Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-04
NO. 81.

| tiptS lOT tiis FuT' Ol inblNiiibii ana HHflOlI
| finances Is more generosity. Where yoI
| bestowed 81 on the cause of Christ give -
God loves to be trusted, aud he Is very an
to trust back again. lie says: That mar
| knows how to handle money. He shall hav,
more money to handle" And very soon
| the property that was on the market for a
great while gets purchaser, and the bond
| that was not worth more than fifly cents
| on n dollar goes to par, and the Oprniug of
n new street doubles the value of his hnIIaa
| or in any way OF Il million God blc4sa5 him
Once the man finds out that secret and
| he goes on to fortune. There urr men
whom | have known who for ten ycnrs have
been trying to pay God 1000. -1hry have
| never been able to get it pail for lu4i rs
they Were taking out from on,'S,bI OF their
pocketbook IA bill mystcriousIy somehow 'rl
| some other fold of their pocL Letbook tb-ra
came larger bill. You tell me that Chris
tian generosity pays in the world to come
tell you it pays now, pays in hard cash
pays in Government securities. You do
not believe it? All, that is what keeps YOU
back. l knew you did not believe it, The
| whole world and ChriStcndom il to Dee re
| constructed on this subject and ~ Won are
part of Christenlom let the work begin.
in your own soul. Bat, says some one
Il don't believe that theory because |
| have been generous and have been losing
money for ten years Then God prepaid
you, that is all.
''tfif iubl'' bN u Jhkf NlllI Is u llklnt
| promise, Cast thy bread upon the waters,
and it will return to thee after many days"
What did God moan 10y thlt2 There is an
all usion there. In EgyVt when they sow
/ the corn it is at Il time when tn" Milo X
| oyeriowing It's banks, and they SOW the
seed corn on the waters aud a. tn" Nile be-
| gins to recede this seed cora strikes ia the
| earth and comes up a harvest. aud that l.
| the aiusion. 1t seems rs ii thyv are throw
| ing the corn away on TIA" waters, but after
awhile they gather it mp In "a harvest. Now
says God in His word Cast thy bread
upon the waters, aud it shall come
back to thee after many day" Ii m
seem to you that you are thr wing it aW
on charities, but it will yiei "A harvest
green and Gold-a harvest on earth an
harvest in heaven. II men could apssa1
ciate that and act on that, We would nave
pO more trouble about individual or na-
tional finances.
Prescription the third, for the cure OF all
our individual and national financial dis
iresses, n great spiritual awakening. 1t is
no mere theory. The merchants of this
country were positively dem"utcd with the
monetary excitement in 1857. There never
before nor since has been such state of
financial 60i.,ession "a there was at that
time. > revival came and 500 600 people
wore Don, = RI Nm : ta>2 Il God
came after the revival2 IT,
financial prosperity we have
this country. Tho finest fo
largest fortunes tn the United
been made since 1857. "W
what has spiritual improv"I -,-.-sa-ss
vival to do with monetary improyam
and reyiyal?" Much to DO. The rclig'
of Jesus Christ hns direct .ndeacy
make men honest and sober AMI truth tel
ing aud are not honesty and sobrirty ant
truth telling auyiliarics Of material ar.
Uertv?
If we could have an awakening in t.
country as in the days of Jonathan T.
wards of Northampton. rs in the days
Dr. Finley of BaSking Ridge. rs in
days of DR.. Griffin OF Boston, the W
land would rouse to a higher moral
and with that moral tone tn" hone
ness enterprise of the country wpu'
up. fOu say great aWah.3inr
influence upon the future world.
it has a direct influence upon thE
walfare of this world. The
Christ is no foe to surrnSSfN
It is its best friend. And if
come great awakcninGF
try, and all the banks
companies and stores IA
shops should close up fg&
do nothing hut cttcn's|
ship of Almighty Con.
vacation the land wouf
financial prosperity
dreamed Of. Godiinrf
life ihdtaoT is as W"F
to come. But, N.Y.
much emphasis on
I.t r-nur n+arnaIon
I b9v. no+bin,, r..
mora ruonev 1-1,I =
honestly and
Ia.t of it sicEnt
cine and bunrN
an nr,ntv broad tr
for clothes and fir q
against money, as -
cal use, when 1
,n,k.s mo think
,vnuIb ba an ~,
tbara il a nrnpficH
a., anti tt,n+ 49,,
.,,pnt sa+isfy tb.
Tor our farriooa octt
tbat II connot uUInX
for our immortal soI
Yet there are m.E
nacks of bonds AM
tr,Jnd off for n mani
thourh gold were
land where II is 50 -
pavements out of il
ia the only salvation d
are the only inrorruptir
Won ever cinhered out q
1ain s.Wbat shall il A.
Gain ,ba whole world am
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