The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-07-27


They 90 with their store on their backs.
They trudwc Ike camels, sweating from
Aleppo to Damascus. They make Their
llic Il cruciIiNOn. Standing behind desks
t counters, banshcd from the fresh air,
weighed down by carklng cares, they
are so many suicides.
on, wish | could today rub out
: some OF those lines Of care; that | could
lift some of the burdens from the heart;
tNat cNuld give relaxation to some OF
u these worn muscles. IL is time for you
8 to begin to take it little easier. Do
). your best and then trust Col iDr the
}, rest. Do not fret. cod mana tes all
the affairs OF y)ur life, aud he manages
: them for the best. Consider the lilies
5 they always have robes. Behold the
i fowls of the alr-thev always have
ncsrs. Take a long breath. Bethink
r bctimcs hat God dln make you for Il
l pack horse. Dig yourselves cut from
: among the hoyshcads and the shelves,
{ and in the light of the holy Sabbath day
I resolve that YOU Will yIve TO the wind.
your tears and your trctiulnGss a.rl your
, lstrr.Srs. You brought nothing into
J the world. and it is very certain YOU can
carry nothing out. Having TODD and
r'imcnt, be Herewith con,clt.
The merchant came home from the
store. There had been great disaster
there. lie opened the Fl ont door aud in
the midst OF his family circle; and SAID
81 am ruined. Everything is gone. am
all ruined" His wife said, 81 am left"
and the little child threw up it's hands
and said. "l'apa am here" The aged
grandmother, seated in the room said,
"Thcn you have all the promises of God
beside, John." And he burst INTO tears
and said: "God forgive me, that have
been 80 unGrateiul. find ! have a
great many thugs left. God forgive
me-"
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 he any collision.
|: Is often the case that the father is the
mere treasurer OF the family, a sort Of
agrnL 10 see that they have dry goods
and groceries. The work of family
government he does not touch. Once
or twice III year he calls the children
up on Sabbath afternoon when he has
Il halt hour he does not exactly know
what T." do with, and in that half hour
he dsciplincs the children and chdes them
and corrccLs their faults aud gives them Il
ErcaL deal of good advice aud then won
derS all the rest OF the year that his
children do not do better when they
have the wonderful advantage OF that
scmiannual castigation.
The family table, which ouyh. to be the
place for pleasant discussion and cheer
mlness, often hcc ONES the place OF peril =
ni, liz
ing asked at all, it is cut OH AT boLl,
; ends, and with the hand on the CARVING
knife. He counts on his lingcrs, max
3 IL estimates in the intersticcs Of The
: rcpast. The work done, the hat zoe!
| to the head, and he starts down th,
J.. street, and before the family have riser
from the table he has bound up arothc
3 bundle OF goods ard says to the custO
3 mcr, "Anvlhlny more can do Tor yo
- to-day, sir?"
; n man has more responsibilities thar
those winch are discharged by putin
competent instructors over his childrc
T. and giving them Il drawing master an
II music teacher. Tho physical culture ,
l. the child will not be attended to unl cs
IS the father looks to it. He must some
I times lose his dignity. lie must unfim
Il Der his joints. He must sometime
lead them out to their sports and games
lhc parent who caunot forget the sever
duties OF lite sometimes to tlY the kit
and trundlc the hoop and chase the bal
, and Jump the rope with the children
"uGhtncvcr to have been tempted ont o
a crustY and unrcdccmablc s0litarness
II you want to keep your children
away from places OF sin, you can 0nl,
do It by making your nome attractive
on may preach sermons and adv OcaLc
> reforms and dcnOunCG Wickedncss, anu
; yet your children will be captivated b,
lhc GlilLrrln% saloon of Sin unless You
can make your home II brighter place
IMAM any other place on earth to them
On gather all charms into your house!
II You can afford it, bring books and
pictures and cheerful entertainments &c
to the household. But, above all, teach
those children, not by halt an hour twice
n year on The Sabbath day, but day after
day, and every day teach them that rel-
Gion ls great gladncss that throws
CHAINS OF gold about the neck; that It
takes no spring from the foot, no blthe-
n'SS from the heart, no spearkle from
the eye, no rlnG from the laughter, but
lhat her wUs are ways of pleasant.
ness, and all her paths are peace"
| S}mpathIZc with the work being
done IN may of our cities by which
beautiful rooms are set apart by our
Young Mems Christian AssOciat. on, and
pray God to prosper them in all
Things. But tell You there is s0mthng
back OF that and before that. We need
more happy, consecrated cheerful Chris
tam homes IN America.
Again, | remark that great many of
our business men are tempted to put the
attainment OF money above the value OF
the soul. II is q grand thing to have
| plenty OF money. The more You get of
II the better, If t come honestly aud 90
usetully. For the lack of it sickness
dies without medicine, and hunger riDds
It's cellin IN the empty bread tray, and
nakcGncss shivers for lack OF clothes and
llrc. When | hear man in cantlng
llrade against money-a Christian man
as though IT, had M noeoiblo ,,o 90,