Connecticut western news., 1890-04-16

 while got we'll and strong, and he threw open the gates and let the devas- tating army come in. One wrong ad- mitted into the soul may gain in strength until, after while, it filings open all the avenues of the immoral nature, and the surrender is complete.
 Again, business men are sometimes tempted to throw off personal responsi- bility upon the moneyed institution to which they belong. Directors in banks and railroad and insurance companies sometimes shirk personal responsibil- ity underneath the action of the cor poration. And how often, when some banking house or financial institution explodes through fraud, respectable men in the board of directors say, Why, thought all was going on in an honest way, and I am utterly con- founded with this misdemeanor!" The banks, and the fire and life and marine insurance companies, and the railroad < companies, will not stand up for judg ment in the last day, but those who in them acted righteously will receive, each for himself, reward, and those who acted the part of neglect or trick cry will, each for himself, receive 8 condemnation.
 Unlawful dividends are not clean before God because there are those as- sociated with you who grab just as big pile as you do. He who counte- nances the dishonesty of the firm, or of the corporation, or of the associa- ton, takes upon himself all the moral liabilities. If the financial institution steal, he steals. If they go into wild speculations, he himself is a gambler. If they needlessly embarrass a cred itor, he himself is guilty of cruelty. If they swindle the uninitiated, he himself is defrauder. No financial institution ever had a money vault strong enough, or credit stanch enough, or dividends large enough, or policy acute enough to hide the in- dividual sins of its members The old adage, that corporations have no souls, is misleading Every corporation has as many souls as it has members.
 DON'T POSTPONE ENDOWMENT.
 Again, many business men have been tempted to postpone their enjoy entire leisure. What sedative the Christian religion would be to all our business men if, instead of postponing it's uses to old age or death, they would take it into the store or factory or worldly engagements nowl It is folly to go amid the uncertainties of busi- ness life with no God to help.
 A merchant in New England will lage was standing by horse, and the horse lifted his foot to stamp it in a escape the splash, stepped into the door of an insurance agent, and the agent said, II suppose you have come to re- the merchant, T had forgotten that. !" The insurance was renewed, and the next day the house that had been in sured was burned Was it all acci- dental that the merchant, to escape 8 splash from horses foot, stepped into the insurance officer No, it was provi- 1 dential. And what a mighty solace ! for ap business man. to feel that things are providential! What peace and equilibrium in such a consideration, and what 8 grand thing if all business men could realize it!
 Many, although now comparatively straitened in worldly circumstances, have goodly establishment in the flu ture planned out. They have in imag- ination built about twenty years ahead house in the country not difficult of access from the great town, for they will often have business, or old ac- 1 counts to settle, and investments to look after. The house is large enough to accommodate all their friends The halls are wide, and hung with pictures of hunting scenes and a branch of ant lers, and are comfortable with chairs that can be rolled out on the veranda when the weather is inviting, or set out under some of the oaks that stand sentinel about the house. and rustling in the cool breeze, and songful with the robins.
 There is just land enough to keep them interested, and it's crops of al most fabulous richness springing up under application of the best theories to be found in the agricultural jour nals. The farm is we'll stocked with cattle and horses, and sheep that know the voice and have kindly bleat when one goes forth to look at them. In this blissful abode their children will be instructed in art and science and re- lgion. This shall be the old home stead to which the boys at college will direct their letters, and the hill on which the house stands will be called Oakwood or Ivy Hill or Pleasant Re- treat or Eagle Eyrie. May the future have for every business man here all that and more besidel But are you postponing your happiness to that time2 Are you adiourning your joys to that consummation9
 YOU MAY NOT ENJOY IT THEN
 Suppose that you achieve all you ex- pect-anI the vision mention is not up to the reality, because the fountains will be brighter, the house grander and the scenery more picturesque the mistake is none the less fatal. What charm will there be in rural quiet for a man who has thirty or forty years been conforming his entire na- ture to the settlements of businesss Will tlocks and herds with their bleat and moan be able to silence the insa- tiable spiritof acquisitiveness which soul! Will the hum of the breeze only enjoyment in the stock marketa Will leaf and cloud and fountain charm the eye that has for three beauty in hogsheads and bills of Salef VIII parents Do cOnpeCout Io rear their children for high and holy purpose, if their infancy and boyhood and girlhood were neglected. when they are almost ready to enter upon the world and have all their habits fixed and their principles stereotypedi No, no; now is the time to be happy. Now is the time to serve your Creator. Now is the time to be Christian. I-Are you too busy9 Ihave known men as busy as you are who had place ill the store loft where they went to pray Some one asked a Christian sailor where he found any place to pray in He said: "I can always find a quiet