Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-04-25

,rstM.. Great and marvellous are nv worEs.
Lord God Almighty l was years ago in
New Orleans at the exposition rooms. when
a telegram was sent to the President of the
United States. at Washington. and we waited
some fifteen or twenty minutes. and then the
President $ answer came back. and the nre-
siding offlcer waved his handkerchief. and
the signal was sent to Washington that We
were ready to have the machinery of the ex-
poSition started. and the President put his
finger on the electric button. and instantly the
great Corliss wheel began to move. runlhling.
rumbling. rolling. rolling. 1t was overwhelm-
inc. and 10000 people clapped and shouted.
Just one finger at Washington started that
vast machinery. hundreds and hundreds os
miles away. and l thonght then. as ] mini
now. that men sometimes touch Influences
that respond in the far distance. forty years
from now. fiftv years from now. 1000 year
from now. 1.000. 900 years from now-one
touch sounding through the ages.
We also learn from this story the p-opriety
OF laying up for the future. During the
seven years OF plenty joseph prepared for
the famine. and waen it came he hal a
crowded s~torehouse. The life of mos. men
in a worldly respect is divided into years Of
plenty ar famine. 1t is seldom that any
man passes through life without 1T least
seven years of plenty. During those seven
wears our business bears a rich harvest.
You scarcely know where all the money
comes from, il come so fast. Every bargain
you make seems to turn into gold. You
contract few bail debts. You are aston.sEe't
With large dividends. You invest more and
more capital. You wonder how men can he
c1.t"nt with a small BUSINESS. gathering IN
only a few hundre dollars while YOU rean
your thousands. Those are the seven years
Of plenty. Now Joseph has time to prepare
for the threatened famine. for 10 almost every
man there do come seven years d famine.
Won vii hi c.A 1-nr, will! t. IN ~ t,ta %
you will be defrauded. there will ie haf
times. you will be disappointed. and ii YOU
have no storehoGse upon which t" fall
back You may be- famine struck. We have
no admiration for this DENYING oneself all
personal comfort and luxury for the mere
pleasure OF boarding IN. this grasping.
grasping for the mere pleasure OF seem. how
large a pile you can get. this always beng
poor because as soou It's Il dollar comes in it
is sent out to see if it can find another Goi-
lar. so that 1t can carry it home on Its back.
We have p contempt for all those things. bat
theve is an intelligent and noble minded fore
cast which weIove to see in mer who have
families and kindred depending upon them
for the blessings Of education and home.
God sends US TO the insects for a lesson.
which. while they do not stint themselves III
the present, do not forget their duty TO fore
cast the future. $50 20 the ant. thou slug
gard. Consider her ways. and be wise.
which. having no guide. overseer or rnier.
provideth her meat in the summer AMI gath5
ereth her foo in the harvest"
Now. there are two ways Of having IN
money. One OF these is to put it in stock
and deposit it in bank and invest il on bond
and mortgage. The other way to lay up
money is giving it away. He is the safest
who makes both Of these investments. There
are in this house men who ii thev lose a7Ary
dollar they have in the world woul be mill
ionaires for eternity. hey made the spirit
ual investment. By. ,hn man who ,levotcS
non Of his gains t, tho Use OF Christ and
looks only Tor MS own comfort ana iuxuryi
not safe, I care not how the money IS invest
ed. He acts as the rose if it should say: -
will hold my breath and none shall have
snatch Of fragrance from menntil next week
Then / will set all the garden afoat viii
my aroma" OF course the rose. refUsin;
to breathe, died. But above all. lay III
treasures in heaven. They never depreciat'
in value. They never are at II discount
They are always available. You may fee
safe now with your $1,000 or $1,000 81 $40.
COO or $50, 600 income. but what will sncl a,
income be worth after you are deaY Other
will get 1t. Perhaps some OF them Wi
quarrel about it before You are buried. The,
will be SO impatient TO get hold Of the WI
they will think you should, be buried on
day soone than you are buried. They vii
be right glad when you are dead. They ar,
only waiting for you to die What then vii
all your earthly accumulations be worth? !
you gathered it all in your bosom an
walked up with it to heaven gate. it wouI'
| not purchase your admission. o.. if al
lowed to enter. it could not buy you -vwi
or a robe, and theApoorest saint Ill iaaN-"'
would look down at you and sa:. 'Ah"r.
did that pauper come from2' M =: :.
have treasures in heaven. Acea: