The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1906-12-21

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Ia the assemblies OF the house OF
Goo we IND men OF various vocations,
and In these days of such extensive
operations, g large proportion are ep--
gagged from MONDAY morning TO Satur-
day night IN bargain making: over
tne Dfeak1ast "a pie ana the tea liable
questlons are discussed OF loss ana
gam. you ana l are ASKING ourselves,
Wnat IS tne value OF tnis! Wnat Is
Cne value OF Inat! we 90 not tninK
OF giving sometnlng OF greater value
TOT tnat OF lesser value. we Try TO oe
10 all mattefS OF bargain
making. are we as wise IN tne tnngS.
that pertain TO the matters OF the
soui!. Christ adapted his Instructions
to the circumstances OF those to whom
He spoke. When He talked to fisher
men, He spoke of the gospel net
When He talked to the farmers, He
said: "A sower went forth to SOW"
When He talked to the shepherds, He
told the parable OF the lost sheep.
Allow me to estimate and compare as
far as possible the value Of the World,
and the value OF the Soul. First, the
World Is grand property for one man
TO own. LIS MOWERS are coos thoughts
In bloom; Its rocks are Gods thoughts
IN stone; It's deWdrops are COOS
thoughts IN pearl. Inns world IS coos
hayward child indeed. 1t has,
wandered OH through the heavens. A
ilttie more IMAM 1910 years ago, one
Christmas n1ght, Goa sent out sister
wo1 h. 70 can Gna5 o Manqerer DaGk' ana
u nung over Betnlenem Only long
enough to get the promise of the wan
dererS return, ana now tnat lOst
world, with soft rect OF light, comes
Ireadlng Dack InrOugn the heavens.
-! Cne Worlo! HOW grano! now neau-
maRnlncent! us nils ana
lo1ty mountalns, 1ts vast oceans on
whose crested oosoms are m1iilons ana
nllilons % SOUS; VlslGing all na0l0ns
OF Gne earGn; linen us immense value
IN do!!arS: over TOUR nundred DlIllOnS
OF oollars.
Allow me TO state mere tthat you
may the more fu!!y understand the
value OF the Wofld, because we are
making oargaln). NOW 70 snow you
the size OF billion, Will take the
world that you are willing to exchange
your sou! for. Inc number OF inches
around the world Is / 1854 ,OOO, OOO. One
billion of it's inches around is less than
one-fOur-hundredth part OF Its value
in dollars. Oh,syOu Say, take my soul!
Give me the World! 1 am willing to
take 1t In exchange: L am ready now
for the bargain. 1t Is so beautiful
world, so sweet a WORLDS grand a
world! Now you want good title to
it. You have looked at the property
and 1t suits you; then you send an at
tOrney to the public office, and he ex-
amines the book of deeds, and the
book of mortgages, and the book of
judgments, and the book Of liens; and
he decides whether the title is good
before you consummate the bargain.
Right here comes the impossibflity:
Cannot get good title to this World:
after settling down upon it I might be
driven away. 1 may have to part with
the world in five minutes after I give
my soul for it; and what kind of title
do YOU call that? Now there is only
one way in which we can hold an earth
" possession, and that is through our
senses. All beautiful sights through
the eye. but the eve may be blotted
out. All captivating sounds through
the ear, but the ear may be deafened.
All lusciousness of fruits and viancs
THROUGH the taste. hut the taste NAV
be DESTROYED. Ali appreciation of cui-
ture and of art throuph the mind, but
the mind may lose its power. Thus
taking these things into consideration,
what a frail hold, then, we have upon
any earthly possession. In courts Of
law, if we want to get man off a