The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-11

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the room, said. ''Thcn YOU have all the prom
ises OF God beside. John" And he burst in
TO tears and said "God forgive me that
have been so ungratefull | find l have n
great many things left. God forgive met"
Again, remark that many Of our business
men are tempted TO neglect their home
duties. How often Il IL that the store and
home clash. but there ough. not TO b, any
collision. II is often the case that the 'ather
isthe mere treasurer ofth family, n SORT Of
agent to see that they have Try goods and
groceries. TIE work OF family government
he does not touch. Once or twice in year
he calls the children up on n Sabbath after
noon. when he has half houg he does not
exactly know what TO do with, and In that
half hour be disciplines the children and
chtdes them and corrects their faults and
gives them great deal OF good advice. and
then wonders all the rest of the year that his
children do not do better when they have
the wonderful advantage Of that semi-annual
castigation.
The family table, which ought TO be the
place for pleasant discussion and cheerful
ness, often becomes the place of perilous
expedition. II there be any blessing asked
at all, IL Is cut of Mt both ends and with the
hand on the carving knife. lo counts on
hts fingers, making estimates in the inter-
stices OF the repast. The work done, the hat
goes TO the head and he starts down the
street, and before the family have arisen
from the table hc has bound up another
bundle OF goods and says 20 the customer,
Anything moro ] can do for you to-day,
sirY' A man has more responsibilities than
those which are discharged by putting COM
pctent instructors over his children and Civ
Ing them a drawing master and a music
teacher. The physical culture OF the child
will not be attended to unless the
father looks 30 ID. He must some
times lose his dignity. Hc must unlim-
her his joints. He must sometimes lead
them out 20 their sports and games. Toe
parent who cannot forget the sewers duties
OF life sometimes. TO fly the kite and trupdle
the hoopa chase the bali aud Jump the
rope with has children. ought never TO have
been tempted ou, OF a crusty aud unredeem-
able solitariness. II you want 20 keep your
children away from places OF sin you can
only do IL by making your home attractive.
You may preach sermons and advocate re-
forms and delOunce wickedness, and yet
your children will be- captivated by the gilt
tering saloon Of sin unless you can mako
your home a brighter place than any
other place on earth 10 them. oh.
gather ali charms into your house. II
you can afford H., bring books aud pie
lures ard cheerful entertainments 10 the
household. but above all teach those
childrel. not by halt an hour twice a
year ol the sabbath day, but day after day
and every day teach them that religion Is u
grea' gladness; that it throws chains Of gold
abOu, the neck; that II takes no spring from
the 'OOt, no blitheness from the heart. no
sparkle from the eye. no ring from the laugh
ter, out that cher ways are ways Of pleasant
ness. and all her paths are peace / sympa-
thise with the work being done in many OF
GU, clties by which beautiful rooms are set
apart hy our Young Mems Christian Associa-
tons, and pray God TO prosper them in all
lhing- But tell YOU there /. something
hnHl ~ thaf aud hafnra that NJ, panI Vua
happy, consecrated, cheerful Christian
homes everywhere.
Again remark that n great many OF our
business men are tempted 10 put the attain
ment OF money above the value Of the soul.
IL is grand thing to have plenty OF money.
The more you get OF IL the better, II Il come
honesty and 60 usefully. For the lack OF II
sickness dies without medicine, and hunger
finds 1t coffin in the empty bread tray. and
nakedness shivers for lack of clothes ard fre.
When hear man In cantng TRADE against
moneys Christian mau-as though 1t had
no possible use on earth and he had no in
terest In II at all. come almost to think
that the heaven that would be appropriate
for him would be an everlasting poorhouse.
While. my friends, we do admit there Is
such thing as the lawful use of money
"A profitable use OF money-let Us rec
ognize also the fact that money cannot sa.is-
iy mans soul; that IL cannot glitter in the
NdlleNs lUNt cannot pay our Iurb
across the Jordan Of death; that 1t cannot
unlock the gate OF heaven. There ara men
In ali occupations who SCENT act as though
they thought that n pack OF bonds and mort
cages could be traded of for title to
heaven and rs though gold would be a law
ful tender In that place where IL Is 80 COM
mon that they make pavement5 out OF II.
Salvation by Christ is the only salvation.
Treasures in heaven are the only incorrupti-
BILE treasures
Have you ever ciphered out in the rule OF
loss and gain the sum. 'Nhat shall IL pront
man IL he gain the whole world and lose his
own soul?' However fine your apparel the
winds Of death will luttcr II like rags. Home.
spun and u thpradbarr 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
Brazilian mines strung in ons carcanet. Seek
after God. find His righteousness. ani all
shall be well here-all shall be well here
after.
Some Of you remember the shipwreck Of
the Central America That noble ship had,
| think. about 800 passengers aboard. sud
denly the storm came, and the surges
tramped the decks ani swung into the
hatches, and there went up u hundred voiced
death shrek. The foam on the jaw Of the
wave. The pitching OF the steamer as though
flare OF the signal pockets. The long cough
of tne steam pipes. Tna hiss ofeNtinguished
furnaces. Tns walking of Gol on ths wave!
The steamer weat NOT down without n strug-
gle. As the passengers stationed themselves
in rows To ball out tho vessel hark 10 the
tnump OF the buckets, ~ men unused to toll,
with blisterei hands ani strained muscle,
tug for their lives. There is sail seen
against the SKY. The flash OF the distress
gun Is noticed; its voica heard not, for II Is
choked in the louder booming OF the sea.
A few passengers escaped, but the steamer
gave one great lurch aut was goue SO
there are some men who sail o. prosperously
in life. AIS we'll, alrs well. Bat ~ last
some financial disaster comas--l euro ,lylon.
Down they go The bottom Of the CONNER
cial sea is strewn with shattered hulks. Bat
because your property goss do not let your
soul go. Though all else perish save that,
for have TO tell you OF more stupendous
shipwreck than that which Just mentioned.
God launched this world 5000 years ago. IL
has been going on un1e, freight OF noun
tains and immor,als, but one day 1t will