The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24


went ouf io sing over Mount Araral The
tulips that bloom lu the garden this spring
were nuurd by Che snownakea The larihoai
star un one side Oi the universe could not
Jock toward the iauhe.t star on the other
fldn 0l inc universe and say, "Nou arr no
relation 90 me. :" Tor from that bright orb q
voice Of High, would ring across tho heavens
responding, eyes. yes, Wears sisters" Noth-
ing in Gods universe SWINGS 90 loose Unda
Accidents are only Gods way OF turning a
ieAi in the book OF HIS eternal DEGREES. From
our cmd'oto our grave thofe ia a path all
marked out Zach event in our ne "a cone
nfcied with every other event IN our liie.
Our losses may hs the 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 no the time
seemed 90 you trinIng. while some occur
renee which seemed tremendous affected you
but little. Gods plans airs magnificent be-
yond all comprehension. He mOlda us and
turns and directs us, and We know IL not
Thousands OF y0arH are 90 HIN as tho flight
OF "a shuttle. The most terrific occurrence
does not make God tromblo. Thomosttrium-
plant achievement does not llit Him into
rapture. That one great though. of God goes
ont through the centuries, and Nations Hse
and fall, and eras pass, and the world
changes, but God still keeps the undivided
mastery. linking event 10 event and century
10 century. To God they are all one event.
ono history, one plan, one DEVELOPMENT. one
system. Great and marvellous are Thy WORKS,
Lord God Almighty / was years ago IN
New Orleans AZ the exposition rooms, when
a telegram was sent 10 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 offloer waved his handkerchief. and
the signal was sent 10 Washington that we
we're ready 10 have the machinery Of tho ex-
position started. and the President put his
finger on the electric button. and instantlythe
great Corllss wheel began 20 move, rumbhngi
Fumbllne. rolling, rolling. twas overwhelm-
Ing. and j 900 people elapped and shouted.
Just one finger at Washington started that
vast machinery. hundreds and hundreds OF
miles away, and thought then, az / think
now, that men sometimes touch influences
that respond IN the far distance, forty years
from now, fifty years from now, 1000 years
] from now, 100000 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 for
/ the famine. and when It came he had a
/ crowded storehouse The life Of most men
/ In a worldly respect is divided into years Of
/ plenty aud 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, Il comes so fast Every bargain
you make seems TO turn into gold. You
| contract few bad debts. You are astOnished
with large dividends. You invest more aDc
more capital. You wonder how men can be
| content with a small business, gathering In
| only n few hundred dollars while you reap
your thousands. Those are the seven years
OF plenty. Now Joseph has time to prepare
for the threatened famine, for to almost every
man there do come seven years Of famine.
You viii 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 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 up, this grasping,
grasping for the mere pleasure OF seeinL how
large a pile you can get, this always being
poor because as soon as dollar comes in II
is sent out to see IN it can find another dol
lar. so that it 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 mer who have
families and kindred depending upon them
for the blessings OF education and home
God sends us to the insects for lesson
which, while 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 and be wise
which, having no guide, oyerseer or ruler
provideth her meat in the summer and gath
ereth her food in the harvest"
Now, there are two ways Of laying 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 NJ
money is giving It away. He is the safes
who makes both Of these investments. Their,
are in this house men who il they lose every
dollar they have in the world would be mill
ionaires for eternity They made the spirit
ual investment. But the man who devote
none of his gains to the cause OF Christ RnC
looks only for his own comfort and luxuryI
not safe care not how the money is invest
ed. He acts as the rose II it should say: :"
will hold my breath and none shall have
snatch OF fragrance from me until next week
Then / will set all the garden anoat witt
my aroma" OF course the rose refusln,
to breathe, died. But above all, lay N
treasures in heaven. They never depreciat
in value. They never are at a discount
They are always available. You may fee
safe now with your $1,000 or $4,000 or $40,
900 or 800, 900 income, but what will such al
income be worth after you are dead2 Other
will get it. 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 sooner 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 worthS
You gathered II all in your bosom an
walked up with it to heavens gate. it woul
not purchase your admission, Or if al
lowed to enter, it could not buy you crow
or a robe, and the poorest saint in heave
would look down at you and snY "Wher
did that pauper come from?' May we al
have treasures in heaven. Amen!