Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-02-02
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cur ETY. viii have a tInge O. our natural
compartment II a man bs cross and sour,
and fretful naturally. after he becomes a
Christian he VII always have 10 lie armed
against the rebellion OF thos. e.il lnellua-
tons, but religion has tamei the Whilst
nature. II has turHei Iretfulncss INTO graft
tutn. de-poHi" i Y INTO gOpi cheer, AMI those
who Mere hard aud uuSovcruable ami I'm
c9InproInl~Iny have been mate pilahie AMI
con ~.ilatpry. t,oFi resolution r~ttorImatorv
effort VIII not eFeat the change. 1t takes a
nlgh'Ier arm and a mlghtier hani 70 bend
EVIL habits han the hand that bent the bow
Of | Iy,Ses. an IL takes a stronger las5o than
ever HE'LL the buffalo on the pralrle. 4 man
cannot 90 forth WITH any human weapons
and contend successfully ara n,t these Tltans
arnei WITH uptorn mountain. Bat Q have
known men into wnp~. spirIt toe lni.ueu = Of
the u ssp-l of hrl,t came, until their dis
position wa, entirely changed 50 Il Was
with two merchants IN New YORK. They
wcr- very antagGnl,t' They had dom al
they could to MUIR Zach other. They were
! IN the SANE line Of business. One Of the
merchant, was converted 70 Goi. Having
been converted, he asked the Lord 70
t-ach HIM how 70 bear himself toward
That business antagonist, ami he
was impressed with the fact that 1t was his
duty when a Gust ,iner a,kei for certain
KINDS Of goods which he ha not, tut winch
he knew his opponent hal. to Recommend
Dln 20 u to that ,tore. suppose tuat is
| abont the hardest thjng man could do, but
! beng thoroughly converted t. col, IL. re
! solved 30 10 that very thlng. aud beng asked
tor a certain klni Of gpots when lie had not
h. said. "Iol GO to such AMI such a store.
and Won Will get Il. .Atter ii"Iia-. merchant
num1er two lpInt tii-,. customers, coming
5, sent, and he found also that III reliant
number one had been tro i-ht u col, an
he sought the same religion Now they are
COOL TRENDS AMI good n %-,ht'3ts, tn" grace
Of t,oI eit rev changing their disposition.
ttJh. SAYS some one, Il nave a rough,
iagset. ituItt1Ols nature. and religion can
DO ANYTHING Tor me. 20 YOU know that
Martin utn-r AMI Robert Newton and Rlch
ard Baxter were Imfetuou~, alEconsumlnI
natures, vet the grace of God turned them
.nto tue Iui.lItlest usefulness. \ tlanufac-
turcr care, but very tie tor 4 stream that
slowly runsthroigh the lnca 10 :. hlt Il stronS
torrent that leaT rs from rock to rock,
and rlIote, with mad energy through the
valley and out toward the sea. Along that
river YOU viii find flutteling shuttles and
grinding mill and flashing water wheel. And
a nature, the s%,Itte~t, the most rugged ami
the most tremendous, that i, the ma ure tot
turns INTO greatest usefulness Dh. hoW many
WHO have been Iu4uacIouS. and hari TO
pi"aSr. AMI iraSclbie. and more bothered
about the mote III their nel-lbors eye than
about the beam hike snip timber IN their owu
eye. who have been entirely changed by the
gruc" of tod. and have found out that tot
lines, Is profitahl, for th- life that now IS as
We'll as tor The life viii his To come.
A2ain rcrlark thai religion Is good for a
man worldly business. know the general
theory is, the more business the less religion,
the more religion the less business. Not SO,
thought Or Hans. IN hs .Blo1raphy Of a
CHRISTIAN Merchant, when he says: He
grew IN grace the last SIX years or his life
more than ut any time III his life. during
tho,r SIX wears lie had more business crowd
M lIm than at any other time In other
"or,i>, the more worldly business "a man has,
til" NOR" opportunity to serve God. DOES
frli-.on cXil,iaratr or retard worldly bust
n">> = tifs The practical question for you to
discuss Iloce 1t han, like a mortgage over
the farm, i 1t "A bad debt on the ledger: Is
It Il lien AGAINST the estate. Does 1t crowd
the door through which customers come for
hroa lclothS. ami silks1~Now, religion Will
hinder Your business If it be a bad business,
or II II he a gool business wronyfully con
Quoted. If You tell lies behind the counter.
