The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-02-23
Timely Talk.

The sermon delivered by Rev. Henry
Faulconer, at Presbyterian church,
Sunday, the 18th, was SO timely that
We induced the clever preacher to give
Us few extracts for publication. 1t
was to have been printed last week,
but was crowded out.
Not SlOthful in business: fervent
in spirit: serving the Lord" Romans
12-11.
The text urges to be Giligent and re-
ligiOus: work hard six days and he re-
ligious seven. We find that Paul here
combines religion n d business.
What have you done with them? Ma
ny think that it is good fer ministers.
women and children to be religious
during the week. AS for themselves,
they don't care to put on 1.-THE sol
emn" until ii o'clock, Sabbath morn
ing. and wish Sunday would only come
once year. Let me whisper to you
your trouble; your religious tempera-
ture is as cold rs the weather. which
is 20 deg. below zero. No wonder you
are so uncomfortable. God says be If, r
vent in spirit" which means boiling
Open up the doors Of your
heart and let that dark and cold re-
gion be exposed to the rays of the
.'Sun of Righteousness" until it
thawS. Why were you not at church
on the Sabbath? Oh, the weather !.
Your trouble is this: The church S
not your place of business, and if you
were as faithful in serving the Lord rs
you are diligent in business, we would
soon get rid of our spiritual famine,
and if you were as anxious for Gods
grace to warm up your heart as you
are about coal to warm your body, you
would be ''fervent i'm spirit" This
truth certainly calls for a searching of
heart. Open your heart to your own
gaze, probably you will find a snow
drift, and if you are anxious about
sweeping the snow off of your front
porch you ought to be more anxious to
get-it-Out-Of your hartS.
Not slOthful i'm business" / Won
der if any of the young people i'm our
homes think what that means, or
might ask, mothers and fathers if they
] have ever instructed their children
along that line. God preached a SER
mon on Sinai, and the introduction to
the service were thunderS and light
ningS, and one of the ten main devils
ions teaches us this lesson: six days
shalt thou labour." Oh, the very
same commandment that tells us to
Remember the Sabbath" tells us to
labOur six days. You have taught
your children Sabbath observance, but
have you taught your children to Ia
bour? If not, you have failed to hon
or Gods word. In connection with
this lesson call upon you to remem-
Der that we are warned of the results.
''Be not deceived. God is not mock
ed; for whatsoever man soweth, that
shall he also reap" Gal. g..
Have you taught your children idle
ness? 1t leads to poverty. Prov. 104.
1t leads to want, Prov. pol: it leads
to hunger, Prov. 10, 15; it leads to ru-
in, Prov. 24-3O to "a. Yes, to ruin, for
it is the parent of the most heinous
sins, and there is great deal of truth
i'm the saying, IAN idle brain is the
DEVILS workshop" Fathers, teach
your sons to work. If you don't they
will reap the bitter fruit of idleness:
far better to crack rock on pretty
days and shell corn on rainy days
than to be idle Mothers had
better teach their girls to work than
to look pretty,-far better is the blush
caused by baking the old fashiont d
h ,e-cake than the paleness caused by
being indOlent. go to the ant, thou
sluggard: consider her ways, and be
wiSe.' Prov. c..
Let those who are too devout to be