Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-08
ON HIS WESTERN TOUR.
N-~N.~N~N~.N~NO~

loss, ana uuSleQ WIN imaginary gains.
Even the Sabbath cannot dam back the
tide of anxiety. for this wave of worldli-
ness dashes clear over the churches, and
leaves it's foam on Bibles and prayer
books Men who are living on salaries.
or bv the cultivation of the soil, 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 BUSH
ness honor are dependent upon the I'M
certaintieS of the next hour. This eX-
element of the brain, this cOrrOding
care of the heart this strain of effort
that eNhaustS the spirit sends a great
many of our best men, in middle-life,
into the grave. Their life dashed out
AGAINST money safes. They go with
their stores on their backs. They
trulge like Camels, sweating. from
Alepp0 TO Damascus. They make their
life q crucidXion. Standing behind
desks and counters. banished from the
fresh air. weighted down by carking
cares. There are so many suicides. Oh.
wish / could. to-day. rub out some of
these lines of care: that could lift some
of the burdens from the heart; that l
could give relaxation TO some of these
worn muscles 1t is time for you 10
begin 10 take it q little easier. Do your
best. and then trust God for the rest.
DO NOT FRET.
God manages an the affairs of your
life. and he manages them for the best.
Consider the lilies they always have
robes. Behold the fowls of the air
they always have nests. Take a long
breath. Bethiuk. betimes. that God did
not make You for pack-hOrse. Dig
yourselves out from among the hogs
heads and the shelves. and in the light
of The holy sabbath day resolve that
YOU will give 10 the winds your fears,
and your fretfulnesS. and your distress
as. You brought nothing into the
world. and it is very certain that you
can carry nothing out Having food
and raiment. be Herewith content Tho
merchant came home from the store.
There has been a great disaster there.
He opened The front door, and said. in
The midst Of his family circle Il am
ruined. Everything is gone. 1 am all
ruined. His wife said: Il am left
and the little child threw up its hands
and said. Papa, I am here. The
aged grandmother, seated in the room,
said. "Then you have all the promises
of God beside, John. And he burst in
TO tears. and said: God forgive me,
that have been so uugrateful. I find
I have q great many things left. God
forgive me"
Again I remark. that many of our
business men are tempted to neglect
their home duties. How often is it
that the store and the home seem to
clash but there ought not 10 be any
collision Il is often the case that the
father is the mere treasurer of the fam
lily. q sort of agent to see that they hav >
dry goods and groceries.
THE FAMILY TABLE,
which ought TO be the place for pleasant
discussions and cheerfulness, often be-
comes the place of perilous expedition.
II there be any blessing asked at all, it
is cut OF at both ends. and with the
hand on the carving knife. He counts
on his fingers, making estimates in the
intersJices of the repast. The meal
done. the hat goes TO the head. and he
starts down the street, and before the
family have arisen from the table he
has bound up another bundle of goods,
and said TO the customer: Anything
more I can do for YOU to-day, sir?
Again I remark: that a great many
of our business men are tempted to put
the attainment of money above the
value of the soul. Ii is a grand thing
TO have plenty of money The more
YOU get of it. the better. if it come hon.
estly and so uSefUlly For the lack of
it, sickness dies without medicine. and
hunger finds It's coffin in the empty
bread tray. and nakedness shivers for
lack of clothes and fire. When I hear
q man in cantiug TRADE against money
"a Christian man-as though it had
no possible use on earth, and he had mel
interest i'm IL at ALL I come almost to
think that the heaven that would be
appropriate for him would be an ever
lasting poor house While, my friends,
we DO admit there is such q thing rs the
lawful use of money profitable use
of mOney-let MS recognize also the fac-
that money cannot satisfy q mans soul,
that it cannot glitter in he dark val
lev. that it cannot pay Our fare across
the Jordan of death. that 10 cannot UNI
lock the gate Of heaven. There are
men in all occupations who seem to ac<
as though they thought that a peck of
bonds and mortgages could be traded
of for o. title to heaven, and as thougli
gold would be a lawful tender in that
Mace where it is so common that they
make pavements out of it. Salvation
bv Christ is the only salvation Treas
uras i'm heaven are the only incorrupt-
ibla treasures.
Have YOU ever ciphered out in the
rule of Loss and Gain the sum: What
shall it profit q man if he gain the
whole world and lose his own sOul?'
fine your apparel. the winds
of death will futter it like rags. Home
spun and a threadbare coat have some
times been the shadow Of coming robes
made white I'm the blood Of the Lamb.
The paarI of great price is worth more
than any gem YOU can bring from the
ocean. than Australian or Brazilian
mines strung I'm one carcanet. Seek
after God. fnd his righteousness, and
AN shall be wen here; all shall be welh
hereafter.
The Buffalo Commercial says Mayor
Strons was about to kiss a young wo-
man a- the conclusion of a marriage
ceremony when she tainted. Why didn
he remove the QUid of tobacco from his
month Boston Traveller.