Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-22
KEEP RIGHT ON.
One of the Best Sermons that Was Eyel
Preached,
From the British Workman.

From the British WorkmanI
| wanted to give my boy some good ad-
vice when he left home" said father one
day; :" but when the time for parting came
my heart was so full, l could only manage
to say, God bless you, my lad, do right
and keep right on"
Do right and keep right on" Few and
simple as the words are, it seems to us that
if the lad remembered them and put them
into practice in his daily life, all his loving
fathers hopes for his welfare would be
fully realized.
1t is not always easy to keep right on in
the right path, but it is always safe. On
either side of us paths that appear smooth
and pleasant may be found and we are
tempted to turn aside and linger there
awhile. If we are wise, however, if we
are striving by Gods help to live, not for
the present only, but for the future, we
shall keep right on in the right path, even
though it may seem rough and rugged
road.
No good or great work of any kind has
ever been accomplished by trifers and loi-
terers on life's highway; only those who
have thoroughly learned the great and i'm
portant lesson of keeping right on ever
really succeed in any enterprise. AS
great writer has said, "'Tis dogged as does
itp'
How soon we sometimes grow weary in
well-doing, especially in our efforts to in
fuence others for good-how we need to
take home to our hearts the lesson of keep
ing right on.
"For six Sunday nights / have called
for Jem Barnes to go to church with me-"
said good man one Sunday evening. 81
won't call for him tonight; Pm tired of
asking him."
ooh! go tonight, Robert" pleaded the
good mans wife,
"Nay, I won't" said Robert; 'Tve
been six times, that's often enough, |
think"
"The Saviour knocked more than six
times at the door of your heart, Robert"
said the good wife, gently. "Don't give
Jem up. Go right to his house now. Lis
ten, the church bells are ringing"
Robert looked at his wife, then he kissed
her earnest face.
"You are right, Mary" he said; CPL
call for Jem again"
And he went and knocked at the door of
his friends house. Jem, arrayed in his
Sunday best, opened it. He smiled when
he saw Robert.
" Pm all ready, you see," he said; "but 1
bet my wife new bonnet you wouldn't
call for me no more. This makes seven
times that you've been. viii | go, do you
say? Aye, lad, Pll 60 right enough-iust
this once"
Ten minutes later Robert Dale knelt by
Jem's side in the house of prayer. At first
it seemed very strange to the man who
often boasted that she never darkened
church door, excepting at christening, a
marriage or burial" After time the
strangeness began to pass away, and he
found himself listening attentiyely to the
sermon. The Word of God went right
home to Jem's heart that night, and there
was rejoicing on earth and joy in heaven
as the poor wanderer from Fathers love
prayed for pardon.
With heart at peace with God and man,
Jem went down to his work in coal-pit the
following morning. That very day terri
bic explosion took place, and twenty men,
who went to their toll in vigorous health,
returned to their homes no more. Jem
was one of the number, and when the It'd |
ings of his death reached Robert Dale's |
ears, in voice tremulous with emotion, he |
said to his wife:
"Oh, Mary if had not listened to you |
last night; if had not resolved to keep |
right on in my endeavor to help :em, how |
bitter would my sorrow be noww
All! we never regret this keeping right |
steady persistence in the path of |
duty. The progress we seem to make
may not appear very great at times; but if
it be sure and steady, we shall attain unto
the desired end in due time.
"What steep hill to climb" one lad
shouted to another, who was slowly walk
ng up rugged path. "Why don't you
90 round the foot of the hill ?'
MY home is on the very top of the
ill, y replied the climber; 'it would be of
10 use for me to go round and round the
DOT. It's steep enough, own, but don't
mind that. 1t leads me to my home, that
s all l care about"
Friends, some of US have (all of us may
lave) a home above. We cannot reach it
f we are fully satisfied with the things of
his life. Only by pressing forward, on
ward, upward, heavenward, can we obtain
he "prize of the high calling of God in
christ Jesus"
Brayely, patiently, daily, hourly seek.
ng and receiving Gods help, let us keep
light on, not murmuring about the rough
less of the road or the difficulties of the
Yay.
Like the boy-climber, let us say, 'This
DAD leads to our home, and that is all we
are about"