The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-21

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! years had been a slave OF the hey of AlgierS
he was Immediately emancipoted, but was
50 worn out by hardship and exposure he
soon after died. o, IL some OF the bank
bills that come through your hands could
tell all the scenes through which they have
passed. It would be a tragedy eclipsing any
drama OF Shakespeare, mightier than King
Lear or Macbeth
As 60 on IN this subject, / am impressed
with the Importance Of our having more
! sympathy with the business men. Is it not
a shame that we in our pulpits do not
oftener preach about their struggles, their
trials aud their temptations Men who
toll with the hand are not apt 20 be very
sympathetic with those who toll with the
brain The farmers who raise the corn
and the oats and the wheat some-
times are tempted 70 think that grain mer-
chants have al easy time, and get their
profits without giving any equivalent.
Plato and Aristotle we're 30 opposed to
merchandise that they declared COM
mercs to be the curse Of the nations,
and they advised that cities be built at least
ten miles from the sea-coast. But you and
know that there are no more industrious
or high minded men than those who move
in the world Of traffic. Some Of them carry
burdens heavier than hods Of brick, and are
exposed TO sharper things than the east
wind, aud climb mountains higher than she
ful Christ will at last say TO them: "Well
DONE good and faithful servant; thou hast
been faithful over fev things, | will make
thee ruler over many thing& Enter thou
into the joy of thy Lords
We talk about she martyrs Of the Pied
mont valley, and the martyrs among the
Scotch highlands, and the martyrs at OK
ford. There are Just rs certainly martyrs
Of Wall street and State street, martyrs of
Fulton street and Broadway. martyrs of
Atlantic street and Chestnut street, going
through hotter fires, or having their necks
under sharper axes. Then 10 behooves US to
Danish all fretfulness from our lives, IL this
subject be true We look back to the time
when we were at school, and we remember
tho rod, and we remember the hard tasks
and we complained grievously; but
| now we see 1t wac for the best.
Business life Is a school, and the tasks
are hard, and the chastisements some
times are very grievous; but do not COM
| plain. The hotter the fire the better the re-
| filming. There are men before the throne of
| God this day In triumph who on earth were
cheated out Of everything but their ccffin.
| They were sued, they were imprisoned for
| debt, they were throttled by constables
| with whole pack of wrdts they were sold
| out Of the sheriffs. they had no compromise
with their creditorr, they had to make as
signments. Their dying hours were an
noyed by the sharp ringing of the door-bell
| by some impetuoue creditor who thought 10
was outrageous and impudent that a man
/ should dare TO die before he
paid the last three shillinRs
and sixpence. l had a friend who had
many mIsfortunes. Everything went against
him. He had good business quality, and
was OF the best Of morals, but he was one of
those men such as you have sometimes seen,
| for whom everything seems 10 go wrong.
ia haoa m n nj
heard he was dead, said; Good; got rid
Of the sheriffsln Who are those lustrous
souls before the throne3 When the ques-
tion is asked. "Wbo are theyp' the angels
standing on the sea Of glass respond: These
are they who came out of great business
trouble, and had their robes washed and
made white In the blood of the Lamb
A man arose In Fulton street prayer
meeting and said: II wish publicly 10 &C
knowledge the goodness Of God. l was IN
business trouble. | had money to pay, and
had no means to pay IL, and was Ia utter
despair of all human help, and / laid this
matter before the Lord, and this morning
went down among some old business
friends had not seen In many years, just
| TO make a call. and one said to me, "Why,
l am 50 glad 20 see you, walk In. We
have some money on our books due you q
good while, but we didn't know wher you
were, and therefore not having your adj
dress we could not send 1t. We are very
glad you have Gomez And the man
standing in Fulton street .prayer-meeting
said: The amount they paid me was six
times what l owed" You say It only hap
pened sol You are an infidel God an
swered that mans prayer. o, you want
business grace. Commercial ethics, busi-
ness honors laws Of trade, are all very good
Ia their place, but there are times when
you want something more than this world
l rrvtll Lie
or him some that you have known have
consented to forge, and 10 maltreat their
friends, and to curse their enemies, aud
their names have been bulietined among
scouudrels, and they have been ground to
powder; while other men you have
known have gone through the
very same streets Of circumstances
to-day who fought the battle and gained
the victory. People come out Of that man 3
store, and they say: well. IL there ever
was Christian trader, that is one." In
tegrity kept the books and waited on the
customers Light from the eternal world
flashed through the show windows. Love
to God and love to man presided in that
storehouse. Some day people going through
the street notice that the shutters of the
window are not down. The bar of that
store door has not been removed. People
say: "What Is the matterP You go up
little closer, and you see written on the
card of that window: "Closed on account
of the death Of one of the firm. 81
That day all through the cir
Giles Of business there is talk about how
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 bargain, he has svf-
fered his last loss, he has ached with the
last fatigue. HE children will get the re-
suit Of his industry. or, If through mis-
fortune there be no dollar left, they will
have an estate Of prayer and Christian ex-
ample which will be everlasting. Heavenly
rewards for earthly discipline. There "tht
wicked cease from troubling and the weary
are at rest"