The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-17

an aching NeArt. There are multi
tudes before the ftAroAe = Of God
who were lAshed with cares and
anxieties innumerable, aud were cheat
cd out Of every thing but their CONN.
They were sued; they were elected; they
were imprisoned for debt; they were mall
treated; they were throttled by constables
With whole packs Of writs; they were sold
outby SHERIFF.; they had 70 confess judg-
ments; they had 70 compromise with cred
itors, and their last hour on earth wa dis
tnrbed by the fact that their door-bell was
rung loudly and sngrily BY the hand Of
some impetuous creditor, who was sur,
prisod that the sick man should be 30 i'm
pertinent end outrageous Is TO die before
he had paid him the last three ahillings and
sixpenceo
. o, how men arc tossed and driveni !
had friend who went from one anxiety to
another; Q good and great heart he bad,
but every thing he put his hand 70 seemed
10 fail. Nisfortunes clustered around, and
after awhile IheaPd he was dead, and tho
drst word said was: "0ood, he has got
rid Of the sheriff." There 10 9 great null
titude Of business men who on earth had II
hard, but by the Grace Of God they stand
triumphant in Heaven; and when the qucs-
ten 10 asked Of them: "WhO are theyW
the angels Of God, standing on seas Of
glass, will cry out: ''These are they which
came out Of great tribulation, and have
washed their robss, and made them white
In the blood Of the Lamb"
Once more; want you 70 seek business
grace. Commercial ethics, business honor,
laws Of trade, may do very we'll for awhile;
but there will come time when the ground
will clip from under your feet, and the
world will frown, and the devils will set
after your SOUL and you viii want more
then than this world can give you; you
will want the Eternal Rock 70 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 scoundrels.
and spit upon, and blistered by scorn, and
ground to powder. They not only lost their
property, but their souls were mauled, 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:
"If there ever was Christian trader, that IL
one" Stern integrity kept the books and
waited on the customers. Light from the
future world flashed through the sh"w
windows. Wrath never stamped that
floor, nor did sly dishonor cover up impAr-
fections 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 go up to read 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
Q good man has gone. Boards Of trade
pass resolutions Of sympathy, and churches
Of Christ pray: "Help, Lord, for the Cody
man ceaseth." He has made his last bar
gain; 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 requests 10 the
Kingdom Of God will gather many sons
into glory. Everlasting rewards In place
Of business disciplined There 'the wicked
cease from troubling and the weary are u
reSt,n