The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-07

But ono Ia boarh morning bethought
myself OF new shuttle, and thouRhs
would invent that shuttle oeiore
sunset; and ! refused all food ana
drink until had completed that smut
tie. BY shutdown had completed It.
The next day, Monday, showed to
INV workmen and friends this new
shuttle. They all congratulated me
on nv great success put that shut
tie into play. enlarged my business;
but, sir, that Sundays work cost me
thirty thousand dollars. From that day
everything went wrong. failed In
business, and lost my MILL" Oh, my
friends, keep the Lords day. You
may think It old-fogy advice, but
give IL to you now: Remember the
Sabbath day and keep IL holy. Six
days shalt thou labor and do oil thy
work; but the seventh Is the Sabbath
Ct ths Lord, thy God; in 1t thou shalt
not do any work" A man said that he
would prove that all this was fal-
lacy, and so he said: IL shall raise n
Sunday crop" And he plowed the field
on the Sabbath, and then he put in the
seed on the Sabbath, and he cultured
the ground onithe sabbath When the
harvest was ripe he reaped 1t on the
Sabbath, and he carried 1T into the
NOW on the Sabbath, and then he
stood out defiant to his Christian
neighbors and said: "There, that is
my Sunday crop. and it is all gar
nered." After awhile storm came
up, and n great darkness, and the
lightnings OF Heaven struck the barn,
and away went his Sunday crop.
There Is another safeguard that l
want to present. l have saved it until
the last because want it to be the
more emphatic. The great safeguard
for every young man is the Christian
religion. Nothing can take the place
of it, You may have gracefulness
enough to put to the blush Lord
Chesterfield, you may have foreign
languages dropping from your
tongue, You may discuss laws
and literature, you may have
pen of unequaled polish and power,
you may have so much business tact
that you can get the largest salary In
banking house, you may be as sharp
as lIerod and as strong as Sampson
and with as long locks as those winch
hung Absalom, and yet you have nc
safety against temptation. Some OF
you look forward to life with great
dependency. / know it. see it IN
your faces from time to time. YOU
say: "All the occupations and pro
fessions are full, and there's no chance
for me-" Oh! young man, cheer up,
will tell you how you can make your
fortune. Seek first the kingdom o
God and His Righteousness, and al
other things will be added. I know
you do not want to be mean in this
matter. You will not drink the brim-
ming cup of life, and then pour the dregs
on Gods altar. To generous Saw
Jour you will not act like that. you have
not the heart to act like that That il
not manly. That is not honorable
That is not brave. Your great wan
is new heart, and in the name o.
the Lord Jesus Christ l tel
you so to-day, and the blessed Spiri
presses through the solemnities o
this hour to put the cup of life t.
your thirsty lips. Oh! thrust it no
, back. Mercy presents it-b'eedin,
mercy long-suffering mercy. Despis
all other friendships, prove rccrean
to all other bargains, but dispise God
love for your dying soul-do not d
that.
l There comes n crisis in a mans life
l and the trouble is he does not know
is the crisis. got letter in which
t man says to me:
? 81 start out now to preach the Go:
pei of Righteousness and temperate
) to the people. Do you remember me
l am the man who appeared at tn
I, close of the service when you wer
l worshipping in the chapel after 20
: came from Philadelphia. Do 20
remember at the close of tn
: service man coming up
. you all a-tremble with COZ
viction, and crying out for mercy, an
9 telling you he had n very bad business
and he thought he would change i,
That was the turning-point in m
: history gave up my bad business
l gave my heart to God, and the desir
to serve Him has grown upon me n
u these years, until now woe is unto IL
. If preach not the Gospel"
!. That Sunday night was the turnin
|. point Of that young mans histor.
n This very Sabbath hour will be IL
r turning point in the history OF a hui
II dred young men in this house. &c
. help us. l once stood on an annive
= snry platform with clergyman wi
n told me this marvellous story. He sa
N ASThirty years ago two young m,
1T started out to attend Park theate
p New Nork, to see a play which ma,
Q religion ridiculous and hypocritica
!. They had been brought up in Christie
n families. They started for the theat
n to see that vile play, and the
II early convictions came back up,
# them. They felt it was Ii
& right to 20, but still they wen
Z They came to the door OF Il
4, theater. One OF the young men stoppt
e and started for home, but return,
y and came up to the door, but had II
the courage to go in. He again start
or for home, and went home. The 9th
~ young man went in. lie went from o
III degree OF temptation to another. Caug
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