Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-12-26
READ UPON THE WATERS
Brilliant Sunday Sermon By Rev.
Edward Niles.
.clares That the Opinions of the Worldly
Economists Is Not Supreme Court

e White Church tBushwick Avenue Re-
med the pastor; Rev. Edward Niles.
cached on Bread Upon the Waters"
he text was from Ecclesiastes ri: !:
asst thy bread upon the waters. for thou
AT Ind 1t after many days" Mr.. Niles
The book of Ecciesiastes is the life re-
ew OF the wisest and richest man of his
Y. Every statement has been tested.
young man might have said the same
IN, but the impression on the mind of
e elderly reader would be, Eyes, his adj
&c y all very, well in theory, but what
,es he know about life?"
The words of the aged Solomon are open
no such criticism. Our text is the first
the snort, plthy sentences with which
e teachings of his wonderful career are
mined up.
In thought he goes back to the early
iys OF his reign. Then his country was
significant. Jerusalem itself was a p-
1eer city only thirtythree years old. His
s.ople bore something of the same re.a-
ION to the surrounding nations as did the
soers of dozen years ago to the Euro.
can countries. They were strong. relig.
ls self contained, with few extremes of
verify or wealth. who had partially en-
aved, partially exterminated, the orig
1al inhabitants. of the land. Yet, they
1ere mostly isolated on their plantations
nd lacked the polish of refinement and
ulture which only comes with long set
cement of country and contact with the
reat world.
Solomon recalled how ardently he had
inferred into the work of putting his sub
ects abreast of the times He had wild
med the borders of the land until they
cached the Red Sea. There dockyard
vas established, feet of ships was built
and launched, marking the first ventures
Of the Jews in commerce.
human nature being the same in all
s y san ns !Raf manx FAKE 'f hsld
earned. money. the result of so much toll in
The fields, and put it in these tubs, to go
IN no one knows where, to return no one
knows when, if ever? Young King, don't
be SO foolish as to throw away our money
on the sea-"
The day when these ships sailet. off in
search of trade and profit was likely made
ernment to .counteract these grumb.ings.
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
disconsolately: The time came, however,
bv the on an te sSeek
the water. Looking more intently, he
saw. here ship, there another and bel
hind still more. When near enough to
be hailed all were found to be well. Their
venture to countries before unknown had
Lea crowned with success.
As the crews with their rich burdens
Awended their way overland to Jerusalem
the rumors OF the profit of over $ll 100000
from the single voyage preceded them. ]
can imagine the smile OF the aged Solomon
as he recollected the CONSERVATION the
y: ews caused to the conservative croakers.
So evident were the benefits derived
from the policy of putting out money for
in the end, that a ship building fever
seized the nation. Three year voyages
were undertaken and prospered, until the
quaint, primitive Jewish community was
fairly gorged-with wealth. Silver was az
stones in the streets of the Capital City.
ings were erected where the rude huts had
stood. Palestine ceased to become tine
contempt of all countries. Distinguished
royal visitors travelled over water and des.
-ert to see the grandeur with their own
ewes, to find that it was more remarkable
than depicted in even the most glowing
stories. Such was the mental vision that
came before the reminiscent writers oil
Ecclesiastes. The cause was for that tru.
Iy phenomenal industrial revolution he put
into the precept of our text, Cast thy
bread, or thy capital, upon the waters. In.
vest it in some enterprise that does not
SSring in an immediate result; it shall re
prn unto you as it did unto me, infinite
multiplied, even though it may be after
Inv days." 1t is another way of saying
ssNothing venture, nothing have,
Of course, Solomon ran many risks. His
feet might have been shipwrecked. his
crews destroyed by the savages visited
forever in those uncharted seas; yet, al
hough his eyes were wide open to the
hance of loss, he didn't hesitate to act.
The rule of greater economy ,rropounld
I'M the advice, Cast thy bread upon the
vasers, for thou shalt find it after many
ays," is good for our own age. Those
tho are content to do as did their fathers
lay make living. That is all. The shift
10 young man who lives from hand tc
,uth, satisfied if he barely meets his
Is, we regard as only less than Grim
!. Tho father, with family looking
he is to be we'll and keep his position
sfnite;y, who lays up nothing in the
K, makes no investment, .-oins no fra
al order, pays no insurance. has more
v money than he who is looking for
return after many days of the sub
,e he is now casting upon the waters
h one is wise? The over $20O,O0O.OO(
nually spend on life insurance pre-
shows how thoroughly belief ir
rs Nprecept has taken hold of the
~ n people.
Men without the yeast of imagination
never rise in the business world. A short
time ago a salesman in one of the large
notion houses. after telling me of the
restige held by his firm ten years ago
lid: Now, ] want to leave. They don't
I'm to know how to accommodate them
yes to changed conditions. They refuse
money unless they can see il
coming back, and our trade is simply run
ming away from us to other firms who al
these years have been working for the
future"
providence" comes from pro. bef.rei
video, to look Looking before you. 1t il
The bane of the poor that in some cases
hey cannot, in many cases they will not
10 SO. They buy their coal by the bucket
stead of the ton, and pay over twice as
dch for it in consequence. In the sum
.er, when il is cheap, they tail to pre-
,rve fruit for the winter, when it will add
much to the taste of meal.
1t is peculiarly difficult for child tt
asp this idea of foresight. He does moi
any use in learning the Old arithmetic
boys are out on the street. A football
re is in progress. A walk can be hac
he park. bicycle ride. Are these ben
its to be thrown away. so real. patent
,r the sake of abstract knowledge tina
der persons tell him may prove helpful
ears and years from now? Is it not a
arvel that the present being so vital. the
lture so intangible, such a large proper
on of our boys and girls are persuaded
study as much as they do:
Those who are far sighted in their bust
ess are often singularly near sighted when
airing for the best interests OF their chill
dren. Only at one stage of their lives car
hey go to school. Take boy of any tai
MT early away from his books and put
&ha hot 10