The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-08-02


oaslcr. ID your best and then trust God
f0r che rest DO not fret. God manages al
the Affairs 90 your lie. and ITO manages
them f0r the best. Consider thelllea. They
always have robes.
Bahold the fowls % iho air. They always
have nests. Take % long breath. bfthlnE
bollmca that God dld not make you Tor q
pack hoHe. Dig yourselves out from among
The hogshaads aud the shelves, and ln ths
light ofthe holy sabbath day resolve that
you viii give 90 the winds your fears. and
your fretfuInem. AMI your distresscs. You
brought nothing into the world, and it h
very certain you can carry nothing out
Having food aud ulment, be- herewith ,tds
tent. TIE merchant came homo from the
store. There had been great disaster there.
Tie opcne the from. door and said in the
midst 90 his family circle. 81 am ruined.
! Everything ls gone. am al ruined" It's
wife said. 81 am l'it, and the little child
| threw up lts hands and said. "papa, / am
/ here The aged grandmother, seated In
[ the room. said, "Ihen YOU have OH the prom=
/ isos Oi God beside, john And he burst in=
/ 90 tears and saldi "God forgive me that /
I have been SO ungrnteuli i find j have a
I great many things left God forgive mem
Again 1 remark that many OF our business
! men are tempted 90 neglect their home
| duties. How often it Is thai the store aud
I
/ collision. 10 O. often the case that the father
/ isthe mere treasurer OF the family, q sort OF
I agent 20 SEQ that they have dry goods and
4 groceries. The work of family government
/ he does not touch. Once or twice bon q Year
! hc calls the children mp on 20 Sabbath after
| noon. when he has % halt hour no does not
/ exactly know what 10 do with. aud ia that
/ half hour be disciplines the children aud
chides them and correeis their faults and
gives them a great deal of good advice. and
then wonders an the rest of the yeur that his
children do not do better when they have
/ thewonderiul advantage OF that semi-annual
castigatl0n.
The family table, which ought to BIO tho
place for pleasant discussion and cheerful
ness. often becomes the place OF perious
expedition II there bo any blessing asked
az ALL It is cut on nj both ends and with the
hand on the carving knife he counts on
| his fingers. making estimates I'm the inter-
stces of the repast. The work done, the hat
goes to the head, and no starts down the
street, and before the family have arisen
from the table he has bound up another
| bundle Of goods and says to the customer,
Anything moro / can do for you to-day,
| sirf' A man has more RESPONSIBILITIES than
those which are discharged by putting COM
petent instructors over his children and Civ
ing them n drawing master and a music
teacher. The physical culture OF the child
will not bo 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 20 their sports aud games. The
parent who cannot forget the severe duties
of life sometimes, to fly the kite and truDdle
the hoop aud chase the ball and jump the
rope with his children, ought never TO have
been tempted out OF a erusty and unredeem-
able solitariness. II 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 captivated by the glit-
tering saloon OF sin unless you can make
your home a brighter place than any
other place on earth 10 them. Oh.
gather nj. charms into your house. II
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 religion is a
great gladness; that it throws chains OF gold
about the neck; that it takes no spring from
the foot no blitheness from the heart, nc
sparkle from the eye, no ring from the laugh
ter, but that cher ways are ways OF pleasant
ness, and all her paths are peace" l sympa
thize with the work being done in many o
our cities by which beautiful rooms arc SCI
apart by our Young Mems Christian AssOcia
tons, and pray God to prosper them in al
things. But l tell you there is something
back of that and before that. We need NOR
happy, cOnsecrated, cheerful Christian
homes everywhere.
Again l remark that a great many Of on
business men are tempted to put the attain
ment of money above the value OF the soul
1t is grand thing to have plenty OF money
The more you get of ii the better, il it com
honesty and 60 usefully. For the lack OF
sickness dies without medicine, and hunge
! finds it coffin in the empty bread tray, an
nakedness shivers for lack Of clothes and fire
When hear man in canting TRADE agains
money! Christian man--as though it ha
no possible use on earth and he had no il
terest in it ut all, l come almost to thin
that the heaven that would be appropriat
for him would be an everlasting poorhoust
While, my friends, we do admit there
such a thing as the lawful use OF none
"A profitable use OF money--let US re-
ognize also the fact that money cannot sati
. fly mans soul; that 1t cannot glitter in tn
dark valley; that it cannot pay our fal
across the Jordan Of death; that it cannC
unlock the gate OF heaven. There are me
. in all occupations who seem TO act as thong
they thought that pack OF bonds and NOR
: cages could be traded off for a title
/, heaven aud as though gold would be a Law
full tender in that place whore it is 50 con
: mon that they make pavement5 out OF
Salvation by Christ is tho only salvation
: Treasures in heaven are the only incorrupt
. BILE treasures.
Have you ever cipherad out IN the rule
loss and gain the sum, "What shall it prof
L a man If he gain the whole worldand lose h
own soul?" However fine your apparel, Il
IS winds death will futter it like rags. HON
Q spun and a threadbare coat have sometim
4 been the shadow OF coming robes madewh
!. in the blood Of the Lamb. The pearl of gre
price is worth more than any gem you ca
a bring from the ocean, than Australian
5 Brazilian mines strung in one carCanet SCI
after God find His righteousness, and I
Z shall be we'll here-alI shall be well hel
n after