St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-06-02

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morning the proprietor of the estate
had the. bell rung, and some 20 Or %
manservants and maidservants came in
to prayers. The proprietor of tho
estate read the Scriptures, gave out the
hymn, his daughter at the organ start
ed the music, and then, the music over,
the proprietor of the estate kneeled
down and commended all his guests, all
his family, all his employees, to the Lord
Almighty. God can trust such man
as that with large estate. He knows
how to abound. He trusted God, and
God trusted him. And could call OF
the roll of 50 merchant princes a.
mighty in worldly successes. Ah, my
friends. do not be puffed up by any Of
the successes of this life, do not be
spoiled by the number of liveried coach
men that may stop at your door or the
sweep of the long trail across the Inn
ported tapestry. Many of those who
come to your house are fawning para
sites. They are not so much in love
with you as they are in love with your
house and your successes. You move
down next year to $40 Low Water Mark
street and see how many of their car
riages will halt at your door.
But there are others who will move
out of large residences into smaller
through the reversal of fortune. The
property must be sold or the bailiff will
sell it, or the income is less and you
cannot pay the house rent. First Sf all.
such persons should understand that
our happiness is not dependent on the
size OF the house we live in. I have
known people to enjoy . small heaven
in two rooms and others suffer pande-
monium in 20. There is as much hap
piness in a small house as in large
house. There is as much satisfaction
under the light of q tallow candle as ul-
der the glare of chandelier, all tho
burners at full blaze. Who was tho
happier, John Bunyan, in Bedford Jail.
or Belshazzar, in the saturnalia? Con-
tentment is something you can neither
rent nor purchase. 1t is not ex-
trinsic; it is intrinsic. Are there fewer
rooms in the house to which you mover
You win have less to take care of. Il
it to be stove instead of furnace2 All
the doctors say the modern modes Of
warming buildings are unhealthy. II
it less pier mirrors? Less temptation
to your vanity. Is it old-fashioned toi-
let instead of water pipes all through
the house? Less to freeze and burst
when you cannot get plumber. Is il
less carriage? More room for robust
exercise. Is it less social position?
Few people want to drag you down by
their jealousies- Is it less fortune to
leave in your last will and testament?
Less to spoil your children Is it less
money for marketing? Less tempta-
tion to ruin the health of your family
with pineapples and indigestible salads.
Is it little deaf? Not hearing 50 many
disagreeables.
I meet you this springtime at the
door of your new home, and while +
help you lift the clothes basket over
the banisters and the carman is getting
red in the face in trying to transport
that article of furniture to some new
destination / congratulate you. You
are going to have better time this
year, some of you, than you ever had.
You take God and the Christian reli-
gion in your home, and you win be
grandly happy. God in the parlor-
that will sanctify your sociabilitie2
God in the nursery-that will protect
your children. God in the dining
that win make the plainest meal An
imperial banquet. God in the morn
ing-that will launch the day brightly
from the drydocks. God in the even-
will sail the day sweetly into
The harbor.
And get joy, one and all of you,
whether you move or do not move.
Get JOY out OF the thought that We
ire soon all going to have . great NOV
ng day. Do you want a picture Of
he new house into which you win
move? Here it is, wrought with the
1and of master: I'VE know that, il
,ur earthly house of this tabernacle
we're dissolved, we have building OF
God, house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens" How much
,ent will we have to pay for it? We
are going to own it. How much must.
NC II. 1IOW IuuNI GdSH uOW0
md how much left on mortgage? Oui
Father is going to give it as a free gift.
When are we going to move into it2
We are moving now. On moving day
reads of families are very apt to stay
n the old house until they have seen
off. They send ahead the
and they send ahead the
reasures and the valuables. Then, aft
r awhile, they will come themselves.
remember very well in the country
hat in boyhood moving day was .
ubilation.
On almost the first load we, the chill
Iren, were sent on ahead to the new
rouse. and we arrived with shout and
aughter, and in an hour we had ranged
hrough every room in the house, the
larn and the granary. Toward night,
md perhaps in the last wagon, father
md mother would come, looking very
ired, and we would come down to the
oot of the lane to meet them and tell
hem of all the wonders we discovered
n the new place, and then, the last
wagon unloaded, the candles lighted,
ur neighbors, who had helped us to
nove-for in those times neighbors
elped each other-sat down with us
t . table on which there was every
1xury they could think Of. Well, my
ear Lord knows that some Of us have
cen moving q good while. We have
ent our children ahead, we have sent
1any of our valuables ahead. We can
ot 60 yet. There is work for Us to
o, but after awhile it will be toward
light, and we win be. very tired, and
hen we will start for our new home,
nd those who have gone ahead of M
hey will see our approach, and they
I'LL come down in the lane to meet US,
nd they will have much to tell us of
hat they have discovered in the
house of many mansions" and of how
lrge the rooms are and of how bright
he fountains And then, the last load
nloaded, the table will be spread and
ur celestial neighbors viii come in
nd sit down with our reunited fam
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