Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-07

churcneS- so we are taken IN ana out
| of the churches of different denomina-
| tions, and we find that they are just
as different in the twenty-frst century
as they were different in the nine
teenth, when we worshiped in them.
There is unity in them as to the great
essentials of salvation. But. we enter
| the Baptist church, and it is baptismal
day, and we see the candidates for
membership immersed. And we go
linto q Presbyterian church and see 4
group of parents around the baptismal
font holding up their children for the
christening. And We enter the Episco-
pal church and hear the solemn roll Of
her liturgies. and her ministers are
gowned and surpliced. And We enter
the Luthensl church, and we hear in
the sermon preached the doarines o.
the greatest of German reformers. And
we 90 into the Methodist church just
in time to sit down at love feast and
give audible Amen" when the service
stirs us. At least 80 kinds of churches
in the twenty-first century, as there
were $50 different kinds Of churches
in the nineteenth century.
20 spirit of the twenty-first GEN.
tury, will you not show us something
OF the commercial life Of your timer"
He answers, Tomorrow will show
you all" And en- the morrow he takes
us through the great marts of trade
and shows us the bargain makers and
the shelves on which the goods lay on
the tierces and hogsheads in which
they are contained. 1 notice that the
fabrics are of better quality than any
thing ever saw in outAneteenth Gen.
tury, for the factories are more skillful,
and the wheels that turnssand the
looms that clack and the engines that
rumble are driven by forces that were
not century ago discovered.
Honesty Everywhere.
The prices of the fabrics indicate
reasonable profit, and the firm in the
counting room and the clerks at the
counter and the draymen at the door
way and the errand boy on his rounds
and the messenger who brings the
mail and the men who open the store
in the morning, as well as those who
close it at night, all look as If they
were satisfied and well treated. No
swallowing up Of small houses Of mer-
chandise by great houses. No ruinous
underselling until those in the same
line are bankrupt and then the prices
lifted. No unnecessary assignment to
defraud creditors. No overdrawing of
accounts. No abscondings. No sharp
practice. No snap judgments. But the
manufacturer right in his dealings
with the wholesaler, and the wholesal
er with the customer. No purchasing
of goods that will never be paid for.
All right behind the counter. No repe-
tition of what Solomon describes when
he writes, ''It is nanght, it is naught,
saith the buyer; but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth."
"But what is yonder row Of build
ings, majestic for architectureY The
spirit Of the twenty-first century says,
''Those are our legislative halls and
places Of public trust, and, if you
would like it, will show you the po-
litical circles, the modes of preferment,
the styles of election, the character
of public men in this century," ''Thank
you," reply. 81 can easily under
stand how gospelization would i'm
prove individual life and social life
and commercial life, but / would like
to see what it can do for political life"
LET me tell you," says the spirit of
the twenty-first century, ''that / have
read about political chicanery and cor
ruption of more than hundred years
ago-the nineteenth century, in which
you lived here-but the low political
caucus has gone from the face Of the
earth, and the stuffed ballot box, and
the bribery by money and by promise
of Office, and the jobs got through legis-
latures and congresses by lobbyists.
The last corrupt judge Of election was
buried so years ago, the preacher Off
ciating at the obsequies taking for his
text Proverbs x, Z, The name of the
wicked shall rot or jeremiah xxi, 10,
He shall be buried with the burial of
an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond
the gates of jerusalem
"Our laws are good and well exc
cuted. Men do not in our century have
to wade chin deep through moral slush
in order to gain Office"
End of InfdeIity.
AS in company with our escort we
pass down from the heights on which
these buildings stand, l see a dis
mounted cannon planted on the side Of
the hill, and 1 go to examine it, and
read the inscription, cut in letters Of
bronZe; This is the last gun that was
fired in the last battle of the last war
that will ever be fought. Presented
by the last regiment of war just before
disbanding. Glory to God in the high
est, and on earth peace, good will to |
men," Then look up, and our escort |
says: "Do you see that large structure |
on our right? That was fortress, but |
now it is college, and instead of guns |!
aiming out of the portfolios are looking !
the students Of higher literature and |
q wiser science and a grander civiliZa- |
ton than the world ever before imag- !
ined. And. those students are taught !
by q professorate of men as renowned |
for piety as for science. Arch@olo-
gist's hammer and geologist's crow
bar and chemists laboratory and |
explorers journey have Joined in |
a confirmation of the truth of the |
Holy Scriptures until there is not
an unbeliever in all the earth. |
The astronomer through his telescope