Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-19

] A's.N Aa..aA NHE AaHaNuw~ atr "AAAANTA a aHN
clide- them ant af5rr-1is their faults aud
s,yv' them q graf deal 90 good aiyle-. aud
thea wuuivr- all the r--t 10 th.- YEAR that hl-
children DO not d. better when thew have
the wonderful advantage u thsi -emi-aunual
yA,tigztiJu.
The family table. which GA ght TO be the
place for pleasant discussion and cheerful
E-,-. often be-1uI-~ the phase 81 perl0us
expedition. IL there h. any blessing asked
al ALL IL j. cat On AZ hItn end- and Vith the
hand on the carving knife H. counts Oh
| hts finger. making estimates iu the inter
/ stir-- 0f the r-pAst The work done. the hat
| goes 10 the head. and he starts down the
street, and before the family have arisen
| from the table BE- has bound up another
bundle Of goods and says 10 the customer,
| Anything moro l can 10 for yOu to-day,
| SIR A man has m Drr responsibilities than
those which are discharged by putting COM
/ petent Instructors over his children and Civ
ing them a drawing master and music
| tea" ler. The physical culture ut the child
/ will not be attended u unless the
/ father looks T. H. tie must some
/ times los. his dignity He must unlim-
| her his joints. H. must sometimes lead
/ them out 20 their sports and gaines. Tle
| 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 To- have
Nli AFl l'A''A btAk % u 'fN-ta anu uhlNAtEuA-
able sulitarneS>. II YOU want 10 keep your
children away from places 81 sin You can
| only do II hv making yOur home attractive.
| You may preach sermons aud advocate re-
forms and denounce wiekedness aud Vet
your children will be- raptiyated by the gilt
terinc saloon Of sin unless You can make
Your home Il brighter place than any
other place on earth To them. Oh.
gather all charms into your house. II
You can afford it, bring books and pic
lures and cheerful entertainments 10 the
household. But above all teach those
children, not by half an hour twice a
year ON the sabbath day, but day after day
and every day teach them that religion Is a
great gla mess; that il throws chains OF gold
about the neck; that II takes no spring from
the foot, no blitheness from the heart no
sparkle from the eye, no ring from the laugh
ter, but that cher ways are ways of pleasant
ness, and all her paths ara peace" ! sympa-
thze with the work being done in many OF
our cities by which beautiful rooms are set
apart by our Young Mems Christian AssOcia-
lions, and pray God to prosper them in all
Things. But tell you there is something
back Of that and before that. We need more
happy, consecrated, cheerful Christian
homes everywhere
Again | remark that a great many OF our
business men are tempted to put the attain
ment Of money above the value Of the soul,
II Is grand thing TO have plenty OF money.
The more you get OF it the better, II it come
honesty aud 90 useiully. For the lack OF it
sickness dies without medicine, and hunger
finds 1t coffin in the empty bread tray, and
nHSeineSs shlyers for lack Of clothes and fire.
When hear man in cantlng TRADE against
money! Christian mau-as though it had
no possible use on earth and he had no in
terest In 1t at all. | come almost to think
that the heaven that would be appropriate
Tor him would be an everlasting p0Orhouse
While, my friends, We do admit there is
such thing the lawful use Of money
ii profitable use Of mOney-let IA rec |
ognize also the fact that money cannot salts !
~ a mans soul; that 1t cannot glitter In the /
dark valley; that it cannot pay our fare
across the Jordan OF death; that 1t cannot I
unlock the gate Of heaven. There are men I
III all occupations who seemto act as though .
they thought that "a pack of bonds and mort /
cages couii be traded of for q title to
heaven and rs though gold would be a law
III tender in that place where it is 50 COM
mon that they make pavements out OF il. .
aviation by Christ is the only salvation
treasures IN heaven are the only incOrrupti-
bic treasures.
Have you ever ciphered out in the rule Of
loss and gain the sum, "What shall 1t profit
a man if he gain the whole world and lose his
own souit' However fine your apparel the
winds Of death will tiutter it like rags. Home.
spun anu threadbare coat have sometimes /
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
BRING from the ocean, than Australian or
mines strung in one cRrcanet Seek
after God, find His righteousness, and all
shall be we'll here-all shall he we'll here
after.
Some OF you remember the shipwreck OF
the Central America That noble ship had,
l think. about 500 passengers aboard. Sud
denly the storm came, aud the surges
tramped the decks aud swung into the
matches, and there went up Il hundred voiced
death shrek. The foam OH the Jaw Of the
wave. The pitching Of the steamer As though
1t were leaping Il mountain. The dismal
Hare of the signal rockets. The long cough
u the steam pipes. The hiss ofextinguished
furnaces. The walking Of God on the wayei
me steamer went not down without strug-
gle. As the passengers stationed themselves !
m rows to bail out the vessel, bark to the
thump Of the buckets, as men unused to toll.
With blisterel hands and strained muscle,
ug Tor their lives. There is a sail seen !
against the sky. The flash OF the distress
gun is noticed; its voice heard no.. for il is
'hoEed in the louder booming OF the sea .
few passengers escaped, but the steamer
gave one great lurch ant was gone So
mere are some men who sail Oh prosperOusiy
n life. ANS we'll, als we'll But at last |
one financial disaster cOmes-l euro ,lydon.
Down they 90! The bottom OF the CONNER
'iaI sea is strewn with shattered hulks. But l
because your property goes do not let your
oul 90. Though att else perish, save that,
or have to tell You of more stupendous
than that which Just mentioned
rod launched this world 600 years ago, 1t
has been going on under freight of noun.
aims aud immortals, but one day it will
tagger at the cry Of fire. The timheEs--ni
ocG will burn, the mountains flame
ike masts, and the clouds like sails in the
Judgment hurricane. Then God shall take
he passengers of the deck, and from the
,erths those who have long been asleep Ia
esus, and He will set them far beyond the
each of storm aud peril. But how many
hall @ down Will never ba known until it
hall be announced one day in heaven. The
hipwreck Of Il world 50 many millions
ayed. So many millions drowned! Oh, m,
lear hearers, whatever you lose, though
,our houses go, though your lands go
hough all your earthly possessions perish
nay God Almighty through the blood of the
everlasting covenant, save all your souls.