Milford chronicle., 1896-04-17
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, APRIL H. 1896

house to some one Of the flock Of birds
which, when Noah hoisted the ark's win
dow, with a whir and dash OF bright
wings went out TO sing over Mount Ararat.
The tulips that bloom in the garden this
spring were nursod by tho snowfiakes.
The farthest star on one side of the universe
could not look toward the farthest star
on the other side of the universe and say,
"You arc no relation TO me, +" for from
that bright orb voice Of light would ring
across the heavens, responding Yes, yes,
we are sisters. Nothing in Gods uni
verse swings at loose ends Accidents are
only Gods way Of turning leaf in the
book Of his eternal DEGREES. From our era
die to our grave there is pnth all marked
out. Each event in our life is connected
with every other event in our life. Our
losses may be tho most direct road to our
gain. Our defeat and our victory are twin
brothers.
The whole direction Of your life was
changed by something which at tho time
seemed to you trifing, while some occur
renee which seemed tremendous affected
you but little Gods plans are magnifl-
cont beyond all comprehension. HemOlds
us and turns and directs us, and we know
it not. Thousands of years are to him as
the flight of q shuttle. The most terrific
occurrence does not make God tremble.
The most triumphant achievement docs
not lift him into rapture. That one great
Thought Of God goes out through the cen
turtles, and nations rise and fall, and eras
pass, and the 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,
one plan, ons development, one system,
Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord
God Almighty l was years ago IN New
Orleans ut the exposition rooms, when a
telegram was sent to the president Of the
United States, at Washington, and we
waited some / ) or 90 minutes, and then
the Presidents answer came back, and
then the presiding officer waved his hand
kerchiof, and the signal was sent to Wash
ington that we were ready to have the ma
ehinery of the exposition started and the
president put his finger on the electric
button, ana instantly the great COrliss
wheel hogan Go move-Fumbling, run=
bling, railing, rolling. twas averwhelm-
ing, and $4,000 people olapped and shout
cd. Just one finger at Washington started
that vast machinery, hundreds and hun
dreds of miles away, and / thought then,
as think now, that men sometimes touch
influences that respond in tho far distance
40 years from now 30 years from now
1000 years from now-1, COO, 600 years from
now-one touch sounding through the
ages.
What of the Future?
We also learn from this story the pro-
prioty of laying up for the future During
tho seven years OF plenty Joseph prepared
for the famine, and when it came ho had
q crowded stOrehouse. The life Of most
men In worldly respect is divided into
years of plenty and famine. 1t is seldom
that any man passes through life without
at least seven years Of plenty. During
those seven years your business bears a
rich harvest. You scarcely know where
all the money comes FROM it comes so fast.
Every bargain you make seems to turn in
to gold You contract few bad debts.
You are astonished with largo dividends.
You invest MoIe and more capital. You
wonder how men can be content with n
small business, gathering in only few
hundred dollars, while you reap your
thousands Those are seven years Of
plenty Now Joseph has time to prepare
for the threatened famine, for to almost
famine. You will be sick, you will be I'M
fortunate, you will be defrauded, there will
be hard times, you will be disappointed,
ard if you have no storehouse upon which
to fall back you may be famine struck.
We have 10 admiration for this denying
oneself all personal comfort and luxury
for the mere pleasure of boarding up, this
grasping, grasping for the mere pleasure
of seeing how large pile you can get this
always being poor because as soon as
dollar comes in it is sent out to sec if it
can find another dollar, SO that it can carry
it home on its back. We have a contempt
for all those things, but there is an intel
ligent and noble minded forecast which
we love to see in men who have families
and kindred depending upon them for the
blessings of education and home. God
sends us to the insects for n lesson, which,
while they do not stint themselves in the
present, do not forget their duty to fore
cast the future "Go to the ant, thou
sluggard Consider 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 is to put it in stock
and deposit it in bank and invest it On
bond and mortgage. The other way to lay
up money is giving it away. He is the SAT-
est who makes both of these Investments.
There are in this house men who If they
lose every dollar they have in the world
would be millionaires for eternity. They
made the spiritual investment, but the
man who devotes none Of his gains to tho
cause Of Christ and looks only for his own
comfort and luxury is not safe, I care not
how the money is invested. He acts MS the
rose if it should say, Il will hold my
breath, and none shall have a snatch Of
fragrance from me until next week; then
will set all the garden afoat with my
aroma" OF course the rose, refusing to
breathe, died. But above all lay up treas
ures in heaven. They never depreeiate Ia
value. They never are at discount. They
are always available. You may feel safe
low with your 81, 900 or 81, GOO or $40, 600
or $50, 600 income, but what win such an
income be worth after you are deadf
Others will get it. Perhaps some of them
will quarrel about st before you arc buried.
They will be so impatient to get hold OF
the will they will think you should be
buried ono day sooner than you are buried.
They will be right glad when you are dead.
They are only waiting for you to die. What
then will all your earthly accommodations
be worth? If YOU gathered it all in your
bosom and walked up with it to heavens
gate, it would not purchase your admis-
sion, or if allowed TO enter it could not
buy you crown or a robe, and the poorest
saint in heaven would look down at you
and say, "Whero did that pauper come
fromS' May we all have treasures in
heaven Amenl
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