The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-04
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sense into the subject OF transferep,,
MS worid5 If person die in childhood
ne gets through his work al o'clock in IN,
morning. If he die at IS years ofage. h,
gets through his work at Il o. clock noon n
he dle at ~ years OF age, he gets through hi,
work at 8 o'clock in the afternoon. III IA,
die at 80, he has to toll all the way on up tc
IL clock at night. The sooner we pet
through our work the better The harye. 4
all IN our barrack or barn, the farmer does
not SIT down IN the stubble field, but, should
ering his scythe and taking his pitcher from
under tree, he makes q straight line for
the old homestead. All We want To he
anxious about is 10 let our work done
ana well done; the quicker the better
AGAIN there IS blessing in an abbreyi-
aieu earthly existence in the fact that moral
disaster might come upon the mad If he
tarried long. A man who had been promie
nent in churches, and who had been admir-.
ed Tor his generosity and kindness, every
where, for forgery was sent to state pris5n
Tor 10 years. Twenty years before there was
no more probability of that mans commit.
ting commercial dishonesty than that YOU
Will commit commercial dishonesty. Tbe
number OF men who fall into ruin between
o0 and 20 years Of age is simply appalling
III they had died 30 years before IL woulI
have been better for them and better for their
families. The shorter the voyage the less
Cuhnce LOT cyclone.
There Is wrong theory abroad that if
ones youth be right, his old age will be
night. You might as well say there Is
nothing wanting for ships safety except
10 get 1t fully launched on the Atlantic
ocean; sometimes asked those who were
schoolmates or college mates OF some great
yuveirauder' what kind OF boy was he?
What hinu OF young man was hep and
they have said: why he was n splendid
FELLOW, had no idea he could ever 90 into
such an outrage" The fact is the great
temptation fife sometimes comes Tar on in
midlife or in old age
>, The first time crossed the Atlantic ocean
~ was as smooth as millpond and
thought the sea captains and the yoyagers
had s.andered the old ocean and | wrote
nome an essay for a magazine on 1.-The
smile OF Sea-" but never aftcrward
could have written that thing, for before we
got nome we gotta terrible shaking up. The
nrst voyage OF life may be very smooth; the
last may be euroclydon Many who start
NE IN great prosperity do not end II in
prosperity.
he great pressure OF temptation come.
sometimes in this direction: AT about as
years OF age amans nervous system changes
ana some one tells him he must take stimu. |
iants 70 keep himself up until the stimuli |
keep MIN down, or man has been going |
along for 30 or 40 years In unsuccessful |
pu-ness, ana here Is an opening where by |
one ulsnonoraDle action he can lift himself |
and lit his family from all financial en-
oaIrassment BAR Us me He attemps to leap the chasm
Then 1t is in after life that the great tenn
ptation OF success comes. IL man make a
fortune before 80 years Of age, he generally
loses II before ~. The solid and the perma.
nent fortunes for the most part do not come
70 their climax until midlfe or in old age.
The most OF the bank presidents have white
hair. MarH Of those who have been largely
have been iui. OF arrogance or
worldiiness or dissipation In old age. They
may not have lost their integrity but they
have become so worldly and so selfish un.
der the influence Of large success that il is
evident 10 everybody that their success has
9een 2 temporal calamity and ON eternal
J.. Concerning many people II may be said
Y Y seems as Il 1t would have been better II
hey Gould have embarked from this life at
~ or 10 years OF age. DO you know the
'esson Why the vast majority Of people lie
,efore JOY IL Is because they have not the
moral endurance for tnat which Is beyond
. and a merciful God will not allow them
o be put TO the fearful strain.