The Penn's Grove record., 1900-02-23

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been saved; In the other case II he had kept
to his religion his morals would have been
saved.
There are aged people who would have
been dead twenty-five years ago but for
the defenses and the equipoise Of religion.
You have no more natural resistance than
hundreds Of people who lie in the ceme-
teries to-day slain by their own vices. The
doctors made their case as kind and pleas.
ant as they could, and 1t was called con-
/ gestion Of the brain or something else, but
the snakes and the blue flies that seemed
to crawl over the pillow In the sight OF the
delirious patient showed what was the
matter with him. You, the nged Christian
man, walked along by that unhappy one
| until you came to the golden pillar OF the
Christian life. You went to the right: he
went to the left. That is all tile differences
| between you. Oh. II this religion Ia pro-
| test against all forms OF dissipation then 1t
long life will satisfy him.
! Again, religion Is friend OF longevity in
the fact that It takes the worry out OF our
| tenporalitles. It Il not work that kills
men; 1t is worry. When a man becomes a
genuine Christian. he makes over to God
not only his affections, but hfs family, his
business, his reputation, his body, his
mind. his soul-everything. Industrious
he VII be, but never worrying, because
| God Is managing his affairs. How can he
worry about business when In answer to
his prayers God tells him when to buy and
when TO sell, and, II he gain, that Is best
and, II he lose. that Is best?
Suppose you had supernatural neighbor
| who came In and said: stSir, want you to
call on me In every exieency. am your
fast friend. could fall back on 800, ,OOO,-
600. hold the controlling stock In thirty
OF the best monetary institutions OF this
country. Whenever you are in any trouble
| call on me. and will help you. You can
have my money, and you can have my in
How much would YOU worry about bust-
ness? Why, you would say, "IIl DO the
best / can, and then I'll depend on my
| friends generosity for the rest"
Now, more than that Is promised to
every Christian business man. God says
to him: II own New York and London and
st. Petersburg and Pekin, and Australia
panic 1000 years. / have all the resources
OF the universe, and am your fast friend.
When you get In business trouble or any
other trouble, call on Me, and will help.
Here Is My hand In pledge OF omnipotent
| delfverance." How much should that
man worry? Not much. What Hon will
dare to put his paw on that Daniel2 Is
| there not rest in this2 Is there not an
eternal vacation In this2
'Oh," you say, "here is o man who asked
God for a blessing In q certain enterprise,
and he lost $4,000 in 1t. Explain that" '.I
| will. Yonder is q factory, and one wheel
| Is going north and the other wheel Is go-
ing south, and one wheel laterally and the
other plays vertically. go to the manu-
| facturer, and say: "Oh, manufacturer,
your machinery is contradiction. Why
| do you not make all the wheels 20 one
way?" "WelI, he says, 81 made them to
| go In opposite directions on purpose, and
they produce the right result. You go
down stairs and examine the carpets we
are turning ont In this establishment and
You will see." go down on the other
obliged to confess that though the wheels
In that factory go In opposite directions
they turn out beautiful result, and while
I am standing there looking at the exquis-
ite fabric an old Scripture passage comes
into my mind-"All things work together
for good to them who love God. Is there
not rest IN that? Is there not tonic IN
| that9 Is there not longevity In that?
| Suppose man fs all the time worried
about his reputation One man says he lies,
another says he Is stupid, another says he
is dishonest, and hall dozen printing es-
Establishments attack him, and he Is In q
great state OF excitement and worry and
fume and cannot sleep, but religion comes
70 MIN and says: Man, God Is on your
side; He will take care OF your reputation.
Il God be Tor your. who can be against
your how much should that man worry
ABOUT MS reputation! Not much. II that
| broker who some years ago In Wall street.
after ne had lost money, sat down and
wrote farewell letter to his wife before
he blew his brains out; II instead Of taking
| out OF his pocket pistol he had taken out
we'll read New Testament, there would
have been one less suicide. Oh, nervous and
feverish people OF the world, try this al
mighty sedatiyel Yon will live twenty-five
years longer under Its soothing power. It
| ts not chloral that you want or morphine
that you want; it is the gospel OF Jesus
Christ. "With long life will satisfy him.
Again. practical religion is friend OF
longevity In the fact that 1t removes all
corroding care about q future existence.
Every man wants TO know what is to be-
| come OF him. II you get on board rail
| train, you want to know at what depot it
| is going to stop. II you get on board a
ship, you want to know into what harbor
| 1t is going to run, and IL you should tell
me you have no interest in what is to be
your future destiny / would in as polite
| way as know how tell you I did not be-
lieve you. Before had this matter settled
with reference to my future existence. the
nuestion aImost worried ma into rnfnad