The Progress., 1896-12-05

been at work, they would not nave
been saunterug under the trees anu
laundering after that fruit which de-
troyed them and their poster,ty; a
proof positive for ali ages to come that
those who do not attend to their Dusl-
ness are sure to get into mischief.
| do not know that the prodigal IN
Scripture would ever have been re-
claimed had he not given up his idle
habits and gone to feeding swine for
n living The devil does not 50 often
attack the man who is busy with the
men. and the book, and the trowel, and
the saw, and the hammer. He Is AFRAID
of those weapons. But woe to the
man whom this roaring lion meets
with his hands in his pockets!
This is the statement Of man VINO
has broken this Divine enactment: i
was engaged in manufacturing on the
Lehigh river. On the Sabbath l USED
to rest. but never regarded God in 1t.
| One beautiful Sabbath when the noise
was all hushed. and the day was all
that loneliness could make 1t, | sat
down on my piazza, and went to work
iuventing a new shuttle. | neither
stopped TO eat nor drink till the SUN
went down. BY that time | had the
invention completed. The next morn
ing | exhibited it, and boosted OF my
DAVIS work, and was applauded. The
shuttle was tried, and worked we'll,
but that Sabbath days work cost me
thirty thousand dollars. We branch
ed out and enlarged, and the curse OF
heaven was upon me from that day on
ward"
While the Divine frown must rest
upOn him who tramples upon lnlS
statute, Gods special favor Will be
upon that young man who scrupuiously
observes it, This day, properly OBJ
served, will throw hal!owed influence
over all the week. The song and ser
mon and sanctuary will hold back from
presumptuous sins. That young man
who begins the duties Of life with
either secret or open disrespect to the
, holy day, venture to prophesy, Will
meet with no permanent successes
Gods curse will fall upon his ship, his
store his office. his studio, his body
end his soul The way Of the wicked
lie turneth upside down. In one OF the
old fables it was said that a wonder
I'll child was born in Bagdad, and q
magician could hear his footsteps slA
: thousand miles away But can heal
in the footstep of that young man or
!. his way to the house of worship to-da!
the step not only of lifetime Of use
fulness, but the oncoming step O
eternal ages of happiness yet millions
Of years away.
A noble ideal and confident expec'
tation of approximating to it are an in
. fallible defense. The artist complete:
y in his mind the great thought that hi
wishes to transfer to the canvas or thu
. marble, before he takes up the crayor
or the chisel. The architect plans ou
, the entire structure before he order:
. the workmen to begin, and though
. there may for long while seem to b.
. nothing but laundering and rudeness
y he has in his mind every Corinthial
= wreath and Gothic arch and Byzantine
. cabital. The poet arranges the entir
:, pl.t before he begins to chime the frs
~ canto of tingling rhythms. And yet
~ strange to say there are men who at
IL tempt to build their character Withou
~ knowing whether in the end 1t shal
"a be rude Tartar's tent or st. Mark
y of Venice who begin to write tn
i intricate poem of their lives wi:hou
S knowing whether it shall be Homer
IN odyssey" or a rhymesters botcf
~ Nine hundred and ninety-nine me
re out of a thousand are living withou
IN any great life-plot. Booted an
re spurred and plumed, and urging thei
is swift courser in the hottest haste,
ic ask: "Hehlo, man, whittier away?" HI
no RESPONSE is, Nowhere" Rush into til
w busy shop or store Of many one, an
st taking the plane out of the mans han
MS or laying down the yardstick, sa
DIS What, man, is all this about, SO muc
cy stir and sweat?" The reply will stun
Id he and break down between teeth an
en- lips. Every ones duty ought only
be the filling mp of the main plan
,ss existence. Let men be consistent.
OR they prefer misdeeds to correct cours
life Of action, then let them draw out Il
til design of knavery and cruelty al
en- plumber. Let every days falsehot
Sc, and wrongdoing be added as coloril
ce. to the picture. Let bloody deeds re
a stripe the picture, and the clouds Of
he wrathful God hang down heavily ov
IN the canvas, ready to break out in clal
orous tempest. Let the waters
- chafed and froth-tangled. and gre
~, with immeasurable depths. Then ia
~. a torch of burning pitch and scorch
=. to the frame the right name Of lit
~. 80 souls suicide. If one entering up
~ sinful directions would only In
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