The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-05-21
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the lock Lt rest. Tor one Scdnb udNf
and lay an easy conscience with II
the lap of peaceful 5 ,bbath, aud
rise refreshed and ready for the
struggles winch the coming week
must force npou him-"SIx days
TO weave" he SAYS "and one, TO
mend the loom, whore is the harm.
to clip from out the treasury OF
Gods hours, a few short moments
now, and then, so | NAV lose nu
time, from my long week of gain;"
aud then he slyly sneaks off to hi
loom, sees first If all is dark, $
others may know nothing of hi
work, shlvers, and shakes, ami
wonders VII, his hands obey hi>
will 10 clumsily, then creeps away,
knowing within himself that he is
branded AS thief, has used the
six full spIndles furnishe by his
Master, to torn the bright fabric
of his weeks gam, AID grasp'ng
and envioas, he has trie / to slip
the threads from his Masters one,
to make his own lap lOngerl
OH selfish We yer, LIT thy loom
be silent tor day, this Mighty
Universe obeytd the mandates of
it's Creator, aud res'ed on the Sab
bath, then shnulds't thou not feel
fear, to break that law in any way,
lest all thy future fe, be tangled
by Jehovah's hand, into The useless
skeins of wre chedness and misery's
How the looms ara watched !!
Two years ago, IA crevass SVEN
away the track of the |. G. II Il.
at Manchac, aud on that Sabbath
day th.. order Il shed up aud down
the wires. to tile various mills
along the route, 10 start their fires,
and send them lumber 0f special
kind. Several mills oheyed the
order. and tbe timbers came forth
branded with the righteous ang +
of an out aged Jehovah; the
waters swept with m ghty fury
over miles If tile lands, and
stord two weeks before they fell.
Those necessary timheTS' remained
upon ears during that time, for no
human force cou d bridge mat tor
ront, aud the rains poured down,
and The mill men erumb'ed, and
wondered IL The sun would ever
come again. That Sabbath night
the Master, had cut asunder the
threads on che spindles of both
manufactures and consumer, and
the looms of the l. @ r. II. and
the mil men we're tied III in idle
ness for nearly month
So willingly Satan proffers his
Sp'ndles. "Oh mau' he says why
lose one long day from your week,
life is so sh' rt, weave whilst
thou can, and 10 Thy plenty thou
ca st then afford to keep GUd's
law y And thus, he tempis, amt
frail humanity succumb-, and put
ting in those spindles to their looms,
they wonder why their lives th ncr-
forth, are kuott, d SO with cares.
and disappoiniments, Why wheels
that once ran smoothly rust and
stop, and clouds obscure their
homes, which formerly were flooded
only with happiness and sweet con-
tent. Those sl,indles are fi'led with
the worthless tire Il f AvaI ic ,
spun out of the split and sc ] u
AJAX from Goh's own plans, an :
though the weaver may apprOpri
ate to his own use what he knows
full we'll is not his own, while he
IL most exultant over his success.
and screening bis conscience be-
hi Il other lnoms, he sees III ar
working, in an instant the whole
machinery If his liviiIOod. may
stop. and when it starts again,
he'il find the pattern changed from
the bright Close fabric of hunesr
success, TO The blurred and ugly
one, of disappointment, want and
care
L,fe's weavers, let your spindles
lie emmy Ou the day of rest. There
Il no cloi h that eau braF the stamp
of exc, lence Il less it is branded
with the sancIion of the Ma { r.
ask days shalt thou labor oil
thy luom and patiently knot up
the hr.ken thiea Is, and on The
seventh rest Let Sa ans splndles,
CLEAN with iemptiiig e thfeauS, caNi
it aside aud e cnnieuJ 10 haSi g
usrn yuur own. aud DER this sammy
lind in the lari Il fabrics Of live~,
will come su,h change, that
Society, The marker OF humani -
worth, will lie cry dazzle"i pIous
spirndour, ,aud eoii ness, and pros
peritN. aud c"ntenim,n'.
L fe'S fabric is beautiful one,
cleaning with silver tlneads ci
blessings, sIipfed on ur srindles
a they ne from tie Divine hand,
we stand for SIX days using ihesr
threads, and the s~ventb God ha>
given us to he golden Csc, ~
which 10 pask k The woven though b ;.
amt deeds, ard issues # Lne We K.
Then tamper not with Satan
spimnh 5, dasn them aside h,WeveI
selfish interests may demand ihrl
use. Lei the hr K. II Ibreasi of IN.
due try lie untouched, when th'
tired scissors of the busy weei