St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
The Tee OF w e8ith.

The Lord never said to you, Ye
shall not make money" 1t is your sol"
emn duty to make money, but not hoard
it up like niser, nor to spend to the
winds like a spendthriit. You may
learn q leson from the beetle that skins
over the water it has two pairs of eyes,
one pair under the water, and one above
it, 40 he can see above and below the
water. You may learn the lesson that
whilst you are living on this land of
pleasure and business, you are to have
your eye of faith fixed on Heaven. and
the joys above, whilst your other eyes
are fixed on your business and the prop"
er pursuit thereof. The lust of the eye
is condemned in the word OF God, but
it is not wrong to admire the beautiful.
Do you suppose if it was wrong to admire
the beautiful, God would have made the
rainbow? That he would have made
those ten thousand flowers over the
mountains that blossom in beauty and
send forth their fragrance on every pass
ing breeze? All the beautiful things
are right in their place, and it is right
for us to enjoy those things, but this is
different thing from the lust of the
eyes. What desire men have for dis
play; but when their desires are graft
fed they are not happy. Baron Roths-
child, when he died, was worth $780,
900 600. He was asked if he was hap
py. He said, Me happy Me happy p
and he shook his hesd. He lived and
died without being happy Oh, how
much more happy he would have been
if he had initiated our Girard or our
Peabody, who gave their money while
living for the poor and needy, in the ed.
ucation of the orphan and the lifting up
OF humanity!
A well-dressed lady came into meet.
ing where there was an address made tc
raise money for the orphans. Her drest
cost 100. When the story of the
poor orphans was told, she took from
her pocket handkerchief of magnificent
make, and when the collection box came
around she took out her portemonnaie
full to repletion, and deposited twenty
five cents. do not know whether thi
was the same lady of New York tha
paid $4,000 for six and half yards o
lace. Qneen Victoria never did anything
so foolish az that with all her regal splen
dor.
But there is another side to this ques
tion of expenditure. The expenditure
of money often gives the poor work, ant
in this way is help to business. Frank
Inns wife, feeling herself under SOM
obligations to a man from Cape May
who had done a piece of work for her
and would not receive any compensation
for it, sent his daughter new style O
cap. Some time afterward the man sai'
to her, "That cap has cost our peopl
| three hundred dollars. All the youn,
ladies admired it, and they must hav
CABS like it." But let me tell the othe
side of The story. ALI the girls abou
Cape Msy knit warm mittsns for tn
workingmen of Philadelphia, and it re
! vived trade that was good for man
years afterward. When men have NOR
! ey, let them employ it 80 that Other
will enjoy it as much as possible. aud nc
hoard it up to crafty the lust of the ey'
What strange notions people have IN n
gard to this mere style It begins wit
the little child. 4 little child was AM
ious shout what che should wear i
Heaven whether she sheuld wear h
naoire. antique, and upon bsing told tbs
J all who went to tsaspan would BE- elstaa
and beauti6ed By tbs Father in son
other form, she wanted to k,aow how tk
angels would know that she belonged