The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-31

N."NNNs ~ wv the NNfiO stNNU has
there been anv instance of complete han
piness from the amount Of accumulation.
Give the man = worldly ambition sixty
years of brilliant successes He sought for
renown, and the nations speak his name.
he sought for affluence, and he is nut "a
has wits end 20 find out the best stocks
and bonds in which he may make his in
vestments; he Is director in enough banks
ana trustee an enough institutions and
president OF enough companies 20 bring on
paresis, OF which he is now dying. The
roval balances are lifted % weigh the am.
hltion which has controlled him a lifetime.
What was the worth of that ambitions
How much did IL yield for usefulness and
heaven Less than a scruple, less than a
grain of sand. less than an atom. less than
nothing. Have 4 funeral a mile long with
carriages; let the richest robes OF ecclesi.
astics rustic about the casket; earicaturc
the scene bv choirs which chant Blessed
are the dead that die in the Lord" That
mans life Is failure. and II his heirs
scuffie in the Surrogate's court about the
incapacity OF the testator TO make a last
will and testament il will only be a pro.
longation of the failure The son, through
dissipation, spent his share OF the fortune
before the father died and so was cut off
with dollar; the daughter married against
his will, and she is disinherited: relatives
whom he could never bear the sight OF
viii put IN their claim. and after wears of
litigation so much Of the estate as the law.
yers have not appropriated 20 themselves
will 60 into hands which the testator
never once thought Of when in his last
days he hade fearful farewels 20 the
houses and lands and government securi.
ties he could not take along with him into
the sepulcher.
But look into the dream Of that school.
boy. who, without saving anything about
1t, is planning his lifetime career From
an old book, partly written in Hebrew
and partly written in Greek. but both He.
brew and Greek translated into good Eng.
lish, he reads Of great farmer like Amos.
great mechanic like Aholiab, n great law.
yer like Moses. a great soldier like Joshua
a great king like Hezekiah. a great poet
like David. great cleaner like Ruth. a
great physician like Luke, a great preacher
like Paul. a great Christ like no one on
earth or in heaven. because the sunerior
of all beings terrestrial or celestial. He has
learned by heart the Ten Commandments
and the sermon on the mount. and has
splendid theories about everything Re-
tween that falrhaired boy aud the achieve
ment of what he wants and expects there
are obstacles and hindrances known only
TO the God who IL going TO discipline him
Tor heroics magnificent. | have no power
to prophesy the different experiences OF
his encouragement and disappointment. Of
his struggle or his triumph. but as sure "a
God lives to make His word come true that
bov, who will sleep tonight nine hours
without waking. will be final victor
| do not know the intermediate chapters
OF the volume OF that young mans life.
but / know the first chapter and the last
chapter. The first chanter is made of hiQh
resolve in the strength of God, and tnv
last chapter is filed with the rewards OF
noble ambition. As his obseauies pass out
TO the cemetery the poor will weep because
thev will lose their best friend
Many in whose temporal welfare and
eternal salvation he bore a part will hear Of
II In various places and eulogize his mem.
orv. and God will say TO the ascending
spirit, To him that overcometh will I
give 10 eat of the tree of life. which is in
the midst of the paradise of God" In the
hour of that souls release and enthrone.
ment there will he heavenly acclamation
as in the royal balances "the Lord weigh
eth the spirits"
And 40 the spirit Of our American nation
is put into the roval balance. and it will be
weighed as certainly as all the nations Of
the past were weighed and as all the ma
tons of the present are being weighed.
When we go TO estimate the wealth of this
nation we weigh its gold and silver and
coal and iron and copper and lead and all
the steelyards and all the baances are
kept busy. So many tons of this and 50
manv tons Of that; a mountainful of this
metal and another mountainful OF another
metal. That is well. We want 10 know
our mining wealth our manufacturing
wealth, our agricultural wealth, and the
bushel measure and the scales have an inn
portant work. But know right well there
is a divine weighing in this country all the
time going on. and / can tell you our coun-
try's DESTINY, II YOU will tell me whether II
shall be a God honoring nation. reverential
90 the only book Of His authorship, observ-
ing the shalt nots' of the law OF right
given on Mount Sinai and the law Of love
given on the Mount OF Beatitudes, one
day of the week observed. not in revelry,
but in holy convocatIon. marriage honored
IN ceremony and IN fact. blasphemy 81.
fenced in all the streets, high toned avs.
TENS of morals in all parts Of our land
then our institutions Will live, and all the
wondrous properties Of the present are
only faint hint OF the greater prosperities
10 come. Richer harvests will rustic IN
the fields higher stvie OF literature will
turn its leaves IN our Libraries. nobler men
will adorn our State and National legislat-
ures, and there will he Washingtons and
Hamiltons and Patrick Henrys and John
Marshalls and Abraham Lncolns in the
future quite equal 20 those OF the past.
And the last day Of the worlds existence
VIII llHu OuI Tree Alnfll'dI lUrllluiiDUN
permanent as the mountains before they
begin to fall and glorious as the seas be.
fore they begin 20 die.
The wish OF this sermon is 10 empha.
size the invisible. 20 show that there are
other balances besides those made Of brass
and platinum and aluminium and set in
earthly storehousos, that the spirit IL the
most important part OF US, that the scales
which weigh your body are not as mpor-
% tho ogafag yphtCb rvfiub vour soui
Depend not too much for happiness uDon
the visible. Pyrrhus was king and had
large dominion, but was determined 90
make war against the Romans, and Cineas.
the friend OF the king. said % him, Sir
when YOU have CONQUERED them what will
YOU do next" Then Sicily is near AZ
hand and easy 10 master" And what
when YOU have conquered Siclty| Then
we will pass over % Africa and take Car.
tha9e, which cannot long Withstand US"
when these are conquered, what will you
next attempt" Then we will fall in
upon Greece and Macedonia and recover
what we have lost there" We'll, when
all are subdued what fruit DO YOU expect
from all your victories" Then said
the king, 1--WE will at down and enjoy our.
selves" "Sir." said Clneas, may we not
do IL now Have vou not already a king
dom Of your own? And he that cannot
enjoy himself with kingdom cannot with
the whole world"
say 20 YOU who lo~e the Lord the
kingdom is within YOU. Make more OF the
invisible conquests, study peace which
the world has no bushel 10 measure, no
STEWARDS 20 weigh A far az possible
we should make our balances ike % the
divine balances
What a world this will be when il Is
weighed after ts regeneration shall have
taken place, Scientists now guess al the
number of tons our world weighs. and they
put the Apennines and the Sierra Ncvadas
and Cnimborazo and the IIimalayas IN the