The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-14
things; enter thou into the joy of thy

LORD.
also enjoin you to quit all fretful-
ness about business matters. Is there
not something in your own household
that you would not give up for the
worldly success other men haYeP Be-
sides that. if these trials lifted you up,
you ought to bless God for the
whip of discipline. The larger the
note you have to pay, the greater the
uncertainty of business life, the better
for your soul if Jesus Christ leads you
triumphantly through. How do know
it2 know it by this prineiple-that
the hotter the furnace the better the re-
fining. There have heen thousands of
men who have gone through the same
path you are going through with an
aching heart. There are multitudes be-
fore the throne of God who were lashed'
with care and anxieties innumeTable,
and were cheated out of everything but
their coffin. They were sued, they were
elected, they were imprisoned for their
debt, they were maltreated, they were
thrOttled by cOnstables with whole packs
of writs, they were sold out by Sheriffs,
they had to confess Judgements, they
had to compromise with creditors, and
their last hour of earth was disturbed
by the fact that their dOOr-bell was rung
loudly and angrily by the hand of some
impetuOus creditor, who was surprised
that that sick man should be so impeTti-
nent and outrageous as to die before ne
had paid him the last three shillings
and six pence. Oh, how men are tossed
and driVenl had friend who went
from one anxiety to another; a good
and great heart he had, but every thing
he put his hand to seemed to fail. Mis-
fortune clustered around and after
awhile l heard he was dead: and the
fist work l said was: "GOOdl he has
got rid of the SheTiffs." There is
great multitude of business men who
on earth had it hard, but by the grace
of God they stand triumphant in heaven; !;
and when the question is asked of Them
who are they?" the angels of God
standing on seas of glass, will cry out:
"These are they who came out of great
tribulatiOn and had their robes washed
and made white in the blood of the
Lamb"
Once more, want you to seek bUsi-
ness grace. Commercial ethics, business
honor, laws of trade, may do very we'll
for awhile, but there will come a time
when the ground will slip from under
your feet, and the world will fTOWn,
and the devils will set after your soul,
and you will want more than this world
can give you. You will want the eteT-
nal rock to stand on. For the want of
and to maltreat their friends, and to
curse their enemies, and you have seen
their names bullerined among scOund-
rels and spit upon and blistered by scOrn
and ground to powder. They not only
lose their property, but their souls were
mau ed and putrefied and blasted for
eternity. You could count up scores of
such persons, while there are others
who, tossed on the same sea, sustained
by the grace of God, have all the time
kept their eyes on the light house. Men
coming out of that mans store say: IF
there ever was a Christian trader, this
is One." Stern integrity kept the books
and waited on the customers. Light
from the future world flashed through
the shoW-windOws. Wrath never stamp
ed that floor nor did sly dishonesty
cover up imperfectiOns in goods. Love
of God and love to man were the priuci-
pies that ruled in the store of that Chris
tian trader. Some day the shutters are
not let down from the store windows
and the bars are not taken from the
door. Men pass along and stop and
stare, and go up and read card on the
door, which Announces: CLOSED on Oc-
count of the death of one of the firm"
This day it is talked in commercial
circles that a good man has gone.
Boards of Trade pass resolutions of
sympathy, and churches of Christ pray:
Help, Lord, for the gOdly man ceaseth." ."
He has made his last bargain. He has
suffered his last loss. He has ached
with his last fatigue. The result of his
Christian industry will bless his chill.
dren after he is dead, and bequests to
the kingdom of God will gather many
sons into glory. Everlasting reward in
places of business discipline. There
"the weary cease from troubling and
the weary are at rest"