St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-06

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hurled them into the dungeon %
hoisted them ON the gallowA
Nothing in Gods universe swings q
loose ends Accidents are only Gods
way of turning leaf in the book o1
His eternal DEGREES. From our cradle
to our grave there II . path sll marked
out. Each event in our life b Coz
nected with every other event in our
life. Our losses may b the most
direct road to our gain. Our do.
feat and our victory are twin
brothers. The whole of our life was
changed by something which st
the time seemed to you trifing, while
some occurrence which seemed tro.
mcndous Affected You but little. Gods
plans are magnificent beyond al com.
prehension. He molds M, and turns
and directs M, and We know Il not
Thousands Of years are 70 Him - the
flight of . shuttle. The most terrific
occurrence does not make God trembla.
Tho most triumphant aehievement
docs not lift Him into rapture. That
one great thought Of God goes out
through tho centuries, and nations
rise aud fall, and eras pass. and tho
world changes. but God still keeps the
undivided mastery, linking event to
event and century to century. To God
they are all one event, one history, ono
plan, ono development, ono system.
Great and marvellous arc Thy works,
Lord God Almighty! I was years
ago in New Orleans ut the ex.
position rooms, when . telegram
was sent to the president Of the
United States At Washington, and We
waited some Is or - minutes, and then
the presidents answer came back, and
then the presiding officer waived his
handkerchief aud the signal was snnt
to Washington that we were ready to
have the machinery Of tho exposition
started, and the president put
his finger On the electric button,
and instantly tho great Corliss
wheel began to move-rumbling,
rumbling. rolling, rolling. It was
overwhelming. and 1900 people
clapped and shouted. Just one finger
at Washington started that vast ma
chinery, hundreds and hundreds Of
miles away, and l thought then, - I
think now, that men sometimes touch
influences that respond in the far dis
tance, 10 years from now. soyesrs from
now, 1000 years from now-one touch
sounding through the agcA
We also learn from this story tho
propriety Of laying up for the future.
During the seven years Of plenty, I.,-
scph prepared for the famine, and
when It calae ne had crowded storc-
Aeuse. Tho life ol m< ct I,e.a 81 world.
" respect is divided iuto years Of plenty
and famine. 1t Is seldom thAt any
mau can pass through life without 1t
least seven years of plenty. During
those seven years, your business bears
. rich harvest You scarcely know
where all the money comes from, Il
comes SO fast Every bargain you make
seems to turn into gold. You contract
few bad debts. You are astonished
with the dividends. You invest more
and more capital You wonder how
men can be content with small bu:i-
ness. gathering in only few hundred
dollars while you reap your thousands
Those are the seven yesvs Of plenty.
Nov, Josera has' t mo - rEepare f"r
the threatencd famine, for to almost
every man there do come seven years
of famine. You will be sick, you will
be unfortunate, you will be defraud-
ed. there will be hard times, You
will be disappointed, and if you have
no storehouse upon which to fall back,
you may be famine struck. We have
NO admiration for this denying ones
self all personal comfort and luxury
for the mere pleasure of boarding up.
this grasping, Rrasping for the mere
pleasure of seeing how large pile
you can get, this always being poor bo-
cause as soon as = dollar comes in It is
sent out to see il It can find another
dollar, 10 that it can carry It home on
its back. We have a contempt for all
those things. but there is an intell:-
gent and undetermined forecast which
we love to see in men who have fam
lilies and kindred depending upon
them for the blessings of edueA.
tion and home. God sends us to tho
insects for lesson. which.
while they do not stint them
selves in the present, do not forget
their duty to forecast the future. ''Go
to the ant, thou sluggard; constaer her
ways and be wise; which having NO
guide, overseer or ruler, provideth her
meat in the summer and gathereth her
food In the harvest"
Now, there are two ways Of laying
up money. One of these 10 to put It In
stock and deposit it in bank, and in'
vest it on bond and mortgage. The
other way to lay up money 10 giving
away. He 10 tho safest who makes
both of these investments There arc
in this house men who II they loss
every dollar they have In the world
would be millionaires for eternity.
They made the spiritual investmeuts
but the man who devotes none Of his
gains to the cause of Christ, and looks
only for his own comfort and luxury,
is not safe, care not how the money
is invested He acts as the rose II II
should say: II will hold my breath.
and mono shall have . snatch OF
fragrance from me until next week;
then will set all the garden sfoat
with my aroma" OF course the rose,
refusing TO breathe, died. But above
all, lay mp treasures in Heaven. They
never depreciate in value. They arc
never 1T . discount They are always
available. You may feel safe now
with your $1,000 or 1000 or $4,000 OF
go, 900 income, but what win such
IN income be worth after you arc
dead? Others will get Il Perhaps
some Of them win quarrel about Il
before you are buried. They win Be 50
impatient to get hold Of the will. they
will think you should Be buried one
day sooner than you are buried. They
will 10 right glad when you are deed.
They are only waiting for you to die.
What then win all your earthly
accumulations b worth? II yor
gathered It all In your bosom ami
walked mp with It 10 HeaSsn's
gate, Il would not purchase your ads