Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-06-19

cinders escaping from engines and fur
naces which cover our great cities with a
bclou and our garments and faces with
blackness.
"Now we are all prepared to say that
that is the most Successful mill that uti-
Lies the sawdust; that is the most profit
able sugar factory that makes the wisest
use OF its pulp. / know a man who
stands ready to pay So 900, 600 to anyone
who will invent device that will con-
sumo the smoke and ciuders now escap-
ing from chimneys. One of the most
profitable books have ever read is Max
Miller's "Chips from a German work
shop" 1t shows what a wise man can do
by gathering up the broken pieces of his
thinking
"How wide a view these illustrations
open to us Let us not, however, be en-
ticed beyond the limit Of our time.
mention this: H) The fragments OF
money. I cannot anticipate your future
except in the most general way. OF this,
however, am quite sure: That in this
country still so new, with so many oppor-
tunities for honest and remunerative
labor, you will each find place. You
will do the work given you with honesty
and to the best of your ability. Society
will reward you for those services. 1t
will give you somewhat more than YOU
actually need for your susteuance. oh,
that first $50 that will be dropped into
your hands, What an entrance into Par
adise of self-supportl No more writing
home for money. No more dependence
upon others, but seif-support, self-reli-
ance, independence forever. But what
will you do with the fragments of money?
Let NE answer for you. Do not adopt
the advice of Russell Sage That, of
course, would be salt it down and bind
it and every other ten dollars that you
don't need in all the pathway of life.
That would be for you to enter upon the
life of a miser. God pity the man whose
only armament is that of money-whose
only goods of spices is where he boards
his pile of gold.
"Do not decide to spend that ten dol
lars on Yourself. 1t would be the begin
ming OF the life of spendthrift or a pro-
filigate. The habit of spending will
soon be formed and it will grow more
rapidly than the ability to acquire, until
you never have anything. The poorest
of all poverty-stricken people are those
who have millions to spend upon them
selves-upon palaces and villas and auto
mobiles and nothing to bestow upon a
fellowman. If your preacher were a
Pharisee he would say, Take FIVE of
those ten dollars and make an offering
unto the Lord and Immediately after it
YOU may have the satisfaction of stand
ing in the temple and praying, Lord |
thank thee that am not like as other
men are, or even as this publican, / give
tithes of all possess. But your preacher
would be neither Russell Sage nor a
Pharisee, but simply and plainly n Chris
tian and in the spirit of his Master he
would say to you, Gather up those
broken pieces of money take them into
yonr closet of life then up tefore God
and ask, Lord. what would'st thou have
me do with them' Wait patiently for
the answer and when it comes let be the
measure of your duty
mace -, 10 .i,a bro1a, ,>,a~ae g 4,,ra
which are even more important than the
/ fragments of money Our civilization is
growing generous in giving us more and
more of unused time. Our religion gives
us one day in seven, in which to say,
Thou shalt not do any work The
working day should be from sunrise un-
til sunset. The battle of freedom is now
for eight hours of labor, eight of rest and
eight of sleep. The unused broken
pieces of time then will be eight hours
each day of the six and the entire Sab
bath. How will you gather them up so
that nothing will be lost9 II is not too
much to say that your character, reputa-
ton and even your destiny will depend
upon a wise use of these broken pieces of
time. Eight hours each day-what will
the workman do with them2 He may
spend them alas in the saloon, on the
street corner, in the companionship OF the
thieves of time. Or, thank God, he may
spend them at home, in the garden, in
the grove or with his books. In gather
ing up these broken pieces what may he
not achieve? Why, if he be a black.
smith he may become an Elihu Burrett
If he be stone cutter he may become a
Hugh Miller. If he be rail splitter he
may become an Abraham Lincoln and il
he be tent maker he may become an
Apostle Paul.
"And what need | say to you of the OBJ
servance of the Sabbath as day of res,
and worship? What can l say that you
have not heard thousand times beforei
Surely the greatest commandment in the
building of a noble character is, Re
member the Sabbath day " keep it holy.
Oh, then LET me beseech You, in all your
future lives to gather up the broker
pieces OF the Sabbath. Let none of then
be lost Let every Sabbath day find yor
in the house of God and every opportu
nifty find you defending this bulwark Of
morals and religion, so that the Christian
Sabbath shall not perish from the earth
have so far spoken of the right use o
the fragments of money and time. Le'
me add another-opportunity. Many