The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1902-03-21

than logic TO marshal the intellectual
forces for onset and victory. IL will go
with Hugh Miller and show him the
footprints OF the Creator In the red
sandstone. II will 20 with the astron-
omer on the great heights where God
shepherds the great flock OF worlds
that wander on the hills OF heaven.
answering his voice as he calls them
all by their names.
Again | remark that goodness Is
profitable for ones disposition. Lord
Ashley. before he went into a great
battle. was heard 20 offer this prayer:
20 Lord. I shall be very busy to-day!
II forget thee. forget mo not" With
such n Christian disposition as that a
man Is independent OF all circum-
stances. Religion has tanned the Wild
est natures. II has turned fretfulness
into gratitude. dependency into good
cheer, and those who were hard and
ungoyernnbie and incorporating
have been made pliahlo and coneilia-
tory. Good resolution. reformatory
effort. will not effect the change. II
takes n mightier arm and a mightier
hand TO bend evil habits than the hand
that bent the bow OF Ulysses. and II
takes a stronger lasso than ever held
the buffalo on the prairie.
a man cannot go forth with any hui
man weapons and contend successfully
against these Titans armed with up
torn mountains. But you have known
men into whose spirit the influence OF
| the gospel OF Christ came until their
disposition was entirely changed.
Oh says some one. II have a rough.
| jagged. impetuous nature. and religion
can't do anything for me-" DO you
know that Martin Luther and Robert
| Newton and Richard Baxter had inn
potuous and all consuming natures, yet
the grace OF God turned them into the
mightiest usefulness? a manufactur-
or cares but very little for a stream
/ that slowly runs through the meadow.
but values torrent that leaps from
rock TO rock and rushes with mad en-
crgy through the valley and out toward
/ the sea. Along that river you viii hnd
/ nuttering shuttles and grinding mil!
| a'i flashing water wheel. And ma
/ ture tho swiftest. the most rugged and
/ the most tremcnGous-thGt Is the ma
ture God turns into greatest useful
ness. Oh. how many that have been
/ pugnaclous and hard TO please and
irasclble and more bothered about the
mote In their neighbours eye than
about the beamllke ship timber IN
/ their own eye who have been entirely
changed By tho grace OF God and have
found out that goodness Is profitable
for the life that now is as well as for
/ the life TO come"
Again remark that religion Is good
/ for worldly business. | know the gen
ernl theory Is the more business the
less religion, the more religion the less
business. Not so, thought Dr. Hans In
his biography OF n Christian Mer-
chant" when he says: "He grew In
grace the last six years OF his life more
than az any time In his life. During
those six years he had more business
crowding him than az any other
! time" In other words, the more
worldly business man has tho more
opportunity 60 serve God. Does re-
/ ligiOn cXhilarato or rctgrd worldly
business? Is tho practical question for
you to discuss. Does II hang. like
mortgage. over the farm? Is II bad
debt on the ledger? Is Il a lien against
tho estatc7 Does II crowd the door
through which customers come for
broadcloths and silks?
Now. religion will hinder your busi-
/ ness II Il be a bad business or n 10 be
/ a good business wrongly conducted. II
you tell lies behind the counter, II you
Use false weights and measures. II you
put sand in sugar and beet Juice In
vinegar and lard in butter and sell for
| one thing that which is another thing.
then religion will interfere with that
business, but n lawful business. law
/ fully conducted. will find the religion
OF the Lord Jesus Christ It's mightiest
auxiliary.
Religion will give an equipolse OF
spirit. II will keep you from ebulli-
tons OF temper. and you know a great
many finc businesses have been blown
/ 20 atoms by bad temper. IL will keep
you from worriment about frequent
loss: Il will keep you industrious and
prompt; II will keep you back from
squandering and from dissipation: Il
will give you n kindness OF spirit which
| will be easily distinguished from that
mere store courtesy which shakes
hands violently with you. asking about
the health OF your family. when there
Is no anxiety TO know whether your
/ child Is we'll or sick. but the anxiety Is
/ 10 know how many dozen cambria
pocket handkerchlefs you will take and
pay cash down. II will prepare you for
tho practical duties OF everyday life
do not mean 20 say that religion will
make MS financially rich. but ] do say
that Il will give MS Il will assure us
OF. comfortable sustenance at the