The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-18

Ararat. The tulips that will bloom in the
garden next spring are this moment being
nursed by the snow-hakes. Nothing in
Gods universe swings at loose ends. Ac-
cidentslare only Gods way of turning q
leaf in the book of His eternal DEGREES.
From our cradle to our grave there is
path all marked out. Each event in our
life is connected with every other event in
our life. Our losses may be the most di-
rect road to our gain. Our defeat and our
victory are twin brothers. The whole d.
rection of your life was changed by some- (
thing which at the time seemed to you
triaing while some occurrence which
seemed tremendous affected you but little.
Gods plans are magnificent beyond all
| comprehension. He molds US and turns and
directs us, and we know 1t not. Thousands
Of years are to Him as flight of shuttle.
The most terrific occurrence does not make
God tremble. The most triumphant
achievement does not lift Him into rap
ture' That one great thought of God goes
on through the centuries, and Nations rise
and fall, and eras pass and the world
changes, but God still keeps the undivided
mastery, linking event to event and CEN
tury to century.
We learn also from this story the propri-
ETY. Of laying up for the future. During
the seven years of plenty Joseph prepared
for the famine, and when it came he had
| crowded store-house The life Of most
men in worldly prospect is divided into
years of plenty and famine. 1t is seldom
| any man passes through life without at
least seven years of plenty. During those
| seven years your business bears rich
harvest. You hardly know where all the
money comes from it comes so fast.
Every bargain you make seems to turn
into gold. You contract few bad debts.
You are astoDished with large dividends.
| You invest more and more capital. You
wonder how men can be content with a
small business, gathering in only few
hundred dollars while you reap thousands.
Those are the seven years Of plenty. Now
Joseph has time to 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 be defrauded, there will he hard
times, you will be disappointed, and il you
have no store-house upon which TO fall
back you may be famine struck. We have
no admiration for this denying ones self
all personal comfort aud luxury for the
mere pleasure Of boarding up, this grasp
ing, grasping for the mere pleasure of see
ing how large q pile you can get, this al
ways being poor because as soon as dol
lar comes in it is sent out TO see If 1t can
find another dollar, so that it can carry 1t
home on its back We have contempt for
all those things; but there is an intelligent
and noble- minded forecast which we love
to see in men who have families and kim
dred depending upon them for the bless
ings of education and home. God sends US
to the insects for lesson, which while
they do not stint themselves in the present,
do not forget their duty to forecast the
future. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard,
consider her ways and be wise, which hav-
ing no guide, overseer or ruler, provideth
her meat In the summer and gathereth her
food in the harvest"
| Now there are two ways Of laying up
money. One Of these is to put it in stock
and deposit it in bank, and invest it on
bond and mortgage. The other way TO lay
up money Is giving it away. He is the
safest who makes both OF these invest
ments. There are in this house this morn
ing men who, II they lose every dollar they
have in the world, would be millionaires
forieternity. They make the spiritual in
vestment; but the man who devotes none
Of his gains TO the cause Of Christ and
looks only for his own comfort and luxury
is not safe, l care not how the money is in
vested. He acts as the rose IL 1t should
say: ~ will hold my breath, and none
shall have snatch of fragrance from me
until next week, then l will set all the |
garden anoat with aroma" or course,
the rose refusing to breathe, died.
But, above all, lay up treasures
in Heaven They never depreci- |
ate in value. They never are at
a discount. They are always avail
able. You may feel safe now with your
$1,000 or y, 900 or $4,000 or $4,000 income,
but what will such an income be worth |
after you are dead? Others will get 1t.
Perhaps some Of them will quarrel about it
before you are buried. They will bo so
impatient to get hold of the will they
will think you should be buried one day
sooner than you are buried. They will be
right glad when you are dead. They are
only waiting for you to die. What then
will all your earthly accumulations be
WORTH If you gathered it all In your
bosom and walked up with It TO Heavens
gate II would not purchase your admis-
sion. Or IL allowed 10 enter it could not
buy you crown or a robe, and the poor
est saint in Heaven would look down at
you and say: "Where did that pauper
come fromW May we all have treasures
In Heaven. Amen?