The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-21
I, ~ man, ,... -. 49,.

give relaxation 10 some or these worn
muscles! II is time for you to begin to
take it little easier. Do your best, and
then trust God for the rest. Do not fret,
God MANAGES all the affairs of your life,
and he manages them for the best. Con.
slider the lilies--they always have robes,
Behold the fowls of the air-they always
have nests. Take long breath. Be-
think betimes that God did not make
you pack horse, Dig yourselves ont
from among the hogsheads and the
shelves, and in the light of the holy Sab
bath day resolve that you will give to
the winds your fears, and your fretful-
ness, and your distresses. You brought
nothing into the world, and it is very
certain you can carry nothing out. Hav-
ing food and raiment, be Herewith con-
tent.
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: Il
am ruined. Everything is gone. am
all ruined" His wife said, 81 am left"
and the little child threw up its hands and
said, Papa, am here The aged grand
mother seated in the room said, "Then
you have all the promises Of God beside,
John" And he burst into tears and
said: "God forgive me that l have been
SO ungrateful. | find | have great
many things left. God forgive me-"
NEGLECT OF HOME LIFE.
Again, | remark that many of our
business men are tempted to neglect
their home duties. How often it is that
the store and the home seem to clash,
but there ought not to be any collision.
1t 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 gov
eminent he does not touch. Once or
twice in year he calls the children up
on Sabbath afternoon when he has a
half hour he does not exactly know what
to do with, and in that half hour he dis
ciplines the children and chides them
and corrccts their faults and gives them
a 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
cheerfulncsS. often becomes the place of
perilous expedition. If there be any
blessing asked at all, it is cut off at both
ends, and VIA The hand on the carving
knife. He counts on his fingers. making
estimates in the interstices of the repast.
The work done, the hat gees to the head,
and he starts down the street, and before
the family has risen from the table he
has bound up another bundle of goods
and says to the customer, Anything
more can do for you today, SIR"
A man has more responsibilities than
those which are discharged by putting
competent instructors over his children
and giving them drawing master and
music teacher. The physical culture of
the child will not be attended to unless
the father looks to it. He must some
times lose his dignity. He must unlim-
Der his joints He must sometimes lead
them out to their sports and games. The
parent who cannot forget the severe du-
ties of life sometimes to fly the kite, and
trundle the hoop, and chase the ball,
and jump the rope with his children
ought never to have been tempted out
of crusty and unredeemable solitari-
ness.
If You want to keep your children
away from places Of sin, you can only
do it 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 brighter place
than any other place on earth to them.
Oh. gather all charms into your house,!
| If you can afford it, bring books and
pictures and cheerful entertainments to
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
bitterness from the heart, no sparkle
from the eye, no ring from the laughter,
but that her ways are ways of pleas
tntness, and all her paths are peace
sympathize with the work being done
in many of our cities by which beautiful
rooms are set apart by our Young Mems
Christian associations, and l pray God
to 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.
THE RIGHT USES OF MONEY.
Again, remark that great many of
our business men are tempted to put the
attainment OF money above the value of
the soal. 1t is grand thing to have
plenty Of money. The more you get of
1t the Better. if it come honestly and go
usefully, For the lack of it 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 man in canting
TRADE against inoney-a Christian man
AS though it had no possible use on
earth and be had 70 interest in it, come
almost to t;.'Ak that the heaven that
would be appropriate for him would be
an everlasting poorhousel
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 it cannot
pay our fare across the Jordan of death
that it cannot unlock the gate of heaven
There are men in all occupations who
seem to act as though they thought 9
pack of bonds and mortgages could b.
traded Off for IL title to heaven and al
though gold would be lawful tender
in that place where it is so common that
they make pavelnents out of it. Salvation
by Christ is the only salvation. Treas
ures in heaven are the only incorrupt
IDLE treasures.