The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15
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universe.
Learn also from this subject that there is
an lnseparable connection between oil events
however remote. The universe 10 only one
thought of God. Those things which seemed
frsgmentsry and isolated are only different
parts of that great thought. How far anart
seemed those two events: Joseph sold TO the
Arabian merchants and his rulership OF
Egypt, yet you see In what my sterious way
God connected the two into one plan. 30
the eve nts are linked together. You who
are aged men look back and group together
q thousand things in your life that once
seemed isolated.
ONE UNDIVIDED CHAIN or EVENTS
reaches from the garden of Eden to the cross
OF Calvary, and tnus,up to the kingdom OF
Heaven. There In relation between the
smallest insect that huns In the summer air
aud the archangel on bis throne. God can
trace a direct ancestral line from the blue
Jay that next spring will build It's nest In the
trees behind the house to some one OF the
flock of birds which, when Noah hoisted the
ark's window, with whirr and dash OF bright
wings went ont 10 sing over Mount Arsrat
The tulips that will bloom in the garden next
spring are this moment being nursed by the
sno wfiakes The furthest star on one side OF
the universe could not look toward the
furthest star on the other side OF the universe
and saw: lyon are no relation TO me-" Tor
from that bright orb a voice OF light would
ring across the heavens MS responding an,S
ing in Gods universe swings at loose ends,
Accidents are only Gods way OF turning q
leaf In the book of His eternal DEGREES From
cur cradle to our grave there 10 path all
marked out. Each event In our life 10 con-
cealed with every other event In our life.
Our losses may be the most direct rosd 10
our gain. Our defeat and our victory are
twin brothers The whole direction OF your
life was changed by somstbing which at the
time seemed to you irifing while some &C.
currepce which seemed tremendous affected
Won but little. Gods plans are magnificent
beyond all comprehension. He molds US
and turns and directs rs, and We know II
not. Thousands of years are to Him as the
n Ight OF Q shuttle. The NEST terrific occur
renee occurrence does not make God trem.
bile. The most triumphant achievement
does not lift Him into rapture. That one
ersat thcught OF God goes out through the
centuries, and Nations rise and fall, and erss
pass and the world changes. but God still
kesps the undivided mastery, linking event
to event and century to century.
We learn from this story
THE rRoPRIgTY OF LAYING Ur FOR THE ~
| TURF
During the seven years of plenty Joseph
prepared for the famine. and when 1t came
| he had crowded storehouse. The life OF
!, most men In O worldly respect Is divided into
wears of plenty and famine. 1t is seldom
any man passes through life without ct least
seven years Of plenty. During these seven
years your business bears rich harvest
You hardly know where all the money
,mes from 1t comes so fast. Every bargain
YOU make seems to turn ioio gold. You con.
tract few bad debts You are astonished
with large dividends You invest more and
more capital. You wonder how men can be
content with small business, gathering IN
only few hundred dollars while you REAP
plenty. Now Joseph has time 20 prepare
for famine for to almost every man there
do come seven years OF famine. You will
| be sick. you will be unfortunate, you will b.
deirauded, there will be hard times; you viii
be disappointed and IL you have no store
house upon which to fall back, YOU may bs
famine struck. We have no admiration fol
denying ones self ell personal comfort and
luxury for the mere pleasure of boarding up
this grasping. graspiDg for the mere pleasure
of seeing how large pile you can get; thu
ALWAYS being poor because, as soor
as a dollar comes in, 1t is cent on
20 see IL II can find another dol
Jar, 90 that Ii can carry IL home on its back
I'VE have a contempt for all those things, bu
forecast which we love TO see In men who
families and kindred depending upon then
for the blessings Of education and home
God sen ds us to the insects for o lesson
i which, while they do not stint themselves liz
the present do not forget their duty to fore
cast the future Go to the ant thou slug
! gard consider her ways aud be wise; which
having no guide, overseer or ruler, provideti
her meat in the snmmer and gathereth bel
: tod In the harvest" Now, there are two
! ways OF laying up money. One OF these is tt
} put il in stock and deposit 1t in bank anc
lowest on bond and mortgage. The othel
3 way to lay up money Is giving 1t away. 81,
, is the safest who mekes both OF these invest
} ments. There are in this house men who, /
they lose every dollar they have in the world
} would be millionaires for eternity. TheN
made the spiritual Investment Bat the mar
3 who dsvotes none of his gains to the cause c
: Christ, and looks only for his own comfor
! and luxury, is not safe, care not how tn
{ money is Invested. He acts as the rose il /
l SHOULD say: 81 will hold nv breath
9 and none shall have snatch OF fragranc
! from ma until next week; then | will set al
the garden afoat with aroma" or cours
the roses refusing to breathe died. Bat
9 above all, lay up treasures In Heaven. The
, never depreciate in value. They never ar
r ut discount. They are always avsilabl.
!. You may feel safe now with your ST. 600 O
i So 900 or $40, 600 or $40. 600 income but whs
7 will such an INCOME be wort
, after you are dead? Others will get 1t. Pei
: baps some of them will quarrel about il bt
e fore you are buried. They will be so imps
= tient to get hold of the will they will thin
, you should be buried one day sooner tina
r you are buried. They will be right gla
Q when you are dead. They are only waitin
!, for you to die. What then will all you
J, earthl, accu mutations be worth? II 20
9 gathered il all in your rsom and walse
up with Ii to Heavens gate. 1t woald nc
purchase your admission. Or. il allowed I
-, enter, 1t could not buy you crown or
!, robe aud the poorest saint In Heaven woul
y look down at you and say: where did thu
pauper come from?' May We all have trea
o urea in Heaven Amen
q Ghosts.
u Out In the misty moonlight
The first snowhskes see,
l. As they frolic around the lesfiess
/ Limbs OF the apple tree.
n Faiutiy they seem IN vhisper