The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-07-12

hVAe muir. IIlls tACittilitiitO VI tfio bTulu,
this corroding care of the heart, this
strain Of effort that exhausts the spirit,
sends great many Of our best men in
middle life into the grave, their life
dashed ont against money safes They
go with their store ON their backs. They
trudge like camels, sweating, from
Aleppo to Daniascua They make their
life d crucifixion, Standing behind desks
and counters, banished from the fresh
air, weighed down by gnrking cares, they
are so many suicides. Oh, / wish I could
today rub out some of these lines of
Cars that could lift some Of the bur-
dens from the heart that ! could give
relaxation to some Of these worn mus
6les' 1t is time for you to begin to take
1t little easier. Do -FOUR best and then
trust God for the rest. Do not fret. God
manages all the affairs Of your life, and
he iiianagss them for the best. Consider
the lilies; They always have robes.
Behold the fowls Of the air! They al
ways have nests Take a long breath.
Bethink betimes that God did not make
you for pack horse. Dig yourselves out
FROM ahions the hogsheads and the
shelves, and in the light Of the holy Sab
bath day resolve that you will give to
the winds your fears, and your fretful-
ness, and tour Histresses. You brought
nothing into the world, and it is very
certain you can carry nothing out. HAY
Ing food and raiment, be herewith con-
tent. The merchant Saihe home from
the store. There had been great disas-
ter there, He opened the front door and
Said III the midst. Of his family circle:
II am ruined. Everything is gone. I
am all ruined" His wife said, II am
left" and the little child threw up its
hands and said, Papa, l am here. ;"
The aged grandmother; seated in the
room, said, "Then you have all the
promises Of God beside, John. And he
burst into tears and said: "God forgive
me that ! have been SO ungrateful!
find 1 have a grea. many things left.
God forgive mel"
Home Matters.
Again, I 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, sort of
agent to see that they have dry goods
and groceries. The work of family gov
eminent he does not touch. Once Or
twice i'll 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 dis
ciplines the children and chides them
and corects their faults and gives them
q 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
semiannual castigation.
The family table, which ought to be
the place for pleasant discussion and
cheerfumess, often becomes the place of
perilous expedition. If there be any
blessing asked at all, it is cut off at both
snds and with the hand ON the carving
knife. He counts on his fingers, making
estimates in the interstices of the repast.
The work done, the hat goes to the head,
and he starts down tho Etreet, and before
the family have arisen from the table he
has bound up another bundle of goods
and says to the customer, Anything
more can do for you today, sir?" A
man has more responsibilities than those
which are discharged by putting COM
petent instructors over his children and
giving them drawing master and a
music teacher. The physical culture of
the child will not be attended to unless
the father looks to it. He must some
times lose his dignity. He must unlim-
Der his joints. He must sometimes lead
them out to their sports and games. The
parent who cannot forget the severe du-
ties Of life sometimes, to fly the kite and
trundle the hoop and chase the ball and
jump the rope with his children, ought
never to have been tempted out of a
crusty and unredeemable solitariness. If
you want to keep your children away
from places of sin, you can only do it
by making your home attractive You
may preach sermons and advocate re-
forms and denounce wickedness, and yet
your children will be lA,tivated by the
glittering saloon of sin unless yon can
make your home a brighter place than
any other place on earth to them. Oh,
gather all charms into your house. If
you can afford it, bring books and pic
| lures and cheerful entertainments to the
household. But above all teach those
children, not by half an hour twice a
year on the Sabbath day, but day after
day and every day teach them that re-
ligion lisa great gladness; that it throws
chains Of gold about the neck; that it
takes no spring from the foot, no blithe-
ness from the heart, no sparkle from the
eye, no ring from the laughter, but that
cher ways are ways of pleasantness, and
all her paths are peace. I sympathizo
with the work being done in many Of
our cities by which beautiful rooms are
set apart by our Young Mems Christian
associations, and l pray God to prosper
them in all things. BIT tell you there
is something back Of that and before
that. We need more happy, coniecrated,
cheerful Christian homes everywhere.
| OF Eternal Importance.
Again remark that u great many Of
our business men are tempted to put The
attainment Of money above tho value Of
the soul. 1t is a grand thjH, to have
plenty Of money. The mopc you get of
it the better, if it come honestly and &c
usefully. For the lack of it sickness
dies without medicine, and hunger finds
it coffin in the empty bread tray, and
nakedness shivers for lack of clothes and
fire When ! hear man in canting IT,
rade against money-a Christian man--
as though it had no possible use on
| earth and ha had no iptaraet in IL nj