St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-01
he wholesale dealer wants his money

and he rushes upon the retailer, and
the retailer wants. his money, and he
rushes on the customer. and we all go
down together. There is many man
in this day who rides in a carriage and
owes the blacksmith for the tire and
the wheelwright 1sr the wheel and the
trimmer for the curtain and the driver
| for unpaid wages and the harness max
er for the bride and the furrier for
the robe. while from the tip of the car
rage tongue clear back to the tip of
the camers hair shawl futtering out
Of the back of the vehicle every thing
is paid for by notes that have been
| three times renewed.
| tel you that in this country we
shall never get things right until we
stop borrowing and pay as we go. 1t is
this temptation to borrow and borrow
and borrow that keeps the people ever
lastingly praying to the golden calf
for help, and just the minute they ex-
pect the help the golden calf treads
on them. The judgments of God, like
Moses in the text. will rush in and
break up this worship, and say let the
work go on until every man shall
learn to speak truth with his neigh
| Dor. and those who make engagements
shall feel themselves bound to keer
| them. and then man who will not
repent Of his business iniquity, but
goes on wishing to satiate his canni-
bal appetite by devouring widows
houses. shall. by the law of the land,
be compelled to exchange the brown
stone front for the penitentiary. Let
the golden calf perish!
But. If we have made this world our
god. when we come to die we shall see
our idol demolished. How much of this
world are YOU going to take with You
into the next? Will you have two peck
ets-one in each side of your shroud?
viii you cushion your casket with
bonds and mortgages and certificates
| Of stock? All. no! The ferryboat that
crosses this Jordan takes no baggage
nothing heavier than an immaterial
spirit. You may, perhaps, take $500
with you two or three. miles in the
shape of funeral trappings to the ceme-
terry, but yon viii have to leave them
there. 1t would not be safe for you
to lie down there with gold watch
|or q diamond ring. 1t would be a
temptation to the pillagers. five have
made this world our god. we shall see
our idols when wesdie ground to pieces
by our pillow, and we shall have to
drink it in bitterregretsfo for the wasted
opportunities of lifetime. Soon we.
will be gone. Where are the men who
tried Warren Hastings in Westminster
hall? Where are the pilgrim fathers
who put out for America? Where are
the veterans who on the Fourth of July.
1894. marched from New York park
to the Battery and fired a salute and
then marched back again? and the So
ciety Of the. Cincinnati who dined that
afternoon at Tontine coffee house on
Wall street? and Grant Thoburn, who
that afternoon waited Is minutes at
the foot of Maiden lane for the Brook
lyn ferryboat. then got in and was
rowed across by two men with oars,
the tide so strong that it was an hour
and ten minutes before they landed?
Where are the veterans who fired the
salute and the men of the Cincinnati
society who that afternoon drank to
the patriotic toast? and the oarsmen
that rowed the boat? and the people
who were transported, Gone. Oh.
this is fleeting world. 1t is dying
world. A man who had worshiped it
all his days in his dying moment de
scribed himself when he said: "Fool,
fool, fool"
want you to change temples and to
give up the worship of this unsatisfy-
ing and cruel god for the service of the
Lord Jesus Christ Here Is the gold |
that will never crumble. Here are the |
securities that will never fail Here |
are the banks that will never break. |
Here is an altar on which there has
been one sacrifice that does for all,
for "by one sacrifice hath Christ per-
fected forever them that are sancti- |
fed" Here is "a God who will COM
fort you when you are in trouble and |
soothe you when You are sick and save
you when you die. For He has said:
when thou passeth through the wa
tiers, / will be with thee. and through
the rivers they shall not overflow thee:
when thou walkest through the fire.
thou shalt not be burned, neither shall
the fame kindle upon thee"
When your parents have breathed
their last and the old. wrinkled and
trembling hands can no more be put
upon your head for blessing. He will
be to you father and mother both,
giving You the defense of one and the
comfort of the other. For have we not
Paurs blessed hope that as Jesus died
and ROSE again. S"even so them also
which sleep in Jesus shall God bring
with Him." And when your children
60 away from you. the sweet darlings,
you will not kiss them and say good
by forever. He only wants to hold
them for you little while. He will
give them back to you again, and He
will have them all waiting for you at
the gates of eternal welcome. Oh,
what God He is! He will allow you
to come so close that you can put your
arms around His neck. while He in
response will put His arms around
your neck. and all the windows OF
Heaven will be hoisted to let the re-
deemed look out and see the spectacle
Ct rejoicing Father and returned
prodigal locked in that glorious en-
brace. Quit worshiping the golden
,alf and bow this day before Him in
whose presence we must all appear
when the world has turned to ashes,
When shriveling like parched scroll.
The flaming heavens together roll.
When louder yet and yet more dread
5wells the high trump that wakes the dead.
FIND MANY RARE SKELETONS.