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age or death they would take it into the
store or factory or worldly engagements
| now! 1t Is folly TO go amid the uncer-
| tninties of business life with no God 20
| help. A merchant in New England vii
| lage was standing by a horse, and the
| horse lifted its foot to stamp it i'll a pool
| of water, and the merchant, to escape
| the splash, stepped into the door of an
insurance agent, and the agent said, 81
| suppose you have come to renew your
fire insurance" "Oh!' said the mer-
chant. II had forgotten that" The in
| surance was renewed, and the next day
the house that had been insured was
burned. Was it all accidental that the
| merchant, to escape a splash from
horses foot, stepped into the insurance
office? No. it was providental. And
what mighty solace for n business man
to feel that things are provdential
What peace and equilibrium in such a
consideration, and what grand thing
IL all business men could realize it!
Charms of the Country.
Many, although now comparatively
straitened in worldly circumstances, have
a goodly establishment in the future
planned out They have in mag inaton
built, about 20 yenrs ahead, a house in
the great town. for they will often have
business or old accounts to settle or in
vestments to look after. The house Is
large enough to accommodate all their
friends. The halls are wide and hung
with pictures of hunting scenes and
branch of antlers and are comfortable
with chairs that can be rolled out on the
veranda when the weather is inviting
or SET ont under some of the oaks that
stand sentinel about the house, rustlng
in the cool breeze and songfu. with the
robics. There is just land enough to
keep them interested, and its crops OF al
most fabulous richness springing up
undec application of the best theories
TO he found in the agricultural journals.
.'he farm is well stocked with cattle and
horses and sheep that know the voice
and have a kindly blent when one goes
forth to look at them. In this bssful
abode their children will be instructed in
art and science and religion. This shall
be the old homestead to which the boys
at college will direct their letters, and
the hill on which the house stands will
be called lakewood or Ivy Hill or Pleas
ant Retreat or Eagle Eyre. May tho
future have for every business man here
all that and more besides. But are you
postponing your happiness to that time?
Are you adjourning your joys? Suppose
that you achieve all you eXpcct-and that
the vision | mention is not up to the
reality, because the fountains will be
brighter, the house grander and the seen
cry more picturesque-the mistake Is
none the less fatal.
What charm will there be in rural
quiet for a man who has for 30 or 40
wears been conforming his entire nature
Docks and herds with their beat and
moan be able to silence the Unsuitable
shirt of acouisitivencss which has for
years had full swing in the soul? Will
the hum of the breeze soothe the man
who now can find his only enjoyment in
the stock market? Will leaf and cloud
and fountain charm the eve that has for
tbrce-fourths of n lifetime found its
chief beauty in hogsheads and bills Of
sale? Will parents be competent to rear
their children for high and holy purpose,
IL their infancy and boyhood and grlhood
were neglected, when they are almost
ready to enter upon the world and have
} all their habits fixed and their principles
stereotyped? No, no; now is the time
to be happy. Now is the time to serve
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V AGAIN, business men are often tempted
n TO let their calling interfere with the in
:, terests of the soul. God sends men into
@ the business world to get educated, just
= as bows are sent to school and college