Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-01-13

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store. lsuppose that is about the hard
est thing man could do; but being
thoroughly converted 10 God, he re-
solved 10 do that very thing, and being
asked for a certain kind of goods which
he had not he said: you 90 TO such
and such store and you will get it."
After while merchant number two
found these customers coming so sent,
and he found also that merchant num-
Der one had been brought 10 God, and
he sought the same religion. Now
they are good friends and good neigh
bors, the grace Of God entirely chang
ing their disposition.
''0h," says some one, II have a
rough, jagged, impetuous nature, and
religion can't do anything for me-"
Do you know that Martin Luther and
Robert Newton and Richard Baxter
were impetuous, all consuming ma
lures, yet the grace of God turned
them into the mightiest usefulnessS
A manufacturer cares but very. little
for stream that slowl Y ruI S through
the meadow. but strong tcrrent that
leaps from rock 20 rock. and rushes
with mad energy through lie valley
and out toward the sea. Alcng that
river you will find auttering shuttles
and grinding mill and flashing water
wheel And nature, the sviftest,
the most rugged and the most tre-
mendous, that is the nature God turns
into greatest usefulness. Oh. how many
who have been pugnacious, and hard
TO please, and irascible, and more
bothered about the mote in their
neighbors eye than about the beam
like ship timber in their own eye, who
have been entirely changed by the
grace Of God. and have found out that
"GodlineSs is profitable for the life
that now is as well as for the life
which is TO come"
RELIGION IS GOOD IN LIES PRACTICAL
THINGS.
Again | remark. that religion is
good for a mans worldly business. /
know the general theory is, the more
business the less religion, the more re-
ligion the less business. Not SO thought
Doctor Hans in his Biography of a
Christian Merchant" when he says:
He grew in grace the last six years
of his life more than at any
time in his life; during those
six years he had more busi-
ness crowding him than at any
other time" In other words, the
more worldly business a man has, the
more opportunity TO serve God. Does
religion exhilarate or retard worldly
businessl is the practical question for
you to discuss. Does il hang like q
mortgage over the farmi Is IL bad
debt on the ledgeri Is il lien against
the estatei Does il crowd the door
through which customers come for
broadeloths and silksi Now, religion
will hinder your business il il be a bad
business, or If il be good business
wrongly conducted. Ii you tell lies
behind the counter, IL you use false
weights and measures, il you put sand
in sugar, and beet juice in vinegar.
and lard in butter, and sell for one
thing that which is another thing,
then religion will interfere with that
business; but lawful business law
fully conducted will find the religion
Of the Lord Jesus Christ its mightiest
auxiliary.
Religion will give an equipoise of
spirit, il will keep you from ebullitons
OF temper-and you know a great
many dne businesses have been blown
to atoms by bad temper-it will keep
you from worriment about frequent
loss, il will keep you industrious and
prompt. il will keep you back from
squandering and from dissipation, it
will give You a kindness Of spirit
which will easily be distinguished
from that mere store courtesy which
shakes hands violently with you. ask
ing about the health Of your family
when there Is no anxiety 10 know
whether your child is well or sickl
but the anxiety is to know how many
dozen cambric pocket handkerchiefs
you will take and pay cash down Il
will prepare you for the practical duties
Of everyday life. l do not mean TO
say that religion will make US finan-
cially rich, but l do say that il will
give us, il will assure us OF a comfort
able sustcnance at the start, a comfort
able subsistence all the way through,
and il will help US 10 direct the bank,
10 manage the traffic, 10 conduct all
our business matters, and 10 make tho
most Insignificant affair Of our lie
matter OF vast importance gloriiied BY
Christian principles. flf -
In New York city there was mer~
chant hard in his dealings with his
fellows, who had written over his
banking house, or his counting house
room; "Nocompromise." Then when
some merchant got in a crisis and
went down-no fault Of his. but n con-
junction of evil circumstances-and
all the other merchants were willing
10 compromise = they would take
sevenfy-hvc cents on the dollar, or
fifty cents, or twenty ceDts-coming
10 this man last at all. he said: mo
compromise; I'll take one hundred
cents on the dollar, and | can afford
10 wait" Well, the wheel turned, and
aftcra while that man was in crisis Of
business, and he sent out his agents 10
compromise. and the agents said 10 the
merchants: will you take fifty cents
on the dollara'' mo "will you
take anythingi" well take one
hundred cents on the dollar. No
compromise.r And the man who
wrote that inscription over his count
ing house door died OF dcstitution.
Oh, we want moro Of the kindncw q
the Gospel and the spirit OF love fu