The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-18

10 BOZ demand chat your tou alWays DO |
eifEHul nud tIHluIV and rNnFl There la d |
certain amount ol dFudEcfy through which |
We must all pasa whatever BE- our occupation.
You know bow uun are sentenced q certain
number OF year, o. prison, and after lhoy
have suffered anl worked out the sine then
they arc allowed 90 go free So % O. with all
ua God paasoi Oh us the sentence "By tho
sweat oi thy brow shalt thou oat bread.n Wo
must endure our time of dru0rcry and then,
after awhile we win - allowed 90 20 into
comparative liberty We must be- willing 90
endure ihe sentence. We ll know what
drudRery O. connected with tho beginning Of
any trade oT profession, but this does not
continue on our nvoa. II Il DO the studonfs,
or the merchants, or the mechanics uie. ]
know you have at Che beginning many hard
time, but after D while those things win bo-
come easy You win be your own master.
Code sentence viii be satisfied. You will DO
discharged nom prison.
Bless God that you have n brain % .hink
aud hands 60 work and feet 90 walk with,
for Ia yong constant activity young man,
i8 one "a your strongest doienses. Put your
trust in God aud DO your best That child
bad 4 right when the horsss ran away with
the load Of wood and be sat on Il. When
asked n be was frightened. he said, ono, ]
prayed 10 God and hung on like o beaver.
| Young man another pros7rvatlve ngnlnt evil
| God has thrust into the toll and fatigue Of
| liioa rccrcailvo day, when the soul ~ espe-
| cially 20 be fed. n Is no new iangle notion
| Of a wild drained reiormer, but ga institution
| established at the beginning God has made
/ natural ard moral laws 80 harmonious that
/ the body ne we'll as the soul demands this In
| stltutlon. Our bodies are seven day clocks
/ that must DO wound up as often as that or
] aasHH EmgIas
| sooner or later % tho man who breaks the
sabbath. Inspiration has called It the Lords
day, and be who devotes Il 10 the world f.
/ guilty OF robbery. God viii not let the sin
20 unpublished either In this world or the
| world 10 come.
This is the statement Of a man who has
| broken this divine enactment: az was en-.
gagged IN manufacturing on the Lehlgh
| River On the sabbath ! used 10 rest, but
| never regarded God IA t. One beautiful
| sabbath when the noise was all hushed, aud
the day was all that lovellness could make
Il, lsat down on my piazza and went 20 work
inventing q new shuttle. neither stopped
TO eat nor drink ttll the sun went down. By
that time ] had the invention completed.
The next morning / exhibited II and boosted
OF my days work, and was applauded. The
shuttle was tried and worked well, but that
Sabbath days work cost me s30,0OO We
OF heaven was upon me from that day on
ward"
While the divine frown must rest upon
him who tramples upon this statute, Gods
special favor win be upon that young man
who scrupulously observes II. This day,
properly observed, will throw O hallowed
influence over all the week. The song and
sermon and sanctuary will hold back from
presumptuous sins. That young man who
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open disrespect 20 the holy day, venture TO
prophesy, will meet with no permanent sue
cesses. Gods curse will fall upon his ship
his store, his office, his studio, his body am
/ his soul. The way OF the wicked He turnetl
upside down. In one of the old fables II wa
! said that a wonderful child was born IN Bag
dad, and a magician could hear his foo,step
5000 miles away. But can hear in the foot
step OF that young man on his way to tn
house Of worship to-day the step not only o
| q lifetime Of usefulness, but the oncominS
step Of eternal ages Of happiness yet million
OF years away.
noble ideal and confident expectation 0
. | approxtmaliDg 10 II are an intalible de
Tense The artist completes in his mind thu
great thought that he wishes to transfer t
/. the canvas or the marble before no takes u
the crayOn or the chisel. The nrchiteC
plans out the entire structure before h
orders the workmen 10 begin, and, tboug
there may FOR long while seem to be moth
], ing but laundering and rudeness, be has i
his mind every Cornthian wreath and Goth
arch and Byzantine capital. The poe
. arranges the entire plot before he begins I
/ chime the arst canto OF tingllng rhythm!
2 And yet, strange to cay, there are men VIII
3 attempt 10 build their character withou
!. knowing whether In the end 1t shall be
. rude Tertars tent or St. Marks Of YeniC
y men who begin to write the intricate poeI
i Of their lives without knowing whether
: shall be Homer's odyssey or q rhyu
d ester's botch.
, Nine hundred and ninety-nine men out
thousand are living without any great III
: plot. Booted and spurreI and plumed, an
. urging their swift courser In the hotte
y haste, / ask: "Hello. man! Whittier away
= His respones, "NoWhere." Rush into II
Y busy shop or store OF many one and tai
q ing the plane out of the mans hand or lay
= ing down the yardstlck, say, "What, man,
= ali this about-so much stir and sweat2
i The reply will stumble and break dow
d between teeth and lips. Every days dut
Y ought only TO be the filling up Of the maj
d plan OF existence. Let men be consisten
d II they prefer misdeeds to correct courses
= action, then let them draw out the design
= knavery and cruelty and plumber. Let ever
y days falsehood and wrong doing be Adde
- as colorinR TO the picture. Let bloody dee.
= red stripe the picture, AMI the clouds Of
y wrathful God hang down heavily over Il
u canvas, ready 10 break out in clamoror
= tempest. Let tho waters be chafed an
. froth tangled and green with immea
y urable depths. Then take torch
= burning pitch and seorch into the fran
y the right name for 1.-THE souls sulcid
= II one entering upon sinful dire
= tions would only in his mind or on D
= per draw out In awful reality this dreadf
70 future, he would reeoil from 1t and say. "a
I, l q Dante that by my own life ! should wri
y another 'InfernoP" But If you are resolve
' to live q life such as God and good men W.
7, ! approve, do not let 1t be a vague dream,
~ indefinite determination, but in your mil
or upon paper sketch it In all Its minuti
a You cannot know the changes to which "
:" may be subject, but you may know VIII
= always will be right and always win
~ wrong Let gentleness and charity and "
a acity and faith stcnd In the heart OF t
~ sketch.
~ On some still brooks bank make lar
y and lion lie down together Draw two
three OF the trees OF life, not frost stricle
~ nor Ice glazed nor wind striuDed but wi