National Republican., 1886-11-01

the purpose of picking up some ofthc fras.
that pathway of hell fire. Now they can pray
without being haunted with the chink OF dis
honest gold, Now they can read the Bible
on their soul, they kissed the book in q custom
house. Now they can look into the laughing
faces of their children without thinking OF
less. Now they eau think of death without
having their knees knock together, and
their hearts sink, and their teeth chatter,
because there is a judgment where al do
lraudeTs and jockeys aud tricksters and
chuTlatans shall he doubly damned. Now they
can read in the Bible without tinchlng: "As
the partridge Sitteth on eggs aud hatcheth
them not so he that getteth riches, and not by
right, shall leave them in the midst of his days,
and at the tnd shall be q fool" Alasl II any
OF you, for the purpose OF getting out OF tempo
any portion of it, you may wake up In the
midst OF yonr embarrassment and say: mo one
is looking: this transact lon may bo little ont
OF the way, but IL is only once, only once" On
that ole occasion you not only wreck your
spiritual nature but you despoil yous business
prospects. You put one dishonest dollar in an
estate, but IL will not stand. You may take a
dishonest dollar and put 1t down in the very
depths of the Garth, and you may roll on the
top OF 1t rocks and mountains, aud on tho top
oTthosc rocks and mountains you may put all
the banks aud moneyed Institutions, piling
them up heaven high; but that one dishonest
dollar down in the depths Of the earth will be.
GIN 10 TOCK, ana neHVc, anu ltSelI until
Il comes to, the resurrection Of damnation.
You cannot hide dishonest dollar. In the
review OF this subject there are two or three
things ! want to say, and the first Is, let us
have n larger sympathy for business men. |
think IL is n shame that in our pulpits we do
not ollcner preach on this subject, aud show
that We appreciate the sorrows and struggles
and temptations and trials OF everyday life.
Mtn who toll with the hand are very apt TO be
suspicious of those who move in the world of
iIafiic, ana think that they get their money
S eht "nS Men that who h5ey rase n1 the eqGSa eorn
and wheat, and rye, and outs are very apt to
think that grain merchants get easy profits,
The first is very apt TO be Jealous of the brain.
Plato and Aristotle were so opposed to all
kinds OF merchandise that they said commerce
was the curse of the earth, and they recon-
mendcd that cities should never be built any
nearer the sea coast than ten miles But VIC
have become wiser than that and you know
that there are no harder workers than those
who plan and calculate IN stores, and banks,
paTel be neat. what though their manners be re-
lined, do not put them down as idlers, They
carry loads heavier than hod OF bricks they
co into exposures keener than the cutting of
than the Alps and Himalayas and maintain
ing their Christian integrity, Christ Will at
the last accost them, saying "Well done, thou
good and faithful seryanti thou hast been
faithful over Il few things will make thee
ruler oyer many things enter thou Into the
/ also tnloln you to quit all fretrulneSs about
business matters Is there no. something In
your own household that you would not give
up Tor the worldly success other men have?
Besides that, IL these trials liited YOU up you
ought to bless God for the whip of discipline.
The larger the. note YOU have to pay thegreater
the uncertainty of business life, the
better Tor your soul, Jesus Chrlsts loads II
you tTiumphantly through. How do l know?
] know Il by this prlnciple-that the hotter
the furnace the better the refining, Therc
have been thousands Of men who have gone
'
through with an aching heart. There are
multitudes before the throne OF God who were
lashed with cares and anxieties lnnumeTable
and were cheated ont OF everything but their
coffin. They were sued, they were elected, they
weIe imprisoned for debt, they were maltraat1d,
they were ihottled by ConStables with whole
packs of wrlis, they were sold ont by sherlffS,
they had to confess judgments, they had to
compromise with creditors, and their last hour
ON earth was disturbed by the fact that their
dOOibcll was rung loudly and angrily by the
surprised that that sick man should be so i'm
pertinent and outrageous MS to die before he
pence. Oh how men are tossed aud driven
had friend who went from Que anxiety TO
another; q good and great heart he had,
bul everything he put his hand to seemed
10 fail Misiortunes clustered around, aud af-
ter awhile ! heard he was dead; and the first
wOId said was GOOD he has got rid of the
sbcIiils," There is a great multitude of bust
ness men who on earth had II hard, but,by the
grace Of God they stand Triumphant in
heaven; ana 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 trlbulatlon,
and had their robes washed and made white
IN the Hood of the Lamb"
once more | want yOu to seek business
grace. Commercial ethics, business honor,
laws Of trade, may do very well for awhile;
but thue viii come time when, the ground
viii slip from under your feet, and the world
will ilOwn, and the devils will set after your
soul, and YOU will want more then than this
v, WoI.H cGn RiVe you, hou VIII want Ihe eternal
have known men to forge and to maltreat their