The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-08


full capacity, accor7''1 to whethnF or not
vOu do your full CEaw an the sphsv where
God has placed YOU,
Suppose you give TO two OF your children
rran1s, and they are to go off to make pur-
bases, and to one you give 81 andto the
ther you give S2l. Do you reward the boy
hat YOU gave $40 to for purchasing more
| With that amount of money than the other
10Y purchased with ZIP or course noti 1t
iOd give wealth or social position or el0-
mnn"e. or twenty times the faculty to a man
nan He gives to the ordinary man. is BE 60
ny TO give to the favored man a reward be-
.ause he has more power and more influence
On. no. In other words. il you and l were
o do our whole duty. and you hal twenty
lines more talent than I have. you will get
no more divine reward than 1 will. Is God
going to reward you because He gave you
more? That would not be fair; that would
not be right. These 200 men ofthe text who
'ainte1 by the brook Besor didtheir whole
luty. They watched the baggage, they took
ARE OF the stuff, AMI they got as much of the
'Doils of victory as the men who went to
The front. "As his parti is that goeth down
10 the battle. so SHALL his part be that tar
.ieth ny the stuff"
There is high encouragement in this for
al who have great responsibility aud little
credit for what they do. You kno the
, nanes nf the great commercial houses OF
'i'NH Nv ~ Nuu Nllp III hhDlC VI Nv
Onldential clerks-the men who have the
'ev to the safe, the men who know the com
%,ination lock? A distinguished merchant
:oes forth at the watering place, and he
llshas past. AMI you say. "Who is that2"
'Oh." replies soma one, "don't you know!
That is the great importer; that is the
great banker; that is the great manufac-
nrer." The confidential clerk has his week
olf. Nobody notices whether he comes or
goes. Nobody knows him. and after
awhile his week IA done, and he sits
down again at his desk. But God will
reward his fidelity just as much as He re1og-
hizes the work of the merchant ~philanthro-
pist whose Investment this unknown clerk
90 carefully guarded. Hudson River Rail
road, Pennsylvania Railroad. Erie Railroad,
New York and New Haven ~Railroad-5us;-
ness men know the names of the Presidents
Dfthese roads and of the prominent direc'ors,
out they do not know the names of the en-
gineers, the names of the switchmen. the
lanes OF the flagmen, the names of the
,rakemen. These men have awful re-
possibilities, aud sometimes, through
pr the u%nfaithfulness of a switch
nan. it has brought to mind the fatthfu(nass
If nearly all the rest of them. Som men do
not have recognition of their services. They
have small wages and much complaint. ]
very often ride upon locomotives, and l very
often ask the question. as we shoot around
JOme curve or under some lie Ice of rocks.
"How much wages do you getI' And I am
ilwavs surprised to find how little for such
Vast responsibility. Dc you ppo God is
not going to recognize that fidelity? Thomas
Scott, the President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, going up at death to receive from
God his destiny, was no better known in
that hour than was known last night the
brakeman who, on the Erie Railroad. was
1 IN m mad tn Haath amid fine pnr n1unliDOS-
"As his part is that goeth down to the bat
lie. so shall his part be that tarrieth by the
stuff"
Once for thirty-six hours we expected
every moment to go to the botton of the
pecan. The waves struck through the sky
lights and rushed down into the hold OF the
ship aud Kissed against the boilers. 1t was
an awful time. but by the blessing of Col
md the faithfulness of the men in charge wa
zane out of tho cyclone, and we arrived at
home. Each one before leaving the shiO
thanked Captain Andrews. I do not think
here was n man or woman that went on
hat ship notwithstanding Captain Andrews,
and when, yea after. | heard OF his death,
[ was impelied TO write a letter OF con-
lolence to his family in Li7orpool. Ev-
aryboiy recognized hes goodness, the cour-
age, the kindness Of Captain Andrews, but
t occurs to me now that We never thanke l
The engineer. He stoo1 av, ~ down in tho
darkness, amid the kissing furnaces, doing
mis- whole duty. Nobody thanked the engi-
laer, but God recognized his heroisn and
his continuance and his fidelity. and there
will be Just as high rcwari for the engineer
who worked out of sight as the Captain who
stood on the bridge of the ship In the mi list
Of the bowling tempest. Gas his part is that
goeth down to the battle, so shall his part
be that tarrieth by the tuf."
A Christian woman was sesn going along
| IIn ada Of IA mood nuaHXT a ~ Antnr and fha
neighbors in the country did not understand
how a mother with 80 many caras and ankle
ties should waste so much tims as to be idly
.auntering out evening by evening. 1t was
found out atterwarl that she went there
to pray for her household. aut while thera
one evening she wrote that beautiful hymn,
famous in all ages for cheering Christian
hearts:
Hove to steal awhile away
From every numbering caro-
And spend the hours OF setting day
In humble, grateful prayer.
JhalI there be no reward for such unpretend
ns, yet everlasting service?
Clear back in the country there is a boy
who wants to go to college an l get an edu-
sation. They call him a bookworm. Waer-
,ver they find him in thu barn or in the
louse-he is reading a book. "What q pity
t is" they say, THAT Ed cannot get an edu-
~.ationi' His father, work as hard as he
will, can no more than support the family
~ the product of the farm. One night
Sd has retired to his room. and there is a
amily conference about him. The sisters
gay: Father, I wish you would sen1
81 to college. If you will. We will WORK
harder than we ever did, and we will
make our old dresses do" The mother
says: "Yes; | will get along without any
hired help. Although 1 an not as strong as
fused to be, l think 1 can get along without
auy hired help" The father says: "Well,
| think by husking corn nights 1 can get
along without any assistance" Sugar is
banishei from the table, butter Is banishe1
from the plate. That family is put down on
rigid-yea, sufferinR-econOmy that the boy
may 90 to college. Time passes on. Com
m~encement day has come. Think not that
[ mention an imaginary case. God knows
1t happened. Com nencement day has GOMEZ
and the professors walk in on the stage in
their long gowns. The interest of the oc-
easion is passing on, and after awhile it
comes to q climax of interest as the
yaleiictOrian is to be introduced.
Ed has studied so hard and worked
80 we'll that he has had the hon
or conferred upon him. There are rounds
Of applause, sometimes breaking into %voaiferI
alton. 1t is IA great day for Ell. But away
back in the galleries are his sisters in theid
plain hats and their faded shawls, and the
old fashioned father and mother-1ear me,
she has not had Il new hat for. six years; h
has not had a new coat for six years -an
they get up and look over on the platform,
and they laugh and they cry, and they sit
down, and they look pale, and then they are
very much flushed. Ed gets the garlands,
aud the old fashioned group in the gallery
have their full share of the triumph. They
have made thar scene possible, and in the
day when God shall more fully reward self
sacrifices made for Others He will give grand
and glorious recognition. "As his part i,
that goeth down to the battle, so shall hi!
Part be that tarrieth by the stuff"
There is high encouragement in this sub
i-s aJeo for thosp who once wrought might
jIy for Christ and the church, but throucI
sickness or collapse of fortune or advance
wears cannot now go TO the front. These tw
hundred men Of the text were veterans. lie
that man bare his arm and show how tn
muscles we're torn. Let him pull aside IN
turhan and see the mark OF a battleax Pul
aside the coat and see where the spear thrus
him, Would it nave been fair for those men
crippled, weak and old by the brook Besor
10 have no share in the spoils OF triumph
was in the Soldiers hospital in Paris an
J saw there some Of the men OF the frs
Napoleon, and l asked them where they ha'
fought under their great commander. On
man said az was nj AusterlitE," Anothe