The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-18


have . goodly establishment In tho fu.
ture planned out They have in imag.
instion built about twenty years ahead
. house In the country not difficult of
access from tho great town. for they will
often have business or old accounts 10
settle and investments To look after.
Tho house Ia large enough To accommo-
date ell their friends. The halls are
wide and hung with pictures OF b uniting
scenes and q branch Of antlers. and srs
comfortable with chairs that can 30
rolled out on . veranha when tho wealth.
or IL inviting, or sct out under some Of
tho oaks that stand sentinel about tho
house, and rustling In the cOol breeze,
and songiul with tho robins. There Is just
land enough to keep them Interested.
and Its crops Of almost fabulous
r chncss %springing up under appli.
cation Of tho best theories To bc found
In tho agricultural journals. Tho farm
II we'll stocked with cattle and horses
and sheep that know tho voice and have
q kindly blcnt when one goes forth to
look at them. In this blissfui abode
their children will bc instructed In art
and science and religion.
This shall DO the old homestead TO
which the boys nj college will direct
their letters, and tho hill on which tho
house stands will DO called Oak wood or
Ivy Hi Or Pleasant Retreat or Eagle
Eyric. May the future have for every
business man here all that and more DO.
side. but are you ~postpOning your hap
piness to that time? Arc you adjoining
your joys 10 that contamination? Sup
pose you achieve all you cxpect--nnd
tho vision ] mention In not M To tho
reality, because the fountains will bo
brighter, tho house grandcr and tho
scenery more picturesquc--thc mistake
Is none the less fatal. What charm
will there bc In rural quiet for o man
who has for thirty or forty years
been conforming hts entire nature 70
the ~cxcitcmcntOf business? VIII fiOcks
and herds with their blcats and means
be- able To silence IN Unsuitable spirit Of
acquisitivcncss which for years has had
full swing In tho soul? viii tho hum
OF the breeze soothe the man who now
can find his only enjoyment In the stock
market" Will leaf and cloud and fount.
ain charm the eye that for thrcc-fourths
Of y lifetime found Its chief duty In
hogshcads and bills Of sale? win par
cnts be competent ~ rear their children
for high and holy purpose II their In.
fancy and boyhood and girlhoOd were
neglected when they were almost ready
to enter upon the world and have all
their habits fixed and their principles
stcrcOtypcd? No, no; now IL tho time
to be happy. Now Ia the time to serve
your Creator. Now In the timc To be- o
Christian. Arc you too busy? have
known mon NJ busy ~ you are who had
. place In the store loft where they went
to pray.
Again, business men arc often tempted
TO let their calling interfere with tho
interests Of tho soul. God sends men
into tho business world u got educated.
just m boys nre tent to school or col.
lcgc. Purchase and sale. loss and gain.
disappointment and rasping. prosperity.
the dishonesty Of others. panic and
bank suspension. are but different los.
sons In the school. The more business
tho more means Of grace. Many have
gone through tho Widest panic unhurt
Tho store and the counting house. have
developed some of the most staiwart
characters. Perhaps originally they
had but little sprightlincss and force.
but two or three business thumps woke
them up from thor lethnrgy and there
came q thorough development In their
hearts ~ all that was good and holy and
energetic and tremendous. and thcy
have become tho front men In Christ's
great army. rs wcll as lighthouses In tho
great world ~ traffic. hut business has
boon perpetual depletion to many a man.
II first pulled out of him all bcncvo.
lcncc, next all AVAILABILITY. next all re-.
ligious aspiration. ncxt all conscience,
and, though he entered his vocation
with large heart and noble character.
he goes N of II . skeleton. enough to
scare u ghost.
Men appreciate tho importance Of
having q good business stand. u store on
tho right side of the street. or tho right
block. Now every place " business IL
u good stand for spiritual culture. Gods
angels hover over tho world of traffic to
sustain and build up those who are try.
ing to do their duty, Tomorrow. II In
your place 81 worldly engagement you
will listen for II, you may hear = sound
louder than tho rattle of drays and the
shuttle Of foot and tho chink of dollars
stealing into your soul. saying: "Scck
yc first the kingdom Of God and His
righteousness, and all other things shall
be- added unto you"
Perhaps some OF you saw tho firc In
New York In 1888. Aged men tell us
that It bcggarcd all description. Some
stood on the house tops ~ brooklyn and
looked at the rod ruin that swept down
tho streets and threatened 4 obliterate
the metropolis. hut the commercial
world will yet y" startled by y greater
coniaHration, ever tho las. Bills 81
exchange, policies Of insurance, mort.
gagcs and bonds and government &C.
c~uritics will 10 consumed In ono lick
ot the fiamcs Tho boursc and the
United States mint will turn to
AshcS Gold will run molten into the
dust % tho street Exchanges and
granite blocks of merchandise will fall
| with a crasN that will make tho earth