Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-11-08
NUMBER II

daughters, working till midnight to finish
her deferred labors. The steward had no
ried with him two pumpkin pies, q loaf of
bread, and pound Of butter. The shopping
was done, dinner over, horses fed from the
parsons hay and oats, and the stew
Quietly seating himself in his easy chair, he
began to reflect upon the days transactions
1t seemed to him he had been too liberal i'm
taking more provisions than was necessary.
SO, after deliberate consideration of the mat
ter, he made out the following account:
One third of q Loaf of ead..........O3
Half pound OF butter...
One pumpkin pie. ......................1O
lotai.. .'..s...s..............
Sending 1t to the good parson and asking
credit for 1t as quarterage.
Another reason why Christians are not all
rich, Is because, when possessed Of wealth,
they do not make proper use of it. II Chris
tan, possessed OF riches, fails to acknowledge
that portion of it belongs to Him that gave
1t, he Is to that extent less a Christian than he
would perhaps have been but for the riches.
we are commanded to bring all the tithes
into the store-house. Many Of lis fail entire
ly to obey this command, others quiet their
consciences in this matter by bringing less
than 1.-THE of the amount we should con-
tribute, and this we grip SO tightly before we
part with it that we make the eagle scream,
provided our liberality prompts us to con-
that bird. We cannot lay aside this duty of
tfthes and offerings, as the Quaker laid aside
his coat and hat while he fought with one
who had insulted him. To be consistant and
as God has prospersd us, laying it aside for
that purpose on the first day of the week, It
will not do to simply pray thy kingdom come.
we must contribute to the advancement OF
His kingdom. There is that scattereth and
yet increaseth; there is that witholdeth. but
1t tends to nOyerfV.
God intends his children to be happy. and
riches frequently make men unhappy. Steph-
en- Girard, the Infidel founder of Gfrard COL
lege, when surrounded by his immense wealth
wrote to friend: "As to myself. live like
a galley slave, continually occupied, and fire.
quently passing the night without sleep. I
do not value fortune. When I rise in the
morning, my only effort is to labor so hard
comes" Riches is not the best thing for all
Christians to have. God gives his children
better than riches. XenophOn tells us that
when Cyrus gave Artabasus, one Of his cour-
tiers, cup Of gold, he gave Chrysantas, his
ed Artabasus to say: "Sir, the cup you gave
me was not so good gold as the kiss you gave
Chrysantas." God gives wicked men many
times gold, but ,cithoWt kisses; and godly men
kisses, but without gold. Happy are they
in the others gold. Gods best gifts to his
loved ones are not always in good things Of
immediate possession. Some who are very
dear to God have only promises to live on.
an; but never had permanent possession
except in burial place, and that he paid full
price for. Esau, in the possession Of Mount
Seir, was the first to receive solid earthly in
heritance. and that was because he despised
the promises, and preferred to have in hand
whatever was to be his portion.
While Abraham, Isaac and Jacob lived and
died, mot having received the (fulfilied1
promises" Esau's share, however, IL not so
desirable as Jacobs, in the long rum. Nei-
ther mess of pottage, nor a real estate trans
fer, is so good q portion an inherance in
the promises. Esau and Jacob both chose
what they desired, and God gave them what
they chose. He is likely to give us what we
sometimes; but Gods promises are
worth infinitely more. When the choice
comes we must decide; we can't have both.
Which shall we choose?
Christians mistake the true source of rich
es, failing to recognize the factl that il they
would be rich, doubling their wealth without
gambling or stock jobbing, they must share 1t.
Bunyan says:
81 knew man, some called him mad
The more he gave away the more he had"
What would the sun have been had he fold
ed himself up in darkness and have given no
light: Surely he would have gone out.
There il beauty, as well as profit, in
giving. The moon is great giver, and she
Suppose she should swallaw up and keep to
herself all the rays Of light which the sun
gives her. and refuse to give them to us,
what would the result be: The moment it
tv. As ciphcrs added, one by one, in AN end
less row, to the left hand nf unit, are of no
value, hut, on the right hand, rapidly multi
ply its powers, SO, although liberal contrfbu-
tions are of no value to make man . Chris
tain, vet, Christians contributions are both
nlpa SiNO fn fNnd and Sfa1 lilo n nm
As the moon doth show her light to the
world which she receives from the sun, so
we ought to bestow the benefits received of
God to the advancement of His kingdom.
Failing to do this, God sees fit to withhold
from us the blessing of riches.
The law Of compensation is a beautiful one.
"Give and it shall tic given unto you; good
measure, pressed down and shaken together,
and running over, shall men give into your
bosotn. For with the same measure that We
mete withal it shall be measured to You
again."
See yonder little spring up in tho n,oun-
tain side, trickling out drop by drop Its scam
ty waters, constantly giving it to the brook,
which carries it to the river, the latter hear
ing IL to the sea. Surely ono would think
this tiny spring had nothing to spare which
1t should contribute to that great ocean OF
waters. Yet how beautifully the law of COM
pensation Is illustrated in the Hitting Of tho
water of the sea by the power OF tho sun,
and depositing it in the clouds, which bear it
away to the mountain side, aRf there let IL
fall to replenish the source Of the sEring,
and then, as if to halioW the spot, crowns it
with the beautiful rainbow.
Ii YOU desire the full remuneration for
your labor, proInlssr by the Blessed Gospel
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, re-
member the obligation yon took when you
became u member OF the church when you
pledge to contribute of your earthly sub
stance, according to your ability. to the sup
port Of the Gospel and the various bepevOl-
ent enterprises of the church.
And say Cot in thy heart, AIy powers and
the might Of nax hand hath COTTON me this
wealth. Bt2s thou shalt YeHaember the Lord
thy God: for it is He that giveth thee Power
tG get wealth. that He may establish His cove-
nant which He swaTe unto thy fathers. as 1t
Is this day .n-peut., viii. II, IL.
There Is no need to suffer with khsanaa-
tism,, LLapae Back, Neuralgia and Sprains,
when such remedy as Coussen's Lightning
Liniment, is at hand. 1t also cures, SPAWN,
s,R Aol,. R, n.