Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-11-12
Clear Gain.

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There are few persons, if any, who baye
mot discovered kind OK music in these
words Profit and gain have probably a,
wayasbeen greatly attractive to men. Solo
mon was troubled, as his book Of Proverbs
shows us, BY the: folly aud vicksdness, Of
men greedy Of gain In lsaiah's day, tie
prophets and priests, this watohmeu Of Ts.
rael, neglectipg their solemn dnties and a.
jpostate from their God, had gone "every
man for his gain" James, the apostle,
writes Of Christians who planned TOT into
sssuch city and buy and sell and getgaiu. !"
We all have some need of money. Some
have lost much BY the war. ,.aii have a nat.
|urai desire, whether they curb, Or indulge
lie, for the qualification which money can
procure; some wiah for 1t that they may
|expend it for The good Of others. Fewin,
herit fortunes; We cannot, End treasures
bid in the EARTH or turn stones into gold.
The ouly way is to s'get gain We toll
for our wages. We ssil the produce Of our
soil. Thes We calculate and deduct our
expenses aud losses /; and the rest is aelear
gain. III.
The words mean much more for some
than fol, others, 10 fhe covetous maugain
is joy, peace, hope, life; everything. ,Rorit
be sacrifices self.respeot, honor, home,
love ) for it sell his peighbor's happiness,
his country, bis soul Alasl gain 10 bis
God. "Msmmon" (tbat is. money! is bis
lord and wealth bis heaven, he seeks no
other and will have none. Bu.the thought
of your gain may be, pleasant, even, if you
do not sel6shly seek wealth, And to. the
poor and depeudens, gain otter means lib
erty, strength, deliverauce fromtemptation,
Perhaps If you could read mems hearts for
awhile, it would. astonish you to 6nd how
many Of their thoughts are upon profit and
gain, and saddep you, If you are wise, to
see how little they reck Of the temptation,
sorrow and ruin: that gain often brings
Your. God, reader, from whom all your
gains come, and who blesses righteous gains
while He curses the wages of iniquity,
uses this same magic word, that He may
allure you TO seek for better profits. Wis:
dom, be tells you, has. sgain, more than
the gain of fue gold, and yields better
profit than the rich mechapdise, Of, rubies
or silver, or all costly aud desirable things.
"Godliuess with ntmentis great gain. y
Wisdom and godliness are expressive names
for true religion: To fear God, to love.
trust and obey Him; this He commands as
as cur best gain. King Frederick William
Of Prussia, when his surgeon told him that
bis pulse was gone, exclaimed, and they
we're his last words: "Lord Jesus to thee
IHge, Lord Jesus, to the I die, in life Of
death, .houart gain.n Rappy is he whs
can exult thus % what grand profit be
has made. Much toll, much sorrow, !; many
struggles, much loss; but the balance is il
his favor >"ghrist my gaiu!" Christ and
His Father, Christ and His love, Chns
and His eternal Heaven. Reader, you may
{6nd this clear gain; will you not seek it !
This wealth you will not have to leave al
the graves mouth. Its everlasting gain
Are you laboring for this2 It may be wor
to day. O seek early and late until it il
yours. Then living you shall possess "the
pearl of great price" and departing fine
that "to die is gain.-Soutsers Prestyte
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