The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-04
THE WEEKLY SENTINEL: THURSDAY NOVEMBER l. 1886.

CHeif manners DC refined, 90 not put them
down as oilers. They carry loads heavier
than bod Of bricks, they go into exposures
keener than the cutting of the east wind,
they scale mountains higher than tho Alps and
hlmalayas, and maintaining their Christian
integrity, Christ viii at the last accost them,
saying: well done, thou good and faithful
servant: thou hast been faithful over few
things, | viii make thee ruler over many
things; enter thou into the joy OF thy Lord
L also enjoin you to quit all fretfuness
about business matters. Is there not souae-
thing in your own household that you would
not give up for the worldly success other
men have? Besides 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 bust
ness life, the better for your soul IL Jesus
Christ leads you triumphantly through.
How do know, 1 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 path
you are now going through with an aching
heart. There are multitudes before the
throne of God who were dashed with cares
and an1ieties innumerable, and were cheated
out Of everything but their coffin They
were sued, they were elected they were i'm
prisoned for debt, they were mnltreated they
We're throttled by constables with whole packs
of writs, they were sold out by sheriffs
they had to confess judgments, they had to
compromise with creditors, and their last
hour on earth was disturbed by the fact that
their door bell was rlng loudly and anIrly
by the hand OF some inpetuous creditor. who
was surprised that that sick man should be
so impertinent and outrageous as to die be-
fore he had paid him the last three shillings
and sixpence. Obi how men are tossed and
driven, had friend who went from one
anxiety to another; good and great heert
he had, but everythin he put his hand 10
seemed to fail Misfortunes clustered around,
and after awhile I heard he was dead, and
the first word l said was: "Good! he has got
rid of the shsrifrs." There is a great multi
tude of business mon who on earth had it
hard, but by the grace Of God they stand tri-
umphant in heaven and when the question is
asked Of them. who are theyf' the angels OF
God, standing on seas Of glass, will cry out:
These are they who came out of great tribu-
laton, and had their robes washed and made
white in the blood of the Lamb
Once more: I want you to seek business
grace. Commercial ethics, business honor,
laws Of trade, may do very well for a while
but there will come a time when tho ground
will slip from under your feet and the world
will frown, and the devils will set after your
soul, and you will want moro then than this
eternal rock to stand 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 bull
letined among scoundrels, and spit upon, and
blistered by scorn, and ground to powder
They not only lost their property, but their
souls were nlauled, and purified, 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 eye on
| the lighthouse. Men coming out of that
mans store say: az there ever was
a Christian trader, that is one" Stern
integrity kept the books and waited on the
customers Light from tho future world
| flashed through the show windows Wrath
never stamped that floor, nor did sly dishon
esty cover up impsrfections IN goods Love
| that ruled in tho store Of that ChYissiax
! trader. Seine day tho shutters arc net ls,
/ down from the store window and the bar
| are not taken from the door. Men pass along
and stop, and stare, and SO up 10 read a care
on the door which announces: aClosed or
| account Of the death Of one Il the frn
| That death-it Ia talk In commercial circles
| that q gosd man has goAS. Boards Of trad.
pass rees1u lions of sympathy, and churches Of
Christ pray: .Islp, Lord, for the ssdly
man cosseth-" He has made his lost bargain
He has suffered his last loaA He has asAse
with his LAST fatigue The results Of hi
Christian industry win bless his children alto
he Is dead, and bsquesGs 10 the kingdom O
God Will gather many Sons into glory. Ever
lasting rewards II place Of business discipline
There "the wicked cease from trs~bAA3, an
ths wSdr1 ~ NJ rest"