The Princeton union., 1895-07-18

quick gain, our cities are crowded
with men resolved to be rich at all |
hazards. They do not care how the
money comes, ii 1t only comes. Our
best merchants are thrown Into com
petition with men Of more means and
less conscience, and II an opportunity
OF accumulation be neglected one hour
some one else picks it up. From Jan
ualy to December the struggle goes
on. Night gives no quiet to limbs
tossing in restlessness, nor to brain
that will not stop thinking. The
dreams are narrowed by imaginary
loss and flushed with aginary gains.
Even the Sabbath cannot dam back
the tide of anxiety, for this wave Of
Worldliness dashes clear over the
churches, and leaves it's foam on Bi-
bles and prayer books. Men who are
living on salaries, or by the cultivation
of the soil, cannot understand the
Wear and tear of the body and mind
to which our merchants are subjected,
when they do not know but that their
livelihood and their business honor
are dependent upon the uncertainties
Of the next hour. This excitement OF
the brain, this corr0ding care Of the
hausts the spirit, sends a great many
OF our best men, in middle life, into
the grave. Their life is dashed out
against money safes. They go with
their store on their backs. They
trudge like camels, sweating from
Aleppo to Damascus. They make their
life a crucifxion. Standing behind
desks and counters, banished from
the fresh air, weighed down by cark-
ing cares, they are so many suicides
Oh, wish could to-day rub out some
Of these lines of care; that I could lift
some of the burdens from the heart:
that could give relaxation to some
Of these worn muscles. It is time for
you to begin to take it a little easier.
Do your best, and then trust God for
the rest Do not fret. God manages
all the affairs Of your life, and he man
ages them for the best. Consider the
lilies-they always have robes Be
hold the fowls of the air-they always
have nests. Take a long breath. Be-
think, betimes, that God did not make
you for pack-horse. Dig yourselves
out from among the hogsheads and
the shelves, and in the light of the
holy Sabbath. day resolve that you
will give to the winds. your fears, and
your fretfulness, and your distresses.
You brought nothing into the world,
and it is very certain you can carry
nothing out Having food and raj
ment, be Herewith content. The mer-
chant came home from the store.
There had been a great disaster there.
He opened the front door and said, in
the midst of his family circle: Il am
ruined His wife said: II am left;'
and the little child threw up it's hands
; and said: Papa I am here" The
aged grandmother, seated in the room,
sad: '"Then you have all the promises
of God besides, John" And he burst
into tears, and said: "God forgive me.
that have been so ungrateful. 1
find l have great many things left
Gcd forgive me-
Again | remark that many of our
business men are tempted to neglect
their home duties. How often it is
that the store and the home seem to
clash, but there ought not to be any
collision. 1t is often the case that the
father is the mere treasurer Of the
family, g. sort of agent to see that
they have dry goods and groceries.
The work of family government he
does not touch. Once Or twice a year
he calls the children up on Sabbath
afternoon, when he has half hour he
does not exactly know what to do
, with and in that half hour he disci-
pines the children and chides them
and cOrrectS their faults, and gives
them great deal of good advice, and
then wonders all the rest of the year
that the children do not do better,
when they have wonderful advantage
of that semi annual castigation.
The family Bible, which ought to be
the place for pleasant discussion and
cheerfulness, often becomes the place
of perilous expedition. If there be
any blessing asked at all, it is cut off
, at both ends, and with the hand on
the carving-knife. He counts on his
, fingers, making estimates in the in
! terstices of the repast. The work done
the hat goes on the head, and he
starts down the street, and before the
, family nave arisen from the table he
!, has bound up another bundle of goods
: and says to the customer, ''Anythine
[ | more l can do for you today, sir:'' A
man mas more responsibilities thar
: those which are discharged by putting
, competent instructors over his child
! ren, and giving them a drawing mas
| ter and a music-teacher The physi
. cal culture of the child will not be
: attended to unless the father looks
, to it. He ust'sometimes lose his dig
nifty He must unlimber his joints
He must sometimes lead them out tt
, | their sports and games. The parent
who4can not forget the severe duties
. of life sometimes, to fly the kite, anG
trund1e the hoop, and chase the ball
. and jump the rope with his children
ought never to have been tempted
out of crusty and unredeemable soil
tariness. IT you want to keep you1
: children away from places Of sin vol
) can only do it by making your home
attractive. You may preach sermons
and advocate reform, and denounce
wickedness, and vet your children will
be capTivated by the glittering saloon
of sin unless you can make your home
. q brighter place than any other place
, on earth to them. Oh! gather al
charms into your house. If you car
!. afford it, bright books, and pictures
and cheerful entertainments to the
household. But, above all, teach those
al,i1Hro,o NOT Inv hole ~, 1,o,,,, !,