The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-11-09

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/ tons we've for his ,ett'nWrn, or ADJUST
mcat, Tie must have had 4 correspond.
ence vast beyond all computation. There
was not a man IN All the earth who had
more to 3a than Daniel, 'hc secretary OF
| state. and yet we Ind him three times
/ q day hcwinc before cod IN prayer.
/ There are men in our day Who have not
\ a hundrCdth part oi Daniels engagements
. who say they are too busy 10 hc religious.
\ They have an idta somehow that religion
\ viii spoil their worldly occupation; that
\ it viii trap thc accountants non, or dull
/ the carpenters saw. or confuse the law
/ vtr's brief oc d'sarunEc the merchants
/ store shelf, They think religion Is i'm.
pertinent
/ They would like 20 have il very we'll
! seated beside them m church on the sab
/ bath, Co find the place n the psiamhook or
| 10 NUDGE them awake when they get
| sleepy under the didactic discourse. or
| they would Ike to leave IL IN the pew
/ on Sabbath evening as they 80 out, clos
| ing the door, saving. Good night, re.
/ hgion' l'll lee bacl, next sunday"
/ Rut to have religion 50 right along ly
| them all through lic. 10 have religion
] looking over their shoulder whom they are
/ making a harcap, 90 have religion take
up bag ot dishonest gold and shake IL
| and sav. Where dad YOU get that
/ they thlnk chat Is an impcrlncut re-
/ lg,on
They would Ike 90 have a religion TO
/ help them when thcN are sici, ald when
! the shadow ot death comes over them.
/ they would like g. have religion as a sort
! ot night key with which 60 open the
| door ol heaven. but religion under other
circumstances they take 20 be impcrt,'
| uCncc
Now nav friends. religion never robbed
| a man oi dollar othcr things helng
! equal a mason will build q better wall a
/ cabinet maker will make better chair \
! plnmhcr Will make better pipe, . lawyer
/ viii make a better plea. merchant will
! sell hotter hill of goods | say. other
] things beng equal. OF course when re.
/ lalun gives a man \ new heart. II does
! not propnse 20 give him new head or 10
| intclloctullyc him or 10 change a mans
! condition when hls ordinary state is an
| overthrow ol the phllosophiCal theory that
! a total vacuum ~ impossible, but the more
! letters YOU have To write, the more bur.
| dcus YOU have 60 carry. the more miles
! YOU have TO travel the more burdens YOU
! have tp lat, the more engagements YOU
! have tp meet. the moro disputes YOU have
! Ia settle. the more opportunity you have
! of bcing Christian II YOU have a
/ thousand irons IN the fire, YOU have a
| thousand moro opportunities of serving
! God than II you only had one iron in the
]
! who \ llll'onth part as holyy The busl.
! est men the best men. All the pcrS1ns
| converted ~ Scripture busy at the time
! oi their being converted. Matthrw at
! tending to his custom house duties, the
! prodlgal son feeding swine, lydia Scll.
| ing purple, Simon Peter hauling IN 'ho
| net from the sea- Saul spurTng his horse
! toward Damascus. going down on hs law
| business Busy, busy Daniel with all the
/ Affairs Ut state weighing down upon his
/ soul and yet three times a day worship.
/ ins the God of heaven
| Again, | learn from this subject that
| r'ou may take religion into his politics.
| Daniel had all the affairs of state on
! hand, vet servant of God lie could
not have kept his elevated position un.
/ les, Il" Lad been thorough politician.
| aud vet all the thrusts oi officials aud all
| ih" danger of disgrace did not make him
I vic'd one ioil of his high toned religious
| principle lie stood before that age, he
! stands before all ages a specimen oi
! rod'y politician. So there have been IN
! our day and m the days oi our fathers
! men as eminent in the service Of God ne
! they have been eminent IN the service Of
/ the state. Such was benjamin i. Butler,
attorney general of New York IN the
! time of your fathers such was John Nc.
! Lean, of the supreme court OF the United
| Ntltcs. such was George Briggs OF Massa.
| tnuatllHt NNfn was ntolOIf 1ffllnRhUf
! sen, of New Jersey men faithful TO the
state at the same time faithful TO God.
| 10 ls absurd TO expect that men who have
! been immersed IN political wlckcduCsa for
thirty or forty years shall come TO rcior.
| nation. and our hope n IN the young men
! who are coming up. that they have patri.
! otto principle and Christian principle side
! by siIc when they come TO the ballot
! box and cast their first vote and that they
swear allegiance to the government of
| heaven as well ~ to the government Of
| the United States We would have Bun.
| Ecr Hall mean less 30 them than Calvary,
| and Lexington mean less TO them than
! Bethlehem But because there are bad
men around the ballot box - no reason
/ why Christian men should retreat from
! the arena. The last time YOU ought to
! give up your child OF iorake your child
| u when II ~ surrounded by a company
! OF ChOClaWs, and the last time 60 sur.
/ render the ballot box ~ when II Is sur.
rounded ty impurity and dishonesty and
! ] sorts ~ wIckedness
Daniel stood ON most unpopular plat.
! form. lIc stood firmly though the dcma.
4 gpgues OF the day hissed at him and tried
| 30 overthrow hm We must carry cur
| religion into orr politics.
But there arc 4 great many men who
/ are ora favor oi taking ~ into national
/ politics who DO not see the importance
! Of taking II into clay politics, % though
a man were intelligent about the welfare
| Of his ncighborhOod and had no concern
/ ABOUT his own home.
Ny subject also Imprcsscs me with tho
/ TACT that mons canEol hurt a good man.
! 80 man ever got INTO worse company than
/ Daniel got into when he was thrown INTO
! the dCg. What u IJTc mOrsrl that far
/ Young m would have been Tor the hun.
| gry monsters. II they had plunged at
1 him, he could not have climbed INTO
| niche beyond tho reach of their paw on
/ the snatch Of tncir tooth. 1sey came
| pleased al around about him, ss hunters
! mounds 81 the well known whistle come
! bounding 90 hIs feet. lD1 need not 20 10
/ Aamda 20 got many lions You all have
! had them otter yOu"tbc Ion Ot financial
/ distress, the hon oi sickness. the lion
/ yf prrsr.utiOu You saw that lion OF
/ hnlurIi pane putting hls mouth down
10 the earth, aud ho rolrcd until ali the
] banks 1ud ail the t.h hlIJutc companies
/ guaa'd. With hrs EDstsi hc scattered the
ashes on th" dymcstc hearth. You have
! bad trti alt.r tDI, misfortune after
| m,slOri Lc. hDu II.'r on. and yet they
| have never hYl, ~. o. son Put your trust
/ 100 tod and they b,..r VIII hurt yOu.
/ they lId not uurt DaH'.I. aud they cannot
! hurt sou. The p'rsL1s used 10 think
/ chat sp.ng rain falling INTO gcasbclls
/ would turn INTO pearls, aui ! have 90 ,-il
s0I that the tears Oi sorrow turn into
proc Gus gsus when thy Irop into Gods
hottie. You need bc afraid of nothing
putting your trust ~ God Even death.
that monster lOr whose den IL the
| worlds sepulctcr and who puts hns paw
down amid Thousands o. millions Oi the
/ n .I, cannot alright you. When IN old.
90 times a man was ~ get the honOrs Of
/ auishthODd. be was compelled 10 20 iul.
Iy armed the night before among the
tymbs Of the dead ,iffyng = sort Of
| spar. aud then when thc day broke he