Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-01

ing of the east wind, they scale noun
talns higher than the Alps and Linn
alavas, and maintaining their Christian
integrity, Christ will at the last accost
them. saying; "Well done, thou good
and faithful servant: thou hast been
faithful over a few things, will make
thee ruler over mauv things: enter thou
into the JOY OF thy Lord"
l also enjOin you To quit all tretfulness
about business matters. Is there not
something In your own household that
you would not give up Tor the worldly
success other men haveI Besides that, If
these trials lifted you up you ought to
bless God Tor the Will p OF discipline. The
larger the note You nave to pay, the
greater the uncertainty oi business lie,
the better for your soul, IL Jesus Christ
leads you triumphantly through. How
do | knowY | know it by this principle
that the hotter the furnace the better the
refining. There have been thousands of
men who have gone through the same
path you are now going through with an
aching heart. There are mul itudes be-
lore the throne OF God who were lashed
with cares and anXieties innumera bic, and
were cheated out OF everything but their
coffin. They were sued. they were eject
ed, they were imprisoned TOR debt, they
were mAltreated, they were thGottled by
they were sold out by sterffs, they had
to confess judgments, they had to- com
promise with creditors, and their last
hour on earth az disturbed by the fact
that their door bell was rung loudly ana
angrlly by the hand of some impetuous
creditor, who was surprised that that
sick man should be 80 impertInent and
outrageous as to die before he had paid
him the last three shillings and sixpence.
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had friend who went from one anxiety
TO another; a good and great heart
be had, but everything he put bis hand to
seemed to fail, MisfOrtunes clustered
around, and aitst awhile | heard he was
dead; and the first word | said was:
"G0odI he has got rid OF the sheriffs."
There ls great multitude of business
men who on eartn had IL hard, but, by the
grace OF God, they stand triumphant in
heaven; aud when the question is asked
OF them, ''WhO are tbeyp the angels OF
God, standing on seas OF glass. will cry
out: "These are they who came out OF
great tr'DulstlOn. 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 well
for awhile; but there will come O TIM
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 buletined among ecoundrels, and
srit upon, and blistered by scorn.
and ground to powder. They not
only lost their properly, bur their
souls were mauled, and putre6ed and
blasted for eternity. You could count up
scores OF such persons. while there are
others who, tossed on the same sea, sus-
taiued by the grace of God, have all the
time kept Jhelr eve on the lighthouse.
Men coming out OF that mans store say:
I'll there ever WAS Christian trader
that IS one" Stern integrity kept the
books and waited on the customers. Light
from the future world flashed through the
show windows. Wrath never stamped
that floor, nor did sly dishonesty cover up
imperiectiODs 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 20 up to read a card
on the door which announces: "Closed
on account of the death OF one OF the firm"
That death-it is talked in commercial
circles that good man has gone. Boards
of Trade pass resolutions OF sympathy,
and churches OF Christ pray: "Help,
Lord, for the godlv man ceaseth." He has
made bis last bargain. He has suffered
his last loss. He has ached with his last
fatigue. The results OF his Christian in.
dustry will bless bis children after he is
dead, and bequests TO the Kingdom Of
God will gather many sons into glory.
Everlasting rewards in place OF business
d scipline, There "the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at
rest"