sad
die broke as he clung to it. his COM
rades oil escaping, but he falling un-
der the lanccs Of the savagcs, a great
many people blamed the empress for
allowing her son to so forth into that
battlefield, and others blamed the Eng
Iish government for accepting the sac
ritice, and others blamed the Zulus for
their barbarism. The one most to
blame was the harness maker who
fashioned TINT strap Of the stirrup out
Of sboddy and imperfect material, as it
was found to have been afterward. If
the strap had held, the prince imperial
would probably have been alive today.
But the strap broke. No prince inde-
pendent OF n harness maker! High,
low. wise. ignorant, you in one occupa.'
tioIf, In aISther, all bound together.
So that there must be one continuous
line Of sympathy with each others
work. But whatever your vocation, II
you have multiplicity Of engage
ments, if into your lifo there come loss
es and apnoyances and perturbations
ms well rs percentages and dividends.
II you are pursued from Monday morn
ing until Saturday AfgA* aud ASpo
January to January by insNorasle Oh
!igation and duty, then you are busi-
ness man, or you are q business wo-
man. and my subject is appropriate to
your case.
Grand and Glorious.
We are under the Impression that
the moil md tug Of business life are
prison into which n man is thrust or
that 1t Is an unequal strife where un-
armed q man goes forth to contend.
l shall show you this morning that
business life was Intended Of God for
grand and glorious education and dis
cipline. and If shall be helped to say
what l want to say l shall rub some
OF the wrinkles Of care out OF your
brow and unstrop some Of the burdens
from your back. ] am not talking OF
m abstraction. Though never having
been In business life. know all about
business men.
In my first parish at Bcllcvlle, n. j.,
ton OF my audience was made up of
New York merchants, Then | went to
Syracuse. place OF immense CONNER
clal activity, and then | went 20 Phila-
delphia and lived long among The raer~
chants OF that city, than whom thore
are no better men On earth, and FOR 10
years stood in my Brooklyn pulpit
Sabbath by Sabbath, preaching to au'
dienees the majority OF whom were
business men and business women, u
is not an abstraction Of which speak,
but n reality With which / am well ae-
auaintcd.
In the first place, | remark that busi-
ness life was intended as . school OF
energy God gives Us certain amount
of raw material out of which we are to
hew our character. Our faculties are
to be reset, rounded and sharpcncd uD.
Our young folks having graduated
from school or college need higher
education, thnt which the rasping and
collision Of everyday life alone can ef-
feet Energy IL wrought out only in
the fire. After man has Secn in busi-
ness activity 10. 20, 80 years. his cne:-
2y Is not to be measured by weights or
plummets or ladders. There Is no
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