Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-10-04
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enterprise, and he lost $4,000 In It'll Explain
that"
l will. Yonder is q factory, and one
wheel is going north land the other wheel
is going south, and one wheel PLAYS
laterally and the other plays vertically.
go to the manufacturer and 1 say: 30
manufacturer, your machinery Is con-
tradictionl Why do you not make all the
wheels go one way?" SWELL" he says, "I
made them to go In opposite directions on
purpose. and they produce the right re-
suit. You go down stGir5 and examine
the carpets we are turning out in this
establishment and you will see." l go
down on the other moor, and l see the
carpets, and am obliged to confess that,
though the wheels In that factory go iu
opposite directions, they turn ont beauti-
full result, and while l am standing there
looking at the exquisite fabric an old
Scripture passage comes into my mind
"An things work together for good to
them who love God" Is there not n tonic
in that2 Is there not longevity In that2
Suppose man is all the time worried
about his reputation? One man says he
lies, another man says he is stupid, an
other says he is dishonest, and half dozen
printing establishments attack him, and he
Is IN great state OF excitement and worry
and fume and cannot sleep, but religion
comes to him and says: "Man, God is on
your side. He will take care of your repu.
tation. II God be for you, who can be
against your" How much should that man
worry about his reputation? Not much.
II that broker who some years ago in Wall
street, after he had lost money, sat down
and wrote a farewell letter to his wife be-
fore he blew his brains out-if, instead OF
taking out of his pocket a pistol, he had
taken out a well read New Testament.
there would have been one less suicide.
o nervous and feverish people OF the
world, trythis almighty sedative You will
live twenty-five years longer under its
soothing power 1t Is not choral that Won
want or morphine that you want. It is the
gospel of Jesus Christ. with long life
will satisfy him.
Again, practical religion is n friend OF
longevity In the fact that 1t removes all cor.
roding care about future existepce
Every man wants to know what is to he.
Before had this matter settled with refer
enee to my future existence the question
almost worried me into ruined enlth The
anxietfes men have upon this subject put
together would make a martyrdom. This
Is state of awful unhealthiness. There
are people who fret themselves to death
for fear OF dying. I want to take the
strain on your nerves and the de-
ment first: When you go out Of this
world, 1t does not make any differences
whether you have been good or bad.
whether you believed truth or error, YOU
VIII go strafRnt TO glory. "lmpOsstb a."
you say. my common sense as well az
my religion teaches that the bad and the
good cannot live together forever. You
give me no comfort In that experiment"
Experiment the second: When you leave
this world, you will go into an intermediate
state, where you can get converted and
prepared for heaven. "ImpossibIe," YOU
say. "As the tree falleth, so must II
lie, and l cannot postpone to an inter-
mediate state reformation which ought
to have been effected in this state" Expert.
ment the third: There is no future world.
When q man dies, that Is the last of him.
ID not worry about what you are to do In
another state of being. You will not do
anything. Impossible" you say. There
Is something that tells me that death Is not
the appendix. but the preface to life.
There Is something that tells me that on
this side OF the grave 1 only get started
and that L shall go on forever. My power
10 think says forever my affections say
forever;' my capacity to enjoy or suffer,
forever"