II You use false weights and measures, if YOU
put sand III sugar, anI beet Juice IN vinegar,
and lard in butter. and sell for one thinS that
whlch IS another thing, then religion will in
tcrferr with that business: but a lawful
business. lawfully conducted, will find the
religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ its mishtiest
auxiliary.
Religion VIII give an aluipoiSe of spirit, it
viii keep you from ebullitions of temper and
YOU know a great many fine businesses have
been blown to atoms hy bad trnper 1t will
keep from Worflment about frequent loss.
1t VIII keep You industrious and prompt, 1t
Will MAJ % KIT IftIl y lIItill ing tlll
dissipation, 1T will give YOU a kin Ines
of spirit which will be easily distinguished
from that mere store courtesy which
!, shakes hands violently with You, ask
Inr about the health of our family when
there Is no anxiety TO know whether Your
: chliI Is we'll or sick But the anxiety is to
! know how many dozen eambric pocket
+ handkerchiefs you will take and pay cash
, down. 1t VIII prepar" YOU for the practical
!, duties of every day lifa. do not mean t.
81 that rAtir,A, ,it1 ,,J -,- .,,-, /,
+ rich. but 10 say that it VIII giveu>, 1t
. Will assure uS. Of n comfortable su>tenanct
az the start, a comfortable subsistence al the
. way throughsanl 1t VIII help US to direct the
the bank, to manage the traffic. t. conduci
all our business matters, and TO make the
!, most insignificant affair OF our life a matter
! of vast importance glorifiei hy Christlil
principle.
In New Work city there was a merchant
hard IN his dealings with his fellows, who IA.
o written over h banking house or his count
Y my house room: compromlSa" Their
WREN some merchant cot IN n crisis and wen
II down no fault ot ms, but a conjunction 81
1t EVIL clrcNnstauce~ and all the other mer
Il chants were wiling TO compromise they
Is would take SeNrntN-.ive cents ON the dollar
"A or fifty cents. or twenty cent~-romint t.
II thIs man last Of all. he said y conpro
/, mise, II taNe one hundred cents on the ,iul
1 lar. AMI can afford to wait Well. IL,
wheel turned, and after a While tha, mar
r was III n Crisis or business. AMI II" sent out
n hi> agents Ia COMPROMISE. and the agent
sud IL the merchants "WilI YOU take lift,
~ cents on the dollar" no "Wll Nol
take anything Well take ore hunlrr,
" cents on the dollar. M compromi>c, An,
Il III" man who wrote tho lusgJIptlon over hi
i counting house del IN. restitution. oh
- We Want NOR Of the kindness %
II the Gospel nni IN" spirit OF love II
our business enterprises. How many youni
= men haNr found IN the religion uf .Ie>l
: thri~t q practical help How many th@r
are IN tins house io,iavwho could testify on
=. OF th"lr own experience that t~;pilnr~~
profitable tor tna NE tia; now j. Their
7 were times III their business clfeer VIE
y they went here for help. ami there for nell
ap3 yeIiar for help and got no heil, unit
they knntt before TIM Iorsi tryiuy for III
drilNtraire, and the lord rescued them.
In a bunk not far fro our great nle;ropt
- a village ttnk-au aaicar could MT la
ance It's ae.uuut> II" had worAe Al tlei
i daN after day, nI-ht alter Il Sht, an h- wa
sIca nl-h ante death a> n rt>u I. He kne,
i he hait mot taken one tarthin- from tina
bank, but S'ineGoN. Tor som" reason an>.rt
) tahia then. tue a rouut> WoLalu [ lalan /.
The tim" rolled on. ant TIM morning +,