The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19


are so many suicides.
Reliance on Divine Aid.
Oh, wish 1 could today rub out some
of these lines Of care: that 1 could lift
some of the burdens from my heart; that
I could give relaxation to some of these
worn muscles. 1t is time for you to be-
gin to take ii little easier. Do your
best and trust God for the rest. Do not
fret. God manages all the affairs OF
your life and he manages them for the
best. Consider the lilies-they always
have robes. Behold the fowls OF the air
they always have nests. Take long
breath. Bethink betimes that God did
not make you for a pack horse. Dig
yourself out from among the hogsheads
and the shelves, and I'm the light Of the
holy Sabbath day resolve that you will
give to the winds your fears and your
fretfulness and your distresses. You
brought nothing into the world, and it
is very certain you can carry nothing
out. Having food and rainment, be
Herewith content
The merchant came home from the
store. There had been great disaster
there. He opened the front door and
said. In the midst of his family circle:
II am ruined. Everything is gone.
am all ruined" His wife said. II am
left" and the little child threw up it's
hands and said. Papa. 1 am here" The
aged grandmother. seated in the room,
said. "Then you have all the promises
of God besides, John" And he burst in
| TO tears and said: God forgive me.
that l have been so ungrateful. l find
l have a great many things left. God
/ forgive me-"
Again remark that many of our bust
ness men are tempted 10 neglect their
/ home duties. How often II is that the
| store and the home seem to clash, but
| there ought not TO be any collision. II
| Is often the case that the father is the
| mere treasurer OF the family, sort Of
agent TO see that they have dry goods
| and groceries. The work of family
| government he does not touch. once or
| twice i'm a year lac calls the children up
on a Sabbath afternoon when he has
half hour he does not exactly know
! what 10 do with and i'm that half hour
| he dsciplines the children and chides
| them and corrects their faults and gives
| them great deal OF good advice and
| then wonders all the rest OF the year
| that his children do not do better when
/ they have the wonderful advantage OF
| that semiannual castigation.
The family table. which ought to be
| the place for pleasant discussion and
! cheerfulness, often becomes the place Of
perilous expedition. II there be any
/ blessing asked at all Il is cut off at both
ends, and with the hand on the carving
/ knife. lie counts on his fingers, making
estimates In the interstices OF the re-
! past. The work done. the hat goes TO
/ the head, and he starts down the street
and before the family have risen from
/ the table he has bound up another
bundle OF goods and says TO the Gus
| toner, Anything more ] can do for
| you today, sir?"
| Duty to Ones Family.
! A man has more responsibilities than
those which are discharged by putting
| competent instructors over his children
| and giving them a drawing master and
music teacher. The physical culture Of
the child will not be attended TO unless
the father looks 10 H. He must some
times lose his dignity. He must I'M
Timber his joints. He must sometimes
lead them out TO their sports and games.
The parent who cannot forget the Sc
we're duties OF life sometimes-to fly the
kite and trundle the hoop and chase the
ball and jump the rope with the children
! ought never 20 have been tempted out
Of a crust and unredeemable solitarlness.
If you want 10 keep your children
away from places Of sin, you can only
do II by making your home attractive.
You may preach sermons and advocate
reforms and denounce wickedness. and
yet your children will be captivated by
the glittering saloon OF sin unless you
can make your home a brighter place
| than any other place on earth 10 them.
! Oh gather all charms into your house!
| If you can afford n, bring books and
| pictures and cheerful entertainments 10
| the household. But above all, teach
| those children, not by half an hour
| twice a year on the Sabbath day. but
day after day. and every day teach them
that religion is a great gladness that
throws chains OF gold about the neck
that IT takes no spring from the foot.
| no blitheness from the heart, no sparkle
from the eye. no ring from the laughter.
! but that "her ways are ways OF pleas
antness, and all her paths are peace"
/ sympathize with the work being done
! in many Of our cities by which beauti-
| full rooms are set apart by our Young
| Mems Christian association. and / pray
| God 10 prosper them In all things. But
| tell you there Is something back OF
| that and before that We need more
happy. consecrated cheerful Christian
homes in America.
Limited Use of Money.
Again. remark that a great many of
our business men are tempted 10 put the
attainment of money above the value OF
the soul. 1t is a grand thing TO have
plenty of money. The more you get OF
1t the better, If IL come honestly and go
usefully. For the lack OF II sickness
dies without medicine, and hunger finds
its coffin in the empty bread tray, and
nakedness shivers for lack OF clothes
and fire. When hear a man I'm canting
TRADE against money-a Christian man
| AS though IL had no possible use on
earth, and he had no interest in 1t. /
come almost 10 think that the heaven
that would be appropriate for him would
be an everlasting poor housed
While, my friends, we do admit there
is such thing as a lawful use Of money
| "a profitable use Of money-let us
recognize also the fact that money can
not satisfy a mans SOUL that it cannot
glitter in the dark valley; that IL cannot
pay our fare across the Jordan of death,
that ii cannot unlock the gate of heaven.
| There are men in all occupations who
/ seem TO act as though they thought a
| pack Of bonds and mortgages could be
| traded off for title TO heaven and as
though gold would be a lawful tender In
that place where IL is SO common that
they make pavements out of IT, Saliva
ton by Christ rs the only salvation.
Treasures in heaven are the only incor-
ruptible treasures.
Have you ever ciphered out in the rule
of loss and gain the sum. What shall il
profit man III he gain the whole world
and lose his Soul2 However fine Won,