Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-25

gay Smitten with the love 81 auicL
gam our cities are crowded with mar
resolved TO be rich at all haza-ss
.ney do not Gaze how money comes
y only comes Our best merchants
are thrown into competition with nar
y more means and less conscience ara
al opportunity Of accunu "a tiar ~
neglected one hour, some one elsa n;elrs
u up From January to December The
struggle goes on Night gives no quiet
70 ilnDs tossing In restlessuess nor n
brain that will not stop thinking. The
areams are narrowed by imaginary
loss and flushed with imaginary va;ns
Even the Sabbath cannot dam back the
.lde OF anxiety; for this wave Of world
mess dashes clear over the churches
and leaves its foam on Bibles and
prayer books Men who are living on
salaries, or ~ the cultivation CT the
sou- 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
pom the uncertainties of the next hour.
ms excitement Of the brain, this cor
roding care Of the heart, this strain Of
enort that exhausts the spirit. sends q
great many of our best men, in middle
NE, into the grave Their life 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 erucifxion.
Standing behind desks and counters,
banished from the fresh air, weighed
down By earking cares, they are so
many suicides. O, I wish could. to
day, rub out some Of these lines of care,
that | could lift some of the burdens
from the heart; that could give relax
alton TO some Of these worn muscles
It Is time for you to begin to take Il
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 manages them for the best.
Consider the lilies-th always have
robes Behold the fowls of the air
they always have nests Take long
breath Bethinks, betimes. that God
did not make you for paexhorse Dig
yourselves out from among the hogs
heads and shelves. and in the light Of
the holy sabbath day resolve that you
will give to the w.ads 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 raiment.
be Herewith content The merchant
came home from the store. Therehad
been great disaster there. He opened
the front door, and said. in the midst
of his family circle. Il am ruined
Everything is gone. am all ruined
His wife said: Il am Left and the lit
tie child threw up its hands and said.
!. Papa, am here The aged grand
mother, seated in the room. said:
Then you have all the promises %
God beside, John" and he burst into
tears, and said: God forgive me, that
/ have been so ungrateful l find /
have great many things left God
forgive me
Again remark. that many OF cur
business men are tempted TO neglect
their home duties How often is il that
the store and the home seem TO clash.
but there ought not to be any col
lision. II is often the case that the
father is the mere treasurerof the fam
liz. sort Of agent to see that they
have dry goods and groceries The
work of family government he does not
touch. Once or twice in year he calls
the children up on q Sabbath after
noon. when he has half an hour he
does not exactly know what to dowith.
and In that half hour he disciplines the
children. and chides them and corrects
their faults. and gives them a great
deal of good advice, and then wonders
al the rest OF the year that his chill
iren do not do better. when they have
the rouderful advantage OF that semi
annual castigation-
The family table, which ought to be
the place for pleasant discussion and
,heerfulness, often becomes the place
If perilous expedition If there be any
blessing asked at all, it is cut on at
10th ends, and with the hand or the
carving knife. He counts on his fingers
making estimates in the interstices OF
he repast- The work done, the hat
roes TO the head and he starts down |
he street. and before the family have
arisen from the table he has bound up
another bundle Of goods, and says y
he customer: Anything more can
10 for Won to-day, sir2 A man has
more responsibilities than those which |
IRE discharged by putting competent
instructors over his children and CIV
No them drawing master and .
music teacher. The physical eul-
.ure of the child will not be
attended to unless the father looks
= II He must sometimes lose his |
sionitr. He must unliuber his joints
4e must sometimes lead them out to /
heir sports and games The parent
xho cannot forget the severe DUTIES
r life sometimes, to fly the kite and
rundle the hoop, and chase the ball,
md lump the rope with his children,
,nybt never to have been tempted out
4 ! crustv and unredeemable soIi-
ariness. If you want to keep your
.b;laren away from places OF SIN you