St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-07-05

this new relation to God, then mar be-
comes keen of scent in his fear. The
beauty of holiness and the deformity
OF sin are clearly seen. Righteousness
is now seen in its larger issue in the
victory of God, and sin in it's deeper
doom as defeated by God. Then all
conduct is measured, not by the salts
faction of the sensuous moment, but
by its relation to the eternal verities.
Now the things that appeared only
harmless and of little account to near
slghtedness are seen to be of mighty
moment when seen in the perspective
and proportion of the eternities."
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Business and Religion.
"Can business man succeed in
business if he conducts his business
on Christian principles?" asks DR.. C.
NJ. Coburn, a Chicago pastor. In reply
to his own question he declared: "He
can succeed in no other way. Can
every business man succeed, then, in
getting $10,ooo,oOO who conducts his
business on Christian principles? No
but most men will get as near to it
as if they conducted their business on
different principles. It is not abso.
lutely necessary to be honest in order
to keep poor. The deacon who said in
meeting: Brethren, I've been tryin
for 40 years to serve the Lord and get
rich both to onct, and I tell you, it's
mighty hard sleddin',' would probably
have been on the county if he hadn't
tried to serve the Lord.
II never knew a man to fail simply
because of his honesty and integrity
The Bible agrees with common expert.
ence in the teaching that the chances
of success in business are not de.
creased, but largely increased, if a man
carries his religion into his business
And his accumulations are likely tc
stay in the family longer.
Integrity has commercial value
A man who has reputation of being
an honest man and true Christian
has a better chance of getting on his
feet again when he falls down. He will
not commit suicide; he will say his
prayers and with brave heart try il
again. A man in such a condition does
not suffer so much from his liabilities
as from his unrelia bilities.
"The man who lives according tC
Bible rules will be temperate, frugal
prompt. energetic, 'diligent in bust
ness He will not speculate with other
peoples money or use his own in gam
bling or dissipation. He will be free
from the moral cracks through which
so many fortunes leak away. He will
be courteous and considerate of those
whom he employs and will attend tt
his employers interests as if they were
his own. In every time of strain hi
will have the quietude and strength
and hopefulness that man always has
who believes his steps are ordered OF
the Lord and this is great reserve
force to push one to'success.
"The fact is, as somebody has said
God Almighty has fixed things in this
world so that it pays to do right.
Righteousness has the promise OF thu
life that now is as well as that which
is to come. Men with a genius fol
business can succeed financially on un
Christian principles, but the same mar
could probably have made as great OF
greater success if he had been Chris
tian in his dealings. And it must no.
be forgotten that even financial sue
cess cannot be fully measured until W.
take into account what becomes OF the
money and what effect it has had upo1
the children and family Of the maj
called successful"
Eternal Punishment.
Rev. w. K. Newell. of the Chicago
Moody Bible Institute, spoke OF
External Punishment" but his sermon
for the most part took a brighter
turn. Among other things, he said:
1.-THE book of John was written fo1
the purpose of leading people thu
way of salvation.
Because you belong to religion!
family, go to church, and give money
to the poor, does not mean that you
are saved. You must be born again
LET me say to the unsaved tha
when you get in the Christian spirit
Christ increases and you decrease.
"Salvation is so simple that folk
miss it.
"You can't find fault with God TO-
furnishing sinners. You would FIND
fault with the mayor and police 0:
Chicago if they did not punish thu
lawbreakers.
Its an ugly stubborness in thu
human heart that causes unbelief. ].
there is an honest soul to-day thai
wants light Gods going to give it tx
him. .4
'When I find a man who says HI
has never done anything wrong
stamp him as absolutely ignorant o.
viciously a hypocrite.
eff you won't have eternal life 20,
will have the alternative-the wrath
of God"
The Lesson from Jonah.
Speaking on the topic "Jeho
vah's JONAH" DIR. William B. Leach
said: "Jonah is as real, in my think
ing, as God is. My Bible is ali o.
none. I want no emasculated Bible
but one as strong as God Himself
People reject the not perceiyable il
the Bible, The Holy Ghost opens VI
every dark saying.
1.-THE so-cal1ed liberals of to-da,
are too bigoted, too narrow. Liberia
| is a misnomer. The broad-minde,
man is the one who thinks God
| thoughts and is as brave as He. Thi
tragedy l present to you OF a mai
fleeing from Gods voice has lesson
for rs 7 believe as Christ did tn,