Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-25


them have proved traitorous, IL Is only
to bring out the value Of those who re
main. II some die, il is only that they
may stand at the outposts Of heaven tC
greet you at your coming.
You always will have friends. warm
hearted friends, mngnanimOus friends,
and when sickness comes TO your dwell
ing there will be watchers. When trou-
BILE comes 10 your heart, there will be
sympathizers. When death comes, there
will be gentle fingers to close the eyes
and fold the hands and gentle lips 10
tell of resurrection. Oh, we are COM
passed by bodyguard of friendsl Every
man. if he has behaved himself we'll. is
surrounded by three circles Of friends
those of the outer circle wishing him
well; those in the next circle willing
to help him; while close up TO his heart
are few who would die for him. God
pity the wretch who has not any friends
remark again. that God puts down
the limit TO our temporal prosperity.
The world Of finance seems TO have no
God in IL. You cannot tell where man
will land. The affluent fall; the poor
rise. The ingenious fail; the ignorant
succeed. An enterprise opening graIdly,
shuts in bankruptcy, while out of the
peat dug up from some New England
marsh the millionaire builds his fortune.
The poor man thinks it is chance that
keeps him down; the rich man thinks it
is chance which hoists him; and they
are both wrong II is so hard to realize
that God rules the money market, and
has hook in the nose of the stock gam
bier, and that all the commercial revo-
lutions of the world shall result in the
very best for Gods dear children.
Accept the Inevitable.
My brethren, do not kick against the
divine allotments. God knows just how
much money it is best for you to lose.
You never gain unless it is best for you
to gain. You go up when it is best for
you to 60 up and go down when it is
best for you to go down. Prove it, you
say. will. Romans viii, 2S, "All things
work together for good to them that
love God" You go into factory and
you see 90 or 30 wheels, and they are
going in different directions. This band
is rolling off this way and another band
another way; one down and another up.
You say, "What confusion in q fac
tory" Oh, mol all these different bands
are only different parts of the machin-
cry. So go into your life and see
strange things. Here is one providence
pulling you one way, and another in
another way. But these are different
parts of one machinery by which he
will advance your everlasting and pres
ent we'll being.
Now you know that a second mort
gage, and third and fourth mortgage
are often worth nothing. 1t is the first
mortgage that is good investment. I
have to tell you that every Christian
man has q first mortgage ON every
trial, and on every disaster, and it must
make payment Of eternal advantage
to his soul. How many worriments it
would take out of your heart if you be-
lieved that fully. You buy goods and
hope the price will go up, but you are
in fret and frown for fear the price
will go down. You do not buy the goods
using your best discretion in the mat
ter, and then say: "Oh, Lord, 1 have
done the best I couldI commit this
whole transaction into thy hands"
That is what religion is good for or it
is good for nothing.
There are two things, says an old
proverb, you ought not to fret about
first, things that you can help, and Sec
ond, things which you cannot help. If
you can help them, why do you not ap-
ply the remedy? If you cannot help
them, you might as well surrender first
as last. Ny dear brethren, do not sit
any longer moping about your ledger.
Do not sit looking so desponding upon
your stock of unstable goods. Do you
think that God is going to allow you, a
Christian man, to do business alone?
God is the controlling partner in every
firm, and although your debtors may
although your securities may
tail, although your store may burn, God
will, out of an infnity Of results,
7!.CCsc for you the very best results.
20 not have any idea that you can
vorstep the limit that God has laid
Gown for your prosperity. You will
never get one inch beyond 1t. God has
!cc:Gcd how much prosperity you can
4 nd honorably and employ usefully
/ control righteously; and at the end
f TO year you will have just so many
lcllars and cents, just so much ward
'olc, just so much furniture, just so
NJ y bonds and mortgages, and nothing |
ncre. will give you 800 for every
>cnny you get beyond that. God has
ccked over your life. He knows what |
s lest for you, and he is going to bless |
rCu in time, and bless you for eternity; |
md he will do it in the best way. Your
title child says, Papa, I wish you
would let me have that knife. 'No,"
-ou say, sit is sharp knife and you
will cut yourself. He says II must
nave it" "But you cannot have it"
7ou reply. He gets angry and red in the
ace, and says he will have it; but you
'ay he shall not have it. Are you not
Kind in keeping it from him? So God
reats his children. say, II wish,
Father, to get that. " God
says. "No, my child" I say, Il must
have it." God says, "You cannot have
it." get angry and say, II will have
it," God says, "You shall not have it,"
and I do not get it. Is he not kind and
owing and tho best Of Fathers? Do you
tell me there is no rule and regulation
in these things? Tell that to the men
who believe in no God and no Bible.
Tell it not to mel
A man of large business concludes TO
20 out Of his store. leaving much of his
Investments in the business, and he says
o his sons: Nov, I am going to leave
his business in your hands. Perhaps