Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-11-17


borrowed gold. These Israelites of the
text borrowed the earrings of the Egyp
tians ard then melted them into a god
That is the way the golden calf is made
nowadays A great many housekeepers
not paying for the articles they get, borrow
of the grocer, aud the baker, and the butch
er, and the dry goods seller. Then the Te.
taller borrows of the wholesale dealer.
Then the wholesale dealer borrows of the
capitalist, and we borrow and borrow and
borrow until the community is divided
into two classes-those who borrow ard
those who are borrowed of-and after
awhile the capitalist wants his money
and he PUSHES upon the wholesale dealer,
and the wholesale dealer wants his money
and he rushes upon the retailer, and the
retailer wants his money and he rushes
upon the consumer, and we all 90 down to
gether.
There is many man in this day who
rides in carriage and owes the black
smith for the tire, and the wheelwright
for the wheel. and the trimmer for the
curtain, and the driver for unpaid wages,
and the harness maker for the bride. and
the furrier for the robe, while from the
tip Of the carriage tongue clear back 70
the tip of the shawl futtering out of the
back of the vehicle everything is paid for
by notes that have been three times re-
newed
1t is this temptation to borrow and Dor
row and borrow that keeps the people
everlastingly praying to the golden calf
for help, and just at the minute they ex-
pect the help the golden calf treads on
them. The judgments Of God, like Moses
in the text, will rush in and break up this
worship; and | say, let the work go on I'M
til every man shall learn TO speak truth
with bis neighbour and those who make
engagements shall feel themselves bound
90 keep them, and when man who will
not repent of his business iniquity, but
goes on wishing to satiate his cannibal APP
petite by devouring widows houses, shall
by the law of the land be compelled to ex-
change his mansion for Sing Sing. Let the
golden calf perish
LAY Up TREASURE IL HEAVEN.
But. my friends, if we have made this
world our god, when we come to die we
will see our idol demolished. How much
Of this world are you going to take with
you into the next? Will you have two
pockets-one in each side Of your shroudf
Will you cushion your coffin with bonds
and mortgages and certificates of stocks
All, MOI The ferryboat that crosses this
Jordan takes no baggage heavier
than a spirit. You may perhaps take five
hundred dollars with you two or three
miles, in the shape of funeral trappings
TO Greenwood, but you will have 10 leave
them there. 1t would not be safe for you
to lie down there with gold watch or a
diamond ring; il would be "a temptation 10
the pillagers.
All, my friends, if we have made this |
world our god. when we die we will see |
our idol ground to pieces by our pillow, |
and we viii have TO drink it IN bitter re-
grets for the wasted opportunities Of life !
time. Soon we viii be gone. Oh, this is a /
fleeting world; it is dying world A man |
who had worshiped it ali his days, in his |
dying moment described himself when lac |
said, Fool fool foolr'
| want you to change temples, and 10
give up the worship of this unsatisfying |
and cruel god for the service Of the Lord |
Jesus Christ Here is the gold that will |
never crumble. Here are securities that |
viii never fail. Here are banks that viii |
never break. Here is an altar on which /
there has been one sacrifice once for all. /
Here is a God who will comfort you when I
you are in trouble, and soothe you when /
you ART STA tttiAA save Abh NhtA YOU Aits
When your parents have breathed their |
last, and the old, wrinkled and trembling /
hands can no more be put upon your head |
for a blessing, he will be 10 you father and /
mother both, giving you the defense Of the |
one and the comfort of the other; and when /
your children 90 away from you, the sweet /
darlings, you win not kiss them goodby |
forever. He only wants TO hold them for |
you little while. He will give them back /
to you again. and he will have them all |
waiting for You at the gates of eternal well
come.
Oh, what a God he isl He viii allow
you to come so close this morning that you 1
can put your arms around his neck. while
he in response will put his arms around
your neck, and all the windows Of heaven
will be hoisted TO let the redeemed look
out and see the spectacle of a rejoicing ia
Their and returned prodigal locked in glori
Gus embrace. Quit worshiping the golden |
calf, and bow this day before him in whose
presence we must all appear when the
world has turned 10 ashes and the scorched
parchment OF che sky shall be rolled To-
gethcr like an b storic scroll.
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