The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

system. Great aud marvellous are Thy works,
Lord God Almighty I was years ago In
New Orleans at the exposition rooms, when
n telegram was sent TO the President OF the
United States. at Washington. and we waited
some fifteen or twenty minutes, and then the
Presidents answer came back. and the pre-
siding officer waved his handkerchief. and
the signal was sent to Washington that we
were ready to have the machinery OF the eN-
position started, and the President put his
finger on the electric button. and instantlvthe
great Corlss wheel began to move. rumhling,
rumhling. rolling, rolling. II was overwhclm-
ing, and $1,000 people clapped and shouted.
Just one finger at Washington started that
vast machinery. hundreds and hundreds of
miles away and thought then. as / think
now, that men sometimes touch influences
that respond In the far distance. forty years
from now. nitv years from now. 1000 years
from now, 1000, 900 years from now-one
touch sounding through the ages.
We also learn from this story the propriety
OF laying up for the future. During the
seven years OF plenty Joseph prepared Tor
the famine. and when IL came he had n
crowded storehousc. The life OF most men
in worldly respect Is divided into wears of
)lenty and famine. IL Ia seldom that any
man passes through life without at least
seven years Of plenty. During those seven
wears your business bonrs rich harvest.
You scarcely know whore all the money
comes from, II comes so fast Fverv BARGAIN
you make seems 10 turn into gold. You
contract few bad debts. You are astonished
with largo dividends. You invest more and
more capital. You wonder how mon can be
content with small business. gathering in
only few hundred dollars while YOU reap
your thousands. Those are the seven years
~ plenty Now Joseph has time 60 prepare
for tho threatened famine. for TO almost every
man there do come seven years of famine.
Il Al .f..eF taFD
Won will be defrauicd, thcre will he hnrl
times. YOU will be disappointed. and II YOU
have no storchouse upon whirh 20 tHll
| back you may bo famine struck, We have
| no admiration for this denying oneself all
| personal comfort and luxury for the mefc
pleasure Of boarding up, this graspin2.
grasping for the more pleasure ~ SCENT how
large a pile you can get, this always being
| poor because "a soon ~ u dollar comes In It
| IL sent out TO see n II eau Hn1 another dol
| lar 80 that II can carry II home on it, back.
| We have n contempt for all those things. but
| there IL nm Intelligent and noble minded fore
| cast which we love 90 soc in mcr who have
| families and kindred depending upon them
for the blessings 81 education and home
! God sends us 20 the insects for lesson
which, white they do not stint themselves In
the present. DO not forget their duty to fore.
cast the future "Go 20 the ant, thou slug
gard. Consider her ways, aud be- wise
| whlcn, having no gull'' oN'rH'er OF tulrt
provideth her meat in the summer and gath
errth her food In the harvest"
Now, there are two ways Of LAYING NJ
money. One Oi these ~ to put II IN stock
and deposit it in bank anl invest IL on bond
and mortgage. The othcr way to lav NJ
money is giving II away. He il the safes
who makes both OF these investments. Thor,
arc in this house men who II they lose ev r'
dollar thoy have In the world would he mill
ionaircs for eternity. They made the spirit
! uul inypstr, Rut go mo- vi lNyp'