Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-20

| the front door, and said, in the midst
of his family circle: II am ruined
Everything is gone. am | ruined.
His wife said; II am left;" and the
little child threw mp 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 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 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. a sort of agent to see that they
have dry-goods and groceries. The
work of family government he does not
touch. Once or twice in n year he calls
the children up on "A Sabbath after
noon when he has 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 a great
deal of good advice. and then wonders
all the rest of the year that his chill
dren do not do better, when they have
the wonderful advantage of that semi
annual castigatiOn. The family table,
which ought to be the place for pleas
ant discussion and checrfulneSS, often
becomes the place of pcrilous eNpedi-
ton. If there be any blessing asked
at all, il is cut off at both ends, and
with the hand on the carving knife,
he counts on his fingers, making esti-
mates in the interest ces of the repast.
Thy 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 GUS
toner: Anything more | can do for
you to-day, sir?" A man has more re-
sponsibilitieS than those which are dis
charged by putting competent instruct
orS over his children. and giving them "A
Grawing-masterS and music teacher.
The physical culture of the child Will
not be attended to, unless the father
looks 10 it. He must sometime To- his
dignity. lie must unlimber his joints.
lie 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 his children,
ought never Ia have been tempted out
of a crusty and unredeema bic solitari-
ness If you want to keep your chill
dren away from places of sin you can
only do it by making your home at
tractive. \ on may preach sermons,
and advocate reforms, and denouncc
wiclledness, and yet your children will
be captivated by the glttering 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 house. If You can
afford it, bring books, and pictures, and
cheerful entertainments to the house
hold. 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 re-
ligion is great gladness, that throws
chains If gold about the neck, that it
takes no spring from the foot, no
blitheness from the heart, no sprinkle
from the eye, no ring from the laugh
ter: but that her ways are ways of
-plcasantness and all her paths are
peace sympathiHe with the work
being done in many of our cities, by
which beautiful rooms are set apart
by our Young Mems Christian AsSo. ia
tions. and pray God to prosper them
in all things. hut tell You there is
something back of that and before
that We need more happy, con.
sccratcd cheerful Christian homes in
America.
Again remark that great many
of our business men are tempted to
put the attainment of money aboye
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 20 usefullg. For
the lack of it, sickness dies without
medicine, and hunger finds its coffin
in the empty bread tray, and naked
ness shivers for lack of clothes and
fire. When | hear II man in cantiug
TRADE against money! Christian man
as though it had no possible 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 poor
house, While, my friends, we do ad-
al
use Of mOney--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 can
not 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 us though they thought a pack Of
bonds and mortgages could be trade 1
off for IL title to heaven. and as
though gold would be lawful tender
in that place where it is so common
that they make pavcments out of it.
Salvation by Christ is the oaly saliva
ton. Treasures in heaven are the
only incorruptible treasures lave
you ever ciphered out in the rule of
loss and gain the sum: What shall
it profit man il he gain the whole
world and lose his own soul?' How
ever fine your apparel. the winds of
death will hutter it like rags Home
spun and threadbare coat have some
times been the shadow of coming
robes made white in the blood of the
lamb. The pearl OF great price is
worth more than any gem you can
. q DElDR from the OCtuHs bldu
or Brazilian mines strung in one car.
canet. Seek after God: tind his
righteousness. and all shall be vel
here; all shall be well hereafter.
But must have a word with tn, s.
who during the present commercial
c,lamities have lost heavily, or per
haps lost all their estate. II u mar
lose his property at 30 or 10 years o
age, it is only a sharp discipline gener
ally, by which later he comes to large
success. 1t is all folly for man to 81
down in IN d-lifc discouraged. Tn
II arshals of Napoleon came to thei
commander and said: I'VE have los
the battle. and we are being cut I,
pieces" Napoleon took his watcI
from his po.lleC and said: 1T is onl
o'clock in the afternoon. You hav
lost that battle, but we have tim
enough to win another. Charge upo
the foe Though the meridian OF lii
has passed with you, and YOU hav
been routed in many conflict, Civ
rot up in encouragement. There ar
!. victories yet for YOU to gain. In