Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-06


for others. shorten their own. Chem
lists breathe death in their labora-
tories and pottens absorb paralysis.
Painters fall under their own brush.
Foundrymen take death in with the
filings ShoemakeTs pound away
their own lives on the last Over
driven merchants measure of their
own lives with the yardstick. Millers
grind their own lives with the grist.
Masons dig their graves with the
trOwel And in all our occupations
and professions there are the elements
of peril
Rapid climatic changes threaten
our lives By reason of the violent
fits of the thermometer within two
days we live both in the arctic and
the tropic. The warm south wind
finds us with our furs on. The win
try blast cuts through our thin ap
parel. The hoof, the wheel, the fire
arms, the assassin wait their chance to
put upon us their quietus. Iannounce
il az an impossibility that three hun
dred and sixty-fYe days should pass
and leave US all as we now are. In
what direction to shoot the arrow !
know not and ~ shoot 1t at ven
ture. This year thou shalt die"
In view of this, advise that you
have your temporal matters adjusted
Do not leave your worldly affairs at
tl,a ,,.o,.,,,, ~ fo1x,,asat,.o to,.a uo M
your receipts properly pasted and
your letters filed and your books
balanced If you have trust funds"
'see that they are rightly deposited
and accounted for. Let no widow OF
orphan scratch on your tombstone,
This man wronged me of my in
heritance Many a man has died
leaving competency whose prop
erty has. through his own careless
ness afterward been divided between
the administrators, the surrogate,
the lawyers and the sheriffs. | charge
you, before many days have gone, as
far ~ possible, have all your worldly
matters made straight, for This year
thou shalt die"
POSSIBILITIES OF SABBATH WORK.
advise also that you be busy in
Christian work How many Sab
baths in the year7 Fifty-two. II
the text be true of you it does not
say at what time you may go, and
therefore it is unsafe to count ON all
of the fifty two Sundays. As you are
az likely to go in the first half of the
year az in the last half, think we
had better divide the fifty.two into
halves and calculate only twenty six
Sabbaths. Come, Christian men,
Christian women, what can you do
in twenty-six Sabbathsf
Divide the three hundred and sixty
five days into two parts; what can
you do in one hundred and eighty.
two daysi What by the way of saw.
ing your family, the church and the
worldi You will not. through all
the ages of eternity in heaven, get
over the dishonor and the outrage
of going into glory, and having
helped none up to the same place. II
viii be found that many a Sabbath
school teacher has taken into heaven
her whole class; that Daniel Baker,
the evangelist, took thousands into
heaven; that DoddIidge has taken in
hundreds OF thousands; that Paul
took in hundred millions. How
many will you take int
II you get into heaven and find
none there that you sent, and that
there are none to come through your
instIumentality, | beg of you to
crawl under some seat in the back
corner and never come out, lest the
redeemed got their eyes on you and
some one cry out, THAT is the man
who never lifted hand or voice for
the redemption of his fellowsl Look
at him. all hoavenw Better be busy.
Better put the plow in deep Better
say what you have to say quickly,
Better cry the alarm, Better fall ON
your knees. Better lay hold with
both banda What you now leave
undone for Christ win forever be un
done This year thou shalt die"
In view of the probabilities men
toned advise all the men and WON
en not ready for eternity 10 get ready.
II the text be true, you have no time
10 talk about nonessentials. asking
why God let sin come into the world,
or whether the book of Jonah Is In,
spired, or who Melchisedec was. or
what about tho eternal decreos, II
you are as near eternity as some OF
you seem 10 be, thero is no time for
but the question, What
must do 10 DO savedf The drown.
ing man. when plank Is thrown
him. stops not 10 ask what sawmill
made il. or whether II u oak or cedar
or who threw it. The moment il is
thrown he clutches H.
II this year you are TO die. thero Is
no time for anything but immediate
~ laying hold on God Il Is high
time 10 get out OF your sins. You
say, II have committed no great
transgresssions" But are you not
aware that your life has been SINFUL
The snow comes down ON the Alps
fake by fake and Il is 30 light that
you may hold Il on the tip OF your
flngor without feeling any weight;
but tho flakes gather they compact
until some day a travellers foot starts
tho slide. and II goes down in an
avalanche. crushing 20 death the vii