The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-06

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promising minds In society and the State.
1t was their inettention to small things;
their neglect to gather up the pennies
while hoping to bring in the pounds, per-
haps, with scoop, that started them
upon the DOWN. ard road, and it was be-
cause of this neglect they found too late
that they had been caught in the mael-
strom of extravaganza, with nothing but
misery or destruction before them.
Strict economy is a virtue SO nearly
allied to penuriousnesst that many are un-
able to draw the lines of distinction be-
tween them, and, rather than be called
"small" in their business dealings, they
prefer TO larse into other extreme, when,
IN seeking to gain praise FOR their liber-
atty, they soon find that they cannot
pay their way, and are less respected than
the miser who meets his obligations, with
protest 1t may he, but pays them all the
same. The boy or The girl before the age
of legal responsibility is reached should
he taught the Importance of economy in
everything. They should be made to un,
derstand that waste is the mother of
want, aud that, unless they keep what
they have, it will be all the more
difficult to obtain something else.
The Bible maxim, Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof" is q
good one; but those who willfully throw
away what they have ought not to expect
that Providence will provide for them
when they do nothing for themselves.
The laws of association are such in this
world that events which .seem absolutely
marvellous to subsequent generations,
aprear natural and commonplace at the
time of their occurrences; hence, those
who neglect 20 keep in line with their
environment must expect to suffer. The
fact that the very hairs of our heads are
numbered does not effect the increase or
decrease of these hairs; and while the
sparrow that falls to the ground is
known to Divinity. the cause OF that
sparrow's fall when examined into will he
found to have been perfectly natural. So,
re must not expect miracles in this life;
but remember that as we sos we shall
reap. God is no respecter of ersons.
He sends the rain upon the just and the
unjust, and, SO far as the ol'derings of
this life are concerned, we are all subject
to the same physical laws.
1t will happen, however, that by pursu-
ing the proper course morally we will be
kept away from, physical forces that
would bring us wreck and ruin, and
herein lies the virtus of economy. Prac-
tice it in small things; follow it in all
things, and you will be happy In the
great workshop of nature nothing is
wasted. The dew drops that brighten the
petals of the violet after fulfilling its
mission, is gathered into the atmosphere
to assist IN making the rain that gives
life to millions in the growing crops, and
in the gathered waters of the rivers, lakes
and oceans, where countless fish contrib
ute to the support Of man. The little
deeds of Kindness that men do for their
fellows by rightful practice and rightful
appreciation lead to all the other greater
and nohler acts of life, and rs nature in
her grand system of economy teaches
lesson of the highest value, so the moral
and physical laws of life require that we
should not neglect their principles, if we
would hope for happiness and success.
The great troubles through which this
nation has passed since 1890 have taught
the people lesson in economy of the
highest value, and, if they bear their ills
with fortitude, they will prove themselves
worthy of that reward which is sure to
come. If they show their practice in
small things, they will he able to grapple
with great things; just as those who save
the pennies secure the pounds; while
those who indulge in woeful waste are
sure to come to want and misery.