The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-25
THAT NOTHING BE LosT"
If These Words of Christ Were 0beyed. There
Would be Enough tor all.

Jesus was the worlds best teacher
Never man spakc like this man. He
taught the sublimest spiritual truths.
He uttered supreme wisdom IL regard to
temporal things. When He hai fed i've
thousand hungry people. to rcplction. He
told his disciples to Gather up the
fragments, that nothing BE- lost.
Frugality is a matter of vas imrO.t-
ance. DR.. Franklin said: 1t is not so
much what a man makes, as what nc
saves, that enables him to get on we'll in
life" Some people make but lit. {, but
take care of what they make. and live
Well. Others make much. bet spend it
foolisIly, ard arc often in need. It has
been wisely said: Take car. Of the
dimes, and the dollars will take care Of
themselves" Jesus taught the import
ance Of taking care of the fragments,
because all he made was good, and ought
not to be lost, and because the fragments
would feed His disciples several days,
and aNe the expense Of buying oth"r
food. Then, too, many other hungry pco-
pie might be fed with those fragments.
My father never allowed even a grain
Of corn to be wasted. He said: There
is a hungry chicken, or hog that needs
it ] rarely ever fail to pick up every
pin, or nail I find.
A young man went to a merchant to
get work. The merchant told ilm l,s
had clerks enough. AS the young man
started away he picked up a pin lying
on the floor. The merchant saw ii. and
called him back, and said: 81 saw you
pick Up a pin: why did you do it?'
"Because.' said the young man, Il want
to save all l can" Then said the
merchant, you are the man ! want. /
will employ you ''StraWs show which
way the wind blows" Little things show
the trend Of our lives.
W~astcfulneSs is a great sin. God has
put enough in the world for the needs
of all to be supplied. But by the waste
fulness of some, many suffer for tie
neceSSariCS of life.
Eecause of much valuable tine wasted
thousands have to live on short rashers,
in-furnished homes, and scanty clothing.
Millions of dollars are wasted on sinful
pleasure. and useless Injuries, When
needed work has been done, if there is
time for innocent pleasures, that is all
right. But to neglect work, and spend
money and time to indulge in sinful
pleasures, is all wrong.
JUDGING from the amount of chewing
gum made and sold, the American peo-
pie spend about as much for that, as they
do for the support OF the gospel. How
foolish. how useless, how unrefined the
use of it is! 1t does no good, but its
use is rcnulsiVe to the feelings of all re-
fined people. To see q girl or woman
chewing gum is disgusting. 1t looks
like they were chewing a big quid Of
tobacco. Millions of dollars are worse
than wasted on the use of tobacco. No
one is benefited by it, but thousands are
dwarfed, enfeebled, and ruined by it;
especially are boys ruined by cigarettes.
! know d day laborer who spent twenty
five cents a day of his wages. for to-
bacco to smoke and chew, and nearly
that much for Whiskey, and then COM
planned that he could not live on his
wages.
The liquor bin Of the American people
is annually nine hundred millions Of dol
lars. This vast amount is worse than
wasted. Those who make and sell in
toxicants make money by it. But the
curse of God rests on them. and all the
money made in that way. They lose their
happiness, their usefulness and their
souls: ard money thus made usually
takes wines and flies away. And those
who buy and drink intoxicants usually
lose time, money, health, responsibility,
happiness, and heaven, and bring upon
themselves poverty, disgrace and ruin,
and drag those dependent upon them to
the same depths Of degradation and
ruin.
Vast amounts Of money are wasted On
other unnecessary things. Money is un-
usually plentiful this year. But instead
OF using 1t wisely, many are spending it'll
Tor things they could we'll do without
Much money that might be wisely in-I
vested, or laid away to supply futurci
needs, is now being foOlishly spent.
COO has given enough TO slpplv the
real needs Of all his creatures. Rutl
some. through physical or mental dis
ability, are unable to earn a Hyinr:l
others are too lazy to get what thcv |
need; others earn money but waste it on
unnecessary and hurtful things. And sol
poverty and suffering is the lot of thou-l
sands. IT ChriSt'S instruction was obey
eL. That nothing be lost" there yor1dt
be enough for all, all through life.
J. a. STfsADLEY.
oxford \. G., Nov. %, 1902.