The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-12-14

that they could get rid Of the 5othersoias
surplus by giving it away. II man hls
more houses than he can carry without
vexation. let him drop few Of them. If his
estate i SO great he cannot manage It with
out getting nervous dySnepsia from having
too much. let him divide mp with those
who have nervous dysnensia because they
cannot get enough. No they guard their sixth
hnger with more care than they did the
original five. They go limping with what
they call govt and know not that like the
gia-t Of my text. they are famed by a super
iluous toe. A few OF them by large chart
ties bleed themselves OF this financial Obesity
and monetary Plethora. but many OF them
hang on to the hinie=ng superfuity till
death. and then as they are compelled n
give the money up anyhow, IN their last will
and testament they generously give some
or II 70 the Lord. expecting no doubt
that He viii feel uIuch Obliged 70
Them Thank God that once in a while we
nave Peter Cooper. who. owning an interest
N the iron works at Trenton. sid TO Mr..
Lester; 81 do not fesi quite easy about the
amount We are making Working under one
OF our patents. We have a monopoly which
SEEMS 20 me something wrong Everybody
mas to come TO u for it AMI we
are making money too fast SO they
feiuced the price, and this while our philan-
throp,st was building Cooper Institute which
mercy all over the land But the world had
70 wait five thousand eight hundred years for
feter Cooper. am glad for the benevolent
lnstitut ous that get a legacy from men who
uur NJ their life were as stingv as death hut
who IN their last Will and testament bestowed
money on hospitals and missionary societie,:
nut Tor such testat0rs | have no respect
They would have taken every cent Of it with
them II they could, and bought up half of
heaven and let it out at ruinous rent or
ioaned the money 10 &c estial citizens at two
per cent. month and got corner on harps
and trumpets. They lived in this world
htty or sixty years in the presence Of appall-
Ing suffering and want. AMI made no effort
Tor their relief The charities Of such people
nre for the most part in ''paul0post future
tense and they are going to do them. The
probability IS that If such a one IN bis last
will by donation to benevolent societies
tries 10 atone for his life time close listed
VIII by proving that the oil man was senile
or crazy. and the expense Of the litigation
will about leave in the lawyers hands what
was meant for the American Bible Society.
q We oyerweghtei successful business men
whether this sermon reach your ear or youf
eve, let me say that if you are prostratec
with aVieties about keeping or investing
these tremendous fortunes, | can tell YOU
how you can do more TO get your health
back and yOnr spirits raised than b.
drinking gallons OF bad-tastng water al
Saratoga, Homhurg or Carlsbad give /
TO God and humanity and the Bible ter
per cent Of all your income. and il will make
u new man Of you. and from restless walking
Of the floor at night YOU shall have eight !
hours sleep without the help OF bromide Of
potassium, and from no appetite You vii
hardly be able to wait your regular meals
and your wan cheek VIII fiji up and when
you die the blessings cf those who but for
you would have persisted will blo0ra all over
your grave with vioets II it be spring, or
glaiiolus if it be autumn.
Perhaps some Of YOU Will take this advice T.
but the most of you will not And You vii /.
try 10 cure your swollen hand by getting on
It more fingers, and your rheumatic foot by /
getting on it more toes, AMI there Will be c
sign OF relief when sou are gone ont of the !
world. and when over your remains the min ]
ister recites the words: Blessed are the dead /
who die N the Lord, person, who have keen l
appreciation OF the ludicrlus viii hardly be l
able to keep their face straight But /
whether in that direction my words do cool 1
or not. ! am anxious that all who have only /
ordinary equipment be thankful for what |
they have ami rightly employ it. / think I
YOU all have, figuratively as well as literally /.
fingers enough. Do not long for hindering |
super1uities. Standing in the presence OF I
TINS fallen giant OF my text and in Z
this post-mortem examination of him. I
let US learn how much better OF we
are with Just the usual hand. the |
usual foot You have thanked Col for 2
thousand things but | warrant YOU never
thanked Him for those two implements of +.
work and locomotion, that no one but the
Infinite and Omuipotent Sol could have
ever planned or made. the hand and the foot
Only that soldier or that mechanic who in
battle or through machinery has LOST them
knows anything about their value. and only
the Christian scientist can have any appre-
citation of what divine masterpieces they
are. Sir Charles Bell, the Eng ish
surgeon. on the battlefield OF Water
loo. while engaged in amputations
OF the wounded was 50 impressed with the
wondrous construction OF the human hand
that when the Earl Of Bridgewater gave
forty thousand dollars for essays on the wis
dom and goodness OF God, and eight books
were written, Sir Charles Bell wrote his en-
tire hook on the wisdom and goodness OF
Sod as DISPLAYED in the human hand. The
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