Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-22

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anything to do with oilers.
Before yOu admit man into your 90
r quaintanca ask him politely, What di
ie You do for a living?" If he says Moth
At ing; l am a gentleman, " look out for him
He may havo a very soft hand and YER
faultless apparel and have q high sounding
!, family name, but his touch is death. Be
a fore you know it, you will in his presencl
AZ DO ashamed'of your work dress. Business
/ will become to you drudgcry, and after
awhile you will lose your place, and after
% ward your rcspectability, and, last OF ell
your soul. Idlenoss is next door TO vii
n lainy. Thieves, gamblers burglars, shop
filters and assassins arc made from the
@ class who have nothing TO do Whom the
police so to hunt up and arrest a culprit,
a they seldom go to look IN at the busy car
riage factory or behind tho counter where
!, diligent clerks arc employed, but they GO
among the groups of idlers. The play is
going on at the theator, when suddenly
! there is a scuflle in the top gallery. What
!, is itS A policeman has como in, and,
leaning over has tapped on the shoulder
Of a young man, saying, II want you,
sir" He has not worked during the day,
but somehow has raked together shilling
, or two to get into the top gallery. He is
! an idler. Tho man on his right hand Is
nm idler, and the man on his left hand is
an idler.
During the past few years there has been
great deal Of dullness in business
Young men have complained that they
have little to do. If they have nothing
else to do they can read and improve their
minds and hearts. These times are not
always to continue. Business is waking
up, and the superior knowledge that in
this interregnum Of work you may obtain
will DO worth $50, 600 Of capital Tho
large fortunes OF tho next 20 years are
having their foundations laid now by tho
young men who are giving themselves to
self improvement. I went into store in
New York and saw five men, all Chris
tians, sitting round saying that they had
nothing to do. 1t is an outrage for a
Christian man to have nothing TO do. Let
him go ont and visit the poor, or distribute
tracts, or 60 and read the Bible to the sick,
or take out his New Testament and be
making his eternal fortune. Let him go
into the back Office and pray.
Shrink back from idleness in yourself
and in others If you would maintain
right position. Good old Ashbel Green at
/ moro than SO years of age was found busy
writing, and some young man said to him:
"Why do you keep busy? 1t is time for
/ you to rest" He answered, 81 keep busy
I to keep out of mischief" No man is strong
enough TO bo idle.
Are you foad of pictures? If so, will
show you one of the works of an old mas
ter. Here it is Il went by the field of tho
slothful and by the vineyard Of the man
void of understanding and 10! it was all
grown over with thorns, and nettles had
covered the face thereof, and the stone
xr.aI1 frbat, 7 nd
considered we'll. looked upon it and re-
ceiYed instruction. Yet little sleep lit |
tie slumber, little folding Of tho hands to /
sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one /
that traveleth and thy want as an armed |
man." l don't know of another sentence in 4
the Bible more explosive than that. 1t first
Kisses softly, like the fuse of cannon, and
at last bursts like 81 FOUNDER. The old
proverb was right "Tho doyil tempts
most men, but idlers tempt tho devil"
The Harvest Of Eternity.
A young man came to a man of 90 years
of age and said to him, How have you
made out to live so long and be so well?"
The old man took the youngster to an
orchard and, pointing to some large trees
full of apples, said, Il planted these trees
when 1 was a boy, and do you wonder that
now l am permitted to gather the fruit of
themp We gather in old age what we
plant in our youth. Sow to the wind, and
we reap the whirlwind. Plant in early life
the right kind OF "a Christian character,
and you will cat luscious fruit in old ago
and gather these harvest apples in eternity.
urge you to avoid the perpetual pleas
ure seeker believe in recreation and !
amusement. God would not have made
us with the capacity to laugh if he had not I
IN fr,1ar1ro
hath hung in sky and set in wave and
printed on grass many Rroundelay, but he {
who chooses pleasure seeking for his life I
work does not understand for what God 1
made him. Our amusements are intended !
to help us in some earnest mission. The {
hath an edge exquisitelY /
purpled, but with voice that jars tho earth 6
it declares, 81 go to water the green \
fields" The wild flowers under the fence '
are gay, but they say, eve stand here to a
make room for the wheatileld and to re-
fresh the husbandmen in their nooning." &
The stream sparkles and foams and frolios
and says: II go to baptize the moss. 1 )
lave the spots on the trout. / Stake the t
thirst of the bird. turn the wheel of the e
mill. l rock in my crystal cradle muck =
shaw and water lily" And SO, while the t
world plays, it works. Look out for the d
man WHO Always pays anu uGNtE W0Ih5s . 2
You will do well to avoid those whose y
business it is to play ball, skate or y
go a-boating All these sports are grand d
In their places l mover derivedso much 9
advantage from any ministerial associa- h
ton AS from ministerial club that went "
put to play ball every Saturday afternoon il
In the outskirts of Philadelphia. These Il
arc grand to give us muscle
and spirits for our regular toll. / believe ~
in muscular Christianity. A man is often Z
not so near God with weak stomach as
when ho has a strong digestion. But shun =
hose who make it their life occupation to .
port. There are young men whose indus y
ry and usefulness have fallen overheard d
rom the yacht. There are men whose 81
business fell through the ice Of the skating "
lond and has never since been heard Of
There is a beauty in the gliding Of a boat, "
II the song Of skates, in the soaring Of u
veil struck ball. and l never SEQ one fly u
ut involuntarily throw up my hands to q
atch it, and, so far from laying an in
JUNCTION upon ball playing or any other y
Innocent sport, ! claim them all as belong u
ng Of right to those of US who toll in the OF
rand industries Of church and state. o.
But the life business Of pleasure seeking +
always MAKES IN the end criminal or O al
ut. George Brummel was smiled upon os
" all England, and his life was given to g
pleasure. He danced with the peeresses hi
md swung round Of mirth and wealth al
md applause, until exhausted of purse 70
md worn out OF body and bankrupt OF fr
eputation and rnined Of soul no begged "
BISCUIT from grocer and declared that he W
bought dogs life was better than a he
mans. fe
Such men will come into your Office, or b
rowd around your anvil, or seek to decoy bl
on of They will want you to break out pc
D the midst Of your busy day to take til
lde with them, They will tell you OF es
ONE people you must see Of some excur- ch
ion that you must take, Of some Sabbath Oh
ay that YOU ought to dishonur. They ha
iii tell YOU OF exquisite wines that you C,
aust taste. Of costly operas that you must ig
ear of wonderful dancers that you must ha
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