The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-03-10

were a great many people out Of I'm
pigment know it. but the times
Of dallness in business sre this times
when men ought 10 be thoroughly en-
gagged 10 improving their minds and
charging their hearts The fortunes
20 be made 20 years from now will be
made By the young men who IN the
times when business was dull Guilt
vAted their minds and improved their
hearts They win get the fortunes
after awhile. while those men who
hang around their stores never en-
gzging in any useful occupation. win
be As poor then as they IN now. Il
il absurd for = Christian nsn to say
he has nothing to do.
People go to Florence and 10 Venice
and 70 Rome TO see one OF the works
Of the great masters. l think l can
show you the picture Of one of the
great matters. Il went by the field
Of the Lothtui and by the vineyard
Of the mar void Of understanding.
and, 10, II was all grown over with
tkorns, and nettles had covered the
face thereof. and the stone wall there
Of was broken down Then I saw and
considered it well. l looked upon il
and received instruction. Yet q little
sleep, a little slumber, g little folding
Of the hands to sleep. So shall thy
poverty come As nj that traveleth
and thy want as an armed man"
There Is no more explosive passage in
all the Bible than that II first be
gins to hiss Ike the fuse Of q cannon
and then bursts like q 5+pounder.
The old proverb was true; "The
devil tempts most men. but idlers
tempt the DEVIL" Therefore seek
something to do. II no worldly bust
ness offers. then. in The name of the
Lord Jesus Christ, go out on Christian
toll, and the Lord will bless you, and
the Lord will help you.
AgainI counsel you. avoid the pleas
ure seeker. the man whose entire
business it is to seek for recreation
and amusement l believe in the
amusements Of the world 10 far as
they are innocent. / could not live
without them. Any man of sanguine
temperament must have recreation or
die. And yet the amusements and re-
creations Of life must administer to
hard work. They are only prepare
tive for the occupation to which God
has called US.
God would not have given Us the ca
pacity TO laugh II he did not
times intend US to indulge il. God hath
hung in sky and set in wave and print
ed on grass many a roundelay. But all
the music and the brightness Of the
natural world we're merely intended
TO 6t us for the earnest work of life.
The thundercloud has edges exquisite
ly purpled, but it jars the mountain as
il says: 81 come down TO water the
fields" The flowers standing under
the fence look gay and beautiful, but
they say: I'VE stand here to refresh
the husbandmen at the incoming" The
brook frolics and sparkles and foams,
but it says: Il go TO baptize the moss;
| 90 TO slake the thirst Of the bird; |
urn the wheel Of the mill; in my crys.
tai cradle l rock muckshaw and water
lily; l play, but | work"
Look out for the man who plays and
never works. Look out for that man
whose entire business is TO play ball or
sail a yacht or engage in any kind Of
merriment. These things are all beau
tiful and grand in their places, but
when they become the chief work of
life they become a mans destruction.
George Brummel was admired Of all
England. He danced with peeresses
ard went q round Of mirth and folly,
until after awhile, exhausted Of purse,
ruined Of reputation, blasted OF soul,
he begged = crust from a groser. declar-
ing as his deliberate opinion that be
thought a dogs life was better than a
mans.
These mere ~pleasurists will come
around you while you are engaged in
your work, and they will try to take
you away. They have lost their places.
Why not you lose your place? Then
you will be one Of them. Oh, my friends
before you go with these pleasure seek
erz- these men whose entire life is fur
and amusement and recreation, remem.
Der while after a man has lived a life Of
kind to the poor and e~levating TO the
worlds condition, when he comes d
die, he has a glorious "reminiscences ly'
ing on his death pillow, the mere pleas.
urist has nothing by way Of review bu,
9 torn playful, q ticket for the race, ar
empty tankard or the cast out rindl
Of Q caroussl And as In delirium o.
his awful death he clutches the goble'
and presses II 70 his lips, the dregs fall
ing on his tongue will begin to uncoi
and hiss with the adders Of an eterna
poison.
Again, beware Of the sabbati
breakers. Tell me how a young MAI
spends his Sabbath, and l will tell you
what are his prospects In business
and | will tell you what are his pros
poets for the eternal world. God ha.
thrust into our busy life a sacred dut,
when we are TO look after our souls
II 10 sxorbitant after giving SIX day
TO the feeding and the clothing Of thes
perishable bodies that God should de
mand one day for the feeding and tn
clothing Of the immortal soul? On
bodies are seven-dsy clocks, and the,
need to be wound up, and II they ar
not wound up they run down into tn
grave. No man can continuous,
break the Sabbath and keep his physic
/, al and mental health. Ask those age
men, and they will tell you they neve
knew men who continuously broke tn
Sabbath who did not fail either 4
mind, body or moral principle. Amar
u~facturer gave this as his experience,
, He said: II owned a factory on tn
, Lehigh. Everything proSpered.
kept the Sabbath, and everything wen
on well. But one Sabbath morning
bethought myself OF new shuttle, an
, / thought | would invent that ne,
shuttle before sunset, and l refuse
n all food and drink until / had con-
pleted that shuttle. By shutdown | ha
completed IL. The next day, Monda,
I showed to my workmen and friend
this new shuttle. They all congrat,
Il lated me on my great success. I pu
that shuttle into play. enlarged IN
II business; but sir, that Sundays wor
cost me $4,000. From that day ever
thing went wrong. failed In bushes
and ! lost my mill" oh. my friend
Ie keep the Lords day. You may thin
rs II old fogy advice, but I give II to 20
N now: "lIemember the Sabbath da,
o TO keep Il holy. Six days shalt tho
d labor and do all thy work, but II
seventh Is the Sabbath Of the Lor
d thy God; 10 II thou shalt not do an
+; work" man said that he would pro-
that all this was q fallacy, and so /
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