Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-01
WHEELING, w. Va MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1886.

who have gone through the same path you
are now going through with an aching
heart. There are multitudes before the
throne of God who were lashed with cares
and anxieties innumerable, and were
cheated out of everything but their coffin.
They were sued, they were elected, they
were imprisoned for debt, they were NAL
treated, they were throttled by constables
with whole packs of writs, they were sold
out by sheiiffs, they had to confess judg-
ments, they had to compromise with cred
itors, and their last hour on earth was dis
turbed by the fact that their dOorbell was
rung loudly and angrily by some impet-
uous creditor, who was surprised that that
sick man should be so impertinent and
outrageous as to die before he had paid
him the last three shillings and sixpeuce.
OH! HOW MEN ARE TOSSED AND DRIVEN!
had friend who went from one anx-
iety to another; good and great heart he
had, but everything he put his hands to
seemed TO fail. Misfortunes clustered
around, and after a while | heard he was
dead; and the first word l said, was:
Good he has got rid of the sherlffS. {"
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 seats of glass, will cry
ont: 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 ask business
grace. Commercial ethics, business hon.
or, laws of trade, may do very well for
awhile; but there will come time when
the ground will slip from under your
feet, and the world will frown,
and the devils will set after
your soul, and you will want more
then than this world can give you. You
will want the eternal rock to stand on.
For the lack Of that grace, you have known
men to forge, and to maltreat their friends,
and to curse their enemies, and you have
seen their names bulletined among scoun-
drels, and spit upon, and blistered by
scorn, and ground to powder. They not
only lost their property, but their souls
were mauled, and putretied. and blasted
for eternity. You could count up scores
of such persons, while there are others
who, tossed on the some sea, sustained by
the grace of God, have all the time kept
THEIR EYE on THE LIGHTHOUSE.
Men coming out of that mans store say:
'If there ever was a Christian trader, that
is one" Stern integrity kept the books
,,,l tIn irht from,
the future world flashed through the show
windows. Wrath never stamped that
floor, nor did sly dishonesty cover up i'm
projections in goods. Love to God
and love to men were the
principles that ruled in the
store of that Christian trader. Some day
the shutters are not let down from the
store window, and the bars are not taken
from the door, Men pass along, and stop,
and stare, and 90 up to read card on the
door which announces: "CloSed on ac-
count of the death Of one Of the firm" "
That dcath-it is talked i'll commercial
circles that 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. lie has achcd with his last
fatigue. The results of his Christian in
dustry will bless his children after he is
dead, and bequeSts to the kingdom of
God will gather many sons into glory.
Everlasting rewards in place of business
discipline. There, "the wicked cease
from troubling, and the weary are at
rest