Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-07-20

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give relaxation TO some of these worn
muscles 1t 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. Consider the
lilies-they always have robes. Behold the
fowls of the air-they always have nests.
Take a long breath. Bethink betimes that
God did not make you for n pack horse.
Dig yourselves out from among the hogs
heads and the shelves, and in the light of
the holy Sabbath day resolve that you will
give to the winds your fears and your fret
funess and your distresses. You brought
nothing into the world, and it is very GER
tain You can carry nothing out. Having
food and raiment be Herewith content.
The merchant came home from the store
| There had been great disaster there. He
opened the front door and said i'll the midst
of his family circle; 81 am ruined. Every
thing is gone ! am all ruined" His wife
said, II am left, =" and the little child threw
up its hands and said, Papa, am here :"
The aged grandmother 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 |
have been so ungrateful. | find | have a
great many things left. God forgive me-"
Again | remark that many of our bust
ness men are tempted tonegect 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, n sort of agent to see that they have
dry goods and groceries. The work of fam
lily government he does not touch. Once or
twice in year he calls the children up on a
sabbath afternoon when he has Il half hour
he does not exactly know what to do with
and in that half hour he disciplines 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 castigaton.
The family table, which ought to be the
place for pleasant discussion and cheerful
ness, often becomes the place of perilous
expedition. If there be any blessing asked
at all, it is cut off at both ends, and with
the hand on the carving knife lie counts
on his fingers, making estimates in the in
terstices of the repast 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 customer,
Anything more / can do for you today,
sir;
DUTY TO ONES FAMILY.
A man has more responsibilities than
those which are discharged byputting com
petent instructors over his children and
giving them Il drawing master and music
teacher. The physical culture of the child
will not be attended to unless the father
looks to it. lie must sometimes lose his
dignity. He must unlimber his Joints He
must sometimes lead them out TO their
sports and games. The parent who cannot
forget the severe 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 10 lc"c been tempt
ed ont of Il Crusty and understandable soil
fairness.
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 glitteriug saloon
of sin unless You can make your home "A
brighter place than any other place on
earth to them. OH gather all charms into
your housed If you can afford it, bring
books and pictures and cheerful entertain
ments to the household But, above all
teach those children, not by half an hour
twice year on the Sabbath day, but day
after day, and every day teach them that
religion is 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 pleasantncss, 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 Men
Christian association, and | 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.
LIMITED USES OF MONEY.
Again l remark that a great many Of oul
business men are tempted to put the at.
tainment of money above the value of the
soul. 1t is "a grand thing to have plenty OF
money. The more you get of it the better.
if it come honestly and go usefully. Fol
the lack of it sickness dies without medi.
cine, and hunger finds its coffin in the
empty bread tray, and nakcdness shivers
for lack of clothes and fire. When heara
man in canting TRADE against mouey-a
Christian man-as though it had no posi-.
Bile use on earth, and he had no interest in
it, come almost to think that the heaven
that would be appropriate for him would
be an everlasting poorhouse!
While, my friends, we do admit there Is
such a thing as lawful use of mouey-a
profitable use of mOney-let us recognize
also the fact that money cannot satisfy
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 "a
though they thought IA pack Of bonds and
mortgages could be traded off for II title to
heaven and as though gold would be law
full tender in that place where it is so com
mon that they make pavementS out of it.
Salvation by Christ is the only salvation.
Treasures in heaven are the only incorrupt-
iblc treasures.
Have you ever ciphered out in the rule OF
loss and gain the sum, "What shall it
profit a man if he gain the whole world and
lose his soul?" However fine your apparel