Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-04-22

from now, I. .OOO. 900 years from now-ons
touch sounding through the ages.
We also learn nom this story the Dropriety
of laying up for the future. During the
Seven yeaE> OF plenty Joseph prepared ior
the famine, and when It came he had
crowded storehouse. The life OF most men
in worldly respect Is divided into years OF
plenty and famine. 1t is seldom that any
man passes through life without at least
seven years Of plenty During those seven
years your business bears q rich harvest.
You scarcely Know where all the money
comes from, it comes so fast. Every bargain
you make seems to turn into gold. You
contract few bad debts. You ara astonishsd
with large dividends. You invest more and
more capital. You wonder how men can be
Sontent with q small business. gathering in
only . 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 will be sick, you will be unfortunate,
you will be dsfrauded, there will be hard
times, you will be disappointed. and IL 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 pile you can get, this always being
poor because as soon as a dollar comes in II
Is sent out to see II II can find another dol
lar. so that II can carry 1t home on Its back.
We have a contempt for all those things but
there IL 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 a lesson,
which. while they do not stint themselves In
the present. do not forget their duty to fore
cast the future. 800 20 the ant, thou slug
gard. Consider her ways, and be wise,
which, having no guide, overSeer or ruler.
provtdeth her meat I'm the summer and gath
ereth her food in the harvest"
Now, there are two ways OF laying up
money. One OF these Is to put II in stock
and deposit 1t In bank and invest II on bond
and mortgage. The other way to lay up
money is giving it away. He is the safest
who makes both OF these Investments. There
are in this house men who II they lose every
dollar they have in the world would be mill
ionaires for eternity. They made the spirit
usl investment. But the man who devotes
none Of his gains to the cause of Christ and
looks only for his own comfort ami iuxuryis
not safe, care not how the money is invest
ed. He acts as the rose IL it should say: II
will hold my breath and none shall have
snatch OF fragrance from me until next week.
Then l will set all the garden ahoat with
my aroma" or course the rose. refusing
to breathe, died. But above all, lay up
trehSure,S IN neaVen. Iney never uepreclHts
In value. They never arc at discount
They are always available. You may feel
safe now with your $1,000 or $4,000 or S10.-
200 or 800, 900 income, but what will such an
income be worth after you are dead2 Others
will get II. Perhaps some OF them will
quarrel about 1t before you are buried. They
will be so impatient to get hold OF the will
they will think you should be buried one
day sooner than you are buried. They will
be right glad when you are dead. They are
only waiting for you to die. What then will
all your earthly accumulations be worth2 If
you gathered it all in your bosom and
walked up with 1t to heavens gate. 1t would
not purchase your admission. Or, il al
lowed to enter, It could not buy you Il crown
Dr. a robe, and the poorest saint in heaven
would look down at you and say, where
lid that psuper come from?" May We all
lave treasures In heaven. Amenl