Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-12-24
BREAD UPON THE WATERS
A Brilliant Sunday Sermon By Rev.
Edward Niles.
Declares That the Opinions Of the Worldly
Economists Is Not q Supreme Court

tne White Church tBusnW!ck Avenue Re'
formed) the pastor; Rev. Edward Niie3,
The text was from Ecclesastes XII: ]:
Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou
shalt find it after many days. Mr.. Nilei
said:
The book of Ecccsiastes is the life re-
! view of the wisest and richest man OF his
day. Every statement has been tested.
A young man might have said the same
thing with equal eoquence and convic;
| ton, but the impression on the mind OF
the elderly reader would be, Eyes, his adj
vice is all very well in theory, but what
does he know about life:'
The words of the aged Solomon are omen
10 no such criticism. Our text is the first
| Of the short, pithv sentences with which
| the teachings of his wonderful career arc
! summed up.
| In thought he goes back to the cary
days of his reign. Then his country was
insignificant. Jerusalem itself was "A p.
oneer city only thrty-three years Old, His
people bore something of the same re "a
ton to the surrounding nations as did the
| Beers OF dozen years ago to the Euro
pean countries. They were strong. relg
ous self contained, with few extremes OF
poverty or wealth, who had partially en-
shaved. partially cXterminated, the orig
inal inhabitants of the land. Yet, they
were mostly isolated on their plantations
and lacked the polish of refinement and
culture which onl " comes with long set
Element of country and contact with the
great world
Solomon recalled how ardently he had
entered into the work of putting, his sub
jects abreast of the times. He had wild
ened the borders of the lard until they
reached the Red Sea. There dockyard
was established, feet of ships was butt
ard launched marking the first ventures
| of the Jews IN commerce.
Human nature being the same IN AL
ages, We can he sure that many Jewish
| fogy demonstrated. what, take hard
| earned money, the result of so much toll IN
the fields, and put it in these tubs, TO go
on no one knows where, to return nc, one
knows when. il ever? Young King, don't
be so foolish as to throw away our money
on the sea-
The day when these ships saileG off in
search of trade and profit was Likely made
| the occasion OF great pageant by the Gov
ernment to counteract these grumbhngs.
but as week after week went by and
month followed month, nothing was heard
of those much discussed ships The wise
acres became all the wiser, shook their
heads more knowingly and croaked more
disconsolatey. The time came, however,
when off in the dim distance the watcher
by the sea discerned a white speck upon
the water. Looking more mtentiy, he
saw here a ship, there another and be-
| hind still more. When near enough to
be hailed all were found to be well. Their
venture to countries before unknown had
leen crowned with success.
AS the crews with lheiT iich burdens
Wended their way overland 10 J ,, nSa en
the rumors OF the proht OF over ,Hii'ooo'o"I
from the single voyage preceded them l
| can imagine the smile OF the aged solomon
as he recoiected the CONSERVATION the
ews caused to the conservative cTHaker";
So evident were the Dement'S derived
from the policy OF putting OUT money Tor
long periods because OF the E993u returns
IN the ehd, that sup pul'ul"E ie,ot
seized the nation Three year VOYAGES
were undertaken and proSpeied, unli' inc
quaint, primitive JEWISH community vas
fairly gorgcd with wealth; Silver was as
stones in the streets OF the CAPITA CltE'
magnificent palaces and other pn0nc puI'o,
incs were erected where the rude nuts hau
etood. Palestine ceased to become th1
contempt OF AL countries. D'su'nSIh'slI a.
royal visitors Travelled over water, and des'
ert to see the grandeur with Their own
ewes, to find that 1t was more remarkape
tnan depicted III even the most g'oWihS
stories. Such was the mental VISION that
came before the reminiscent writers OF
Ecclesiastes. The, cause was ior that tru.
| " phenomenal industrial revolution ne put
into the precept OF our teXt, Iast Ihy
| bread, or thy capital, upon the waters IN
vest it i'll some enterprise that does not
bring IN an immediate result; II sha.i re-
turn unto you az it did unto me, infinite
| ~ multiplied, even though 1t may he after
m ny days 1t is another way OF saying,
Nothing venture, nothing have.
OF course, Solomon ran many risks. HIS
fleet might have been shlpwrecked, ms
crews destroyed by the saragcs VISITED,
lnev were IN danger OF losing their way
| forever IN those uncharted seas yet, al
though his ewes were wide open to the
chance OF loss. he didn't hesitate TO act.
The rue of greater economy PROFOUND
ed in the advice. Cast thy bread upon the
waters, for thou shalt find 1t after many
DAYS" is good for our own age. Those
who are content to do as did their fathers
may make living That is all. The shift.
less Young man who lives from hand to
mouth, satisfied if he barely meets his
bills. we regard as Only less than Grim.
inal. TIE father, with a family looking
70 him for support, who tacitly assumes
! that he is to be well and keep his position
: indefinitely. who laws up nothing in the
! hank makes no investment, 'oins no fra.
trrnal order, paws no insurance. has more
ready money than he who is looking for
! The return after many DAYS of the sub
stance he il now casting upon the waters
| Which ono is WISE The over 5000 OOO, DOC
we Annually spend on life insurance pre-
m;ums shows how thoroughly belief in
| Snrnmon.s nrecent has taken hold of the
Amnr;c,n nnonie
A Men y "" without the Yeast of imagination
never rise in The business word, a short
time aqo salesman in one of the large
n r',; houses after telling me of The
WESTON VEST, held hv h;s firm fen Years AGO
IA. "Now I want TO leave They don't
saa,n to know how to accommodates them
see ~ " rh,ncod conditions They refuse
~ snand money unless tbcv can see il