Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-07-01
NO. 20.

worth nothn-. 1t is the first mortgage that
Is good investment. l have to tell you
that every Christian man has a first mort
gage on every trial, AMI on every disaster.
and 1t must make payment OF eternal ad-
vantage to his soui. How many worrimentS
1t would take ont Of your heart II you be-
ieved that fully. You buy goods and hope
he price will go up, but You are in fret
and frowD for tear the price will go down.
TOu do not bnv the goods using your best
ttscre,ion in the matter, and then say: "Oh,
Lord, have done the best 1 could. com
nit this whole transaction into Thy hands!"
That Is what religion is good TOR or ii il
good for nothing.
There are two things, says an old proverb.
you ought not to fret ahout-frst, things
hat you can help, and second, things which
You cannot help. II you can help them.
why do you not apply the remedy? II you
cannot help them. You might as well surren-
der first as last. MY dear brethren, do not
sit any longer mopins about your ledger.
DO not sit looking despondingly upon
your stock of unstable goods. Do you
hink that God is going to allow you,
Christian man. to do business alone? God
s the controlling partner in every firm. and
although your debtors may abscond. al
though your securities may fail, although
your store may burn, God will, out OF an
nfinity OF results, choose for you the very
best results.
Do not have any idea that you can over.
itep the limit that God has laid down for
5our prosperity. You will never get one
nch beyond it. God has decided how much
prosperity You can stand honorably and EN-
bloy usefully and control righteously; and
At the end OF the year you will have just 50
many dollars and cents. Just so much ward
'obe. just so much furniture, just so many
bonds and mortgages. and nothing more. L
will give you 800 for every penny you get
beyond that. God has looked over your life.
He knows what is best for you. and he is 60
ing TO bless you in time, and bless YOU FOR
eternity; and He will do it in the best way.
would let me have that knife" NO."
you say, sit is Il sharp knife and you
will cut yourself" He says, .'I must have
it," "But You cinnot have it," you reply.
He gets angry and red in the face, and says
he will have it; but you say he snail not have
it. Are you not kind in keeping il from him?
SO God treats His children, l say, 81 wish.
Heavenly Father, to get that" God says, NO,
my child" say.''I must have it," God says,
"You cannot have it" get angry and say,
II will have it," God says. "You shall not
havc it," and do not get it, Is He not kind
and loving and the best of Fathers? Do you
tell me there is no rule and regulation in
these things? Tell that to the men who be-
lieve in no God and no Bible. Tell 1t not to
me,
A man of large business concludes to 90
our of his store. leaving much of his invest
ments in the business, and he says to his
sons: Snow, am going to leave this busi-
ness in your hands. Perhaps 1 may come
back in little while, and perhaps not.
While am gone you will please to look after
affairs" After awhile the father comes back
and finds everything at loose ends, and the
whole business seems to be going wrong. He
says: 81 am going to take possession of this
business-you know I never fully surren-
dered it-and henceforth consider yourselves
subordinates." Is he not right in doing it?
ln naovy hal hyrci I'm ODD 60.
let US go on in life. guided by our own skill.
and we make miserable work OF it. God
comes down to our shop. or our store, and
says: "Things are going wrong. l come to
take charge. am Master and know what
Is best, and proclaim my authority We
are merely subordinateS. 1t is like boy at
school with long sum that he cannot do.
He has been working at il for hours, making
figures here and rubbing out figures there.
and it is all mixed up, ana the teacher look
ing over the boys shoulder, knows that he
cannot get out Of it, and cleaning the slate.
says, "Begin again." just so God does to
u.s. Our affairs get into an inextrcabe en-
tangiement, and He rubs everything out and
says. "Begin aSaini' Is He not wise and
owing in so doing?
think the trouble is that there is so large
n difference between the divine and the hui
man estimate as to what is enough. havo
heard of people striving for that which is
enough, but L never heard of any one who
ustu enough. WHAT uOu GIRLS iOT
man man call too little. What man calls
enough God says is too much. The differ
ence between poor man and a rich man is
only the difference in banks. The rich man
puts his money in the Washington bank. or
the Central bank, or the Metropolitan bank,
or some other bank OF that character. while
the poor man comes up and makes his in
vestmentS in the bank of Him who Ems all
the quarries, all the mines, all the gold. all
the earth, all heaven. Do you think IA man
,an fail when he is backed up like that?
You may have seen a map on which is
described. with red ink. the travels of tho
children OF Israel through the desert to the
promised land. You see how they took this
and that direction, crossed that river and
went through the sea. Do you know God
has made map of your life with paths lead
ing up to this river and across that sea?
But, blessed be God, the path always comes
out at the promised land. Mark that! Mark
hiatt
There is a man who says, THAT doctrine
,annot be true. because things do go so very
wrong" l reply it is no Inconsistency on
the part of God, but lack of understanding
on our part. 1 hear that men are making
very fine shawis in some factory. L go in
on the first floor and see only the raw ma
terials, and ask, care thes the shawls 1
have heard abouty'' NO." says the manu-
facturer. $50 up to the next floor" and l
go up. and there 1 begin to see the design.
But the man says: "Do not stop here. Go
up to the top floor of the factory i I'd you
will see the idea fully carried out" do so,
and having come to the top. see the COM
piete pattern of au exquisite shawl. SO in
our life, standing down on n low level of
Christian experience We do not understand
Gods dealings He tel S us to go up higher
and higher until We begin TO understand
the divine meaning with respect to u.s. and
we advance until we stand at the very gate
of heaven, and there see Gods iiea all
mt aaf of -
love, of kindness And We say, "Just and
true are all my ways" 1t is ali right mt the
top. Remember there is no inconsistency
on the part OF God, but it Is only our mental
and spiritual incapacity.
Some OF you may be disappointed this sum-
mer-vacations are apt to be disappoint-
ments-but whatever your perpleXities and
worrim ents, know that MANS heart de-
viseth his way, but the Lord directeth his
steps" Ask these aged men in this church
II it is not so. 1t has been SO in my own life.
One summer started for the Adirondacks.
but my plans were so changed that 1 LANDED
| In Liverpool. studied law and 1 got into
| he ministry. i resolved to go rs mission
ary to China, and staid in the United States.
| [ thought would like to be in the cast, and
| I went to the west. All the circumstances
| II life, all my work, different from that
| which expected. "a mans heart deviseth
| ,is way, but the Lord directeth his steps"
| So, my dear trends, this day take home
his subject. Be content with such things as
| gou have. From every grass blade under
yOur feet learn the lesson of divine care, and
| never let the smallest bird fit across your
path without thinking of the truth that two
splrrows are sold for farthing, and one of
them shall not fall on the ground without
your Father. Blessed be His glorious name
| forever. Amen.
| Fatal Collapse of Reservoir.
by the collapse of the Goodrich reservoir
near Baker City, Oregon. l.. French, his
wife and five children were drowned.