The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19


bath cannot dam back the tide OF anx'
iety; for this wave Of worldlinesa
dashes clear over the churches, and
leaves its foam on Bibles and prayer
books. Men who are living on salaries,
or by the culture of the soil, cannot
understand the wear and tear of body
and mind to which our merchants
are subjected, when they do not
know but that their livelihood and
their business honor are dependent
upon the uncertainties OF the next
hour. This excitment Of the brain,
this corroding care of the heart, this
strain of effort that exhausts the
spirit, sends great many of our best
men, in middle life, into the grave.
They find that Wall street does not end
at the East river. 1t ends at Green
wood Their life dashed out against
money safes. They go with their store
on their backs. They trudge, like
camels, sweating, from Aleppo to Da'
mascus. They make their life cruel.
fixion. Standing behind desks and
counters, banished from the fresh air,
weighed down by carking cares, they
are so many suicides. oh! l wish
could to-day rub out some of these lines
of care; that could lift some OF the
burdens from the heart; that / could
give relaxation to some of these worn
muscles. 1t is 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 man
ages 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 yourselves out from
among the hogsheads and the shelves,
and in 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 moth.
ing 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 !:
al am ruined Everything is gone. ]
am all ruined" Ms wife said: 81 am
left" and the little child threw up Its
hand, and said: Papa, l am here. "
The aged grandmother, seated in the
room, said "Then you have all the
promises of God, besides, John" And
he burst into tears, and said: "God
forgive me, that have been so un'
grateful find have great many
things left, God forgive me-"
Again | remark, that many OF our
business men are tempted to neglect
their home duties. How often it IL
that the store and the home seem tc
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. Th'
work of family government he doe
not touch. Once Or twice in the yea
he calls the children up on a Sabbath
afternoon when he has half hour h
does not exactly know what TO d.
with, and in that half hour he disci
plines the children, and chides then
and corrects their faults, and give
them great deal Of good advice, ant
then wonders all the rest Of the yea
that his children do not do better
when they have the wonderful advan
tage of that semi-annual castigation
The family table, which ought TO b
the place for pleasant discussion an,
cheerfulness, often becomes the plac
of perilous expedition. II ther
is any blessing asked at all,
Is cut off at both ends, and wit
the hand on the carving knife. II
, counts on his fingers, making estimate
, in the interstices of the repast Th
work done, the hat goes TO the hea
and he starts down the street, and bC
fore the family have risen from th
table he has bound up another bundl
, Of goods, and says to the customer
a Anything more can do for you u
. day, sir?" A man has more respons
. bilities than those which are dii
q charged by putting competent instru'
a tors over his children, and giving theI
: drawing master and music teacher
The physical culture OF the child wi
:. not be attended TO, unless the fathe
4 looks to IL. He must sometimes los
Z his dignity. He must unlimber h
Joints. He must sometimes lead thei
q out to their sports and games. TIL
. parent who cannot forget the sever
a duties Of life sometimes, TO fly the kit,
q and trundle the hoop, and chase th
a ball, and jump the rope with his chi
a dren, ought never to have been temple
4 out Of crusty and unredeemable sol
n tariness. II you want to kee
! your children away from places {
q sin, you can only do it by NAL
|, ing your home attractive. You ma
preach sermohs, and advocate reform
n and denounce wickedness, and yet yol
h children will be captivated by Il
d glittering saloon Of sin, unless you ca
I make your home brighter place tha
a any other place on earth TO them. o.
n gather all charms into your house.
a, you can afford 1t, bring books and pic
m ures, and cheerful entertainments
70 the household. But above all, teaC
4. those children, not by half an hoI
te twice year on the Sabbath day, b,
II day after day and every day, teaC
ul them that religion is a great gladnes
n that throws chains Of gold about u