Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-07

had not he tald: You 90 10 such and
such store and you will get it.n After a
while, merchant number two fonnd these
customers coming so sent, and he found
also that merchant number one had been
brought to God, aud he sought the same
religion. Nov they are good friends ard
good neiRhbOrs, the grace OF God entirely
CHANGING THEIR DISPOSITION.
"Ob," says some one. 81 have a rough,
jagged impetuous nature, and religion
can't do anything for ne' Do you know
and Richard Baxter were impeluous, all
consuming natures, yet the grace Of God
turned them into the mightiest usefulness?
A manufacturer cares but very little for q
stream that slowly runs through the
meadow, bat strong torrent that leaps
from rock to rock, and rushes with mad
energy through the valley and out toward
the sea. Along that river you will find
fluttering shuttles and grinding mill and
Aashiug wster-wheel. And nature, the
swiiteIt, the most rugged and the most
tremendous, that Is the nature God turns
into greatest usefulness. Oh, how many
WHO have bsen pugnacious, and hard to
please, and irascihle, and more bothered
about the mote in their neighbours eye
than the beam like chip timber in their
own eye, who have been entirely changed
by the grace OF God, and have found out
that Goodness is profitable for the life
that now is as well US for the life which is
to come"
Again remark, that religion is
GOOD FOR A MANS WORLDLY BUSINESS.
know the general theory is, the more
business the less religion, the more relig-
ion the less business. Not so thought DE-.
Haus in bis "Bo2rsphy Of a Christian
Merchant" when be says: He grew in
grace the last six years of his life more
than at any time in his life; during those
elk years he bad more business crowiipg
him than at any other time" In other
words, the more worldly business a man
has, the more opportunity to serve God.
Does religion txhilarate or retsrd worldly
business? is the practical question for
you to discuss Does il hang like
q mortgage over the farm? Is it
bad debt on the ledger? Is
it lien against the estate? Does il
crowd the door through which customers
come for hroadcloths and silks? Now,
religion will hinder your business if it be
bad business, or if it be good business
wrongly nducted. If you tell lies be.
hind the counter, If you use false weights
ami Measures, if you put sand in sugar,
and beet-juice in vinegar, and lard in bat
ter, and sell for one thing that which is
another thing, then religion will interfere
with that usiGess; but lawful business,
lawfully conducted, will find the religion
of the Lord Jesus Christ its mightiest
auxiliary.
IN NEW YORK CITY
there was q merchant hard in bis dealings
with his fellows, who had written over his
| banking house, or contingencies room
"No compromise" Then when some
merchant got in crisis and went down
no fault of his but conjunction of evil
circumstances and all the other merchants
we're willing to compromise-theyw would
take seyenty.fye cents on the dollar, or
fifty cents, or twenty cents-coming to
this man last Cf all, he said: "No cOmprO-
mise; I'll take one hundred cents on the
dollar, and | can afford to wait" Well,
the wheel turned, and after a while tnat
man was in a crisis Of business, and he
sent out his agents TO compromise. and the
agents said TO the merchants: "Will yOu
take fifty cents on the dollarg" 'No "
"Will you take anythine?" Wen take
one hundred cents on the dollar. No COM
/ promise" And the man who had wrote
that inscription over his counting-house
door died in destitution. Oh, we want
more Of the kindness of the Gospel
ard the spirit of love in
our business enterprises! How many
young men have found in the religion OF
Jesus Christ a practical help? How many
there are in this house to-day who could
testify out of their own experience that
GOdliness is profitable for the life that now
is There were times in their business ca
reer when they went here for help, and
there for help, and yOnder for help, and
got no help until they knelt before the
Lord crying for His deliverance, and the
Lord rescued them.
IN A BANK
not far from our great metropolis vii
lage bank-an officer could not bAlanc'
his accounts. He had worked at them day
after day, night after night, and he WA
sick nigh unto death as a result He knew
he had not taken one farthing from tina
bank, but somehow, for some reason in
scrutable then, the accounts wouldn'
balance. The time rolled on, anC
the morning of the day
when the books should pas
under the insreciion Of the other officer
arrived, and he felt himself in awful peril
conscious Of his own integrity but unable
10 prove thst integrity. That morning h
went to the bank early, and be knslt dowr
before God and told the whole story Of hi
mental anguish, and be said: 80 Lord,
have done right; have preserved my IN
tegrily, bat here / am about TO be over
thrown unless Thou should come to my
rescue. Lord, deliver me-" And for one
hOur be continued the prayer before God
and then he rose and went 10 an old blot
ter that he had forgotten all about. h'
opened it, and there lay a sheet Of figures
which he only needed TO add 10 another
line OF figures some line OF hgures he hsd
forgotten, and knew not where he had laid
them-and the accounts were balanced,
and the Lord delivered him. You are an
infidel If ven do not believe it The Lord
delivered him. God answered his prayer
"a He will answer your prayer, o
man of business, in every
crisis when you come to Him.
How can you get along without this re-
ligion? Is your physical health 80 good
that Won do not want
THIS DIVINE TONIC?
Ia your mind so clear, 80 vast, 80 compre
heusive that you do not want this divine
inspiration? Is your worldly business 40
thorougblv established thst you have no
use for that religion which has BEEN the
belp and deliyerancs Of tens Of thousands
of men in cri,ises of worldly troublef And
II what | have said this morning Is true,
Won see what fatal blunder II Is when
man adiourns TO life's expiration the uses
Of religion. A man who postpones religion
tosixty years OF age gets religion nifty years
: late. He may get into the kingdom o.
God BY final repentance, but what can
COMPENSATE him for whole Lifeline un
alleyiated and uncomfOrtedr lou want
religion to-day in the training oil tnat
child You will want religion to-morTo"
in dealing with that Western customer
You wanted religion yesterday to curb
vour temper Is your arm strong
snough to fight your way through
the floods? Can you withou.
ns;ng encassd in the mail Of Gods etsrnal
HEN go forth amid the assault of sll helps
sharpshooiersy Can you walk slone aeross
these efumbling graves and amid these
gaping esrthquskes2 Can you, water
logged and mast-shiyered, outlive the