The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-12-23
BREAD UPON The WATERS
a Brilliant Sunday Sermon By Rev.
Edward Niles.
declares That the Oplnlons Of the Worldly
Economists Is Not Supreme Court

Inc text Nas from BCe.eslastcs HI: j.
Cast thy bread upon the waters. for thoa
shalt find il after many days" Mr. Nilci
said:
The book OF Ecc!esiastes is the lie re.
eIew OF the wisest and richest man of his
day. Every statement has been tested.
young man might have said the same
Ching with equal eloquence and conyic
StoD, but the impression on the mind OF
che e,der.y reader would be. Yes. his adj.
viee e all very well in theory. but what
does he know about life"
The words oi the aged So,omon arc open
go no such criticism. Our text is the first
n the short, plthy sentences with which
Summed up
In thought he goes back to the cary
days OF his reign. Then hs country was
SnsiRnihcant. Ierusa.cm itself was a III.
oneer cltv only thirty.three years Old. Il'
people bore something OF the same re'a.
ton TO the surrounding nations as did the
boers oil dozen wears ago to the Euro.
Dean countries. They we've strong. reiig.
Sous sell contained. with few extremes ul
poverty or wealth. who had rdrtiany en-.
shaved. partially eXterminatrd. the orig
anal inhabitants oil the land. Yet, they
were mostly soated on their Plantations
and lacked the polish OF refinement and
culture which only comes with lorq set
element oi country and contact with the
great world
Solomon recalled how ardently he had
entered into the work OF putting hi, sub
5ects abreast OF the times. lie had wild
eHed the borders oi the land until they
reaehed the Red Sea. There dockyIrd
was established, fleet Of ship. was butt
ard launched. marking the first ventures
OF the jews in commerce.
Human nature being :hc same in al
ages, We can be sure th1t many % Jewish
fogy demonstrated. What. takt hard.
earned money. the result OF 80 much toll in
the heics. and put IT IN these tubs. TO 20
e1u TO one knows where. TO return no one
Knows when. ii ever: \ Dung kin, don't
Soe So ioodsh as to throw away our money
on the sea
The CAV when those ships sale. OF in
search O.. .die and profit was Likely made
che occasion o, great pageant by the Gov
grnment 10 COunteract these gTumbilngs.
but as week after week went bv and
month followed month. nothing was heard
of those much discussed ships. The wise
acres became al the wiser. shook their
heads more knowingly and croaked more
-iisconso ately. The time came, however,
when of m the dim distance the watcher
slv the sea dscerned white spcck upon
She water Looking more intcntiy, he
saw here ship, there another and be
hind stlli more. When near enough to
gbe hai,ed al were found to be we'll Their
venture 10 countries before unknown had
ieen crowned with snccess.
As the crews with their rich burdens
SreHGed their way overland to Jerusalem
che rimors OF the profit OF over Sll OOO,OUJ
from the sin2e voyage preceded them. L
can imagine the smile OF the aged Solomon
as he recOlisCtCd the CONSERVATION the
sews caused to the conservative CrOakers.
So evident were the benefits derived
from the policy OF putting out money tor
long periods because OF the good returns
m the end that a ship building fever
eeIze1 40 Inrpp
were undertaken and prosper ed, until the
g1uaint, primitive Jewish community was
sair,y gorged with wealth. Silver was as
stones in the streets of the Capital City,
magnificent pa aces and other public build.
,ings were erected where the rude huts had
stood. Palestine ceased to become the
contempt OF al countries Distinguished
royal visitors Travelled over water and des.
,srt TO see the grandeur with their own
ewes, 10 find that 1t was more remarkable
rhsn depicted in even the most glowing
stories Such was the mental vision that
came before the reminiscent writers OF
E;cc'esiastet. The cause was for that tru'
Ey pheuomenal industrial revolution he put
1nto the precept OF our text. Cast thy
bread, or thy capital, upon the waters. In
vest II III some enterprise that does not
bring ~ an immediate result; 1t shall rc-
r.uIn unto you as il did unto me. infinite
~ mu.tlpied, even though It may be after
IN uy days' II is another way OF saying,
Nothing venture, nothing have.
OF course. So,omon ran manv risks. J. .S
sleet night have been shipwrecked, hts
crews destroyed by the stva2cs VISITED,
lhey were in danger OF losing their way
forever iu those uncharted seas; vet. n
thongh has eyes We're vide open to the
chance OF lo.., he d,Iu't hesitate to act.
The rae ci greater economy propound'
Cd ~ the advice, Cast thy bread upon 'he
water, for thou ShJlt find 1t 1t -er rAny
ri4tss trutl uN,
who are content to do as did their fathers
may make a living. That Is all The shift
joss voIng man WHO lives from hand -
month. .aiisiel ii he bsre'y meets has
bL.s. We reodrd a. on'S less man cr'm'
sna The father, with 4 fanny looking
50 lin for support, who tlcit!v assumes
That he j. 10 b. veil aHd keep his position
sndehnlte =. who lays up nsthing IN The
oank. makcs 70 investment, 'oins no ira
terra, order. paws no lnsiIra nee, has more
ready money than he who i looking toi
the return alter many days OF tile sub
sta"ce he j. now costing upon the waters
Which one Is wise: The over S2OO. 900 OJC
we annually spend on lie insurance pre-
ni,,ms shows how thoroughly hP,iet y
So,owon's precept las taken ho.d of th'
American uCOp'c.
Men without the Yeast Of imaginatio
never r,re ia the business world \ shor
rnne ago a raesmau IN one Of the larg'
notion hOlses. after telling me OF tht
DrratiCe ned ~ m, irn ten wears ago
said. Now. ! want to leave They don
seem 30 know how 10 accommodate them
Se.yes - changed cOnditIor,. They rcius
60 spend money unless they can see 1
coming back. and our trade is Simply run
nlng away from Us 10 other firms who q.
these wears nave been working for tht
Eniure"
Providence comes from pro. bel, rs
Video, to look. Looking before YOU. 1t /
abe baue OF the poor that IN some case
zhey cannot, m many cases they will no
siO 30. They buy their coal by the buckC
lnsiead OF the ton, aud Fey over twice a
Huch Tor II IN consequence. In the sum
mcr. when it is cheap. they fail to pre-
serve fruit Tor the winter. when 1t viii ad,
go much TO the taste OF a meal
n u peculiarly difficult for 4 child +
grasp this idea Of foresight ne aoes no
zee any Use in learning the Old arithmetic
The boys are out on the street A iootbil
game - IA progress. a walk can BE- ha
an ihe park. a bicycle ride. Are these ben
@'ts 70 BE- thrown away, 20 real, 30 natenl
JoT the sake Of abstract knOwaedgr tina
oder persons tell him may Prove helpft
years and years from now; j. 1t not
FnaTvel that the present being SO vital. N
future 50 intangible, such a large propo
ton oi our boys and girls are persuade
20 study as much az they do!
Those who are far sighted in their bns
ness are often singulary near sighted wie
s,aring Tor the best interests oi their chi
4lren. Only at one stage OF their lives ca
they 20 to school, Take u boy OF any IA
senf early away from his books and p,
hin, TO earning the very ,itt,e that he c1
make The probabilities are that he vi
remain a small wnge Garner FOR HE. Civ
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