Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
RELIGION in TRADE.
Or. TALMAoE SHOWS HOW BUSINESS
TRIALS REFINE THE SPIRIT.
How the Merchant Finds His once
school of Industry, Patience, In
tcgrity and Upright Living - The
Martyrs of the Counting Room.

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copyright, Louis klopsch, lSs9l
WASHINGTON, Aug. Pin this dis
course DR.. Talmage argues that religion
may be taken into all the affairs of life,
and instead of being Il hindrancc, as
many think, is n reinforcement. The
text is Romans xii, IL. mot siothful in
business; fervent in spirit; serving the
Lord"
Industry, devoutness and Christian serv-
icc-all commended in that short text.
What, is it possible that they shall be
conioined? Oh, yes There is no war
between religion and business, between
lcdgers and Bibles, between churches and
counting houses. On the contrary, re-
ligion accelerates business, sharpens
mems wits. sweetens acerbity of DISPOSE
ton, fllips the blood of phlcgmatics and
throws more velocity into the wheels OF
hard work. 1t gives better balancing to
the Judgment, more strength to the will,
more muscles to industry and throws
into enthusiasm more consecrated ire.
You cannot in all the circle of the world
show me man whose honest business
has been despoed by religion.
The industrial classes are divided into
three 8roupS, producers, s" i.''-
-, Observation-Disclosures srcb ne tboeo
,,hn t,rr CORN into fond and wool and
eox into onnorcl Traders such os mako
,,roft ou+ or tln tr,nsfer and oxchorVe
~ MI tbnt which Is nroduccd and MANN
factrred \ business man may belong TO
INV ono or nil of those glasses and NOT
ono Is indrnondent of any other.
Whom tho nrinco immortal Of France
foil ON the Zulu battlefield becaus, the
stron fastening the stirrup 70 the saddle
hrolfn ne no cIuny tn II his comrades all
esconinp lint he falling under the lauces
NJ tba sovnoos n great many people
bIoncd tho on,nross for allowing her son
"a co forth into +hn+ bottlefeld and 9th
are bIonood thc ENGLISH Government for
accounting tbc sacrifice. md others blam-
ed the Zulus for their barbarisIn. The
ono most 70 blame was fine harness maxi
or who fashioned that strap of the stir
run ont of shoddv and imperfect materi-
al ms il was found TO have been after
ward If the strap had held. the prince
imnoriol would nrobobly have been alive
todov Rut the strep broke. No prince
indonendcnt Of n harness mokeri Uigh.
low. wise. ignorant. Won in one occupa-
zion In another. all bound together.
Inc piScip''he Oh "orN'
So that there must be one continuous
line OF sympathy with each others work,
Put whatever your vocation, If you have
n multiplicity of engagements, If into
your life there come losses and annoy
anccs and perturbations as well as per-
ccntages and dividends, if you are pur-
sued from Monday morning until Satur-
day night, and from January TO Janua-
Iv phlipofiDu
then you are business man, or you are
business woman, and my subject is
appropriate to your case.
we are under the impression that the
mol ana tug or business IRE are prison
into when a man is thrust or that II IL
an unequal strlfe where unarmed man
goes forth to contend snail Slow You
this morning that business hfe was IN
tended or 600 Tor grand ana Elorlous
education ana dlsclplihc' ana II l ShalI
he helped TO say What want TO say l
snail rub some OF the wrinkles OF care
out or your brow ana uhStrap some OF
the burdens from yonr pack am not
taking OF an ABSTRACTION. Ihoueh never
having been IN business me- know all
about business men. In my hrst parish
at BelIeVille' n. 49, ten miIes from New
~ ~ I"ie ~ Val IL.a
rrhon wont 70 syracuse n mace Of i'm.
uensa commercial activity and then
vent 70 philodelnhia and lived long
among tho merchants or that CITY. than
whom tberc are no lnttcr mon on oarth
and FOR % veors I stood in INV Rrooklvn
nrIrit Sabbath b,, sabbath nreochinr
~ audiences tho ma oritv Of whom were
bnsinnss mon and business women. If is
NOT nm abstraction Of which sneak hut
q yoSlity with which | am well ucouoiut-
ed
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.obI'ai or liz ,,ooS Liaron at,,ootio,,
tba+ Witch ia rasr,ir, oaII;sia, ~ avaru'
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thora is No dant6 il oonno+ fotbor, md
,hor. L. No oh',al,, u onnnot thrnsL
me meaning or H.
Now, my brother why did God put
you in that school of energy? Was il
merely that YOU might be Il yardsticll L