The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-01-26

tempcr-and you know many fine busine SEES
have been b own 10 atoms BY Bad temper. IT
VIII keep you rom worrilnent about fre4ueh
los: IL viii keep you induStri Iu> and prompt;
1t VIII Keep you hnrk from Suuunlciin and
from dIS>i; alton 1t will give yon II kindness
of "pIrit which Will he eari'y distinguished
from that mere store courtesy which shakes
hands violent with YOU, aSkin. about the
heal h Ofyour family when t:lere Is ~nonnxlely
to kn w whether your child Is well or sick,
bul tnr anxiety Is 10 know how lnany dozen
~caInri: peck rt-handkerchirfs you will take
and pa, cash down. 1t wild pr, pure you for
t.,c Practical duties OF everyday life. do
not mean TO say that religion will make us H.
nancIaiiy ricI,, hut | do say 1t will give u, II
viii assure Us of a comfortable stisIcnance Ut
III" STAR, II comfortable subsistence all The way
t;rJugh, AMI 1t will he. p us ouirectth" bank,
To MANA. e The traffic, to COIduct all our bust
ness matters. aud TO make tbs most in>iShifl-
cant atiilir OF Oir Lille . %n,nttcr OF vast lInpor-
tnncc. g;oriticd by Christian principle. In
New York city tacrc was u merchant hard III
his dcdlin-S with his fellows. who had written
over his cOunt,ns-1O'ln d"or. n cninprt-
m.Sc." Then, when some merchant got III Il
crisis and ven dOwn-no fault Of his, but q
conjunction of evil circulnstrncrs-tnd all the
Otuer merchants were vii Ing 10 compromise
they would take sevcn-iivr cents on the do
lar, or IF y cents. or twenty ccnts-cOming tn
lh,s man l,sI Of ull. he said: y conpro-
mise; / II take ono hundred cents on the 'i-
lar. and | can afford 10 wait" Well, the
whc: 4 turned. and after awhile that MA WAS
In 1t crisis of business, and he sent ont his
agents t. rotnprOIniSe, and the agents said tn
d "ia":"' NO" .WS VII ': You n t.ke es aiy,h !"
"We'll take one hundred cents on the cola :.
! No Compromised" And the man who w,oe
that inscription over his counting room door
dc In DIES tuition. Oh, we want more of the
kindness of the Gospel aud the spirit of love
in our business enterprises. How many
young men have found the religion of Jesus
Christ II tactical help! How many ill., re are
In this house to day who could testify ouL OF
| thpir AVN pvntrirut.n that rni1lnaSS IL urOII,
bic Tor the life that now Is! There We're liiIcs
In Their iuSincss tIccr when they went here
for help and there for help AMI LOT no help un'
Til they kneit before the Lord crying fur His
ue.ivrrahce and the | o. d rescued them.
Ian bank not far from our great metropolis
m otflc"r could not bllance his &c oui,s. lie
had w"rke n ttiiem day n!rr day, night after
! nI.ht, AMI lie was Sick ni!h unl0 death us q
result. He knew he hal not taken one lar
thing from that bunk, but somehow, for some
rcas,.n in>crutable then, the acc Iun:s
wouldn't balance. The time rolled on. AND
the mornfn. OF the day when the books SHOULD
pass under tho inspection OF the other Officers
arrived, and lr felt himself In awful peril
conscious nI his own inte .rity but unable te
o:o that: integrity, That inornin. he wen
10. h. hank caIly, mnd.he knc.t before God &C
told the whole story of his mental anguish
aid he said; o Lard | have done right,
haze preserved my inic"ritr, but here l M
come to my rescue. Lord, deliver met Ana
for one hour he continued the prayer hrf ,rt
Gud, aid Thea lie rose. and lie went to an 81
b otter that he la forgotten Ill about. II,
Opened II and there lay q sheet OF figure,
which he only needed to add to another line
~ ilgurrS-:Ol ONE line OF figures he had furgoI
ten and knew not where he hal Inil HEM
and the accounts were balanced and The Ln:t
dc. ivercd him. You are al infidel If you dt
moi believe 1t. Tie L-o:d d 'livcrcd him. Coz
answered his PRAYER uS He viii answer you
pr iycr, oh, man of business, in every crisi:
when yru come to Him. Now, If this be 81,
| lhnnl N n nnrSIninI az tsftN nrn sf fhn fnIs
TINT the vnst majority nfChriS,nns do not ful
~ Test the value of their religion. They ar
lii, Il farmer in California with fifteen thou
sand acres of good wheat land %culiuring oIli
and make the religion OF Jesus Christ a prar
iinl affair every day of you life and al
this year. BEGIN ming now. and tom Orrov
morning putting iniu prat tea! effect this lIoly
religion, and demonstrating In your life tia
cohi'n"ss H. profitable hereafter? How cti
you get along Without tins religion? Is YOU
physical health so good o 'io not want ilii
divine tonic? i your mind 30 clear, so vast
so comprehensive that you dn not wan. Thu
'ilvint Inspiration ? y " ur wnldly business "
we'll established that Won ha>e no "Sr Tor tina
religion which has brcn the help and doiiv
crane of tens of thousands Of men In erie
uf worldly trouble? Ald II what I have sui'
this morning Is true, then YOU see what
fatal blundcr is when n man adjOurns Il
'fc's expiration the uses of religion. a mai
who pOStpOneS religion to fifty years of nGt
gets religion fifty years too Int. lie may ge
into the Kingdom of Gpd by inrl Icprntincc
but whatcan compensate him tor II whole lite
time unill"viatcd and uncontrolled You
want religion To-day in the training OF thH
child. You wilt wan religion Tomorrow II
dealing with that western customer. You
wanted religion yesterday To curb you tom
per. Is your arm strong enough to beat YOU
way tiirOu"h the fiOnd>" Cln you. Within
icing in"aScd in the mail Of Gods cIerna
help gn forth nmid the assault of all hcll'
si,nrp.shuOlcrS Can you walk alone acroS
these crumbiing graves and amid these gnpin:
earthquakes? Can you wnter!npgrd and mas
shirerel. outlivcthe gale? Oh how many Their
have been, who. pnsipnnins the religion q
Jesus Christ, have plunged into mistakes the,
nevsr could correct although they lived lift.
years after. and, like s"rprnts crushed undo
c'riwieelS. dragging their mauled bodies IN
der the rocks to die. SO these neil have fnil"l
undc' the wheel Of NV ful calamity, crlSiict
here, d Isiroyed forever. whilca vast multitude
of others have taken the religion Of JcSu
Chris: into everyday life. and first, In pruc
teal business affairs and secondly. on tn
throne Ofheavenly triumph. have illustrated
while angels locke on and u universe ap
proved. the glorious truth tlnt "gMllincss |
profitable unto MI things having the prOmis
;f the life which now is anl OF that which i
| IN cDtnpr