The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08

nothing to do.
l went into store IN New York where
.hers wore five Christian mon, and they
said they had nothing to do. The whole
world lying In siu. Poverty to bo COM
iorted, sickness to be aliovinted. Bible IN
the back omce. every opportunity OF mem
tai culture, spiritual culture; every In
ducemens 60 work, yet u Christian mau.
sworn before high heaven to consecrato
hls whole llfo to usefulness, has nothing to
dol II you have not any business for this
world, my Christian friend. thon you ought
to bo doing business for eternity.
Again. counsel you, avoid the pieasure
ssuker, tho man whose entire business It is
to seek for recreation and amusement
believe In the anusements of tho world so
far rs they ARE Innocent. / could not live
without them. Any man OF sangulno tenn
permanent must have recreation or die.
And yet the amusements and recrentiong
OF ltfo must administer to hard work. They
are only preparative for the occupation to
which God has called us.
God would not have given US the capac-
ity to laugh IL lie did not sometimes intend
us to Indulge II. God hath hung in sky
aud set In wave aud printed on grass many
II rouudelay. But all the music and the
brightness OF the natural world we've
merely Intended to lt us for tho earnest
work OF life. The thundercloud has edges
exqulsitelY purpled, but 1t Jars tho noun
tain IA II says, ~ come down to wnter the
ilclds.' The flowers standing under tho
fence look gay aud beautiful, but they say.
"We stand hero to refresh tho husband
men Mt tho nooning." Tho brook frolcs
and sparkles and foams. but 1t says. II go
to baptlze the moss; l go 10 slakc the
thirst OF the bird; 1 turn tho wheel OF the
mill; In my crystal cradle l rock muck
shaw and water lily; play but L work."
Look out for the man who plays and
never works Look out for that man
whose entire business Is to play bali or
snil yHcht or engage In my kind OF mer-
rlment. These things are All beautiful and
grand In their places, but when they be.
come the chief wo-k of life they become
mans destruction. George Brummel was
admired of NIL England. Ho danced with
peeresess aud went a round OF mirth aud
folly until after u while, exhausted OF
purse, ruined of reputation, blasted OF
soul he begged n crust from II grocer. de-
clarlng as his deliberate opinion that hO
though that n dogs life was bettor than u
mans.
These moro pleasurists will come around
you while you aro ongagod 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 DO one OF them.
Oh. my friends, before you go With these
pleasure seekers, these men whose entire
life Is fun and amusement and recreation.
remember while after a man has lived II
life OF integrity and Christian consecra.
ton, kind to the poor and elevatlng to the
worlds condition, when he comes to die
he has q glorious "reminiscences lying on his
death pillow. the mere pleasurist has moth
ing by way OF review but n torn playful, u
ticket for tho rnce, an omlty tankard OF
the east out riuds Of Il carousal. And us In
deliriu nj of his awful death he clutches the
goblet and presses It to his lips, .he dregs
falling on his tongue will begln 10 uncoil
and hiss with the adders OF au eternal poi
son.
Again, beware OF Sabbath breakers. Tell
me how young mun spends his Sabbath,
and will tell you what aro his prospects
in business. aud will tell you what nru
his prospects for the eternal world. God
has thrust into our busy life sncred day
when we are to look after our souls. Is it
exorbltant after giving six days to tho
feeding and the clothing OF these perish.
able bodies that God should demand one
day for tue feeding and The clothing OF the
immortal soul? Our bodies are seven day
clocks, and they neod to be wound
up, and IL they are not wound up
they run down into tho grave. No
man can continuously break tho Sab
bath and keep his physical and mental
health. Ask those aged mon, and they
will tell you they never know mon who CON
tinuously broke the Sabbath who did not
fail either in mind, body or moral prn-
clple. A manufacturer gave this as his OK.
perience. He said. az owned n factory
on tho Lehigh. Everything prospered
| kept tho Sabbath, and everything went
on well. But one Sabbath morning / be.
thought myself OF n now shuttle, and ]
thought would invent that shuttle before
aunset, and | refused all food and drink
until had completed that shuttle. BY sun.
down l had completed It, The next day
Monday, showed to my workmen and
friends this now shuttle. They all con.
graduated me on my great success. / put
that shuttle into play. l enlarged my
business; but, sir, that Sundays work cost
me $S0,000. From that day everything
wont wrong. l failed In business, and ]
lost my mill. oh, my friends. keep the
Lords day. You may think It old fogy ad.
vice, but give it to you now; "Romember
the sabbath day, keep It holy. sl'
days shalt thou labor and do all thy
work, but the seventh Is the Sabbath OF the
Lord thy God; In 1t thou shalt not do any
work" man said that he would prove
that nll this was fallacy, and so he slid,
II shall raise Sunday crop" And ho
plowed the field on the Sabbath, aud then
he put In the seed on the Sabbath and cul.
tivated the ground on the Sabbath. When
the harvest was ripe. ho reaped II on the
Sabbath, aud he carried 1t into the mow OH
the Sabbath, and then he stood out defiant
TO his Christian nelghbors and said,
There, that Is my Sunday crop, and It Is
ali garnered." After awhile storm came
up and great darkness, aud tho ilght.
nings Of heaven struck the barn, aud away
won't his sunday crop. Beware, young man,
OF all Sabbath breakers.
Again, charge you, beware of assoola-
tlou with the disslputed. Go with then.
and you will In time adopt their habits,
Who Is that man fallen against tho curb
stone, covered with bruises and buastli-
nessI He was ns bright lad as ever
looked up from your nursery. His mother
rocked him, prayed for him, fondled him.
would not lot tho night air touch his
'cheek and held him up and looked down
Into his loving eyes and wondered for what
high position he wna being lifted. He On.
tered lite with bright hopes. The world
ha@kon"i him, frieads cheored him,
but the uIchors ahot ~ him; Wild
men SGT traps for him, baI hahits hGoaod
fast to him with their iron Rrapples; his
feet slipped on tho way, and there he lies.
Who would think that that uneombed hair
wns once toyed with by fathers lingers?
Would you think that those Diopted cheeks
were ever kissed by n mothers lips? Would
you guess that that thick tongue once
made u household glad with its Innocent
prnttle2 Utter no harsh words IN his ear
Help him up. Put the hat over that once
manly brow. Brue the dust from that
coat that once covered Il gunetods heart.
Show him the way to the hcmo that once
reJoiced ut the souni of his iootstop and
with gentle words tell his children to stand
buck as you help him through the hall.