St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-18

10 De SucceSSIul business man." lney
make money and business their god. l
think you will find that there are as
many idols in Boston as in any heather
city. Although you don't make gods of
silver and gold, you bow before them.
How many of you have some darling
idol? A man told me that he Worship
ped his child, and that he came before
God with him. He cared more for him
than he did for the God of the Bible.
If any woman here lets her child come
into her heart before God, is she not
breaking this commandment ? Is there
not many young woman here that is
making
AN IDOL OF FASHION AND POSITION.
Are they not worth a good deal more
to you than the God of the Bible She
bows down to fashion and says, 80
fashion, how l adore you! !" She is put
ting that before her God. Then there
are others that are ambitious to get
rich they are crying ''mOney, money !"
They would sacrifice wife, children,
God, all to die rich. Then there are
Others that would give up everything
to pleasure. They would go to the
theatre five or six times a week and if
it were not unpopular, they would go
upon the Sabbath. Don't fiatter your
selves that there are no idols in Boston,
for there is one OF more in every family.
0, let us ask God to search our hearts
and show us what our idol is. Now let
us put in another weight: "Thou shalt
not bow down thyself to any craven
image" Now some people are bowing
down to images. They think great
deal of a crucifx or of picture, and
they bow down before it, but God does
not want us to bow down so. "G0d is
a spirit and they that worship Him
must worship Him in spirit and ill
truth" The image may be made to
represent God, but the word of God is
plain if we will only read it and ponder
upon it. There is nothing that should
come between us and our God. He
tells us, though an angel from heaven
should come, you are not to bow down
to it and worship it. Some ale wOr-
shipping images that they think are go
ing to bring them nearer to God, but
He says, "believe me-" and His COM
mand here in this law is plain. Now,
another weight: "ThOu shalt not take
the name of the Lord thy God i'll vain
Is there a swearing man ready to put
the weight into the scales and step in
Young man, have you been taking the
name of the Lord in vain to-day ? What
does He say ''The Lord will not hold
him guiltless that taketh His name i'll
vain" | don't believe men would evel
have been guilty of swearing unless Goo
had told them not to. They don't swear
by their friends, by their fathers anC
mothers, by their wives, by their chill.
dren. But because God has forbidden
it, man wants to show how he despisr:
His law. "Thou shalt not take the
name of the Lord thy God in vain"
BLAsPHEMER, GO INTO THE SCALES,
and see how quick you will fly out
You will be like Il feather i'll the bal
ance. A great many men think there
is nothing very serious in swearing
they don't think there's much wrong il
it. Bear in mind that He sees some
thing in it when He says: Thou shal
not take the name of the Lord thy Coo
in vain" You cannot tritie with God
Some men say they never swear eXcep
when they get angry. Suppose yol
swear only once in six months, or
year-suppOse you swear once in tel
years, do you think God will hold you
guiltless for that one act ? A man tha
swears once shows that his heart is re
bellious to God. What are you goin;
to do, blasphemer If the balance
were here tonight, and God told yol
to step in, what would you do? Go,
says that He will not hold him guiltles
that taketh his name in vain. But tax
the fourth commandment, ''Remembe
the Sabbath day to keep it holy" Sup
pose you could see the law written owe
those walls, "Remember the Sabbatl
day to keep it holy" could you say tha
you had observed it? Are you read,
to be weighed 6y the weight, 'Remem
Der the Sabbath day to keep it holy
Some of us may be professed Chris
tians; but do we observe the Sabbath
If this country falls into neglect of TIL
observance of the Sabbath
1T WILL GO THE WAY OF FRANCE,
Italy and Spain. Every nation tha
gives up the Sabbath must 90 down
1t is only Il question of time with them
Look when the children of Israel re
fused to obey the injunctiens OF TIL
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their land; how He took them int
bondage and kept them for sevent
years, to let them know that Gods Ian,
was not to be trampled under thei
feet. Are you guilty or not guilty o
innocent in regard to this law, "Tho
shalt keep the Sabbath day holy
When | was in France in 1867, | conl,
not tell one day from another. o.
Sunday stores were open, buildings wer
being erected, the same as in Othe
days. See how quick that country wen
down. Only a few years ago it stoo
breast 10 breast with other nations,-
stood side by side with England. wa
talking with laborer there working
upon the Sabbath, and he said tina
they had taken away the poor man
Sabbath. o, may God bring this ma
ton back to its old Puritan idea of tn
Sabbath. [ don't know but that is VIII,
railroad stock is coming down, becaus
they run their trains upon the Sabbath
They say business must be attended to
much has Boston made by putting it
money into Western railroads that rul
upon the Sabbath If there are no
enough to control the Sabbath and keel
it holy, the sooner the church finds thi
out the better. We had better know
at once if we are to be given over t.
these foreigners and infidels that ar
trying to break the Word of God. NJ,
friends, every nation that tramples th
Sabbath under its feet must go to ruin
Are you innocent OF guilty? Do yo
keep the sabbath day holy or not
This is one of the weights that will b
put in the scale against us. Now her
is another weight: "Honor thy fathe
| and thy mother.r DON'T talk to III