The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-09

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will be as poor then a. they are nov. /, Is
absurd for Christian man 10 say he la.
nothing 20 do.
went into q store In New York whara
there were aye Christian men. and they
said they had nothing 20 do The xbol.
world lying In sin. Poverty % be com
iorted, siekness 20 be slleyiatet. Bible In
Tue back once. every opportunity OF men
tai culture, spiritual culture; every ia
ducemen. 70 WORK, ye: a Christian man.
sworn osio.e high heaven TO coasse-ats
his whole life 10 useig ness, has nothing 10
DO. II you have not ans business for this
world, NY Christian ,riead. then you ough.
10 be doing business ioE eternl,y.
People go 10 Florence and 20 Venice aud
10 Rome 70 see one ot the works OF the
great masters. think can show YOU tho
picture OF one OF the great masters. Il
went by the held o' the slO.hful and by the
vineyard OF the man void OF understand
ing, and. 10, II was all grown over with
thorns. and nettles had covered .he face
thereof, and the stone wall thereof wa.
broken dowa. Then saw and considered
II well. looked upon IL aud received In
| struction. Yet a little sleep a little slun-
Der, little folding o; the hands 10 sleep.
80 shall thy poverty come as one that
| traVeleth and thy want "a an armed man"
There Is no more explosive passage ia all
the Bible than that. IL hrst begins TO hiss
ike the fuse OF cannon aud then bursts
like itty-tour pounder. The old proverb
was true, The devil tempts most men, but
! idlers tempt the devil" Therefore seek
something to do. II no worldly business
offers. then. in the name OF the Lord Jesus
Christ, go out on Christian toll, aad the
Lord will bless you, and the Lord will help
you.
Again, | counsel you. avoid tue pleasure
| seeker, the man whose entire business IL Is
20 seek for recreation aud amusement.
/ believe In the amusements OF the world 50
/ lar as they are innocent. could not live
/ without them. Any man OF sangUine tenn
! permanent must have recreation or die.
. And yet the amusements and recreations
| oilite must administer 90 hard work. They
are only preparative fo- tho occupation 70
/ which God has called us
God would not have given us the capac-
! ity 10 laugh II He did not sometimes intend
/ u 10 indulge II. God hath hung in sky
/ aud set In wave and prlated on grass many
/ a roundeiay. But all tne music and the
/ brightness OF the natural world we've
\ merely intended to a. as for the earnest
| work OF life. The thuaderaloud has edges
exquisitey purpled, bat il jars the mouu-
| tain as IL says, II come down 10 water tn,
/ fields" The flowers staniln: under the
/ fence look gay and beautiful, but they say,
! I'VE stand here 20 refresh the husband
men at the noonnS." The brook froics
and sparkles and foans. but it says. II go
70 baptlze the mos; | go TO slaks thu
! thirst of the bird: turn the wheel OF tn,
| mill; in my crystal cradle / rock muck
shaw and water lily: play, bat work"
Look out for the man who plays and
never works. Look ont Tor THAI man
whose entire business Is 20 play ball or
sail yacht or engagetn any kind OF mer-
| rlinent. These things are all beautiful aud
grand in their places. bat when they be-
come the chief work ot life they become
mans destruction. George Brumnel was
admired Of all England. H. dancsi with
peeresess and went round OF mirth aud
| folly until after while, exhausted OF
! purse. ruined OF reputation. blasted o.
| soul he begged n crust from a grocer de-
claring as hts deliberate opinion that hs
though that dogs Lie was better thaa y
mans.
These mere pleasurists will come arouft
you while you ara engaged In your WORK.
and they will try 70 taie you away. They
have lost their places. Way not you lose
| your place? Then you will be one OF them.
! Oh, my friends before you 90 with these
| pleasure seekers, these men whose entire
life is fun and amusement and recreation,
remember while after man has lived u
| life OF integrity aud Christian consecra-
! tion, kind to the poor and elevating TO the
worlds condition, when he comes to die
he has glorious "reminiscences lying on his
death pillow, the mere pleasurist has moth
ing by way OF review out "A torn playful, a
ticket for the raca, an empty tankard or
the cast out rinds OF n clrousa. And as in
deliriu m OF his awful death he clutches the
goblet and presses it 10 his lips, the dregs
falling on his tongue will begin to uucoil
and hiss with the al lers OF au eternal poll
son.
Again, beware OF Sabbath breakers. Tell
me how young man spends his Sabbath,
and will tell you what are his prospects
in business. aud will tell you what ara
his prospects for the eternal world. God
has thrust into our busy life u sacred day
when we are to look after our souls. Is it
eli n IA
feeding and the clothing oi these perish
able bodies that God should demand one
day FOR the feeding and the clothing OF the
immortal soui2 Oar bodies are seven day
clocks, aud they noed to bo wound
up, and 1, they a.e not wound up
they run down into the grave. No
man can continuously break the Sab
bath and keep his physical and mental
health. Ask those aged men, and they
will tell you they never knew men who con-
tinuously broke the Sabbath who did not
tail either in mind, body or moral prin-
ciple. A manufacturer gave this IA his ex-
perlence. He said II owned factory
on the Lehigh. Everything prospered.
| kept the Sabbath, and everything went
! on well. But one Sabbath morning | be-
thought myself of a new shuttle, and
thought | would invent that shuttle before
sunset, and l refused all food and drink
until had completed that shuttle. By sun
down l had completed 1t. The next day,
Monday, l showed to my workmen and
friends this new shuttle. They all con-
graduated me on my great success. | put
that shuttle into play. / enlarged my
business but, sir, that Sundays work cost
me $50, 900. From that day everything
went wrong. l failed In business, and
lost my mill. Oh my friends, keep the
Lords day. You may think II old fogy adj
vice, but | give IL TO you now: "Remember
the Sabbath day. keep 1t holy. six
days shalt thou labor and DO all thy
work, but the seventh is the Sabbath OF tho
Lord thy God; in II thou shalt not do any
work" man said that he would prove
that all this was falacy, and so he spid,
Il shall raise n sunday crop Aud he
plowed the field on the sabbath, and then
ne put In the seed on the sabbath and cul-
tivated the ground on the Sabbath. When
the harvest was ripe he reaped It on the
sabbath, and he carried 1t into the NOW on
the sabbath. and then he stood out defiant
70 his Christian neighbors ard said,
There, that Is my sunday crop, and IL Is
ali garnered." After awhile u storm came
up and a great darkness, aud the light
nings OF heaven struck the barn, aud away
went his sunday crop. Beware, young man,
Of all sabbath breakers.
Again, charge you, beware OF associa-
tion with the disspated. Go with them
aud you will ia time adopt their habits.
Who IL that man fallen against the curb
stone, covered with bruises and beastli-
ness? He was as bright lad "a ever
looked up from your nursery. His mother
rocked him, prayed for him, fonded him,
would not let the night air touch his
cheek and held him up and looked down
into his loving eyes and wondered for what
high position he was being fitted. He en-
tered lite with bright hopes. The world
beckoned him, friends cheered him,
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