Milford chronicle., 1893-07-21

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
fulness 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, in the midst
of his family circle: Il 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 l
have been so ungrateful. / find l have a
great many things left God forgive me-"
Again I remark that many of our bust
ness men are tempted toneglect their home
duties. How often it is that the store and
the home seem to clash, but there ought
not to be any collision. It is often the case
that the father is the mere treasurer Of the
family, a sort Of agent to see that they have
dry goods and groceries. The work Of fam
ilv government he does not touch. Once or
twice in a year he calls the children up on a
Sabbath afternoon when he has half hour
he does not exactly know what to do with,
and in that half hour he disciplines the
children and hides them and corrects 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 cheerful
ness. often becomes the place Of perilous
expedition. If there be any blessing asked
at all. it is cut of at both ends, and with
the hand on the carving knife. He 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 1 can do for you today,
sir?''
DUTY TO ONES FAMILY.
A man has more responsibilities than
those which are discharged by putting COM
petent 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 to it. He 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 fiy the kite and trundle the hoop and
chase the ball and jump the rope with the
children-ought never to have been tempt
ed out Of a crusty and unredeemable soli-
tariness.
If you want to keep your children away
from places of sin, you can only do 1t 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 g
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 entertain
ments to the household. But, above all
teach those children, not by half an hou
twice a year on the Sabbath day but day
after day, and every day teach them that
religion is a great gladness that throw
| 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 rine
from the laughter, but that ''her ways ar'
ways of pleasantness, and all her paths arr
peace"
1 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 l pray God e
prosper them in all things But l tell yoJ
there is something back Of that and bsfo'
| that. We need more happy, c0nseccatet
/ cheerful Christian homes in America.
LIMITED USES OF MONEY.
7 -,,,ro-l- fT,ot q orraaf many of on
business men are tempted to put the at
tafnment of money above the value Of th'
soul. It is a grand thing to have plenty o
money. The more you get of it the better
/ if it come honestly and go usefuliy. Fo
/ the lack Of it sickness dies without medi
/ cine and hunger finds its coffin in tn
empty bread tray, and nakedness shiver
/ for lack of clothes and fire. When hearl
man in eanting TRADE against money
/ Christian man-as though it had no posi-
BILE use on earth, and he had no interest il
it. I come almost to think that the heavel
that would be appropriate for him woul'
be an everlasting poorhousel
While, my friends, we do admit there
such a thing as a lawful use of money
profitable use Of money-let us recogniz
| also the fact that money cannot satisfy
mans soul; that it cannot glitter in tn
dark valley; that it cannot pay our far
across the Jordan Of death; that it canno
unlock the gate of heaven. There are mel
in all occupations who seem to act a
though they thought a pack of bonds an'
MORTGAGES could be traded of for title t.
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 1t
Salvation by Christ is the only salvation
Treasures in heaven are the only incorrupt
ible treasures.
Have YOU ever ciphered out in the rule o
loss and gain the sum, What shall /
profit a man if he gain the whole world am
lose his soul?" However fine your appare
the winds of leath will flutter it like rags
Homespun md threadbare coat hav
sometimes been the shadow of comm
robes made white in the blood of the Lamt
The pearl Of great priceis worS more thai
any gem you can bring from the ocean
than Australian or Brazilian mines strun
in one carcanet. Seek after God find hi
righteousness, and all shall be well 7rt
all shall be well hereafter.
Loss OF MONEY NOT FATAL.
But Imust have a word with those VIII
during the present commercial calamltie
have lost heavily or perhaps lost all thei
estate. If a man lose his property at 80 o
40 years of age, it is only a sharp disciplin
generally, by which later he comes to lal
ger success 1t is all folly for a man to 81
down in midlife discouraged. The MAJ
shals Of Napoleon came to their command
er and said, 1--WE have lost the battle, an
we are being cut to pieces" Napoleo
took his watch from his pocket and said
tIt Is only 2 O'Clock in the afternoon. 70
have lost that battle, but we have tim
enough to win another. Charge upon th
foeln
Though the meridian of life has passe
with YOU, and you have been routed
many a conflict, give not up in discourage
ment. There are victories yet for you
gain. But sometimes monetary disastC
comes to a man when there is something
his age or something in his health or SOM
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