The Penn's Grove record., 1896-04-17
PENIS GROVE. N. j.. FRIDAY. APRIL II. 1896.

from now. 1000, 900 years from now-one
touch sounding through the ages.
We also learn from this story the propr1ety
of laying up for the future. During the
,even yeaEs of plenty Joseph prepared ZOE
the famine, and when II came he had a
crowded s~torehouse. The life Of most men
In a worldly respect is divided into years Of
plenty and famine. 1t Ia 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, II comes so fast. Every bargain
you make seems to turn into gold. You
contract few bad debts. You are astonishsd
with large dividends. You invest more and
more capital. You wonder how men can be
sontent with q small business, gathering In
only a few hundred dollars while you reap
your thousands. Those are the seven years
Of plenty. Now Joseph has time to prepare
for the threatened famfn9, for to almost every
man there do come seven years OF famine.
You will be sick. you will be unfortunate,
YOU will be defrauded, there will be hard
times, you will be disappointed, and II you
have no ~storehouse upon which to fail
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 up. this grasptng,
grasping for the mere pleasure of seeinL how
large a pile you can get, this always beng
poor because as soon as a dollar m In II
is sent out to seeif 1t can find another dol
lar, so that 1t can carry 1t home on its back.
We have a contempt for all those things. but
there Is an intelligent and noble minded fore
cast which we love to see in men who have
families and kindred depending upon them
for the blessings of education and home.
Tod sends US to the insects for a lesson.
which, while they do not stint themselves In
IL l. ~-A R-,r1k Ahafr I,atv - fam
cast the future. $50 20 the ant, thou slug
gard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
which, having no guide, overseer or ruler.
provideth her meat In the summer and gath
ereth her food in the harvest"
Now, there ara two ways OF laying up
money. One OF these Is to put 1t in stock
| and deposit 1t In bank and invest 1t on bond
| and mortgage. The other way to lay up
| money IL giving it away. He Is the safest
| who makes both of these investments. There
| are In this house men who II they lose svery
dollar they have in the world would be mill
| ~Ionaires for eternity. They made the spirit
| nal investment. But the man who devotes
none of his gains to the cause OF Christ and
| looks only for his own comfort and luxuryis
| not safe, I care not how the money Is invest
ed. He acts as the rose II 1t should say: 81
will hold my breath and none shall have a
| snatch of fragrance from me until next week.
Then l will set all the garden snoat with
| my aroma" OF course the rose. refusing
to breathe, died. But above all, lay up
treasures in heaven. They never depreciate
In value. They never are at a discount.
They are always available. You may feel
safe now with your $1,000 or $4,000 or $10.-
300 or S2O, 600 income, but what will such an
Income be worth after you are dead2 Others
will get Il. Perhaps some OF them Will
quarrel about Il before you are buried. They
will be so impatient to get hold OF the will
they will think you should be buried one
day sooner than you are buried. They will
be right glad when you arc dead. They are
only waiting for you to die. What then will
all your earthly aocumulstions be WORTH II
you gathered 1t all in your bosom n
walked up with 1t to heavens gate. IT would
not purchase your admission. Or, II al
lowed to enter, 1t could not buy you a crown
Or a robe, and the poorest saint In heaven
would look down at you and say, "Where
lid that pauper oome from2" May We all
AVE treasures In heaven. Amenl