Democratic messenger., 1894-06-02

cate their children, TO put wing OF pro-
lection over their households. to have
something left so when they pass out
of this life their wives and children will
not have TO go to the poorhousc-that
Is the way I translate this energy in tho
street and store-the vast majority of
that energy. Grip. Gouge & Co do not do
all the business Some Of us remember
when the Central America was coming
home from California it was wrecked.
President Arthur's father law was
the heroic captain Of that ship and went
down with moe 10 the passengers
Some of them 20. - nto the lifeboats,
but there was young man returning
from California who had bag of gold
in his hand. and rs the last boat showed
off from the ship that was 10 go down
that young man shouted to q comrade
in the boat: Here, John, catch this
gold. There are 1000. Take it home
20 my old mother; it will make her COM
Portable in her last days" Grip, Gouge
& Co do not do all the business Of the
world
All. my friend. do you say that God
does not care anything about your
worldly business. tell you God knows
more about il than you do He knows
all your perplexities; he knows what
mortgage is about to foreclose; he knows
what note you cannot pay; he knows
what unstable goods you have on your
shelves; he knows all your trials. from
the day you took hold of the first yard
stick down to that sale Of the last yard
Of ribbon. and the God who helped
David to be king, and who helped
Daniel TO bc prime minister, and who
hclrei Eavelock TO be = soldier will
help you to discharge all your duties
He is going to see you through. When
loss comes. and you find your property
going, just take this book and put it
down by your ledger and read Of the
eternal possessions that will come to you
through our Lord Jesus Christ And
when your business partner betrays you,
and your friends turn against you, just
take tho insulting letter. put it down ON
the table. put your Bible beside the in
sulting letter. and then read Of the
friendship of him who ''sticketh closer
than brother.
The Lord Sustained Him.
A young accountant in New York city
got his accounts entangled. He knew
he was honest, and yet he could not
make his accounts come out right. and
he toiled at them day and night until
he was nearly frenEied. 1t seemed by
those books that something had been
misappropriated, and he knew before
God he was honest. The last day came.
He knew IL he could not that day make
his accounts come ont right he would
go into disgrace and go into banish
ment from the business establish
ment He went over there very early
before there was anybody in the
place-and he knelt down ut the desk
and said: 20 Lord. thou knowest
have tried to be honest, but / cannot
make these things come out right! Help
me today-help me this morning" The
young man arose, and hardly knowing
why he did SO opened book that lay
on the desk, and there was leaf con-
tanning line of figures which explained
everything. In other words. he cast his
burden upon the Lord. and tho Lord
sustained him. Young man. do you
hear that?
Oh, yes. God has q sympathy with
anybody that is in any kind of toll! He
knows how heavy is the hod Of bricks
that the workman carries up the ladder
ON the wall. He hears the pickax of the
miner down in the coal shaft. He knows
how strong the tempest strikes the sail
or at masthead. He sees the factory girl
among the spindles and knows how her
arms ache. He sees the sewing woman
in the fourth story and knows how few
pence she gets for making a garment,
and louder than all the din and roar of
the city comes the voice Of sympa-
thetic God, Cast thy burden upon the
Lord, and he shall sustain thee"
Then there are great many who
have weight of persecution and abuse
upon them. Sometimes society gets
grudge against man. All his motives
are misinterpreted. and all his good
deeds are deprecated With more vir-
tue than some Of the honored and ap-
plauded, he runs only against raillery
and sharp criticism. When n man be-
gins to go down, he has not only the
force of natural gravitation, but hum
dred hands to help him in the precipi
tation. Men are prosecuted for their
virtues and their successes. Germanicus
said he had just rs many bitter antag-
onists as he had adornments. The char
acter sometimes is so lustrous that the
weak eyes of envy and jealousy cannot
bear TO look at it.
A Target For the Lightning.
It was their integrity that put Joseph
in the pit, and Daniel in the den, and
Shadrach in the fire, and sent John the
Evangelist to desolate Patmos, and Cal
vim to the castle of persecution. and
John Huss to the stake, and Korah after
Moses, and Saul after David, and Herod
after Christ Be sure if You have any
thing to do for church or state, and you
attempt il with all your soul, the light
ming will strike you.
The world always has had cross be-
tween two thieves for the one who
comes to save it High and holy enter
prise has always been followed by abuse.
The most sublime tragedy Of self sacri-
AACS Asho COAhc W o0AAcSHuC- AhC "a oNCAoA
gait Of virtue is always followed by
scoff and grimace and travesty. The
sweetest strain of poetry ever written
has come TO ridiculous parody. and as
long as there are virtue and righteous
ness in the world there will be some
thing for iniquity to grin at. All along
the line Of the ages and in all lands the
cry has been: mot this man, but Bar
abbas. Now, Barabbas was n robber."
And what makes. the prosecutions Of
life worse is that they come from people
whom you have helped. from those to
whom you loaned money or have start
ed in business or whom you rescued in
some great crisis. think it has been
the history of all our lives-the most
acrimonious assault has come from
those whom we have benefited. whom
For Over Fifty Years