Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-15
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Sunnose YOU give to two OF your cniidren
orro nde and thsv are to go off TO make pur-
chases and to one you give 81 andto tue
other vou give S21. Do you reward the Joy
that Won gave $50 to for purchasing lnpro
with that amount Of money than the "'n' =,
how purchased with 81? o. course no..
God give wealth or social Do5l.'on VI wv
ouenee. or twenty times the iacu'ty ~ 'n'u
than He clvas to the ordinary man, IS be go
ing TO give to the favoret man rew ss'orce3
oonea he has more poWer and more innuenc9;
On no. In other words. ii you an1 Were
IN do our whole duty, and you nal twenty
tinoes moro talent than I have, you VIII Res
NO more divine reward than L will. Is uol
going TO reward you because he gave yV1
more? That would not be fair; tnat WoG'u
NOT be right. These 200 men otths texf WAC
tainted by the brook Besor didtaelr wnoi9
dutv. Tbev watched the baggage, they TOOK
cara OF the stuff, au1 they got rs mnen OF tne
spoils OF victory as the mea who went 10
the front. GAS his parti that goeth down
to the battle. 50 shall his part Do rhaI taF'
rieth by the stuff"
There is high encouragement IN t1'S ,Vr
all who have great responsibility an lltt'e
credit for what thay do. You know tns
names Of the great commercial houses OF
these cities. Do you know thu names OF tle
confidential clerxs-the men wac nave 'hS
kew TO the safe. ths m9D wao know the com
bination lock? A distinguished merchant
goes forth at the watering place. ana ns
flashes past. aui you say, "Who is thatf
"Oh," replies soma on9, "d0n't you Know
That is the great importer; that IS tins
great banker; that is the great msnutac"
turer." The confidential CLERK has his week
off. Nobody notices whether he comes OF
goes. Nobody knows him. anl after
awhile his week is done, AMI he sits
down again at his desk. But God will
reward his fidelity just as much as He reco2-
nizes the work of the merchant pAtlautnro-
pist whose investment this unknown clerx
so carefully guarded. Hudson River Rail-
road, Pennsylvania Railroad. Erie Rlilroad,
New York and Now Haven RIilroad-ousi-
ness men know the names of tao Presidents
ofthese roads and of the prominent direc ors,
but they do not know tde names OF the en-
gineer5, the names OF the swnchmep, the
names OF The fagnen, the names OF the
brakemen. These men have awful re-
sponsibiIities. and sometimes, through
the recklessness OF an engineer
or the unfaithfuness Of switch
man. it has brought to mind the faithiulns5s
of nearly all the rest OF then. Some msn do
not have recognition of their services. They
have small W ,ges AMI much complaint.
very often ride upon loco motives. AMI very
often ask the question, As va saoot arounl
some curve or under soma lie ica OF rocSs'
tHow much wages do you get" Aud am
always surprised to find how little Tor sucl
vast responsibility. Do you suppose Col Is
not going to recognize that fidelity! Taomes
Scott tho President OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad, going up at death to receive ron
God his destiny, was no oetter Xnowh vi
in nIV1t
brakeman who. on the Erie Railroad. was
tanned to death amid the car couplings.
stAs his part is that goeth down to the bat
tie. so shall his part be that tarrieth by tue
stuff"
Once for thirty-six hours we expected
every moment to go to the bottom OF tne
ocean. Tho waves struck through the SKY
lights AMI rushed down into the hold OF the
ship and Kissed against the boilers. II was
an awful time, but by tne blessing OF Gol
aud the faitatulnsss o. the men in charge We
came out OF the cyclone, aud We arrived az
home. Each QUE b9fore leaving the snip
thanked Captain Andrews. / do not think
there was man or woman that went OH
that ship without thanking Captain Andrews,
and when, years after. heard OF his death,
was impelled to write letter OF con-
dolence to his family in Liverpool. Ey-
eryboiy resoynizsi the goodness, tae cour-
age, the kindness Of Captain Andrews, but
it occurs to me now that we never thanke
the engineer. He stood away down in the
darkness, amid the Kissing furnaces, doing
his whole duty. Nobody thanked the engi-
naer, but God recognized his heroisn and
his continuance and his fidelity. and thsre
will be just as high reward for the engineer
who worked out of sight as the Captain who
stood on the bridge of the ship in the midst
OF the bowling tempest. GAS his part is that
goeth down to the battle, 50 shall his part
be that tarrieth by the stuff"
A Christian woman was seen going along
the edge of a wood every evening, and the
neighbors in the country did not understand
how mother with so many cares aud ankle
ties should waste 50 much time as to be idly
sauntering out evening by evening. 1t was
found out afterwari that she went there
to pray for her household, AMI wdile thsre
one evening she wrote that beautiful hymn,
famous in all ages for cheering Christian
hearts:
1 love to steal awhile away
From every cun9er,ng care
And spend the hours OF setting day
T., Luronlo ~ mi nrqvar.